Your wedding altar = the CENTERPIECE to your whole wedding ceremony! Being that the altar is the main focal point of your ceremonial matrimony, I need not to say that it should be beautiful! When is there going to be another opportunity for you to create the backdrop to one of your most important life moments?
The altar traditionally served as place of religious sacrifice and offering, and altars are still observed as a valued and important formality in modern churches. If you are getting married in a church, you typically are allowed to use the altar, and the altar's accompanying decor (i.e. candelabras, a cross, table runner, Bible) as a part of your wedding ceremony. In this case, my suggestion would be to integrate the traditional decor into your ceremony and cease the urge to add "your own thing" to standing altar. Typically churches, and their respective altars. look best with simple additions of greenery and soft whites. In a church setting, less is truly more...a church is beautiful within itself, no need to overshadow it!
As we know, the modern bride is taking her ceremony to other places (although a Church is still the most popular place setting). Today's wedding ceremonies are commonly seen on a local beach, on an island shore, in the garden of a Victorian home, in the back field of a Country Club, and inside a once empty event space. Not only do these naturally beautiful place settings produce wonderful pictures, but their 'blank slates" allow you to create your OWN altar masterpiece. With such big scenery behind you, it is crucial that you provide an altar (big or small) to unify your guests attention towards you and your groom. Below is both an inspiration board of some AMAZING altars and some insight on how to go about achieving your very own altar look!
Draping
Use draping (provided and designed by your florist, wedding coordinator, or rental company) to provide a soft flow to your ceremony altar. Use wooden beams with the draping and create a "canopy" feelto surround you and your man!
Florals
Whether it is covering wooden beams with roses, or placing a single large arrangement in the middle of a table, the use of florals is an easy way to add some punch to your altar. Although flowers can get expensive fast, using florals WISELY and intermittently can definitely be done - make them count!
Architecture
Natural architecture is the least expensive, but often the most impacting altar style. Scope out your ceremony venue for large doors, beautiful archways, picturesque verandas, garden gazebos, hearty fireplaces, and cascading stairways. These elements easily create altars full of understated elegance!
Nature
Having an ancient oak tree as the center point of your ceremony just couldn't seem more beautiful to me! Naturally occurring structures don't cost you a dime (we like that part) and strips down the "fluff" around you -- truly making it JUST about you as the Bride and Groom. A wall of trellised rose bushes, a landscaped waterfall, a big ole' tree, a backyard garden, or a sea-side collection of boulders can be great canvases for your altar!
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