Aisle style - The two decorative aisle trends that you don’t want to include in your wedding ceremony.
When I meet with my clients, we often start the session with a look at their “wedding mood board”. This being a useful collection of images that they have collected from Pinterest and other online sources. Moodboards are such a great way to catch the “vibe” that the couple wish to achieve.
Looking through the images I am often inspired and excited to replicate or expand some of the ideas there. However, over the last year or so I have been presented by some aisle decoration ideas that are impractical in the real world outside a product shoot or even dangerous. And so many couples are requesting these.
A good florist should guide their customers towards decorative solutions that are workable and safe. So here they are: The aisle decorating ideas that you really want to ignore
1/ Rose petals lining the aisle.
This idea is best left on the pages of wedding magazines. Whilst an ordered petal lined aisle can look pretty and luxurious after it has been completed. It has usually dispersed into a messy smattering of petals by the by the time the bride makes an entrance.
Guests have to walk down the same aisle to reach their seats and draughts from passing legs send those expensive petals everywhere. Plus, not everyone will be stepping gingerly over your lines of rose petals, a few of your 80+ guests will not notice that they have kicked petals from one side of the ceremony room to the other.
Best save any rose petals for confetti which looks gorgeous in the wedding photos.
2/ Lining the aisle with candles in glass containers.
Yes, it looks pretty in the magazine pictures but there are so many reasons why this look isn’t the best idea.
The most important reason to avoid this trend is down to basic safety. Fire and glass positioned on the floor where a crowd of people wearing loose fabric are milling about is NOT a good idea. Especially when there are children or older people involved. The chances of breakages and/or burns is high. Many venues now are banning candle-lit aisles on the grounds of health and safety.
Besides the obvious dangers, unless you are getting married in low light it won’t look effective. Most people get married between the hours of midday and 3.30pm in the warmer months and candles really don’t have any impact at all.
If you want to include candles in your wedding, use them on tables and mantles where they will be most effective and most importantly not cause an accident.