| A wedding accessory is that special additional item | | | | the groom and their family. It can also include a picture |
| that enhances the wedding ceremony and adds to the | | | | of the bride and groom together. |
| special feeling of the day for the bride and groom. | | | | Aisle Runner |
| Often the wedding accessory is an opportunity for | | | | An additional wedding accessory that accents the |
| family members to take an active part in the | | | | ceremonial entry of the bride is the aisle runner. This |
| celebration of two lives becoming one. | | | | accessory is rolled out for the bride as if she were |
| Three such wedding accessories that add value to the | | | | walking on a red velvet carpet. |
| celebration of love and commitment are the unity | | | | This wedding accessory distinguishes the bride on her |
| candle, the aisle runner, and the ring bearer pillow. | | | | special day and serves to underscore her |
| Unity Candle | | | | commitment, beauty, and the sacredness of the |
| A wedding accessory that symbolizes the marital | | | | journey that she and her groom are undertaking. |
| union of not only two lives but also the joining of two | | | | Ring Bearer Pillow |
| families is the unity candle. With two tapers on either | | | | One additional wedding accessory that adds value and |
| side of a large pillar candle this wedding accessory is | | | | joy to the wedding ceremony is the ring bearer pillow |
| prominently placed in proximity to the site of the | | | | carried by the ring bearer. Often a young beautiful child |
| marriage ceremony. Prior to the arrival of the | | | | is selected to carry out this responsibility. This small |
| bride-to-be, the mother of the bride and the mother of | | | | cushioned pillow reflects the colors of the wedding |
| the groom come forward and light the two tapers. | | | | party and is carried to the altar by the young child. Tied |
| During the actual ceremony, the bride and groom | | | | on top are the symbols of love and commitment as |
| move forward to the unity candle and light the large | | | | reflected in the wedding bands to be exchanged by |
| pillar candle from the flames of the two separate | | | | the bride and groom. The shyness and innocence of |
| tapers. The lighting of the unity candle symbolically | | | | the young child adds to the beauty of the marriage |
| reflects their new family and the union from two | | | | ceremony and is often a moment when the wedding |
| separate families. This wedding accessory can be | | | | guests let out with a collective ahhhh. |
| personalized and can include pictures of the bride or | | | | |