Ribbon In The Sky DIY
Today we are happy to have Rhiannon of Hey Gorgeous Events share one of her DIY projects with us. It’s an easy and simple DIY that can be an awesome substitute when rose petals or sparklers are not allowed. Don’t let church or venue restrictions crush your bride. Instead give the couple a fun and easy alternative like these DIY ribbon wands!
SUPPLIES
- wooden dowels (in desired length and quantity. I used 12 inch long dowels for this DIY and a combination of 12 inch and 3 foot long dowels for my client’s wedding. The dowels are sold in various widths and lengths at most craft stores in the unfinished wood section)
- ribbon, lace, strips of fabric, trim; whatever you’d like to have flowing through the air when guests wave these wands! The more ribbon you buy, the fuller your wands will look obviously. Careful too! Ribbon can be expensive.
- a hot glue gun
- scissors
{Step 1} Pick one of your rolls of ribbon, and unravel the entire thing. Match up both ends of the entire piece so that the ribbon is essentially folded in half. Then you’re going to fold the ribbon in half again, matching up both ends and the loop part where the ribbon is ‘folded’ in half. You will continue to fold your ribbon in half until the length of the folded pieces is your desired length (my pieces of ribbon are on average 26 inches in length; anything too long can easily get tangled). Once you have set your desired length, snip the loops at each of the folds so you are instead left with an even amount of ribbon pieces, all the exact same length (usually you can get 8 strips out of a roll)
{Step 2} Continue to unravel, measure and cut all of your rolls of ribbon until you have various piles of measured out ribbon strips. Using your hot glue gun, dab a very small amount of glue onto the end of a wood dowel. Place the very end of one strand of ribbon onto the glue dab and press down lightly to spread out the glue. Continue gluing various strands of ribbon onto the end of the dowel, overlapping the already glued on strands if needed.
When you are ready to ‘seal’ the strands to the dowel, glue and tightly wrap a piece of ribbon around the dowel, starting at the very end of the dowel (where you have already fastened the ribbon strands to) working your way down until you have a neat and clean enclosure. Secure the end with more glue.
Voila! An easy DIY that takes little time to create the wow factor for your clients!
Thank you Rhiannon for the lovely ribbon wand DIY!
Photographed by Jenna McKenzie
Rhiannon is the editor of the blog Hey Gorgeous and when she isn't writing for her blog , she's busy styling and coordinating the prettiest of weddings and editorial shoots over at Hey Gorgeous Events. 13 Comments
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So pretty ! Great job on the tutorial!
Love this idea! So cute!
Such a cute idea! And such a beautifully photography DIY!!
Love this! I made some for a bride of mine this summer, and the guests LOVED them. Great DIY Rhiannon:-)
Love these! Great for little kiddie parties too!
such a great idea – and the perfect DIY
This is so cute! I love ribbons and this is a fabulous diy!
This is a great idea and as Alicia stated, this would be great for the ceremony as well, when the couple is announced. I love the different and coordinating colors of the ribbon.
So cute! I love the idea of using these at the ceremony too when the couple is announced!
Rhi always has great fun ideas! I just made ribbon wands and they are soooooooo cute and great to photograph. Plus it’s so easy to find ribbon with your color scheme.
Great fun idea. The best part about this post for me is, just realizing how once more life keeps telling us: that IT´S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MATTER. So, yes! Its all about details in every aspect of life.
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