40 Best Fall Wedding Ideas for a Gorgeous Autumnal Affair
Prepare to fall in love. 🍂
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The first day of fall is almost here! Perhaps you're one of the many couples planning a fall wedding for 2023, and it's now time to put those finishing touches on your celebration game plan. Or maybe you've just had an engagement and are in that giddy stage of brainstorming wedding ideas for fall 2024 or 2025. (It's never too early!) Whatever the case may be, there is a reason September and October are two of the most popular months to get married—the weather is divine, and there are so many stunning autumnal hues and decorations to choose from. From gorgeous fall décor to elegant wedding invitations, the best fall wedding ideas are guaranteed to make your day even more magical.
As always, we're here to help. After all, there's nothing better than a festive bash, and nothing more worth celebrating than love. No matter what kind of theme you have in mind, there's something for every style and taste in the two dozen fall wedding ideas ahead. The best part? So many of them are so easy to recreate. Grab a glass of bubbly and click through to uncover a variety of fall wedding décor ideas, with everything from wedding favors to autumnal ceremony decorations to stunning wedding centerpieces. Oh and of course, there are some fall wedding bouquet options, too! Whatever you're looking for, prepare to fall in love with these ideas.
Autumnal Corsage
The bride has plenty of options for customizing her flowers, so why not give the groom a chance too? Craft an autumnal corsage to match her bouquet with dried fountain grass, cotton, mums, dahlias, or other red and orange perennials. Then, tie them off with a bit of lace for a sweet vintage look.
Decorated Chairs
If you have simple linens and seats, a great way to add a pop of autumnal color is to decorate the backs of the chairs with flowers. They can even double as favors for the guests to bring home!
Seasonal Macaron Tower
In addition to or instead of a wedding cake, macarons are becoming increasingly popular. Not only are they delicious, but the color options make it so easy to evoke the season or coordinate with your wedding colors. Stack them in a pretty tower like this one and your guests can serve themselves!
Coordinated Hair and Bouquet
Want to tie your look together? Coordinate a floral hair piece with your bouquet. We love this mix of moody colors and pops of cotton flowers to give that fall feel. This look easily dresses up a more casual wedding.
You'll live apple-y ever after, especially if you decorate your cake with these seasonal and adorable apple toppers. They would also look really cute at your guest book table as a decoration. They are handmade out of clay, so they'll make a perfect keepsake, too.
Lean into Halloween
If you're getting married in October and love Halloween, lean into it! A sweet and subtle way of showing your love for all things spooky is adding jack-o'-lantern cookies and skull cake pops to a pumpkin-themed dessert table.
Dine Al Fresco
Crisp fall air and the scent of fall leaves make fall a wonderful season for outdoor dining. Whether it's for the rehearsal dinner or the real deal, set up an outdoor fall tablescape lit by candles and fairy lights. Pumpkins and gourds make for lovely, inexpensive centerpieces.
Get the tutorial at Inspired by Charm.
Fall Dessert Spread
What's the point of having an autumnal wedding if you're not going to feature the multitude of fall desserts! Have a table devoted to pies, apple crisps, peach tarts, and pecan sandies (which, might we add, are all also gorgeous to look at). Don't forget to include this delicious pumpkin cheesecake!
Pumpkin Vases
Skip the traditional glass vases and place your bouquets inside hollowed-out pumpkins. These look beautiful as table centerpieces or lining the wedding aisle! If you're going for white-based bouquets, opt for white pumpkins, while traditional fall bouquets will look best in orange gourds.
Orange, Red, and Yellow Wedding Arch
There are so many ways to customize your wedding arch, and fall provides the perfect color pallet if you go for rustic-chic wood. Choose orange, white, red, yellow, and tan hues and drape wedding fabric or lace on one side and flowers on the other.
Retro Invitations
Hoping to send out something a bit more colorful than traditional wedding invitations? These cheerful retro invites will serve as great inspo.
See more at Green Wedding Shoes.
Clear Welcome Sign
We love a good welcome sign—and this one is proof that it doesn't have to be opaque to make a statement.
See more at Junebug Weddings.
Hot Chocolate Favors
While miniature bubbles might make for a cute exit, they’ll likely get tossed aside as soon as the wedding is over. Hot chocolate wedding guest favors, however, are sure to be put to good use this fall.
See more at Something Turquoise.
Talk about an all-encompassing invitation! These front-and-back, autumn-inspired invites will make it easy for your guests to keep track of all the day's events.
Mercury Glassware
We can't stop swooning over these mercury wine glasses. Paired with towering candlesticks, it's one dreamy fall wedding tablescape we won't soon forget—and, if you recreate it, your guests won’t either.
See more at Green Wedding Shoes.
Moody Floral Altar
How gorgeous is this moody floral altar? We love how it’s overflowing with flowers and greenery while still showing off the wrought-iron structure.
See more at Junebug Weddings.
Modern Hoop Seating Chart
Rather than making your wedding guests search for a tiny place card among a sea of dozens, consider recreating this simple seating chart. In addition to being easier to see, it will add an extra stylish touch to your fall wedding décor.
See more at Something Turquoise.
Cow Skull Guest Book
While this guest book idea may not be for the faint of heart, it’s most definitely a fall wedding idea that will turn heads. Best of all, you can hang it on the wall when all is said and done.
See more at A Beautiful Mess.
Velvet Backdrop
How dreamy is this oatmeal-colored velvet backdrop? It feels warm and ethereal—and perfect for fall.
See more at Green Wedding Shoes.
Whether you're having your wedding in the mountains or you wish you were, these fall foliage invitations are sure to grab your guests' attention.
Rebecca Norris is a full-time freelance writer living in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Over the past 10+ years, she’s heavily covered a range of lifestyle topics, including travel, home, beauty, style, wellness, and celebrity news. She is a graduate of George Mason University, where she earned a B.A. in Media: Production, Consumption, and Critique, along with a minor in Electronic Journalism. When she's not writing, she can be found strolling with her Jack-Chi, Cash, sipping iced matcha lattes, indulging in delicious cuisine, perusing farmer’s markets and antique sales, collecting colored glass, getting lost within the pages of a book, and exploring new bucket-list cities.
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