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Wedding Ideas For A Fall Wedding

Weddings ideas for a fall wedding can bring a special feeling of warmth to you and your future spouse’s special day. Depending on where you live, you may have skies that are usually an amazing blue with beautiful pillowy looking white clouds or you may have the colors of the fall with the color changing leaves. There are many wedding ideas to consider for this time of season, so you may want to take the following into consideration.

A fall wedding can also bring amazing sunsets thus creating a wonderful and scenic background for your autumn wedding day. However, besides for the natural décor, remember to include your dress, decorations and cake.

Dress and Colors

Fall is the perfect time to be daring and try a shorter wedding dress on for size. The ground during the fall season can sometimes be a bit muddy and full of freshly fallen leaves with drops of dew covering most things. So why not go with a short wedding dress to avoid all the hassles and worry of having your perfect dress ruined. In addition, you will be able to wear and show off an amazing pair of shoes that might normally be covered up by the usually long wedding dress.

The traditional colors of autumn are oranges and browns, however throwing in a bit of color that is unexpected such as a striking green; a vibrant orange or a splash of teal can really brighten things up. Not to mention, it will also bring a sense of freshness and modern twist to the usual colors while bringing in your personality to the mix. Do not be afraid to mix and match colors. Go to a fabric store and get a bunch of sample colors and compare them together until you find the right color match for your dream wedding.

Decor and Cake

The decorations for your reception will be easy to find and pretty inexpensive to buy. One way to go would be with traditional decorations. Decorations that make you think of autumn such as pumpkins, twigs, berries and other items that you may consider going into a fall theme. Some great fall themed wedding favors would be to have some cute gift boxes in a fall color and include some ribbon that can add more splash of color. You can also include yours and your groom’s name and wedding date printed on them. Inside your boxes you could add some small candies or maybe some leaf shaped soaps.

To incorporate your fall theme into your wedding cake, you will need to ask your wedding cake designer what they might do and then maybe throw in your ideas. Fall is the harvest time for all who live in the United States, so why not have your cake designer add in some pumpkins, shafts of wheat or some beautiful fall leaves added to your cake design. You may also consider using the fall leaves at the base of the cake, then surprise your guests by going non-traditional in flavor with a red velvet batter or a peanut butter and chocolate cake instead of the traditional pumpkin or apple spiced cake. You could always go with those traditional flavors in the groom’s cake.

Flowers and Tux

When choosing autumn flowers for your wedding, the color is just about as important as the type of flower. There are delicate yellows, rich reds and fierce oranges that will look stunning in your bouquet and bring color and beauty to your special day. Also in autumn using rustic twigs with cute little blossoms would look stunning in some vases, along with a mix of flowers. The groom can sometimes get lost among the wedding plans, so why not make him stand out a bit and add some fall colors to his tux, maybe consider a napkin in his jacket pocket or his bow tie. While he won’t out shine his bride, it will give both him, as well as his groomsmen, a bit of style.

So remember, when throwing your fall/autumn themed wedding, it’s good to stick with traditional seasonal colors as your base and then add a splash of something that no one else would expect. This time of the year is so beautiful and if you time it right, most venues and churches will already be decorated for autumn, therefore you do not really need to add a lot. Use the beautiful bounty of the Earth to help bring in your amazing autumn wedding that both you and your guest’s will be awed by.

This couple said, ” I do” at the Molokini Lookout and then wanted a few shots taken on the Beach.

Wedding Traditions After The Ceremony
Wedding traditions have various ways of becoming traditions. Some wedding traditions cameabout for religious reasons and some are due to superstition and odd behavior. Once the actualceremony is over, there is more to the activities. Where did these traditions come from and whatis the meaning behind them? Whether it’s the bouquet toss, wedding cake, rice throwing orsomething else, most of these traditions hold a special place in our hearts.
Carrying over the Threshold
The main reason behind the tradition of carrying the bride over the threshold was for protectingthe bride from the evil spirits that were thought to be laying in wait for the bride. Therefore, thegroom would carry her over the threshold to protect her. During the Roman Empire, they thoughtthat if the bride where to trip on the threshold when entering the home for the first time, that itcould bring a lot of harm and bad luck to their marriage.
The Honeymoon
The word honeymoon was derived from the Irish words, “mi na meala,” which means the monthof honey. It also refers to how a couple would spend their time drinking a fermented brew ofhoney called Mead. After the ceremony, a lot of Mead was given to the groom and his bride inspecial cups so that they could have it for one full moon (which would be a month) and thus wehave honeymoon.

The Bouquet Toss
Back in ancient times, everyone thought that the bride was super lucky on her wedding day andwould try to tear at her dress, getting a souvenir for themselves in hopes that the luck would ruboff on them. To prevent from being bothered and having her dress ruined, the bouquet was usedas the gift of good luck to her guests.
The Garter Toss
According to legend, the tossing of the garter began in England and was derived from an earliertradition called “flinging the stocking.” On the wedding night, guests would follow the groomand bride and wait for them to get undressed; then they would steal the bride and groom’sstockings. The first one to hit one of them in the head was the next to marry.
The Money Dance
There’s one custom for arranged marriages that the groom would not get the dowry for the brideuntil the marriage was consummated. So to ensure that the couple would have money before theyleft the wedding reception, they would have the wedding dance for them. Another tradition stemsfrom when villages would give the couple livestock, pottery and planting seeds so that they
would have something to start out their lives together.
Shoes Tied to the Car
Romans would give the groom the authority over his bride after the bride’s father gave her futurehusband her shoes. This changed in later years as the guests began to throw their own shoes atthe new couple. To represent the older tradition, it has now evolved into the shoes being tied onto the back of the newlywed’s car.
The Tossing of the Rice
Guests would throw grains and nuts at the couple to ensure harvesting of their land would begreat and for many healthy children to work the land. However, during less plentiful times ricewas thrown instead of the grains and nuts. This continues today, but many people may opt to usebubbles or birdseed. Regardless of the method, the meaning of “sending them off in happiness”is still the same.
The Wedding Cake
During the days of the Roman Empire, wedding cakes were made with either barley or wheat.During the reception the groom would break the cake over the head of his bride to symbolizefertility, and then guests would run and try to get a piece of the broken cake for good luck. Thenthe tradition began of stacking the cakes one on top of the other, as high as they possibly could.Then the bride and groom would try to kiss each other over the cake without knocking it over.Back then there wasn’t icing on cakes until a baker added it during the reign of King Charles IIof England.
The Bridal Shower and Stag Party
One thought is that during the 19th century, a group of bride’s friends put little presents into herumbrella. Then when she opened it, she was showered with gifts. As for the man’s stag party,this began with the groom being taken to a feast with the Roman soldiers the night before thewedding to say good bye to his bachelorhood.