Fall Wedding Decorations Can Employ A Variety Of Colorful Items

June isn't the only popular time of year for brides to plan a wedding. Many brides choose to have a fall wedding so they can enjoy the wide variety of brilliant colors popular this time of year. Fall wedding decorations are colorful and can employ a variety of items including pumpkins, beautiful maple leaves, gourds, grapes, grapevines and mums and marigolds. The decoration ideas run from simple wreaths to elaborate multi-tiered cakes. If the bride is creative she can have a lot of fun planning and creating fall wedding decorations for her wedding.

One area worthy of decoration for a fall wedding is the doorway or archway at the church. Fill wooden buckets or baskets with bundles of wheat until they are very full. Swags made of wheat are also attractive when hung above the archways of the church or your reception hall. Decorate the swags with silk flowers, miniature pumpkins and squashes on picks or acorns and pinecones. You can also decorate the entranceways with terra cotta planters full of mums or marigolds.

For decorations for a beachside fall wedding, consider using swags that outline the entire entranceway to the door. Create the swag with Spanish moss then decorate the swag with orange and tan colored starfish, scallop shells and small pieces of driftwood. The same swag can be used to decorate the head tables at your reception.

Decorate pews with matching fall wedding decorations such as small swags of wheat, gros grain bows in fall colors with or without large fall flowers in the center or elegant signs decorated with a fall motif to guide your guests where they should sit.

At the reception hall you can decorate your tables with all kinds of fall wedding decorations. Use faux maple and oak leaves to scatter on the tables. The party favors for the guests can be put in small gossamer bags in fall colors like claret, Bordeaux and gold. Use pillar or taper candles in your favorite fall colors for a special glow at an evening reception. Use wire to fasten small wreaths of fall leaves, pinecones or acorns to the base of the candles.

Rent unusual place settings from your local party rental store such as plates with a fall leaf pattern or pumpkin and squash patterns. Your silverware could have twig patterned handles for a truly unique look. Choose tablecloths for your table that are a fall color instead of the usual white. Rent colored goblets and wine glasses that match your color scheme in which your guests can enjoy their water and wine.

Topping the list of wedding hall backdrop ideas, consider using gold gossamer fabric. Use faux fall leaf garlands to wrap around columns or to hang straight down from the tops of the backdrop. Evening weddings can also use lighting for the backdrop such as columns that are lit from within or miniature lights in almost any color you desire.

Additional fall decorating ideas include using small pumpkins to hold place cards for the guests; simply bend one end of a gold paper clip and insert it into the top of the pumpkin and use the other end to hold the place card. Tie your guests silverware with fall colored ribbon and decorate with small silk flowers.

There are many ideas that the bride can use to create unique fall wedding decorations. A short walk in your local park may give you plenty of ideas that you can use as well as provide some of the decorations themselves. Enlist the help of your wedding party for this trip and share a pre-wedding picnic at the park.