The Design
As September sees farmers and gardeners gathering in their crops, all I could think about when designing this month’s board was food! I just adore the idea of incorporating a ‘harvest’ theme into a wedding design.
This wedding has a very rustic feel to it, and I envisage an old barn with exposed wooden beams and scattered hay bales to be the perfect setting. The colour palette has been chosen to reflect the change in the seasons – burnt oranges and yellows reflect the changing of the leaves to warm autumn colours, whilst soft shades of green provide a lingering hint of summer. I really like the idea of the bride wearing a coloured gown to complement this earthy colour palette.
To reflect the harvest theme I’d use apples and pears as name card holders, and I particularly love the idea of having guests ‘pick their own’ escort cards (as shown here on Once Wed ), with name sticks pulled out of soil/moss to reveal a vegetable with their table number. For decoration I would incorporate seasonal fruits and vegetables where possible, and for favours I’d give small, hand-tied paper bags of seeds or spring bulbs.
Now who says it’s a shame that the summer’s over?!
Photo Credits
Wedding gown:
Vera Wang
Wheat field:
Flickr
Sunflowers and plant pots: The Brides Cafe
here
and
here
Peach basket:
Snippet and Ink
Escort cards and reception setting: Once Wed
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and
here
Wedding sign:
Style Me Pretty
Cake:
Brides
Apples:
Summer Picnic Wedding