01st Mar 2010

Fall and Autumn Wedding Favors


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Autumn and fall seasons are very popular for weddings, because they are cooler temperatures and beautiful scenery. With autumn and fall season comes mother natures time to change leaves and create memorable moments. I wrote this article to provide you with ideals for decoration and wedding favor ideals to help plan your great fall wedding day experience.

I always thought that a wedding should be a great experience and not just a special event. When you begin your journey in creating the perfect wedding you have every intention to include your family, friends and guest in your experience and excitement on this momentous occasion.

If you’re reading this article and have chosen to have a fall wedding then you will experience mother natures wonderful array of paints, with each stroke that mother nature gives shows the beautiful reds, oranges, yellows, and greens that will paint the campus of Earth with beauty.

When you begin to design and think of how you want to decorate your wedding reception hall. You will have plenty of options and ideals on how to decorate with the fall and autumn theme. You may begin bringing fall theme wedding favors, and personalize place cardholders that have a beautiful fall and autumn theme look.

You may also want to add a look of fall and autumn color to your dining tables. By adding a fall maple leaf tea light candle design and by lighting each candle on every table to add a beautiful fall season look. The tea light maple leaf candles will also be a gift for family and guests to take home. If you are looking to add more gifts to your wedding reception tables then you also could add a beautiful fall wedding coaster set to each table that comes in a beautiful packaging that will make every table look spectacular and classy.

I know that coordinating and designing a great event will cost you time and money, but in the scheme of all things you should keep in mind that this is a beautiful experience that you will take with you for the rest of your life. To make your event or experience easier for you. I have listed some information below to help you quickly find these great ideals and wedding favors to add to your fall and autumn theme. So go below and see the great information that is available now.

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30th Jan 2010

2008 Fall and Autumn Wedding Favor Ideas


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It seems as if summer just arrived, but Fall brides are already thinking about the putting the finishing touches on their upcoming wedding. If you are planning a fall themed wedding or event, or are looking for new fall wedding favor ideas, there are plenty of options for 2008 including some new eco-friendly fall wedding favors. Decorating an autumn inspired wedding is one of the easiest weddings to plan – you could use so many different favors just as decorations alone. If you are using a specific color scheme – you don’t have to limit yourself to just one color either. Duel colored weddings are trendy this year, and lucky fall brides can utilize all the colors of the season without going into color excess.

Here are some of our top picks for 2008 fall wedding favors which can also double as your reception decorations:

First, let’s think about the first thing your guests will see when they enter your reception location: your escort table! Your escort table holds your escort cards, but if you are not having assigned seating, only assigned tables, this would be your place card table. You could use miniature gold chair boxes which fit the colors of the season, while displaying your table assignments in elegant vellum. Or perhaps if you’re a bit more of a traditionalist, small maple leaf place card holders certainly will fit your scheme. For the eco-loving bride, we would suggest fall scented pine cones with your place cards tied in satin ribbon to each pine cone.

Next, let’s move to inside your reception location and focus on your tables. To bring the season inside, you may want to decorate each table with a landscape of Natural Selections fall themed candles which come in an assortment of golden yellow, pine green and chocolate brown glass with natural leaves attached to the outside of the glass. Or for a pop of “wow” you can arrange a selection of faux candied apples on each place setting. Personalization is also a hot trend for 2008 and you can incorporate this trend with personalized silk fall leaves scattered across the tables in lieu of rose petals. For the eco-friendly crowd the Natural Selections Rattan design candles with real cinnamon sticks will add a lovely scent to the room while giving your guests a warm autumn feeling.

If you are having a candy bar, might we suggest filling the bowls with candy in all different colors and shimmers? Chocolate hearts in gold or red foil, Jordan almonds in burgundy, ivory, yellow, gold and green, cinnamon hearts, fall colored M&Ms or even personalized fall themed Hershey kisses would make wonderful candy treats. If you plan on giving out candy for your wedding favors, why not try the “Unexpected Treasures” favor box tins which come pre-tied with a bow and come in over forty different designs including fall themed designs. Alternatively, you could use the “Autumn Elegance” laser cut leaf boxes in red or brown with matching ribbons.

Some of our other favorite fall wedding favor ideas for 2008 are:

Fall Themed Glass Coasters – a useful and practical wedding favor that is appropriate for both your male and female guest. With a lovely etched leaf design facing all four corners of the coaster, these make lovely keepsakes.

Lustrous Leaf Copper Colored Bottle Stoppers – visually stunning, these laser cut leaf boxes will wow your guests almost as much as the beautiful bottle stopper contained inside. These tall, rectangular boxes feature a copper stopper inside and are tied with a sheer chocolate ribbon and matching leaf thank you tag.

