Ideas for an Autumn Wedding
The rich colors of autumn lend the natural beauty of nature to any wedding reception. Integrating hues of red, orange, yellow, green and brown allows for nature's gifts to play a role in the one of the most memorable times in a bride's life. Touches of autumn can be included in all areas of the wedding from wedding wear to decorations.
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Centerpieces
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An autumn-themed basket centerpiece is an appropriate decor choice for a wedding. Wedding guest tables should feel festive and inviting for each friend and family member. Centerpieces adorned with golden autumn leaves, decorative gourds and petite pumpkins add a themed touch to table decor. Various types and colors of apples or grapes in an elegantly decorated basket on the gift table provide a nice look. Candles, a traditional wedding centerpiece option, come in an array of colors. Featuring three candles in varying heights in gold, burnt orange and deep red enhance any wedding table.
Fabrics
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Deep red is a festive and flattering color for bridesmaid dresses. Bridesmaid's dresses and groomsmen vests or cummerbund are available in a wide selection of hues replicating the deep colors of autumn. Correlating your dress colors with floral arrangements, centerpieces and other wedding decor provide a more unified look. Another option allows bridesmaids to choose their own flattering style of dress in a complimentary color such as chocolate brown, gold or cranberry.
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Floral Wedding Accents
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Fall floral bouquets can be adapted to match bridesmaid dresses and centerpieces or may stand alone in the decor. Floral centerpieces and bouquets adapted to fit the autumn wedding theme are in large supply due to the abundance of natural materials just outside. Nontraditional touches to any fall flower arrangement include rich gold and red leaves, bare tree branches adorned with hanging crystals and small berry stems of dark red or purple. Adding green when picking a variety of arrangement items and flowers for your wedding ceremony and reception ties them all together. Adorn the top of the wedding cake with fresh flowers in autumn colors.
Place Cards
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Autumn leaves can be an inspiration for creating your own place cards. Brides and grooms often choose to purchase place cards that match the previously sent wedding invitations, but sometimes, each chooses to get a bit creative. Autumn leaves can be a large inspiration when creating place cards. Cut exact leaf shapes from brown, red and green hand-dyed fabric, creating a marbling effect, and use fabric paint pens to write guest names and table numbers over the cloth cards. Instruct banquet set up staff to lay the artful place cards over the already-set dinner plates.
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References
- Photo Credit fall bride white dress beautiful autumn color image by Paul Retherford from Fotolia.com autumn basket image by Liz Van Steenburgh from Fotolia.com red dress and flowers in line bridesmaid gown image by Paul Retherford from Fotolia.com bouquet 2 image by Nathalie P from Fotolia.com leaves image by pearlguy from Fotolia.com
