Pumpkins, sunflowers, colorful leaves – these are just some of the elements that you can incorporate if you are planning to say your “I do’s” during the fall. It’s the season when colorful leaves fall to the ground as Mother Nature prepares to rest.
So how can you capture the colors of the season on your big day? Just let your creative juices flow and you can come up with innovative ways on how to blend the fall colors with your fall wedding decoration.
The Five Best Elements of Nature to Use on Your Fall Wedding Decoration
The number one rule when planning a wedding, no matter what time of the year it is held, is to accent everything with style. Take a look at some of the best elements of nature that you can use on your fall wedding decoration:
1. Natural Pine Cones
The natural brown color of pine cones can be used as an accent for the wedding bouquets. They can also be used as accents for pew decorations if you are holding the wedding ceremony in a church. Natural pine cones can also be combined with the season’s best blooms to make a unique and lovely centerpieces for the tables used at the wedding reception.
2. Fall Leaves
This is probably the most ‘predictable’ part of a fall wedding decoration – but that does not make it less lovely. You can either use the natural fall leaves or the silk variant to make a memorable impression to your guests.
One specific idea is to get a transparent, heat-proof container where you can place a candle inside. The outside of the container can be lined up with colorful silk fall leaves and tied with a piece of raffia, a paper ribbon or a gold organza ribbon.
Remember that for weddings, it’s the small touches that count so be sure to exert some effort into personalizing the details of your fall wedding decoration and you’re good to go!
3. Peacock Feathers or Marabou Feathers
Colorful, unique and delicate, these two types of feathers can be used to accentuate the fall wedding decoration that you have. Use them to add elegant touches to your tabletops, wedding favors, centerpieces, bouquets and pews.
4. Rose Petals
No wedding will ever be complete without adding a floral element to your decorations. You can either use the real thing, or purchase silk rose petals from wedding specialty shops. Use the rose petals as an accent for the ring pillows, sprinkle them on the aisle runner where the bride will walk, you can even use them to add a romantic touch to the cake or buffet table!
5. Pumpkins
That lovely orange color of pumpkins should not be limited for use during the Halloween – they also make for great accent pieces for a fall wedding. Carve little pumpkin bowls, fill them with a unique flower arrangement and use them as unique table centerpieces.
Or, you can carve heart shapes on the pumpkins, place a tea light inside and use them to light up the walkways on the wedding reception.
Additional Fall Wedding Decoration Tips
To have a memorable fall wedding decoration that your guests can truly appreciate, it helps to go back to the basics. Look around you and check what Mother Nature has to offer.
If you are holding an outdoor wedding ceremony and reception, all you need to do is highlight the beauty that’s already there and just add special touches that will make your fall wedding truly unique, memorable and in keeping with the season.
