Personalized Aisle Runners Set the Stage for Your Wedding

Personalized weddings are one of the hottest trends in 2012 - every bride wants her day to reflect her personality and style.  WhereBridesGo.com has just the thing to help you express your personal taste throughout your ceremony and reception.  

Personalized Aisle Runners

Have you considered personalizing your aisle runner? Personalized aisle runners  set the stage and add your own personal flare as you walk down the aisle.  Our Embracing Hearts Aisle Runner will capture your guests attention and create a beautiful walk way for your ceremonial debut!!  With its interlocking heart design and romantic style - garnished with your names, wedding date and the accent color of your choice - this unique ceremony detail is made exclusively for every couple who chooses it....and at NO additional cost!  It's a gorgeous pop of personalized color for every bride and groom and a "must have" for your ceremony.

Each one can be embellished in one of today's hottest wedding colors and the crisp white runner provides an ideal canvas for the trendy, DIY bride to get really creative!  All Aisle Runners come complete with adhesive strip backing for placement and easy pull cord for extension. We have several designs available.

Personalized Table Runners

Carry the pesonlized theme over to your reception by accenting your tables with our Embracing Hearts Decorative Table Runners.  With its saturated, color block design - accented with your names inside two interlocking hearts - this unique table decoration will easily add a pop of stylish flare to your wedding day decor.  From ball room extravagance, DIY or backyard settings, every reception will come together beautifully when you complete your tables with these standout accessories!

And because each one is available in a variety of today's hottest wedding colors and personalized free of charge, the crisp white table cloth provides an ideal canvas for the trendy bride to get really creative!

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Choosing the Perfect Wedding Venue

When trying to decide on a wedding venue, anything goes. Couples have been married while scuba diving or up in a hot air balloon!

The setting you choose is the stage on which the drama of your nuptials will play itself out. Do you envision an elegant formal wedding in a grand old cathedral with dinner and dancing afterwards at a stately ballroom? How about marrying in a peaceful garden, surrounded by lush flowers, greenery, and all your family and friends? Maybe your style leans more toward a quaint country chapel with the reception at a charming country inn.

Hopefully, you have some idea of how many people you'll need to accommodate and what type of reception you want: a sit-down dinner with dancing, buffet, or cake and champagne only. This will give you some idea as to how big a space you'll need.


The next critical factor in determining a wedding location is whether or not you want to have your ceremony and reception at different places, or whether you'd like the convenience of having them both at the same venue. This, in turn, will be decided by whether or not you want to have your ceremony in a house of worship, or are open to having it someplace else.

House of worship
When planning a religious wedding in a house of worship, the wedding location selection will depend on either your, your fiance's, or your family's personal affiliation with a particular church or synagogue. Keep in mind the location's distance from the reception venue, and its size and style in relation to your overall wedding plans. When considering locations, make sure the space will accommodate all your guests. However, don't select a large church or temple if there are very few guests. A small place of worship would be more intimate.

Some houses of worship also have banquet or meeting halls that work well for a catered reception right there on the church premises, which will somewhat simplify things. Make sure to ask about it when researching the church or synagogue.


It's also possible to have a religious ceremony in a secular location, as many officiants are willing to perform ceremonies at other locations such as homes, gardens, or hotels.

Questions to ask
Before making a commitment to a particular place of worship, set up an appointment to discuss the following:

• Is proof of divorce or special permission from the church needed when remarrying
• Must we be members of the church, or may a friend sponsor us?
• What are the fees for the church or synagogue? And how much time does that allow us?
• Is there a small chapel available for smaller ceremonies?
• Are there any restrictions regarding ceremony attire, such as bare shoulders or yarmulkes?
• How many people will the church or synagogue hold?
• Is there a hall or social room available for a reception? If so, is there an additional fee? If you plan to serve alcoholic beverages or wine, be sure to inquire about the policies.
• Will they supply tables, chairs, linens, china, and silver?
• May rice, birdseed, or rose petals be thrown? SS* Are there accommodations for wheelchairs?
• Is an aisle runner, chuppah, candelabra, or kneeling cushion available, if needed?
  

Historical or public sites
There are many beautiful old mansions that, over the years have been donated to cities or states and are open to the public for tours. Many of these mansions can be rented. The cost varies so check their fees and availability.


There are also many museums, arboretums, and formal gardens that make beautiful settings for a wedding. To find locations available in your area check local newspapers and phone books, or call the chamber of commerce in your vicinity.



Visit Several Venues
If you're having a tough time coming up with the perfect place or are unable to settle on a style, visiting a variety of sites can be both inspiring and motivating. You'll need to move quickly, however, because the most popular spots are reserved anywhere from twelve to twenty-four months in advance.


WhereBridesGo.com provides links to 26 local wedding planning sites in cities across the country. Check it out to see if there's one for your city!  You'll find links to the best ceremony and reception venues in your local area!
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Personalizing Your Wedding Ceremony

In lieu of the formal readings or traditional vows, why not take a few liberties to personalize your ceremony and make it uniquely you?

Some of our favorite ideas include:

• Write and read your own vows to one another. You can structure them by including all the things you fell in love with, why you are thankful for one another, and what promises you make to one another. There are several great books you purchase with creative ideas on writing meaningful and original vows.
  
  
• My sister has an incredible voice and she sang to her husband at the alter. It was beautiful and breathtaking. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
  
  
• Coordinate with your officiate to have all of the married couples in attendance stand. Have them sit in increments of those married less than 5 yrs, less than 10 yrs, 20 yrs, etc ... until you are left with one couple standing who has been married the longest. I was at a wedding where the couple had been married 63 years. Everyone applauded them and the officiate challenged the couple to reach that goal and to look as happy, healthy, and in love at that age. It was incredibly touching.
  
  
• Include the story of how you met in your ceremony. Your guests will appreciate sharing in your love story.

• At my own wedding, rather than decorating the chapel with flowers, each female guest was given the symbol of love, a single red rose. The ushers presented them from large vases at the entrance as they were seating each attendee.
  
  
• Greet guests with music as they arrive at the ceremony. A traditional string quartet is beautiful, or you can be original with an acoustic guitar or even mariachis!
  
  
• Place something in each seat for your guests. Rice or confetti to toss after the vows, is a great touch. Wedding bubbles are always popular too. You can really set a festive tone with party poppers filled with streamers for the guests to unleash after "I Do"! Check out WhereBridesGo.com for creative wedding boxes, pouches, and personalized gift tags for your guest goodies.
  

Do you have unique idea for your wedding? Share it with us! We would love to read and share what you are doing to make your wedding creative and original!

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