PeteysBride
Love calling him HUBBY!
Member since 12/06 9202 total posts
Wedding Date:
7/29/2007 12:00 AM
Wed. Location:
TBA
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Autumn/Apple Theme Wedding
Appple theme wedding
The fall sort of apple feel brings to mind places like Vermont, the glory of New England trees, and venues like big, airy barns with dark-paned glass and mysterious farming equipment slumbering on the grounds. To focus on apples is to zero in on the sweet-yet-tart heart of a harvest festival, with a more focused palette than the usual oranges, reds and yellows.
Ways to bring the theme alive:
Hold your ceremony in an apple orchard, and your reception in a big, grand barn. Wind twinkle lights around the rafters and hang rustic lanterns.
Bring in the props and objects that say fall to hold food, drink and decorations: wine barrels, galvanized buckets, fruit crates, hay bales. Galvanized tubs are wonderful for holding specialty sodas in glass bottles with an old-timey feel. Hay bales under a plank make great serving tables, and even seats.
String red or green apples together into long, shiny garlands using super-strength microfilament (fishing line). Hang the results from the rafters and bare-branch trees.
Toast your love with a special pouring of sparkling cider.
Instead of the usual wedding cake, serve up a few rich spice cakes with just a dusting of powdered sugar.
Treat your guests to the mouth-watering pairing of fresh apple cider and cake donuts.
Pour small green or golden apples into tall, clear eiffel vases. Top with a pillow of roses or chrysanthemums.
Large, sturdy apples make ideal bases for table numbers. Smaller ones make adorable place card holders: pin on leaf-shaped tags that display your guests' names.
Apple Theme Centerpiece Ideas
Use raffia to bind up bundles of birch branches (find at any craft store), wheat or bittersweet. Surround each bundle with cinnamon-scented votive candles or miniature apples.
Fill canning jars or milk buckets with old-fashioned flowers like daisies, mini-mums or heather.
Place sparkling cider bottles on wooden cutting boards. Heap with gold-painted apples and unshelled walnuts.
Place florist foam in a galvanized bucket and fill with daisies and apples.
Create apple candles by carving a tealight-shaped hollow in each apple, and float in a glass bowl.
Fill a tall, fluted vase with small green apples. Top with a tight arrangement of red or pink roses.
Apple Wedding Favors & Decorations
Favorite favors that have proved their worth at apple and autumn-themed weddings:
Candied or caramel apples, tied off with a pretty ribbon in your colors
Caramel apple kits in a bag
Individual jars of apple butter (personal, homemade, sure to be remembered)
Mini bottles of sparkling cider
Personalized teas or coffee
Mini-apple candles
Your grandmother's famous fall recipes in a special booklet
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purplerain
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Member since 3/08 512 total posts
Wedding Date:
9/9/2009 4:00 PM
Wed. Location:
Tavern on the green
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Re: Autumn/Apple Theme Wedding
Hey thanks for all the tips, i am having a september outdoor wedding and an apple theme is a great idea
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