Leaves, harvested fruits and vegetables, grains, branches - these can all be used as autumn wedding decorations. In fact, planning a marriage celebration during this cooler season is probably the easiest when it comes to decorating ideas, since there's so many colors and items available that can be used.
Still, your fall wedding decoration ideas should reflect the theme of your celebration. If you've chosen a general "autumn" theme, then you can use pretty much anything that's related to fall. However, if you have chosen one of the more specific type of fall wedding themes - such as an apple harvest theme or one that reflects a vineyard - then you'll need to select your decorations to fit that theme.
Have a look at some of the photos and ideas on this page to help you plan out the decorations for your celebration.
Photo by GoldbergWhen it comes to autumn wedding reception ideas, this is a very unique idea.
Rather than using traditional place cards to indicate seating arrangements, they used autumn colored branches set into clear vases filled with green limes. On the branches, the seating arrangement place cards were hung.
This arrangement provides a lovely focal point for when guests first enter the reception area and it adds a bit of fun while guests poke around to see who's sitting where.
Photo by Sweet ClementineThis is a lovely setup for a fall wedding that's not being held in a chapel.
A metal gazebo is draped with sheer white material and enhanced with dried autumn flowers and grasses along the top of the gazebo.
Additional dried flower decorations are used to tie back the material to the poles.
To finish off the decor, galvanized pails filled with fall flowers are arranged on the floor at each corner.
Additional ideas that you could try - use silk fall leaves to decorate the posts; fill brown vases with branches, string twinkle lights, and add some hanging fall leaves or suitable seasonal decor from the branches.
Photo by Sweet ClementineThis wedding reception set up is just gorgeous!
Brown material has been draped from the edges of the room and gathered in the center. Twinkle lights float just beneath the material adding the fantasy of a starry night.
Full, lush fall arrangements are set upon each creamy white table cloth, while candles illuminate each table setting.
When it comes to autumn wedding reception ideas, this is truly a fairy tale setting.
Photo by KoadmunkeeTake a look at this lovely wedding arch solution for an outdoor fall wedding in nature.
The arbor itself has been built using thick branches for the frame posts, with thinner branches used to create the "roof" of the arbor - making it a truly outdoor wedding structure.
The gorgeous fall wedding arrangement that sits at the top is a wonderful touch and it's a fabulous piece to take home and hang on a wall within your home after the wedding.
Photo by Silver MarquisWhen serving food and drinks at your reception, consider how they might fit into your autumn wedding decorations.
For example, this punch fountain is a good choice as it adds style and "becomes" one of the fall decorations with the orange colored punch flowing through it.
Take the time to think about how your other food dishes can also be incorporated as part of the fall decorating scheme.
Photo by SowersPicsUse your fall wedding favors to also add to your table decorations.
Here, the couple used orange gerbera daisies placed beside the wedding favor boxes on each plate.
Simple, yet an effective way to add autumn colors to a white table covering and white dishes without spending extra on colored cloths or large floral centerpieces.
I hope the above autumn wedding decorations provide you with some ideas on what you can do for your own fall wedding. Additionally, you may want to check out our page on orange wedding decorations, as this is most definitely a fall color that's great to use.
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