Take Your Autumn Wedding Decor Ideas From Nature

If you're looking for autumn wedding decor ideas, you might need look no further than your local produce section. Autumn weddings come at the height of the harvest and the produce section at your supermarket is overflowing with autumn color and beauty. Poke around through the bins and aisles to see how many autumn wedding decor ideas you can find. Here's a handful to get you started thinking creatively.

Colors

Autumn colors are everywhere and lend themselves to all kinds of autumn wedding decor ideas. We traditionally think of bright orange and yellow, deep crimsons and burgundies. Take a look around, though. You can add pale dusty violet, a favorite color of autumn mums, and the deep rich brown of walnut or chestnut. There's green, of course, and creamy yellowish white. How about magenta and cream - the colors of an autumn turnip. Or warm, rich bittersweet orange - there's more to autumn colors than autumn leaves!

Fruits

Seasonal fruits can be used to a magnificent effect in centerpieces and wall decorations. Polished apples, red or Granny Smith green or both, in a glass bowl can be unusual and striking. A wreath of greens - princess pine is especially pretty - can be accented with a small arrangement of dried oranges and a russet ribbon. Mix with autumn leaves for an especially pretty effect.

Nuts

Polished nuts, acorns, chestnuts and walnuts make unusual accents in wreaths and flower arrangements, and can add a deep accent to the wedding colors.

Candy

Yes, candy! For a clever twist on wedding reception favors, substitute candy corn for the more traditional Jordan almonds in favor baskets or glass bowls.

Corn and Wheat Sheaves

Indian corn is a traditional autumn decoration, as are wheat sheaves. Both are also often used to represent fertility and bring good luck in places where they're displayed. Use wheat and raffia to create wreaths with autumn flowers and leaves, or tuck flowers into a bunch of Indian corn for wall decorations at the entrance to the reception hall.

Pumpkins

Pumpkins can be carved, or used as is to decorate tables or corners of the hall. You'll find more ideas on how to use pumpkins in wedding decorations in our article titled, “Why Not Use Pumpkins For Your Autumn Wedding Decorations?”

Flowers

There are many flowers besides the mum that bloom in autumn. You can choose from cosmos, coreopsis, alyssum (a beautiful trailing plant), Chinese lanterns and autumn daisies, to name just a few.

There are so many ways to bring seasonal accents into your autumn wedding decorating plans. Don't forget patterned ribbons, wall hangings, banners and flower arrangements.

You can add a special autumnal touch to your attire as well, by using autumn colored ribbons in hair combs, or building your bouquet around dramatically colored tiger lilies or outsized gerbera daisies. Whatever you decide, your autumn wedding can't help but be beautiful when you take your wedding decoration ideas from nature.