Autumnal Wedding Inspration

A few weeks ago I was at the Thorp Perrow Arboretum and the colours reminded me how striking an autumn wedding can be - full of rich browns, greens, golds, oranges and deep reds.  Whether you choose one or a combination of these colours they can real work well to bring a warm, opulent tone to your wedding day.

An Autumnal or Fall themed wedding also brings lots of opportunities to say money - think about using leaves as place settings and table confetti, fruit and candles for decorations and why not even try making a table plan tree from twigs?

So I thought I'd pull together a mood board to help you all get some inspiration too!!

Image credits:

Green baubles, gold small vases & brown, sliver & green heart baubles: cox and cox

Chocolate wedding cake: Marks & Spencer

Red bridesmaid dress: Jasmine Bridal

Sun flower table decoration: Serendipity Floral Designs

Chocolate and Fruit Cake: The perfect cake company

Shoes: The beautiful image

Sun flower urn and bouquet: Taylored Images

Orange candle and birch tree: Hus and Hem

Brown & green bridesmaid dresses: JLM Europe

Gold and multi-coloured table confetti: handmadebyhells.co.uk

Lanterns & skeleton leaf tea light holders: notonthehighstreet.com

Red star lights: lights4fun.co.uk

Tiffany Blue

I've always loved Tiffany Blue as a colour for a wedding - it conjures up images of glamour, sophistication and Audrey Hepburn.  It's a classic sophisticated colour scheme which can be teamed with ivories, silvers and even brown tones.  It also works well with vintage themes using diamonds, brooches and sumptuous fabrics.  I've pulled together a mood board which gives you some ideas on how to pull this theme together:

Image credits:

Wedding Cake: elegantcakery.com

Tie: jaanj.com

Flowers: brides.com

Cup cakes & chocolate favours: kaboodle.com

Bridesmaid dress: watters.com

Invitation: vanillapoddesign.com

Trinket box & bracelet padlock: tiffany.com

Shoes: arunaseth.com

Church wedding flowers



Image by www.cranstar.com.au

I was doing some research into pew ends for a bride that I'm currently working with and it got me to thinking about how best to decorate a church for a wedding.  It is often quite difficult to decide exactly what to do and it is very easy to go over the top and spend a lot of money.  So here are my thoughts on how to save money and get fabulous church flowers for your wedding on a budget:

1. Less is more - you are not in the church for long and hopefully everyone will be focussing on you so don't get carried away!!  If you really want to do pew ends think about only do every other one rather than thenm all - this plus something on the alter and maybe one other display is more than enough
2. If you want to use big displays consider whether these can also be moved to your reception to save money - some pew ends can also be put on the back of chairs at your reception
3. The church may have someone who can do flowers for you which can often be cheaper than a florist
4. Using candles on the alter, register signing table and on window ledges can often be a nice cheaper alternative to flowers
5. If you can't afford pew ends what about scattering petals down the aisles?

Don't forget to talk to your vicar about your choices as they may have strong views about what you can and can't do - and you don't want to find this out on the day of your wedding!!

Finally, here's some photos of some great pew ends I found which I hope will help inspire!



Image by: loveweddingflowers.co.uk

Image by: loveweddingflowers.co.uk

Image by: blog.bloomroom.com



Images courtesy of:
cranstar.com.au
loveweddingflowers.co.uk
Blog.bloomroom.com