Lauren's How To: DIY Aisle Runner

So a couple weeks back, my fellow bride-to-be friend Tara and I decided that we were going to take a try at DIY painting our monograms on our aisle runners. If you are thinking about doing this, I would highly suggest it. It was not hard - just really time consuming, but totally worth it.

Step 1: Purchase a premade aisle runner or purchase fabric to use. We purchased our premade aisle runners at Pat Catan's for $25. Also purchase fabric paint. We got our at JoAnn Fabrics.

Step 2: Get monogram enlarged to the size you want it to be painted on the aisle runner.

Step 3: Roll aisle runner out and determine where you want your monogram placed on it. I designed mine to go in the back of the church where the pews start. My aisle runner has to be placed before the ceremony and pinned to the floor (church's rule) so I decided that would be the best place for it. Tara is allowed to roll hers out right before she walks down the aisle so she decided to flip the monogram so when people walked out it would be right side up.

Step 4: Place printed monogram under the aisle runner.

Step 5: Place wax paper in between paper monogram and aisle runner so when the aisle runner dries, it doesn't stick to the paper. Tape aisle runner, wax paper and monogram paper together.

Step 6 Use a pencil or pen to trace the printed monogram onto the aisle runner.

Step 7: Once traced, use fabric paint to paint your monogram onto the aisle runner.

Step 8: Let monogram dry, and repeat painting if needed.

The finished products: (at least finished for right now, I bet both of will be obsessing over touching them up!)

*Tara I stole this picture from theknot, didn't think you'd mind ;)*

I would recommend doing this to anyone who is considering it. It wasn't as hard as we thought, just time consuming. In the end it was totally worth it!