With fall comes stunning autumnal foliage, cool, crisp weather, as well as the ideal opportunity for throwing a seasonal wedding. Warm spices and comfort recipes lend themselves to delicious cocktails and reception menus, earthy color schemes provide endless inspiration for flowers and fashion, and on-theme motifs (think: pumpkins, apples, and all matters fall) can add a timely vibe to stationery. Formal or informal, rustic or modern, fall favorites are versatile enough for any type of wedding—but how can you best embrace your late-September to late-December wedding date? If these actual weddings are any indicator, chances abound for the autumn-loving bride- or groom to be. Ahead, creative suggestions that will help you set a spin that is memorable on the season—not to mention fodder that is perfect on your personal genius thoughts.
GREEN GARLANDS
At Benjamin’s outside wedding in Beverly Hills, nearly 1,000 and Claire feet of California bay laurel garlands ran along the house , and lawn, the down the tables’ centers; persimmons, punctuated the, raspberry branches, and passionfruit vine figs garlands.
CANDIED APPLES
Veneer tags attached to red-hot candied apples served for the Southern wedding reception of Kevin and the children at Liesl as place cards.
CASUAL BLANKETS
At Daniel’s and Eunice West Coast wedding, guests were given blankets for his or her laps to ensure everyone remained snug and comfortable.
HANDMADE WREATHS
Wreaths of seeded eucalyptus made by bride Amy (with help from her groom, Kevin) hung as decor in the couples reception place, the Grange Hall, in Edgartown, Massachusetts.
WOODSY WEDDING CAKE
At Steve’s fall wedding in Calistoga, California and Megan, a faux-bois cake brought the outside in.
COSY SEATING AREAS
Tables, sofas, pillows, and throws were brought to the tasting room of Susan and Trevor’s wedding place (a winery in Livermore Valley, California) to develop a cozy space on either side of the fireplace.
PINECONE ORNAMENTATION
Pinecones wired to your tree marked the entry in Twain Harte, California to Joshua’s and Lena wedding site.
HOT COCOA
Quinn and Dana warmed guests with mugs of hot chocolate rimmed with crushed graham crackers on a chilly October evening.
FRUIT-AND-VEGETABLE CENTERPIECES
Vegetables and brilliant fruit graced the middle of a long table at the autumn wedding of Christopher and Jocelyn.
BROWN FOR BRIDESMAIDS
Bridesmaids at Fraser and Matthew ‘s cool-weather wedding wore chocolate carved and brown Vera Wang dresses rose necklaces given to them by the bride.
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