ribbon wands completed

so i finally added the finishing touch to my ribbon wands.  i had wanted to add some sort of instruction like "after c&s get pronounce husband and wife, wave these around"  or something.  but i didnt like that it would be a bit verbose.  i also didnt know where i could attached a tag of any sort.  so i just took the letter stamps and stamped "yay", "hooray", "rah rah", "hip hip", or "cheers" on the tops of the rods and also "c&s"

ribbon wands

so i had a few of the supplies needed for ribbon wands but not all.  the other day i found the rest of the supplies i needed here on this diy:  http://www.intimateweddings.com/blog/diy-ribbon-wands/

i went to home depot and bought 4 ft 7/16" rods and some screw eye hooks.  i had to saw the rods down to 1ft each.  then sand the bottoms so no one would get splinters.

i did things a bit backwards in the i strung the ribbon through the split rings first.  then i attached the screw eye hooks onto the split rings. 

then i screwed these onto the dowels.  ive been thinking about adding bells. but i havent gone to get the bells yet so not sure if i will add those. 

ok adding the bells after i had already screwed the hooks into the dowels was a bad idea.  i had to open the hooks and when i did that some of the screws came loose.  the dowels are not that solid and a bit brittle so i think messing with it opened up the hole.  i ended up screwing it into the other end.