“Fall In Love” Scented Soaps – each leaf shaped soap sits inside a nest of straw and packaged in the most beautiful damask inspired leaf box and finished with a gorgeous chocolate satin ribbon and matching tag. These would be beautiful in your guests’ bathrooms as guest soaps.

“Autumn Branches” Photo Frames – the beautiful open artwork on these frames brings much needed fall elegance to any area of the home. Your guests will love to display your thank you photo in these autumn inspired golden brown frames.

These are just some of the many wedding favor ideas which are available for 2008 which you can incorporate into your fall wedding.

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29th Jan 2010

2008 Fall and Autumn Wedding Favor Ideas


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It seems as if summer just arrived, but Fall brides are already thinking about the putting the finishing touches on their upcoming wedding. If you are planning a fall themed wedding or event, or are looking for new fall wedding favor ideas, there are plenty of options for 2008 including some new eco-friendly fall wedding favors. Decorating an autumn inspired wedding is one of the easiest weddings to plan – you could use so many different favors just as decorations alone. If you are using a specific color scheme – you don’t have to limit yourself to just one color either. Duel colored weddings are trendy this year, and lucky fall brides can utilize all the colors of the season without going into color excess.

Here are some of our top picks for 2008 fall wedding favors which can also double as your reception decorations:

First, let’s think about the first thing your guests will see when they enter your reception location: your escort table! Your escort table holds your escort cards, but if you are not having assigned seating, only assigned tables, this would be your place card table. You could use miniature gold chair boxes which fit the colors of the season, while displaying your table assignments in elegant vellum. Or perhaps if you’re a bit more of a traditionalist, small maple leaf place card holders certainly will fit your scheme. For the eco-loving bride, we would suggest fall scented pine cones with your place cards tied in satin ribbon to each pine cone.

Next, let’s move to inside your reception location and focus on your tables. To bring the season inside, you may want to decorate each table with a landscape of Natural Selections fall themed candles which come in an assortment of golden yellow, pine green and chocolate brown glass with natural leaves attached to the outside of the glass. Or for a pop of “wow” you can arrange a selection of faux candied apples on each place setting. Personalization is also a hot trend for 2008 and you can incorporate this trend with personalized silk fall leaves scattered across the tables in lieu of rose petals. For the eco-friendly crowd the Natural Selections Rattan design candles with real cinnamon sticks will add a lovely scent to the room while giving your guests a warm autumn feeling.

If you are having a candy bar, might we suggest filling the bowls with candy in all different colors and shimmers? Chocolate hearts in gold or red foil, Jordan almonds in burgundy, ivory, yellow, gold and green, cinnamon hearts, fall colored M&Ms or even personalized fall themed Hershey kisses would make wonderful candy treats. If you plan on giving out candy for your wedding favors, why not try the “Unexpected Treasures” favor box tins which come pre-tied with a bow and come in over forty different designs including fall themed designs. Alternatively, you could use the “Autumn Elegance” laser cut leaf boxes in red or brown with matching ribbons.

Some of our other favorite fall wedding favor ideas for 2008 are:

Fall Themed Glass Coasters – a useful and practical wedding favor that is appropriate for both your male and female guest. With a lovely etched leaf design facing all four corners of the coaster, these make lovely keepsakes.

Lustrous Leaf Copper Colored Bottle Stoppers – visually stunning, these laser cut leaf boxes will wow your guests almost as much as the beautiful bottle stopper contained inside. These tall, rectangular boxes feature a copper stopper inside and are tied with a sheer chocolate ribbon and matching leaf thank you tag.

“Fall In Love” Scented Soaps – each leaf shaped soap sits inside a nest of straw and packaged in the most beautiful damask inspired leaf box and finished with a gorgeous chocolate satin ribbon and matching tag. These would be beautiful in your guests’ bathrooms as guest soaps.

“Autumn Branches” Photo Frames – the beautiful open artwork on these frames brings much needed fall elegance to any area of the home. Your guests will love to display your thank you photo in these autumn inspired golden brown frames.

These are just some of the many wedding favor ideas which are available for 2008 which you can incorporate into your fall wedding.

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20th Jan 2010

Do It Yourself Wedding Favors For Fall

Autumn is just around the corner, have you decided on fall wedding favors yet? Do it yourself wedding favors can be a simple way to be creative and save money. Not to mention that you’ll have homemade favors that are unique and cherished by your guests!

