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I am wanting to do the same exact thing. I think about this probably everyday. a.little.obsessed. LOL. I cant imagine sewing each single petal on an aisle runner but i dont see myself paying 1000 dollars either. Let me know if you figure something out and I will do the same. Good luck! :)
http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/f103/my-diy-aisle-runners-finally-done-54557/
It looks like she just hot glued some petals to some ribbon to lay on the sides of the aisle. If you wanted to have a patterned runner I would just buy one of those aisle runners from the craft stores and trace out a pattern and hot the the petals as such. I think you might want to check on the cost of petals though. Depending on where and how many you get you may be spending upwards of $1000 for all the supplies. Good luck!!!!
geez i havent even thought of an aisle runner. $1000 for a runner of petals sewed together?! OMG.
You could try like the Dollar Tree they have 300 count packs of petals for $1. For $20 dollars you could get 6000 petals. I guess it would depend on how wide you are making the side and how long.
Good Luck!
Thanks for the tip ladies. After thinking about it--and the fact that we're having little ones (1.5 years old and 2 yrs old) walking in the wedding and our aisle is almost at a slope I was worried they would trip over the petals!
def just get fake petals and sprinkle them yourself. they are cheap and look like the real thing from far away. i used them.
I have been planning to do my own for some time now, I have been gathering as many cheap petals as I can find. I recently purchased as many bags I could at my local dollar tree and got a package of dye and made the white petals to pink in one evening. I still have a ton more to make or purchase but I have 10 months till the wedding so I'm taking my time at the moment. I was planning to spray the runner with a spray adhesive and drop the petals on to it and build up from there. Not sure if it will work just yet but I figured it was worth a try. Good luck to others who hace thought this up and would LOVE to hear other ideas and pictures of finished products! I have about 10,000 petals now and will be getting 10,000 more from a bride once her wedding is over but I'm planning to buy a case of white petals from the dollar tree online. That will give me another 14,000+ If that's not enough then I'm just going to make it enough!! lol!
Skip the runner and just sprinkle petals down the aisle. Most people say that they trip over runners even when nothing is added to them. petals are not slippery enough for anyone to trip on them, especially if they are real. Silk petals have much more of a safety hazard issue.
If you go the route of real petals, you can get a ton for next to nothing from a local florist since they come from roses that are past their selling prime but otherwise in great condition. There is no chance at all of staining because a petal has to be violently ground and crushed (which regular walking on them or your dress brushing against them) will not do at all.
@Selene221: The only problem with this being that a lot of indoor venues do not allow real petals.
I finally started my runner using spray adhesive layering the petals to give it more of a 3D look and not so flat... It's been time consuming but not as long as sewing or hot gluing each petal would. Here's what we've done so far...
@cah111405: It looks great!!! I'm considering doing it too!! How long is your aisle runner? How many petals do you think you'll end up using?
@cah111405: That is beautiful! I been having trouble imagining an isle runner that I would want, and yours is just awesome!
cah111405- your's looks awesome! I kind of want to make one but it's relatively low on my long DIY list, so I may skip it :p I'm curious too how many petals do you need for this?
I did my aisle runner, edges? lol Here is ONE completed side! =) Sorry for the crummy pics!
1 Layer
2 Layers
Oh my goodness I think you just saved my butt!! I've been stressing over a runner since real petals are pricey and fake ones are a no-go on the farm...but I enver thought of putting them together like that!! I think it's wonderful!!
Here's a link for calculating how many silk flower petals you'll need, depending on the length of your aisle and how thick you want the flowers. A 25' long, 2 borders only, densely covered takes 2500 petals. A 100', full width, lightly covered takes 6000 petals. http://www.petalgarden.com/petalcalc.htm
Silk Flowers Factory is about the cheapest I've seen for silk petals. 500 for $5. http://www.silkflowersfactory.com/rose-petals-s/1134.htm
Also, there is a company that sells these premade (and they are beautiful!), but borders run $230-$400 and full aisle runners cost from $470-$2000. http://petalhappy.com/products.html
I'm doing a destination wedding and am not sure I can fit runners in my suitcase (they are super poofy once you roll up 2x25' of flowers! Forget fitting an entire flower carpet!). So, I'm thinking of doing a variation on the normal borders... I'd do a 25' piece of sparkly, gorgeous, 3" wide ribbon, and place 9-inch diameter silk flower pomanders at the ends of the ribbons, with one more pomander in the middle to help weight it down (I can pin the pomanders in place on the ribbon if necessary). 6 pomanders and some ribbon will be a lot easier to fit into my suitcase! :)
@domiliisa- have you thought about mailing your aisle runner to the hotel you will be staying at? Contact the customer service desk and enlist the help of the manager to receive and hold onto the runner the week of the wedding. You could ship it in one of those flat if-it-fits-it-ships box.
rnmomto3: thanks for the suggestion. I actually tried looking up the cost to ship a box to Dubrovnik, Croatia and it said like $200! Haha... that'll cost more than my runner! :)
Just so y'all can see... here's what 2000 petals looks like (these
cost about $55 from petalgarden.com). We're going to order 4000 ivory petals to dilute the colors a bit (my wedding colors are the colors of "a garden sunrise" - haha, weird, I know - peach, pink, pale yellow, and a little bit of avocado). It's hard to believe that two 25' long borders would only need 500 more petals than this! This hardly looks like any petals at all!
@cah111405: Love your runner. Would you consider selling it? NeEd it for August.
Hey Bees!
I do custom made Aisle Runners.....
Here is my post!
Check it out!
http://classifieds.weddingbee.com/topic/custom-made-aisle-runners
Like another poster said, you can order great (and cheap!) fake petals online from dollar tree, a case is $24.00 plus shipping, but I think you can pick it up locally? and you get 7200 petals for that. Or just grab a few packs everytime you head by the local dollar tree.
I am selling !!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130689783126#shId
@nmarsie: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130689783126#shId
Wow this is beautiful. I am really considering this. I am having a Church wedding, and this will make everything come together. And you can incorperate your wedding colors in the runner. Do you have any more pics? Great Job!
@nmarsie: I have a lapis colored petal runner I am selling...let me know if you are interested!
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Has anyone ever tried making their own DIY Petal aisle runner? I refuse to pay $1000 for a 125' aisle petal runner. That's crazy!