The invitation is the first thing your guests see. Before they read the date, they already have a feeling for the wedding: formal or barefoot, midsummer or mid-October. For a fall wedding, that feeling is warm. Burgundy and rust, kraft paper and copper foil, the occasional maple leaf or string of lights. What we love […]
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Something happens to a wedding cake once the weather turns. The pastels pack up, and in come burnt orange, deep burgundy, caramel drips, and dried grasses that look like they wandered in from the field out back. The cakes here run the full range. Smooth white buttercream and scraped-back semi-naked tiers. Sunflowers, dahlias, and native […]
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The arch is where everyone’s looking. It’s behind you during the vows, it’s in every ceremony photo, and it’s the thing your guests stare at while they wait for you to walk down the aisle. No pressure. Fall makes it easy on you, though. You’ve got sunflowers and dahlias in every warm color, all the […]
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Here is the honest truth about ranunculus: most people cannot tell them apart from roses until someone points one out. Then they see the difference everywhere. Those tightly layered, tissue-paper petals wrapped around a little green center. Once you know, you cannot unknow. That is exactly why they are so good in a bouquet. Ranunculus […]
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Choose the wrong fall wedding colors and your big day can quickly look muddy, Halloween-themed, or like a college football tailgate. The fix isn’t luck, it’s a plan. We pulled together the fall wedding color schemes that read as expensive, then broke down the styling rules that turn a pile of random swatches into a real fall […]
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Fall is when dahlias, mums, and celosia hit their peak, and the flower palette turns warm and deep: rust, burgundy, copper, plum. This is the season for big, moody, dramatic blooms. It also comes with a narrow window. Frost that kills a dahlia overnight. Wind that wilts anything delicate. A hero bloom that’s everywhere in […]
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There’s a reason October is one of the most-booked wedding months in the country, trading the top spot with September year after year. It comes down to the weather: temperate enough for an outdoor ceremony without anyone sweating through their vows or shivering through them. The foliage shows up for free, and the light in […]
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You will stare at your centerpiece longer than almost anything else at your wedding. So will your guests, at eye level, for hours, somewhere between the toasts and the last slow dance. The good news about a fall date: the season hands you material a summer wedding would pay a florist extra for. Gourds and […]
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Wedding dress shopping is a different game when you’re not 22. You walk into the salon and it’s a wall of strapless ballgowns and cathedral trains, every one styled on someone a couple of decades younger than you. Nothing is wrong, exactly. It just… doesn’t feel like you. For this article, we wanted to find […]
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