Hi, I'm looking for ideas to help me improve one of my crafts. I make little herb markers on slate with 6" and 12" wooden sticks to put them into the herb pots. Howerver, I'd like to use some type of coated metal rods on the 12" ones and maybe even make longer ones. I plan to drill a little hole on the top of the slate and then bend the rod like a little shepherds hook to hang the little slates. Does anybody have any idea as to where I could get coated rods?