Fall Vow Renewal Themes
Planning a Fall Vow Renewal When you start planning your vow renewal, you’ll find it easier to make decisions about food, flowers, favors, and decor if you select a theme. […]
Planning a Fall Vow Renewal
When you start planning your vow renewal, you’ll find it easier to make decisions about food, flowers, favors, and decor if you select a theme. Themes can be as simple or as complex as you like. They can include colors and/or key accent items.
Fall Theme Ideas
For starters, Halloween and Thanksgiving provide you with two easy themes to work with. You can also use the season itself as your theme. Two of our favorites are “Fall in Love Again” and “A Perfect Pair” since they tie together the theme and the reason for the occasion. Here are a few other ideas to inspire you:
- apples
- leaves
- pumpkins and gourds
- country casual
- harvest bounty
- wine and roses
Set your imagination free and you will find your way to the perfect theme to suit the two of you and the style of your event.
Fall Color Palettes
Fall delivers a natural palette of stunning colors to select from for your vow renewal that ranges from greens, golds, oranges, reds, to shades of bronze and purple. Draw your color inspiration from leaves, pumpkins, gourds, cranberries, apples, pears, maple syrup, pinecones, and flowers like chrysanthemums. Some wonderful color combinations include:
- red and orange
- red and rich brown
- gold and rust
- rust and golden yellow
- rust and olive green
- olive green and eggplant
- eggplant and rich brown
- eggplant and red
- eggplant and rust
- rich brown and rust
- burgundy and rust
- rich brown, red, and orange
- red, golden yellow, and rich brown
- rich brown, gold, and rust
- orange, rust, and golden yellow
- rich brown, rust, and olive green
- dark and light olive green and eggplant
- burgundy, rust, and gold
Venues Ideas
One of the most important decisions you will make while planning your vow renewal is where the ceremony and reception will take place. You will want it to coordinate with the theme and colors you have selected, as well as, your style. Fall is a wonderful time to take advantage of those places that Mother Nature herself has had a hand in decorating such as wooded parks, mountain lookouts, vineyards, quaint old churches, country estates, farmhouses, and barns. You might also seek out a wooded pathway, creek, or bridge to set the mood for your ceremony. These places are frequently decorated with flowers, shrubs, and trees that provide autumn color in all its glory. Decorate the path to your altar area with pumpkins, wheat, or corn stalks. Cover the archway or arbor with vines, leaves, and flowers that will provide the setting for renewing your vows.
Ceremony and Reception Decorations
Fall provides a bounty of natural elements for decorating. A look out the window on a fall day should fill your head with fabulous ideas such as:
- little decorated pumpkins
- little pilgrims or turkeys
- jack-o-lanterns lit with candles
- leaves scattered on tables, mixed into arrangements, or artfully arranged into arrangements all on their own
- vines filled with dark grapes and leaves
- stalks of colored corn and straw bundled together
- colorful gourds
- apples
- pears
- pots of tall tree branches
- footed bowls of gilded fruits
- bowls filled with pine cones and leaves
- pots of chrysanthemums
- clear vases filled with cranberries
- corn candy
Fall Flowers for Bouquets and Decor
When it comes to flowers, once again nature provides a rich palette of options and a variety of wonderful accents such as seed pods, berries, grasses, and vines. Some lovely floral options for fall include:
- Chinese Bellflower
- Chrysanthemum
- Persimmon
- Allium
- Gypsophila
- Liatris
- Carnation
- Freesia
- Gerbera Daisy
- Hydrangea
- Stephanotis
- Asters
- Alstroemeria
- Pittosporum
- Roses
- Lilies
Fall Flower Arrangements and Centerpieces
Create colorful and vibrant flower arrangements and centerpieces that harmonize with your theme and color scheme. Some inspiring ideas include:
- hollow out pumpkins and fill with fresh flowers or candles then surround the base with a scattering or garland of leaves
- fill tall vases with cranberries and top with a floating candle
- surround small metal candle lanterns with leaves and mini gourds and pumpkins
- fill tall vases with branches and surround the base with small fallen silk leaves
- tie bundles of dried wheat with coordinating ribbon
- fill tall clear vases or bowls with apples and/or pears and accent with silk leaves and vines
- arrange flowers in copper pails or pots
- fill tall glasses vases with mixed colors of leaves
- carve your monogram into pumpkins and light with battery operated candles
- arrange orange roses into short rectangular containers wrapped with dried vines and berries
- fill classic glass vases with Gerbera daisies in mixed fall colors and tie with raffia
Festive and Elegant Fall Favors
No matter the theme or style of your vow renewal, there are countless ideas for the perfect favor to thank your guests with. Set your imagination free and you will undoubtedly find your favorite. Some inspiring ideas to get you started include:
- leaf shaped spice or maple cookies
- leaf or pumpkin shaped bookmarks in golden, orange or brown
- little plastic, glass, or ceramic pumpkins or horns o’ plenty filled with candy corn and fall colored candies wrapped in orange tulle
- caramel or candied apples
- bottles of maple syrup
- pumpkin pie scented candles
- tissue wrapped pears
- shiny red or green apples with their stems tied with coordinating ribbon
- leaf cookie cutters
- packets of Reese Pieces candies
- decorated leaf or pumpkin shaped sugar cookies
- small bottles of honey
- cellophane bags of caramel corn
- homemade caramels
- bags of mixed salted nuts
Once you have your decisions about the theme, colors, venue, flowers, favors, and decor in hand, tie it all together with the smells of fall like caramel, pumpkin pie, cranberries, and apple cider. It will undoubtedly be an event that you and your guests will remember for years to come.
