"My rule is, if it's not moving, monogram it." - Reese Witherspoon

Before I started planning my wedding, I didn't really understand the appeal of monograms. Why put your name on everything you own? Isn't that something you do when you go to summer camp to avoid losing your socks and underwear? It all seemed a little too pretentious for me.

My opinion of monograms has certainly changed as the wedding planning experience has progressed. In a never-ending attempt to make my wedding scream me, I've realized that monograms are pretty awesome. In fact, I have realized I want (no, need) to make a monogram to adorn items such as our programs, OOT bags, menus, pumpkins and table runners...you know, pretty much everything that doesn't move (oh Reese, how right you are).

Once I decided I wanted a monogram, it was to the interweb for inspiration. Some of my favourite designs follow.

I like this one a lot (it's simple, yet elegant), full names in the foreground and the last initial in the background.

Image via Pink Frosting

Or, to go with our damask theme, what about this beauty:

Image via Pink Design Events

We could also go with just the letter of our new last name (and some very ornate borders):

Image via Documents and Designs

Or our full first names and no last initial:

Image via With This Ring Weddings

Or finally, we could opt for the most traditional monogram, the 3-letter design:

Image via Jennifer Alison Studios

Yeeee! I love monograms. My FH and I couldn't afford to have one commissioned, so we opted to create one ourselves using free fonts from dafont.com and good ol' Microsoft Word. You'll have to wait to see the finished product, but I assure you it's fabulous.

Is it weird that my views on many wedding related ideas (i.e. monograms) are changing as the planning process goes on?