Here are seven do it yourself fall wedding favor ideas:

Caramel Apples — Mmmm, nothing screams autumn like a gooey caramel apple! Make caramel apples a few days ahead of the wedding and wrap them in cellophane with a decorative ribbon. Add a custom printed tag with your wedding date, names or a quote. These favors are best given at the end of a reception set up on a table as guests walk out. Otherwise, your reception could turn into a sticky, caramel mess!

Jordan Almond Alternatives — Skip the traditional almonds and pick a fall-themed candy for your fall wedding favors! How about tulle bundles of candy corn, pumpkin candies or black licorice? Or if your wedding is near Halloween, hand out mini “trick or treat” bags full of a fun assortment!

Maple Syrup — Tiny glass bottles of pure maple syrup are adorable and functional fall wedding favors. Find small bottles at discount stores and buy maple syrup in bulk. Fill each tiny bottle and attach a tag with a colorful ribbon. A do it yourself wedding favor that guests can enjoy the next morning for breakfast!

Decorative Gourds — Decorative gourds and mini-pumpkins are a lovely way to use favors that double up as table decorations! If your wedding falls near Thanksgiving or Halloween guests will adore these little gourds and can decorate their own homes with them. They can be personalized by painting or by adding a tag with a ribbon.

Leaf Magnets — Create beautiful magnets with wooden bases, magnets, glue, colorful fall leaves and varnish. Collect colorful leaves and seal them with varnish (or decoupage solution) onto a wooden base. Glue magnets on the reverse and you have beautiful fall leaf magnets. A simple yet elegant fall wedding favor!

Flower Bulbs — Since bulbs are planted in the fall, these are easy to find and make a perfect wedding favor! Be sure to include a tag with planting instructions and a colorful image of the flower it will grow. A lovely fall wedding favor idea that incorporates the “growth” theme which is ideal for a wedding.

Leaf Stamped Boxes — Even if you already have a favor idea, you can still incorporate a sense of autumn in your favors by decorating plain favor boxes or paper bags with leaves. Paint the backside of a leaf with acrylic craft paint and then press down on your favor box or bags, using the leaf like a stamp. A lovely, delicate leaf impression is left behind. Mix colors and use several different leaves so no two will be exactly alike. This leave stamping technique can also be used on table place cards, invites and more!

Homemade details like these will make your wedding unforgettable. With a little effort you’ll have unique fall wedding favors that guests will adore, especially when they find out you made them yourself!

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29th Dec 2009

Fall Weddings – Autumn Theme Wedding Ideas For Brides and Grooms – Revised


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Autumn, what a romantic, wonderful time to get married! Whether you want your autumn wedding to be very formal, most casual or somewhere in between, you have an enormous variety of possibilities. It is harvest time. The summer heat is gone. Yet the days are still warm and sunny. The leaves are turning into an incredible array of colors and as they fall off the trees, create a soft, lush colorful carpet. Halloween and Thanksgiving are here and can serve as wedding themes or be incorporated for a most unique personalized fall theme wedding. Can you see the possibilities? So, put on your thinking cap and get creative.

Following are ideas to help you plan a fall wedding.

WEDDING LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

Following are traditional and not so traditional locations that will enhance your autumn wedding and make it unique and special. Picture your wedding at a:

Park

Bed and Breakfast

Country Inn

Winery

Ranch or on a farm,

Barn

Gazebo

Open Field

Orchard

Nature Preserve

Botanical Garden or in a private Garden

Wooded area

Riverbank or Lakeside

Or anywhere where nature presents its glorious backdrop.

ATTIRE

Bride and her attendants

Fall weather is unpredictable. It may get chilly so, consider heavier fabrics and at least some sleeve for the gown and dresses or top them with matching boleros, stoles or shawls that can, but do not have to be worn. The wedding gown can be white, ivory, champagne or gold. The gown and or veil may show embroidered leaf motif or dainty gold embroidery.

Bridesmaids may wear either the same color or to really represent the autumn theme, have each bridesmaid represent a different fall color. See Fall Colors List. The bride may wish to wear a fall theme garter and carry a matching hankie.

Bridesmaids and flower girl will look great adorning garlands of fall flowers and leaves.

The groom and his attendants

To reflect the season, the men and boys could wear tan, beige and brown attire instead of the white, black or dark blue. Their ties should be of fall colors matching the bridesmaids dresses and their boutonnière should be a fall flower.

FALL COLORS

white, ivory, champagne, muted gold, tan, beige, various browns, hunter green, burnt orange, rust red, deep red, burgundy, cranberry, wine, navy blue, sky blue, eggplant purple, pewter, silver, pale yellow, pumpkin and orange.

