DIY Autumn Wedding Decor For Your Cozy Fall Wedding!

As the leaves begin to change and the air turns crisp, the fall season brings a magical ambiance that is perfect for weddings, be it indoors or outdoor weddings. Autumn weddings are characterized by warm and cozy colors, rustic decor, and an overall romantic vibe. With cooler temperatures and stunning foliage, fall weddings provide a unique and unforgettable experience for everyone, whether it is the couple tying the knot or the amazing wedding guests. The fall season offers a wide range of colors to choose from, including deep reds, oranges, and yellows that perfectly complement the natural beauty of the season. The rustic decor that is popular for fall weddings adds to the welcoming and cozy atmosphere and sets the stage for a romantic celebration. Fall weddings are also a great choice for those who are looking to throw a wedding on a budget. With the summer season being the most popular for weddings, venues, and vendors tend to charge a premium during this time. By opting for a fall wedding, couples can often save money on their wedding budget. From pumpkin spice lattes to cozy blankets, fall offers a plethora of seasonal touches that can be incorporated into a wedding to make it even more special. Whether it's a rustic barn wedding or an elegant ceremony in a vineyard, a fall wedding is sure to create a memorable experience for everyone involved. So, for today, all we want to do is sit down and talk about the pretty fall wedding decor and details that you can DIY! 

The Perfect Aisle 

Fall weddings offer a wonderful opportunity to incorporate the beauty of the season into every aspect of your celebration, including aisle decor. From vibrant colors to natural elements, there are numerous ways to create a stunning and memorable aisle for your fall wedding. And this is something that you can DIY and create beautiful wedding decor! For outdoor weddings, we recommend using vintage lanterns and pumpkins, simply because we know that the breeze will not take the leaves away! However, you can add some pretty yellow and orange leaves to the mix, and if the wind does take it away, we hope that it ends up giving you amazing wedding photos, be it for you on the altar or of the wedding guests. This is something that you can do by yourself or even have your bridesmaids help you out before you all start getting ready. Another idea we absolutely recommend is using autumnal leaves. The wedding aisle looks amazing with leaves, which you can bring to your wedding easily. 

However, as we mentioned before, we feel that a fall wedding idea for the aisle with just leaves will look the best indoors. That said, for pumpkins and lantern decor ideas, you can switch them up with colors. You can choose something similar to your wedding color scheme, or you could choose black and white as the primary colors for the lanterns. For pumpkins, you can either care for the pumpkins with pretty details or simply paint them over with fall colors or with some glitter mixed into the colors. 

Apple Candles 

If you’re looking to have a beautiful wedding with some fruity and spooky touches, then we have an amazing idea for you. Instead of choosing pillar candles for your wedding, how about apple candles? To us, apples and pumpkins are very fall-like. Apple decor, especially made of extremely red in shade. You can use apples as a part of the decor but also have them work as candles. For this DIY idea for your wedding day, all you need to do is hollow out the apples, and add candle wax with candle wicks or just add floating candles to the hollowed-out part. Then let them set, this will give you the best-looking wedding decorations! Now, if you do not have the right kinds of apples, for example, they are not as red as you’d want them to be, simply paint over them! We love this idea because it also doubles down as a beautiful way to spend some time with your bridesmaids, the groom-to-be, and your close friends. Additionally, you can also use green apples to make these candles and add them to your wedding decor. From wedding ceremony decor to your beautiful wedding tablescape, green and red apple candles not only make your wedding day look beautiful but also add an amazing scent! 

Wooden Crates for Beer Bars 

Another amazing idea is to make your fall wedding an amazing celebration of love by adding DIY bars! This is the easiest way to add DIY details to your wedding because all you need to do is get some wooden crates and use that as bars for your wedding. You can totally use the naked wood for your wedding day as well. Wood grains are a great way to add pretty details to your wedding bar. Another way to add some DIY touches and colorful pops is to add wooden crates and paint them over with pretty colors. From neon to pastel colors, you can paint these crates with just about any color. To synchronize this aspect of your wedding detail with everything else, make sure that you have the colors of your wedding color theme. Or you can also have similar hues to the crates. Since it is fall, you can also have some spooky details added to the pretty crates. You can think of painting skeletons, or even cobwebs. 

