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11th July 2009

Author Robin Boddy

An autumn wedding is ideal for any couples seeking an intimate and warm atmosphere to their day. The season brings to mind an implication of families coming together and it's also a romantic season for a wedding. Here are some tips and hints to help you plan your autumn wedding.

Where should you have your autumn ceremony? Search for locations suggestive of the season like halls ,barns, and inns. An autumn wedding can be casual and elegant in the appropriate setting. Vineyards and orchards are also good locations for autumn weddings. Search out locations where you can take pleasure in views of the autumn foliage and enjoy the beautiful colors.

What décor for an autumn wedding? Fashion an entrance with sheaths of corn or wheat at your reception location. Your color choices ought to mirror the rich fall colors of the season, like brown, red, and orange. For a contemporary theme, use accents of light blue and rich chocolate brown. For pretty decorations on your tables, use cornucopias, pumpkins, gourds and acorns. Create wedding jack-o-lanterns by carving your initials or names into pumpkins and use them as table centerpieces.

What about flowers? During the fall, you can find an extensive selection of reasonably priced foliage and flowers such as roses, mums, yarrow, daisies, fall leaves, grain crops, and berries. Pumpkins are a neat idea for autumn weddings. When they're hollowed out, they make unusual containers for flower arrangements. Select white or blue pumpkins as an unconventional choice of the usual orange.

What do you wear to a fall wedding? As an alternative for customary white or ivory gowns, select off-white or cream dresses with gold accents. Pick out jewel tones or autumnal colors for your bridesmaids and then complement the groomsmen's vests with them. To get a sumptuous touch, find fabrics like brocades and velvets and. Autumn weather can be changeable, and it could be difficult to learn beforehand what the temperature and weather will be on your day. Accessorize with caplets, shawls, or wraps that may be put on or removed with ease when necessary.

What to have on the menu? To have a customary autumn dinner, select roast turkey and pumpkin pie, however there are a lot of other choices for your wedding meal. Rib roast, roast quail, and hearty soups all suggest the season. Serve up side dishes of in season veggies and mashed potatoes, together with whole grain bread rolls. As your guests arrive, serve them a welcoming beverage of cider punch with a cinnamon stick stirrer. As an unconventional choice to wedding cake, serve a baked apple dessert. What about an autumn wedding cake? You should pick a spiced cake frosted in rich chocolate. You might do away with the cake totally, and dish up pumpkin, apple and pecan pie along with pumpkin bread.

Autumn wedding favors? Pick favors appropriate to the season such as cider punch, apples, or preserves. Cellophane wrapped candy apples or boxes of marzipan fruits are very suggestive of autumn. A more ornamental favor can be corn dollies tied with ribbon or miniature pumpkins.

If you have a wedding to plan, you can get more autumn theme wedding ideas by visiting www.wedding-ideastoday.com, a wedding planning website where you can find information about bridal gowns, wedding websites, wedding rings, and much more.