Decorating Ideas for a Bountiful Fall Wedding

Fall is an absolutely wonderful time of year for so many reasons and more and more couples are realizing this and planning their nuptials during the autumn months. One of the very best things about an autumn themed wedding is how easy it is to plan and decorate for one using the many fall related items available today.

Fall Color Schemes

There is no other time of the year that has quite the variety of so many vibrant colors as the fall, which gives brides-to-be a myriad of options and combinations to choose from when decorating for their weddings during this beautiful season of change.

Orange and all of its many pretty shades and hues is definitely a main color to consider for a fall wedding, and there are also many complementary colors to add along with it. You don’t have to be getting married on or near Halloween, or worry that your wedding decorations will look as if you are, if you’d like to use orange as your primary decorating color. Peach and pumpkin work with most colors, especially varying hues of green, yellow, brown, wine, and burgundy.

Apple red is also a wonderful color to use for fall wedding decorations, especially for nuptials taking place in early to mid fall when the tree’s colorful leaves are at their brightest. This shade of red is also perfect for events ranging from the elegant, romantic and classy to the understated or country themed wedding depending on the decorations and accent colors used.

In addition to the many earth tones used as primary shades, including off-white, beige, cream, champagne, tan, wheat, caramel, taupe, mocha, and chocolate, metallic colors, particularly bronze, gold, and deep copper are all excellent for using as accent colors to lend an air of elegance to the decorations.

Fall Centerpieces

Scatter faux leaves, preferably those made from a silk or nylon type of material so they’ll lie flat, all around the guest’s tables, or concentrate them around each place setting, or in the middle of the tables around the centerpieces. Craft stores and dollar stores alike should have plenty of fall leaves, both loose and attached to garlands and vines, usually starting around late summer at incredibly low prices.

Ordinary wicker baskets in any shape or size can be used to create fall centerpieces by embellishing them with things like ribbon or raffia and then filled with either real or faux fruits, acorns, nuts, Indian corn, pumpkins, gourds, leaves, or fall flowers. In the corners of the room, or on the floor in front of the head table, bales of hay can serve as great plant holders for pots of colorful chrysanthemums that could also be given to special guests along with the centerpieces.

Fall Wedding Favors

The possibilities are truly endless when it comes to finding or making your own fall wedding favors. Besides the many leaf shaped favors to choose from, including everything from candle holders to coasters, to bottle or letter openers to picture frames and key chains, consider decorative bottles filled with apple cider or maple syrup, or personalized coffee mugs or small pots of flowers.

Decorating and preparing for a fall wedding isn’t all about visual appeal either as involving the sense of smell will really heighten the mood of the day. Light candles scented with pumpkin, apple, caramel, or ginger spice and place them on each of the tables, and fill a few bowls with fall themed potpourri as well.

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