Ideas For A Dream Autumn Wedding Reception

Are you daring enough to try a non-traditional wedding reception theme for your autumn wedding? Take a step outside the usual autumn wedding reception ideas with one of these ideas, or come up with a fresh, unusual autumn wedding reception idea of your own.

Autumn Reception at Sea

Stretch summer till your wedding day! Forget that it's autumn and take a page from the summer bride's idea book. It may be too chilly for an open party boat, but you can hire a harbor cruise or event boat for an afternoon in the off-season for not much more than you'd pay for a hall.

If it's an evening wedding, a starlight lake or harbor cruise is about as romantic as it gets, but even a daytime wedding on the water will be a memorable event for everyone who attends.

Get Married at the Ball Field

Or the sports arena. Turn your tailgate party into a wedding celebration and move the party indoors to a private box for the reception after the ceremony. You can even have a congratulations message to the happy couple announced on the scoreboard.

A Highland Wedding

Scottish weddings seem almost made for the Autumn. Tartans and black velvet couldn't be more perfect for the cooler weather. Autumn is the traditional time for the Highland Games. If you're really daring, hold your wedding AT the Scottish games and invite all the clans to help you celebrate your new bond.

A Lighthouse Wedding

A wedding on the beach in the autumn? Why not? Gather the guests at the base of a lighthouse on the coast for a beautiful ceremony, then retreat to a local inn or bed & breakfast for the reception.

A Grand Masque

Do you recall the era when a Grand Masque was THE event of the season? To accomplish this, you should plan an evening wedding, and then make it formal. As wedding favors, hand out black silk decorated half-masques in the tradition of a masked ball.

A Mountain Inn Wedding

Why not take advantage of mother nature's decorations? If fall colors are a bit subdued because of where you live, take the wedding to the mountains. Ski lodges and mountain resorts often rent event rooms, and you can let mother nature do the decorating for you by marrying under the trees with the blazing autumn leaves as the wedding day decor.

A Real Fairy Tale Wedding

Is there a castle nearby? Have a real fairy tale wedding in a real castle. Surprisingly enough, there are castles throughout the United States, many of them available for event rentals. Or go traditional and have a Colonial wedding at a restored village or hall.

As you can see from some of these Autumn wedding reception ideas, you don't have to be trapped by the season in planning your wedding. Whatever your dream, you can have it with a little planning and a lot of imagination!