Ideas for a Fall Wedding

It’s almost that time again, with fall being right around the corner.  Fall weddings can be absolutely beautiful with just the right colors.  For fall you want to stick with rich chocolates and deep reds and oranges.  Even an eggplant purple color would add a nice touch.  Also use off-white or cream colors instead of white, for the decor to match the mood of the other colors. 

You might be wondering where would be a good place to hold a fall wedding?  Perhaps an old barn, on a farmer’s porch of a cottage or older house, in an open field with the leaves changing colors as a backdrop, or even next to a slow river.  If it is a smaller wedding you could check out an old tavern that is still open.  Most have nice fireplaces that would make the perfect setting for the ceremony and pictures afterwards. 

Gorgeous harvest colored roses and even some calla lilies will look amazing put into a hand tied bouquet together.  Sunflowers are also a perfect flower for an early fall bouquet.  A splash of greenery wouldn’t hurt either. You have a wide variety of choices for fabrics to use between types and colors to wrap the stems in.  You could use a gold or copper even, to make the bouquet stand out a little bit more.

To make the atmosphere a little more fun for the reception, carve small pumpkins and place a tea candle inside for centerpieces, or maybe a bowl filled with Indian corn and miniature gourds and pumpkins.  If you want something more traditional, you can always use colored floating candles in a dish with black rocks on the bottom.

For cake decorating, try using an off white icing and gold or chocolate colored trim.  This makes for beautiful wedding cakes, then to take it one step further add the deep red and orange Gerber daisies, calla lilies, or sunflowers around the bottom layer of the cake to tie it into the theme of the wedding.  To make the cake more fun, add more flowers throughout the layers randomly until you get exactly what you want. 

Well this should help you get started planning you special day, or maybe just give you some ideas to add to your list.  Good luck!