Signature Wedding Aisle Runners

We get so many questions about suggestions on how to decorate the brides wedding aisle runner that we figured we would write up a post about it. Here are a few wedding aisle runner decoration ideas that people have used in their wedding themes.

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Spending thousands of dollars on paper can sometimes sound like the most unreasonable cost of getting married. Unfortunately, making your own wedding invitations can be one of the most time-consuming do-it-yourself tasks of [tag]planning[/tag] a wedding. Still, you can save a lot of money and come out with invitations as good or better than you could have purchased from a professional.

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This short tutorial well teach you how to make your [tag]personalized water bottle labels[/tag] for your wedding in a snap!

1. Open MS Word 2003

2. Go to Tools -> Letters and Mailings -> click on Envelopes and Labels

3. Enter your [tag]wedding[/tag] information and click New Document. Make sure the other circled options are selected.

4. You should have ten labels on your page containing your wedding information. On the keyboard, hold down the Ctrl key and click the A key. This will select the whole template. Then click on the Center icon in the at the top of the page. This will center your text.

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According to a recent VISA survey, two-thirds of American couples over spend on their wedding day. Yikes! Here are a few wedding planning tips and hints that may keep you out of the poor house.

1. Edit your guest list. Usually, your first attempt at a list of invited guests is way too big. Take a closer look at the list and make cuts. Who can you exclude from the list without any unwanted drama? Who will definitely come and who is a maybe? Who will bring a gift, who won’t? Just joking
2. Cupcake wedding cake. A fairly new fad is to have cupcakes as your wedding cake. This is usually less expensive than the traditional three or more tiered wedding cakes. Plus you can have more of an accurate count for how many cupcakes you would need to order. With a traditional [tag]wedding cake[/tag] it is more of a guessing game.

3. Choose your day wisely. Usually brides don’t like to get married on a weekday, but if you absolutely need to save a few bucks you should. Venues will usually charge you much less if you are scheduling a wedding on a weekday or on a Sunday.

4. Dry wedding. If you need to save some money, try having a dry wedding with no alcoholic beverages. You may not get to see your crazy uncle dance that night but you will save that money from the drinks.

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If your not careful, buying all of your wedding favors may get to be a bit pricey. Here are two [tag]DIY Bride[/tag] wedding favor tips that may save you a few bucks.

Homemade Personalized Wedding Candles

Personalized wedding candles can be a great addition to anyone wedding reception and they can be super simple to make right at home.

1. Stock up on as many votive candles as you would like to give as gifts
2. Make sure that you have a printer and a packet of clear small address labels
3. Create a simple monogram on your computer using the address labels
   Hint: A simple monogram can include Bride’s first name, first initial of the last name to be, Groom’s last name and the wedding date
4. Print out your monogram on the address labels
5. Attach the address labels with [tag]monograms[/tag] to the votive candles and
   voilà! You have got yourself a personalized candle wedding favor.

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