Working Your Monogram into Your Wedding

Okay fall/winter wedding brides, we’re back this week with more lovely details from Arizona Diamondbacks player Eric Brynes and former Miss California Tarah Peters’ seaside winter wedding to help with inspiration for your big day.

If this was Monograms 101 , Eric and Tarah would be star pupils. For their wedding, the stylish couple pulled  it off beautifully and seamlessly.  First things first, I love the lowercase letters. They really help to enforce the casual vibe they were shooting for here.  If you’re considering including a monogram design in your wedding décor, deciding whether you’re for or against monograms is only the first step – considering different fonts, styles, and colors is the next part and the fun part. (You can make your own or have a professional create a design for you.)

Once you’ve picked a monogram design, it’s time to determine when and how you’ll use it. Eric and Tarah chose to carry their monogram style through most of their reception details. (In the photos, you’ll see how they used “t&e” to decorate the menus, favors, seating cards, and the dance floor.) Notice how in each case the monogram is used to compliment the detail rather than distract the eye from it? Keeping your monograms in a softer, more neutral color is a great way to ensure that they don’t become too busy or off-putting. Here the gold and brown shades the pair selected make an elegant-yet-subtle statement

So today's lesson is: The options for incorporating your monogrammed style are endless. If you’ve found a design you love, debut it in your save-the-dates then introduce it into your wedding stationery. Or, for a more discrete inclusion, consider printing it on the ribbons that will hold your flowers together or along the seam of the rings bearer pillow.

Geoff White Photography