Autumn, what a romantic, splendid time to get married! either you want your autumn wedding to be very formal, most casual or somewhere in between, you have an grand variety of possibilities. It is harvest time. The summer heat is gone. Yet the days are still warm and sunny. The leaves are turning into an expected array of colors and as they fall off the trees, originate a soft, lush colorful carpet. Halloween and Thanksgiving are here and can serve as wedding themes or be incorporated for a most unique personalized fall theme wedding. Can you see the possibilities? So, put on your mental cap and get creative.
Following are ideas to help you plan a fall wedding.
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Wedding Location, Location, Location
Attire
Bride and her attendants
Fall weather is unpredictable. It may get chilly so, consider heavier fabrics and at least some sleeve for the gown and dresses or top them with matching boleros, stoles or shawls that can, but do not have to be worn. The wedding gown can be white, ivory, champagne or gold. The gown and or veil may show embroidered leaf motif or dainty gold embroidery.
Bridesmaids may wear either the same color or to authentically rehearse the autumn theme, have each bridesmaid rehearse a distinct fall color. See Fall Colors List. The bride may wish to wear a fall theme garter and carry a matching hankie.
Bridesmaids and flower girl will look great adorning garlands of fall flowers and leaves.
The groom and his attendants
To reflect the season, the men and boys could wear tan, beige and brown attire instead of the white, black or dark blue. Their ties should be of fall colors matching the bridesmaids dresses and their boutonnière should be a fall flower.
Fall Colors
white, ivory, champagne, muted gold, tan, beige, assorted browns, hunter green, burnt orange, rust red, deep red, burgundy, cranberry, wine, navy blue, sky blue, eggplant purple, pewter, silver, pale yellow, pumpkin and orange.
Invitations And Stationery
Accent your invitations and wedding writing materials with your chosen fall color. If you print your own, you may add fall graphics such as leaves, acorns, fall flowers, seasonal fruit, or a horn of plenty. If you buy fall theme print your own invitations, fall theme is available. Cut the place cards to look like a fall theme item leaves, pumpkin, turkey siluettes etc...
Flowers
Chrysanthemums, roses, daisies, dahlias, lilies, yarrow, orchids, hydrangeas, sunflowers, baby breath, fall leaves, tallow berries, natural or dried wheat.
Ceremony
Decorate the ceremony site with fall flowers.
Instead of aisle runners spread fall color real or fake leaves, in the center aisle. If your ceremony location does not allow spreading petals or leaves directly on the floor, glue leaves on aisle runners. This is a great action for kids as the love to glue and can be creative. So, if you can engage kids, either they are yours or not, they will be proud to help with your wedding.
Instead of rose petals, fill the flower basket with colorful fall leaves.
Make pew bows from ribbons in your wedding colors and embellish them with fall silk flowers, leaves, fruit, wheat, Indian corn etc...
Reception
General
Use mini pumpkins, gourds, berrirs, Indian corn, apples, grapes, wheat , bales of hay and leaves foe centerpieces, favors and decorations.
Tables
Instead of numbering your tables, name them. For example:
Fall, Autumn, Acorn, Horn of plenty, Cornucopia, Maple, Oak, Apple, Pear, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc...
To add more interest and make it easier to remember give your table addresses. Just add Circle or quadrilateral depending on the shape of your tables and you send your guests to Fall Circle or Autumn quadrilateral etc...
Use fall color linens.
Ideas for Centerpieces
Before placing a centerpiece, you may strew fall leaves and or wheat on the reception tables and on the cake tale.
Favors
Reception Decorations
Fall theme ribbons and bows, garlands, paper lanterns or luminaries with amber light bulbs, balloons, chains of stringed popcorn, cranberries, candies, paper chains, bales of hay, ivy, garlands etc...
Accent the doorways and tables with tulle and ribbons in your wedding colors. Cleave leaves and silk flowers for inexpensive, elegant displays.
Cake
Decorate your cake with leaves, fall flowers, mini pumpkins, mini apples, marzipan fruit etc...
Flavors: Spice cake, pumpkin cake, dark chocolate cake, nut cake.
Food items you may wish to consider
Halloween Weddings
Do Not display ghosts at your wedding. You do not want to start your life together with "ghosts in your closet".
Fun Ideas
Hay rides, Horse and Buggy rides, blowing soap bubbles, Harvest the rewards of your Autumn Theme Wedding planning and have a super event.
Fall Weddings - Autumn Theme Wedding Ideas For Brides and Grooms - Revised
