Best fall wedding decoration ideas on a budget in 2017

With autumn comes cool, crisp weather, gorgeous autumnal leaf, as well as the right opportunity for throwing a seasonal wedding. Informal or formal, rustic or modern, autumn favorites are flexible enough for any kind of wedding—but how do you best adopt your late-September to late-December wedding date? If these actual weddings are any indication, opportunities abound for the autumn-loving bride- or groom to be. Creative ideas to help you place a memorable spin on the season—not to mention perfect fodder to your own genius thoughts.

FALL LEAVES EMBELLISHMENTS

Marc and Abbie recited vows under a chuppa decorated with the paper leaves that brought out the autumn wedding theme as well as featured felicitations from their loved ones.

PINECONE DECORATIONS

Pinecones wired to your tree marked the entry in Twain Harte, California to Joshua's and Lena wedding site.

HOT COCOA

Guests warmed with mugs of hot chocolate rimmed with crushed graham crackers on a chilly October evening.

RUSTIC PLACE CARD NAPKINS

For Adam's and Melissa October event, they incorporated decorations that observed the season as well as the natural landscape. The bride crafted these wood tags labeled with her guests' names and stamped using an autumn division icon to tie around the napkins.

PUMPKIN SOUP

The autumn wedding of Brian and the meal at Taryn began with a couple seasonal starters: a roasted and pumpkin -chestnut soup topped with toasted pumpkin seeds.

FIG PLACE SETTING

Each place setting at Quinn's reception in Jamestown, Virginia and Dana, was accentuated using a fresh fig.

TRITICUM WEDDING CAKE

The cake at Cara and the wedding celebration of Spencer sat atop a wooden pedestal surrounded by stalks of wheat, which fit the colours as well as aura of the setting.

CANDIED APPLES

Veneer tags attached to red-hot candied apples served as place cards for the children at Liesl and Kevin's Southern wedding reception.

CHOCOLATE DESSERTS

Instead of one big wedding cake, Maria and Robert offered a number of seasonal options in Sunriver, Oregon for guests at their reception. A square layered tiramisu decorated with Woman apples dipped in caramel and chocolate was served as well as a chocolate sour cream pound cake with raspberry filling, miniature cupcakes with apricot topping and filling, and a round layered spice cake with cream-cheese frosting.

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S'MORES

Melissa and the friend of Adam packaged kits that were s'mores as party favors for their fall wedding in paper bags. Each contained graham crackers, homemade marshmallows, and Hershey's chocolate bars. "S'mores" was stamped in white wood grain lettering on every bag.

HANDCRAFTED WREATHS

Wreaths of seeded eucalyptus produced by bride Amy (with help from her groom, Kevin) hung as decor in the couples reception place, the Grange Hall, in Edgartown, Massachusetts.

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FALL WEDDING CAKE

Crab apples, pears, and Roses gave the wedding Marc's wedding an unmistakably autumnal look and cake at Abbie.

FLOWER GIRL CROWN

Any flower girl would be honored to be crowned by this autumnal accessory.

DAHLIA WEDDING CAKE

Shannon and Nathan's wedding cake, with chocolate and vanilla layers and raspberry filling, featured dahlias in autumn colors galore.

WOODSY WEDDING CAKE

At Steve's autumn wedding in Calistoga, California and Megan, a faux-bois cake brought the exterior in.