Rain On Your Wedding Day is Good Luck!

I heard this back in 1995 when I got married. It rained on my wedding day and I wasn't happy about it. It was the one thing that I could not control after the many months that I spent planning my own wedding. I checked the Farmer's Almanac early on and sure enough, it said showers. I'm not sure who told me this but I remember thinking when I heard it that it must have been made up by a really optimistic bride...how could rain on your wedding day be good in any way?

"It's good luck if it rains on your wedding day!" is something I think about when I remember Laura and Kyle's wedding a little over a year ago. I don't think about the rain, or how the plan might have had to change that day but about Laura's attitude on the day of her wedding.

The plan began very simply with inspiration from the bridal show. At the time I had created a display of garden silhouette black and white linen which was very bold and very feminine and I mixed it with a beautiful eye shadow blue. Laura fell in-love with it the minute she saw it at the show and told me she had to have it and so she did!

The wedding was beautiful, and romantic and feminine and all of the things you want a wedding to be...rain or shine!

Aisle Art: Make a BOLD Statement!

According to Emily Post a couple should not use their "wedding monogram" until AFTER the wedding, this is a rule that is broken often. And often by me. Brides usually cannot resist using this aspect of the wedding to brand it, after all, it IS the perfect motif to make the wedding your own. I don't fight it, sorry Miss Post. I suggest using it and using it with every detail if the monogram is something you love. The best way to use your wedding monogram and to get a big splash is to have a monogrammed aisle runner like this one that I created for Emily and James.

This one was pretty straight-forward, white cloth, black monogram but I've done bold colors like red, black and pink. It is single-handedly the biggest way to make a statement in the church and quite frankly the least expensive. This is a DIY project for sure. You can order inexpensive fabric online at http://www.fabric.com/ (remember you are going to need a ton of it to cover the length of the entire aisle), reverse the monogram and enlarge it at Kinko's, create an "iron on" by using fusible webbing you can buy at Hobby Lobby and iron on your design! It's that easy!

I've made banners the same way for the doors of Beck Chapel and I even did an aisle runner with the words "Happily Ever After" on it several years ago.

You must check with your church and/or ceremony site before factoring in an aisle runner, there are a handful of venues in Bloomington that do not allow them. Never use a paper runner if you want the real deal, it just doesn't look the same and it always ends up in a ball by the end of the processional. Also, if you are having an outdoor ceremony an aisle runner isn't necessary. Check with your florist for rose/flower petals and talk to us about ways to dress up the aisle for the outdoors!