DIY Cake Toppers 

If you’re thinking of adding more DIY ideas to your fall wedding, then nothing is better than using DIY cake toppers for your wedding cake. One of the best ways to make your own cake toppers is to use leaves and paint them over! Then you can attach long sticks or toothpicks to the leaves so that these leafy toppers can stick to your cakes. You can paint these with pretty colors or even have an ombre color scheme on these leaves. But there’s another way to make your wedding DIY detail look amazing! You can easily use gold paint or have the leaves wrapped in gold foil to make them look perfect! Gold leafy cake toppers are elegant and beautiful, especially for white wedding cakes. Another way to make DIY cake toppers is to use two polaroid photos of you and your partner, and create an arbor for the topper on the cake! If you can use wire, then you can also use the wire to spell out “we do” and add Polaroid photos of you and your partner. Another amazing DIY cake topper idea is to add sparklers to your wedding cake! All of these ideas will help you to make your wedding cake decor look brilliant and will help you add a personal touch to it as well! 

Carved Pumpkin Decor 

No fall wedding decor idea blog is complete without the pretty carved pumpkins! We love fall for many reasons, but carved pumpkins still remain to be our favorite. The reason why we love these is that it gets our creative juices flowing and also look stunning. There are many ways to use a carved pumpkin in a wedding, and we’ll like to get into a few of them. You can use a carved pumpkin as dessert displays, as lights, as lanterns, as centerpieces, and even as a part of your wedding exit. So, all you need to do is go about carving a pumpkin or as many pumpkins as you want for your wedding. You can use the authentic pumpkin color, or paint over it to make it fit for your wedding day, the choice is yours. Now, another way to use a carved pumpkin is to gather pumpkins and have a huge carved pumpkin in the center under the wedding welcome signage! This will help you create a beautiful decor for your wedding. Additionally, you can use carved pumpkins as wedding signage. All you need to do is, add a tag to the pumpkin flesh, which will help your wedding guests find different things during your wedding. 

Create a Bobbing Station for Escort Cards 

Now let’s talk about a DIY detail that is not only fun but also interactive for your wedding guests. We’re talking about a bobbing station of escort cards. This station will have your wedding guests giggling and smiling in no time. We love this idea because it barely needs you to find two or three ingredients to create. All you need to do is have a rustic bucket, which can be an iron bucket or a wooden one, and fill it up with water. Next, have a few apples, stick in some small flags with your wedding guests’ names, and then float them on the water. This way, you will have a pretty escort card for each of your wedding guests and have something fun for them to do. With that said, you can also choose to customize the pretty flags with your guests’ names, with cursive lettering, or even have pretty block letters. You can also have any other object, not just apples, which can float on water and make your decor idea look better. Other than this, you can also change the colors of the apples. However, please bear in mind that whatever object you choose to have in your bobbing station, remember to check if all of these objects are floating easily. You can check before you have your bobbing station ready for the wedding day. Also, before you get ready for the day, you can have this placed for your wedding guests.  

Other Things to Keep in Mind 

Before we leave you for the day, we’d like to bring your attention to other aspects of your fall wedding. You can choose to have pretty red leaves and paint “bride” and “groom” on the leaves for your wedding band photos. Another idea to make your fall wedding DIY decor perfect is to choose to decorate the wedding welcome area for your wedding guests. You can decorate the welcome section with pumpkins, candles, and photos. However, the ideas for your welcome area depend on your tastes and preferences. Additionally, you can add wedding signage here as well. You can use a wooden plank with delicate lettering as signage. Apart from this, if you like cooking or baking, you can make a few batches of whatever recipe you really love and have it served on your wedding day. Another idea for those who love to cook or bake is to create a station for their favorite hand-made desserts or snacks. You can also have some of your best recipes as your wedding favors for your wedding guests. Lastly, you can also create your own wedding centerpieces by using a tall glass and filling it up with greenery and some bouquet fillers! This creates a beautiful addition to your wedding dinner tables. If you’re in the mood for something softer and smaller, then you can also choose to swap out the taller glasses for smaller ones. In smaller glasses, you can add pretty flowers and some leaves for your wedding centerpieces. And if you’re thinking of something simpler, you can also fill the glasses with a coiled bundle of string lights. This will add a dreamy and ethereal wedding decor idea!  

With that, we come to the end of our inspirational blog. Fall weddings have been one of our all-time favorites, and we absolutely can’t keep calm when the season rolls around. We love wedding decor ideas, but above that, we appreciate a personal touch and DIY ideas for weddings. We hope that the ideas we mentioned above will help you get the wedding of your dreams. The ideas that we mentioned in the blog are pretty and super simple. So, even if you’re not a pro at DIY, these ideas will not be a big deal for you. These DIY wedding details are beginner-friendly. We hope you have an amazing wedding!