Weddingbee boards

I was originally going to go with Nettleton Hollow's birch poles, then found a place in Maine that was cheaper (naturallist.com - with the double-L)... but shipping is still outrageous. Bamboo seemed like a nice (and sustainable) alternative, but Mr.GV and MomGV both think bamboo will look out of place. We bought big wood buckets from Michaels to use for the 4 bases and plan to put the poles in and fill them with plaster. My mom thinks that PVC pipe wrapped with ribbon would work well and look nice (not Maypole-style with the ribbons hanging down, just wrapped around flush to the pipe... like a completed Maypole ). What do you think?

We got some bamboo poles for ours (though we may not actually use them).  We cut them down for free from a neighbor with lots of bamboo.  I think it'll be really pretty.  PVC pipe wrapped with ribbon would be nice too.  Closet poles are another alternative that you can buy locally.  Hope that helps.

Great ideas - thanks so much! I think we'll try to find something pre-cut or that can be cut in the store, so closet poles could be the answer. And great thinking with the glue dots - I probably wouldn't have thought of that and then would have ended up with pooling ribbon at the bottoms of the poles.