Create A Beautiful Wedding Aisle That Captures Your Style

The romance and celebration of a wedding begins with the decorations. The more you decorate, the more your wedding guests will be caught up in the celebration. Many wedding couples focus their decoration efforts on the reception hall rather than the chapel or site of the wedding ceremony. Why not create a festive atmosphere for the ceremony as well?

The aisle draws the attention of your wedding guests throughout the ceremony. They see the aisle upon arrival and upon being seated. The aisle is the focal point of everyone’s gaze as the processional begins and your guests wait for the bride to appear. Finally, the aisle draws everyone’s gaze toward the altar as the bride and groom exchange vows. Therefore, the wedding aisle is the perfect place to decorate.

Wedding Aisle Runners

Typical wedding aisle decoration for a wedding ceremony begins with the aisle runner. You can choose the traditional white runner or embellish with a light floral design that matches your wedding flower arrangements and bouquets.

Also popular are wedding aisle runners imprinted with monograms, wedding quotations or designs appropriate to your wedding theme. You can also personalize your wedding aisle runner with a customized design or pattern, or with creative borders and trim that reflects your personality.

White is the traditional color for wedding aisle runners, but it’s not the only color you can choose. Depending on your wedding color scheme, you can select from any number of solid or patterned runners in a variety of colors. Use your imagination and creativity to choose a runner that’s beautiful and enhances your wedding theme.

A custom-painted wedding aisle runner can give the appearance of flower petals or gemstones scattered down the aisle, or a beautiful path with a mosaic tile or needlepoint border.

Wedding aisle runners are made from a variety of materials, including rayon and plastic, and they have different types of non-slip backing or adhesives. The type of material you select depends partly on the surface the wedding aisle runner will cover.

For an outdoor wedding, for example, you need an aisle runner that will fit firmly on the ground. Wherever the wedding ceremony and whatever type of aisle runner you choose, you’ll want to test the material to be sure you’re comfortable walking on the runner and that the material doesn’t cause you to trip.

Flower Petals, Confetti, Bows, and Garland

If you choose not to have a wedding aisle runner, you can decorate the aisle floor by scattering flower petals or personalized wedding confetti. Whether or not you choose to decorate the aisle floor, you can enhance the beauty of the aisle by connecting the pews or chairs along the aisle with tulle swags or garlands of greenery or flowers. Or place large bows as decoration on the aisle side of each pew or chair. A Christmas wedding might have aisle pews connected with green garlands decorated with ornaments or candy canes, and pew candelabras.

Decorated Wedding Arches

You can also create decorated wedding arches for the processional to pass beneath and place them several yards apart down the aisle. The arches can be made from flowers or green garlands or balloons, depending on the theme of your wedding.

Outdoor Wedding Aisle Decoration

For a garden or beach wedding, you can be even more creative with plants and floral arrangements. Line the wedding aisle with rows of flowers or set flowering plants next to each aisle seat. To add a touch of elegance to a garden wedding, place white columns down the aisle topped with flower sprays. Aisle torches add a memorable touch to a Hawaiian-style wedding.