Needing some advice/ help regarding decorations for a wedding in the park!

Help!

My fiance and I are getting married in the park! We are not allowed to have certain items like sparklers, balloons, or confetti to name a few. My vision is having "ribbon wands" on all our guest chairs for the ceremony. As we walk down the aisle as husband and wife everyone will wave the wands around and there will be a sea of ribbons floating everywhere and bells chiming. We'd also use them for our grand exit!

I have dowels, bells, and a little string to tie the bells to the top dowel. My question is: Can anyone point me in a direction to find inexpensive satin ribbons? I'd need at least 500 yards and doesn't need to be all one color. And is that the best type of ribbon to create that "ribbon dancer" effect? ribbon dancer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aptonWR8PLA

EDIT: added a sentence

Posted Oct 30, 2015, 1:33 AM UTC

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peachykeen5•

I would suggest looking on amazon. A couple of my friends got their handfasting cords on there and they said they found tons of ribbon options too.

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HHH_624Bride•

Have you tried Michaels or Joann Fabrics? They sometimes do 20% entire purchase sales. Also try googling "discount ribbon selection" and see if any bulk-discount shops pop up!

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scriptteaseOPBride•

We've got plenty of hobby lobby's in the area that have 40% coupons. I should check out the fabric store- I didn't think of that! Craft/ fabric stores are probably the best route since reviews for online purchases vary from one end to another! And this way to I have something immediately and can see for myself. Thank you!!!!

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magnoliabud•

Have you looked on AliExpress?

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scriptteaseOPBride•

Never heard of it! I'm going to look into it as soon as I get home, thanks!!

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heyitsericaBride NJ 10/16/2016•

Fabric.com and fashionfabric.com!

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