Helpful Tips: Four Fab Fall Decor Details

Just a few fall decor detail ideas to get into the idea of the fall season...even though it's been abnormally hot lately! Fall is just around the corner. Only six more days and it's officially here!

1. Make, or buy, a fall wreath or two for the inside doors of your reception hall. If you're on a budget, I definitely suggest making one. I made one, pictured on the left, for our front door and it was significantly less than buying a pre-made one. Plus, if you're into crafts you'll probably enjoy making it like I did. I purchased all the supplies at Michael's Craft Store. All you need are a few branches of the faux fall leaves, faux berry branches, some pine cones (I found some leaf branches had the pine cones already mixed in with them), and of course the wicker-like wreath frame. All the supplies are fairly inexpensive, and if you keep an eye out on their weekly sales you can often get the faux items for 50% off. I just used a hot glue gun and weaved the branches into the wreath frame. Pretty simple! Last time I checked, you can get wreath hooks for less than $3 at Hobby Lobby.


2. Or, if you'd like to use the wreaths elsewhere in the room you can always decorate the door with the bride and grooms first initials. Hobby Lobby has large white wooden letters that can be painted to match your decor, or left white as shown, and may be hung on a wreath hook. Can't get much easier than that! You can always dress it up more by tying some of the left over berries from the wreath in just above the letters. Thanks to marthastewartweddings.com for the photo.








3. Bring the fall season into your place cards. Most scrapbooking stores will have a variety of different leaf punches, but you can always order them online too. I found some at TheFind.com Buy some paper in a fall color of your choosing and write the table numbers on each leaf. Easy way to dress up a boring place card. Thanks to marthastewartweddings.com for the photo.

Or instead of the traditional folded place card, you can use larger leaf cutouts with the seating information written on it and use a hole punch near the stem of the leaf. Tie a ribbon through the hold and place the leaf on a corkboard by placing the ribbon around a thumb tack.





4. Make your usher's jobs even easier, and add a decorative touch by using pine cones to reserve seats for certain family members. Carry through your "leaf" cutouts from above and glue them to the cardstock you print "reserved" on. Thanks to Jonathan Canlas Photography and theknot.com for the photo.