INVITATIONS AND STATIONERY

Accent your invitations and wedding stationery with your chosen fall color. If you print your own, you may add fall graphics such as leaves, acorns, fall flowers, seasonal fruit, or a horn of plenty. If you purchase fall theme print your own invitations, fall theme is available. Cut the place cards to look like a fall theme item leaves, pumpkin, turkey siluettes etc…

FLOWERS

Chrysanthemums, roses, daisies, dahlias, lilies, yarrow, orchids, hydrangeas, sunflowers, baby breath, fall leaves, tallow berries, natural or dried wheat.

CEREMONY

Decorate the ceremony site with fall flowers.

Instead of aisle runners spread fall color real or fake leaves, in the center aisle. If your ceremony location does not allow spreading petals or leaves directly on the floor, glue leaves on aisle runners. This is a great activity for kids as the love to glue and can be creative. So, if you can engage kids, whether they are yours or not, they will be proud to help with your wedding.

Instead of rose petals, fill the flower basket with colorful fall leaves.

Make pew bows from ribbons in your wedding colors and embellish them with fall silk flowers, leaves, fruit, wheat, Indian corn etc…

RECEPTION

General

Use mini pumpkins, gourds, berrirs, Indian corn, apples, grapes, wheat , bales of hay and leaves foe centerpieces, favors and decorations.

tables

Instead of numbering your tables, name them. For example:

Fall, Autumn, Acorn, Horn of plenty, Cornucopia, Maple, Oak, Apple, Pear, Pumpkin, Cranberry etc…

To add more interest and make it easier to remember give your table addresses. Just add Circle or Square depending on the shape of your tables and you send your guests to Fall Circle or Autumn Square etc…

Use fall color linens.

Ideas for Centerpieces

Before placing a centerpiece, you may strew fall leaves and or wheat on the reception tables and on the cake tale.

Place A Horn of plenty, a basket or a hollowed pumpkin lined with fall leaves or popcorn and filled with fall fruit, berries, nuts, gourds, mini-pumpkins and-or acorns as your centerpiece.

Pumpkin Ice Sculpture

Carve out the inside of pumpkins and place candles in them. If you plan a buffet, you may line hollowed pumpkins with foil and using them as serving dishes.

Fall floral arrangements in a straw basket or hollowed pumpkin.

Place 3 or 4 fall color candles of various sizes in hurricane lamps. The candles may be cinnamon, cranberry, spice or apple scented.

Place leaf or pumpkin shaped floating candles in a bowl, set it on a layer of fall leaves or straw.

Paint or spray mini pumpkins and gourds and group them together.

A real plant with real blooming flowers makes a great gift for guests. Chrysanthemums of many colors are pretty, very reasonably prices and you can get them everywhere; Wal Mart, Home Depot, Lowes, etc…

Display b bales of hay

If you have children, let them participate. Ask them to string cranberries, candies and popcorn and add them to your table decorations.

Display balloons in fall colors

Large chocolate or ice sculpture Turkeys

Favors

Fruit shaped candles

Favor boxes or bags filled with candy corn

Caramel Apples

The Perfect Pear items

Garden in a bag or box

Fall theme cookies

Fall theme chocolates

Fall theme lollypops

Maple candies

Reception Decorations

Fall theme ribbons and bows, garlands, paper lanterns or luminaries with amber light bulbs, balloons, chains of stringed popcorn, cranberries, candies, paper chains, bales of hay, ivy, garlands etc…

Accent the doorways and tables with tulle and ribbons in your wedding colors. Adhere leaves and silk flowers for inexpensive, elegant displays.

Cake

Decorate your cake with leaves, fall flowers, mini pumpkins, mini apples, marzipan fruit etc…

Flavors: Spice cake, pumpkin cake, dark chocolate cake, nut cake.

Food items you may wish to consider

Nuts

DRINKS: Apple cider, Sparkling cider, you may add: for adults, port or brandy to the cider and for the kids cinnamon sticks. Wine is very popular for fall weddings both as beverage and as part of a centerpiece..

MAIN DISHES especially if close to Thanksgiving: Turkey, stuffing, corn, potatoes, cranberry sauce etc…

DESSERTS: Pumpkin pie, Apple pie, Pecan pie

HALLOWEEN WEDDINGS

Wedding colors white black and orange

Treat or trick bag for bridal purse and or as guest favors

Costumes or masks

Jack O’lantern ice sculpture or actual pumpkin as centerpiece

Jack O’lantern favors

DO NOT display ghosts at your wedding. You do not want to start your life together with “ghosts in your closet”.

FUN IDEAS

Hay rides, Horse and Buggy rides, blowing soap bubbles, Harvest the rewards of your Autumn Theme Wedding planning and have a super event.

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