With lots of practice and a bit of luck the ribbons begin to accumulate. Here are some ideas as to what to do with them all!

Years ago a couple I knew who were showing dogs in conformation displayed their ribbons in a coffee table that had a display case top. The case was about 6" deep and ribbons were just sort of thrown in there, layer after layer!  Sounds messy, but it really looked pretty neat and impressive. A
table like that wouldn't be too difficult as a DIY project. Sherry Wargo

I have and display all my ribbons for the past 2 plus years. They hang over my fireplace. I know it may seem silly to do it but I love to look and the ribbons and remember where we were when we got them. It also helps me to keep track of titles <g> Elaine Mayer

I do so far have every ribbon we have ever won, and they are all up hanging - 4 years of trailing - all the NADAC ones are on a set of French doors that are freestanding - the slats are just right for pinning up row after row of tightly overlapping rosettes.  Ista has one set, Marcus the other side.  The flats are sandwiched together, by trial for each dog, so all of the flats for one trial for that dog are hanging from one clip.  The USDAA ones (we haven't done many USDAA trials) are hanging on the curtain rods.  I worked
hard for each and every Q, that's a lot of training, probably by now millions of emails read to keep up on the sport, given up vacations, etc., so I can do this one thing I love, so yes they represent a lot to me and I intend to keep every one of them, even if I do run out of French doors and windows to hang them on. Barbara Rogers

I display all our ribbons on a cork board. it is 3x4 and all you need to do is use flat thumb tacks and line them up with just the rossette showing - hide the thumb tacks under the rossette ruffle part and they look very nice - my board is filled now - it holds over 80 ribbons. Need to start another.  All the bookmark ones have a small hole punched in them so they can go on a ribbon and they all just get hung on a large ring next to the bottom corner of the board. Everyone who has seen it say it is a great way to show them off. I know of a few people that use them as a border around  the room.
One couple have so many they have done  a few rooms in their home. Very nice looking. Toby Mazrolle

We border an entire (small) room with each year's ribbons.  When we start a new season we move the ribbons to a new wire in the basement (where we try to train in the winter). Last Spring I took 60 placement rosettes to school with me and passed them out to the first graders at my school!  (It went well with that day's math lesson!)  My students were thrilled and several still have their recycled ribbons. I'll do this again this year if I can sneak the ribbons out of the house, past husband and dogs who worked so hard earning them! Barb Scott

Having three dogs that compete regularly with some success in USDAA, NADAC and AKC, I had walls full of all their ribbons. I didn't take too long to run out of space. Then I decided I would only display ribbons which earned them a title, or ribbons from a National event, or some other really special long distance trial. This helped a great deal in conserving wall space.

The rest of the ribbons are stored in the basement in large footlocker type containers - one for each dog.  I can't quite find it in me to just throw them out. Also, in trying to straighten out MACH points with the AKC office recently, I needed to find the actual ribbons to clarify some mistakes. Was really glad I still had them all! Claudia McGuire

I may start doing "shadowboxes" - picture frames that are about an inch deep - with my most "special" ribbons (i.e. the ribbons for the leg that got me the title.  I'm thinking of doing something like this:

Get a shadowbox for each level (i.e. one for novice, one for open, one for elite) for each organization - that's 9, maybe 10 frames, considering NADAC, USDAA, and AKC.  Then, in each one, I'll lay out the PLACEMENT ribbon for the final leg of each title (i.e. in the NADAC novice frame, I'll have the final ribbon for gambler's, jumper's, and standard's titles).  If I didn't place, I'll lay out the Q ribbon.  Then I'll lay out a small piece of parchment paper or something with the words (printed all fancy on my computer) with the name of the title and the date, in smaller script), then I'll include a picture (or not, depending on how much room I have). Daisy Peel

I am lucky enough to have a mother who quilts.  She is currently working on a [large] wall hanging for me, which will have the ribbon strips (that contains the club name, etc) as boarders to the squares on the quilt.  This will require a lot of ribbons.  Then within the squares she has figured out a way to take photographs and "embed" them into the material (does no damage to the photo since she makes a copy of them).  Then the rossette parts will be placed in certain corners of the squares.  I'm sure the quilt design has a name.  This is her first attempt at making such a quilt, but the layout looks incredible and it's truly a special way to preserve your agility memories.  Perhaps once she has finished this one, she might be willing to do some others.....  ask me in a couple of years! :)  Erin Schaefer

I've been showing 3-4 dogs over the past several years in all venues, needless to say, I've accumulated hundreds of ribbons, well....last year we moved into a new home and I found the perfect use for them! Our new home is ranch, with a huge open basement (kept that way purposefully for training), instead of spending a lot of money finishing the bare, concrete walls, I'm using my ribbons!  I found these great molding strips at Home
Depot that tacks go into very easily.  The only pain is drilling holes in the concrete for fastening the strips. I'm trying to keep each dog's ribbons in one area together, and eventually hang pictures along with the ribbons for each dog.  Ribbons don't really mean
much to me, but it was a great way to decorate the walls, and it really "wows" family and visitors. Nita Woulf

Please note that if you make a quilt, pillow, etc. out of ribbons that it can NEVER be washed.  My friend found this out the hard way.  When she washed it all the printing came off the ribbons. Chris Osborn

Mine made a pretty cool looking Christmas tree this year. Jacqui Webster

I have every ribbon I've ever gotten (breed, obedience, agility) displayed in some way. My rosettes get hung on the wall. The flat ribbons get used in different ways. Some are hung, some I use as kind of a frame around framed title certificates and some I just put all together in a huge glass cookie jar that sits in my front hall. Another thing I want to try is getting one of those lamps that have a clear glass bottom that you can fill. Lynn Haughwout

That's what I did this year, too.  I moved into a new house in April and many of my agility friends had yet to see the new place so I had an open house.  At the last minute (the day before party) it occurred to me to do an agility Christmas tree.  The weekend before Blazer had Q'd for the Grand Prix with a 3rd place and that huge rosette made a great star at the top!  Several people said they weren't sure they were at the right house until they saw the tree through the front window and knew they were there! Laura Miller

I am using them as curtains in my upstairs "office." There are two windows, one for Moe and one for Sadie. I have cafe curtain rods for each venue we show in. They are bright and colorful, much better than my view of the garage.  Big problem is that I need one more window for Iggy, if he ever gets any ribbons to hang. Arlyn Sigeti

You can make a wall quilt with ribbons, and even include the rosettes at the corners as accents. You iron them to a fusible fabric first to avoid fraying, then sew together.  A log cabin pattern works well. And yes, novice dogs as well as novice handlers like the ribbons, my dog knows he's done something special when we walk away with a ribbon!
Cheryl Weeks