My idea was to have these efficient palm fans sitting on every chair at the ceremony, so when the wedding guest sits down they have their own "air maker" for comfort during the ceremony. In "the knot" world it's not the most original idea, but I can guarantee that no guest attending our wedding had a palm fan waiting for them on their seat at any other wedding they've ever attended in the past.
So Mr. Mek's mother's friend (did you get all that?!) had a trip planned to the Philippines and I asked her is she could bring me back some palm fans. I originally looked online to order them and the cheapest I saw was $8.99 per dozen. Not too bad, but knowing that these are made in the Philippines, I was pretty sure I could get them cheaper. Hey, I'm on a budget! Sure enough, 25 fans were brought back for me. I actually have no idea how much they cost since mother-in-law Mek wouldn't let me pay for them, but I'm pretty sure it is somewhere around $5.00 for all 25 or some outrageous price like that.
Next step....make them puuuuurty.
My supplies: palm fan, scissors, glue gun, glue sticks, ribbon.
Step 1: Feed ribbon through fan, there should be a opening or a whole of some sort that makes this step easy.
Step 2: Wrap ribbon around handle and feel through opposing whole. Alright, so I'm not the best at giving directions! Hopefully my images speak volumes.
Step 3. Keep wrapping ribbon tightly around handle till handle is completely covered.
Step 4: Hot glue end of ribbon to fan. TaDa!
Pau!
Brings back some color to these natural fans. After seeing knottie eyeheartmike use colored fans for her wedding, I wished I would've gotten red fans instead. Oh well.
knottie: eyeheartmike
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knottie: Mrs.Winter 
knottie: plumeriapal
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PS those "Air Makers" are totally amazing! I'm so jealous!Beautiful!
Love the fans!
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