Autumn Wedding Reception Ideas And More

Are you looking for special wedding reception decoration ideas for an autumn wedding? Spring and summer weddings are easy to plan and decorate. There are so many flower choices - you can even often cut your own flowers from your garden.

Come autumn, though, and your choices start to narrow - or so it seems. We've found a number of wedding reception decoration books that have wonderful ideas for weddings in any season of the year. Here's just a few of them.

Use fall leaves as place cards - you can buy tissue paper ones in bright autumnal reds and golds, or cut your own from handmade paper. They add a dash of color and whimsy to your wedding tables.

A pumpkin wedding reception table centerpiece decoration? Why not? Jack-o-lantern faces aren't the only thing you can carve into pumpkins. Have an artistic friend surface carve a pair of doves or wedding bells into perfectly shaped pumpkins and light with a votive candle. 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?”

Speaking of wedding table centerpieces - autumn flowers have rich, deep hues that offset snowy white linens perfectly. For a beautiful table, use russet napkins and glasses banded with black or gold. Place baskets of dramatic white spider mums and crisp orange and gold marigolds in the center of the table.

For more ideas like these, read A Wedding for All Seasons and Weddings for All Seasons. Both wedding books have an entire section on autumn weddings chocked full of advice for the fall bride.

Martha Stewart's wedding book Best of Martha Stewart Living Weddings has great wedding decoration tips for every season, including some special wedding decoration ideas for fall weddings.

The Perfect Wedding Reception, a book by Maria McBride-Mellinger, can help you plan your autumn wedding reception from invitations to decorations to party favors. You'll find hints on choosing colors, flowers, menus and more.

You'll find wedding reception ideas for every kind of wedding from a fairy tale wedding on a southern plantation to a contemporary New Years' Eve wedding in a hotel ball room in Colin Cowie’s Weddings. While none of the wedding themes are specific to autumn, the book can certainly help you plan a lovely autumn celebration, no matter what theme you choose.

Preston Bailey has been planning fantasy weddings for high profile society and Hollywood brides for years. Now you can get the benefit of his expertise in his book, Fantasy Weddings. Among the themes included in his book are a New England Waterfront wedding, a Hampton’s Countryside wedding, and a Modern Metropolitan Fantasy.

Each wedding theme includes photographs from actual weddings and events that the author has planned. In another section, he gives hints for creating your own special fantasy wedding, and details about how to bring your theme to life. The author starts with the big decisions and then adds in the little details that will make your autumn wedding unique.