How do I deal with red carpet?

How long will your bridesmaid dresses be? Maybe if they were knee length they wouldn't blend in with the carpet so well. Is the red carpet the exact same color as the dresses?

Is it possible to get white or black sheets to cover the stage? That would be pretty. Just make sure it's tacked down so no one trips over wrinkles. That happened to me at my dad's wedding when I was younger. That was embarrasing! You could also try making their shoes a different color. It might help break up the red blending together. Or maybe they could wear a different color sash around the waist. I agree that too much red with drown them out. If you do keep the stage red carpet, make sure the bridesmaid's dresses aren't a few shades off from the carpet color. That might look a little strange too. Good luck with your planning!!

I wouldnt worry about it. Unless they are going to have long dresses that are going to touch the floor then I wouldnt sweat it. Its carpet, people aren't going to notice it, maybe you can have them wear black shoes to give it some seperation if you worried about them blending it with the carpet, but I really wouldn't. And I wouldn't cover your stage with any fabrics, you dont want any accidents! I've seen it before and the bride's heel got caught on the fabric and she sort of stumbled on to the stage, one word...EMBARASSING!!! Tulle will also get caught on heels anyways, so I would not even consider using that if you had to. But, really the carpet will be ok and your girls will not blend in.

I wouldn't suggest tulle - but that would be the best idea. Check out one of the wholesale fabric stores, there are several on Roosevelt/State street.

Good Luck!

I think a good idea would be to throw white rose petals on the stage(fresh or artifical). This would keep the dresses and the floor from blending.Also throwing roses petal on the runner would be pretty.

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I like Laquae's suggestion of throwing white rose petals all over to break up the color and at the same time keep the red carpet in your color scheme.

Can you bring a bridesmaid dress to the stage now and have someone wear it or hold it up on a hanger while you sit in a pew?

All the below are wonderful suggestions! I ran into this once and we did the toule across the steps wtih two colors of the wedding in pettle "lightly" draped across. I was a wonderful touch! It ended up bringing more out into the pictures as well.. Good luck!

I like the idea of white petals. That would look so pretty and eliminate trips and heels getting caught. It wold look very clean and less fussy.

If you do the white petels I suggest letting the flower girl prepare the area. Flowers girls are so proud to be able to help... I like this idea the best, beautiful, reasonable cost, and simple.... Love to hear how it goes...

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Another idea is to construct a small hardwood floor area just for the stage. This may be very cheaply done if you use laminate flooring.

View Quoted Comment Do you have pictures of this? I would love to see it because I'm trying to figure how to do that exact thing!

We just went to our church today with our swatches to make sure the blue wasn’t the same as the blue in their carpet! Since it’s not pure blue, I decided it won’t be too bad even though it’s very close. We aren’t allowed to have an aisle runner but that’s a good idea!