With Fall firmly upon us, it’s getting pretty chilly as the dark nights draw in. To add some warmth to your wedding, why not have a gorgeous fall theme? With a color palette of browns, reds and golds with plenty of leaf motifs to highlight the fallen leaves all around. The ideal way to bring a warm, cosy feel to a fall wedding.

Stationery

Stationery is an easy peasy way to incorporate your theme into the wedding plans. With this theme of fall leaves, you can create your own beautiful stationery. As soon as the leaves start to float to the ground, grab as many of them as you can. I mean hundreds. At least ten for each guest but make sure they are not rotten. Yes, you might look a bit mad scrambling around the park picking up leaves but it will be worth it, trust me. As soon as you get them home, press them to keep their rustic color Make sure the leaves are dry then press them between the pages of heavy books for over 24 hours. Finally, place them between sheets of waxed paper and iron them. This will keep them from drying out.

You can then use these leaves to create beautiful designs for invitations, menus and so on. Stick onto brown card and write in a gold pen to carry on this theme. For alternative place names, use pressed leaves and write your guests names directly onto the leaves. Cheap, environmentally friendly and lovely too!

Favors

For favors, give your guests little bags made of a natural material such as jute or hessian filled with seeds that they can plant in their gardens or plant pots at home. Try to choose flowers or plants that are in season such as chrysanthemums Alternatively, take a look at Favor Ideas which sells a massive range of leaf themed favors such as place name holders that can be used as photo holders after the celebration for 89 cents each, personalized cookies for $3.95 and leaf candle holders for $2.60. So many options and at great prices too.

Cake

As for the wedding cake, the ever brilliant Pink Cake Box has several fall-themed cakes in their gallery. They include a pumpkin adorned wonky cake, autumn themed cup cakes and a brown three tiered design covered in gum paste leaves and acorns. With flavors such as Oreo cookies and hazelnut, you are guaranteed to find the perfect cake for you.

Decoration

Finish off with some lovely natural decoration. Wreaths of dried leaves look stunning as table centerpieces, pew ends and general decoration. Leaves scattered across the tables look great, and try having baskets of leaves that your guests can throw over you instead of confetti- the wedding photos would look great with golden leaves fluttering down around you.

Fall is a beautiful time of year, with such rich and indulgent shades all around. It makes a great choice for wedding inspiration and a gorgeous backdrop for a stunning wedding. When it’s cold outside, this theme will warm the iciest of hearts.