About Custom Printed Wedding Aisle Runners

Tradition says that brides first starting using aisle runners when roads were unpaved and guests would arrive and track dirt and mud from the streets. A clean white runner was laid down so the bride's dress would not drag through the mud.

Wedding aisle runners are available in a variety of colors and can either be made from fabric or plastic. Fabric aisle runners tend to be more durable and are recommended for both inside and outside wedding ceremonies. A plain white wedding runner can be purchased at Jo-Ann Fabrics or online discounters. These runners come in a basic white with no details or personalization and are generally "plastic-y" and a bit difficult to walk on. They also tend to rip or tear if punctured with a shoe's high heel. The prevalence of this type of aisle runner that cheapen the look of your other wedding décor makes it difficult to find a quality aisle runner that compliments your general wedding decor. If you want a wedding runner that matches your wedding party colors, a theme wedding or the décor of the facility, you will want to take a look at a custom printed runner. This type of aisle runner is also referred to as a signature aisle runners or custom printed aisle runners.

A custom printed aisle runner offers many personalization options. Custom aisle runners can include personalized and unique details such as a phrase, initial, logo, graphic or monogram. You can also evoke the feel of your theme wedding with theme specific text, logo, and fonts.

Want to have some creative control over your aisle runner? You can design your own custom wedding ceremony aisle runners at weddingrunways.com. There is also the capability to have your own logo or graphic printed on your custom wedding runner. View their custom aisle runner software to create your own aisle runner here or see examples of other custom aisle wedding runners.

Wedding Aisle Runner Tips

Here are some tips for using your wedding aisle runner use:

• Assign someone to double check that your wedding aisle runner is laid in the center of the aisle. With no crooked edges or areas that need to be smoothed out. This will ensure that the wedding aisle runner doesn't look crooked in your wedding photographs.

• If you're having an outdoor ceremony, the aisle runner will have grommets in it and you can use small stakes to secure it, perhaps with a color coordinated string or ribbon. If the background color of your wedding aisle runner is not white, consider color coordinated stakes to not ruin the look of your wedding runner.