Though DG and I LOVED the look and feel of Edgefield Baptist Church in East Nashville, we had a few concerns about the space. As you can see, there’s some really obvious gold lettering over the baptismal area. We weren't really feelin' it, but we set out to find a solution. The people at Edgefield were so so easy to work with, and I their wedding policies are some of the most reasonable I encountered. That being said, they understandably have policies in place to protect the integrity of the building itself.
We were not allowed to fix anything to the walls, no tacking things to pews, etc., so we did some brainstorming to come up with a solution. We talked about renting columns of some kind, but we only found tacky white plastic columns or black wooden ones that were far too contemporary for our theme. We talked about building some, but it seemed that was too big an undertaking. Ultimately, we settled on a strategy that was two-fold. First, we wanted to ensure our guests didn’t miss the meaning in all of the lyrics and scripture in our ceremony, so we had the friend who designed our website design content to project onto the screen. This covered most of the lettering. It was mostly just ambiant, abstract color and the text. Unfortunatly it wasn’t really captured in the photos, but it worked well and was both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
Our other objective was simply to give our guests a focal point. Something nice to look at. We discussed a variety of options, and finally settled on a cross. After a series of drafts for this project, here’s what we did. We bought a four by eight foot piece of plywood and some simple decorative molding. My dad and I spent an evening sometime last March measuring and cutting the moldings to fit. The following morning my mom and I stained it to match the woodwork in the church. Once it was dry, Dad and I assembled the entire piece. I wish I had pictures of the whole step by step, but of course, at the time, I was more concerned with completing the project than documenting it. We purchased this wrought iron cross for something like $10 at Hobby Lobby and sprayed it gold then mounted it in the center. Dad used fishing line to support it at the church, and when it was all put together, it provided the perfect backdrop for our ceremony. All in all, we probably spent about $50 or $60 on the project. By far one of our best decisions, in my opinion! What do you think of our finished product??
Just goes to show you that a little ingenuity can go a really, really long way! Have any of you other brides had friends or family custom build pieces for your wedding?
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