A walk in the park is all you need to decide on your colors; bring your favorite leaves into the bridal shop, but if you are planning ahead, earth tones like brown, rust, burgundy and plum will blend nicely with nature's color palate. Your fall wedding favors should reflect these colors, and incorporate the tastes and textures of the season.
A cozy, comfortable theme is fitting for fall but that does not mean you have to compromise in elegance or style. Fall is the time for harvest and for making the first homemade soup of the season. These are all elements you can incorporate into your theme and into your fall wedding favor ideas.
Get crafty and start cookin'. Spiced cider packets tied with raffia and cinnamon sticks are a delicious treat for your guests. So too are soup mixes tied with raffia and a mini whisk or wooden spoon, or jams and jellies in mason jars with material covered tops tied with ribbon or raffia.
Pears and apples abound in the fall. From classy to country, these fruits offer a variety of theme and favor choices, whether you're making apple butter or serving pear champagne. Baskets of pear and apple varieties can serve as your place cards and fall wedding favors.
When creating your fall wedding favor ideas, choose a vessel that is fitting to your decor, lay moss or shredded raffia inside the basket, and arrange the fruit. Place the name cards inside the vessel or attach to the basket with ribbon, raffia, or twine.
Pear and apple-shaped candies also make sweet favors for your guests. Set inside gift boxes or bags and place them at each setting around the reception tables.
Leaves offer another choice for a fall theme and there is no limit as to how you can use them. Branches can be sprayed with a preservative lacquer and used as centerpieces with flowers, or with leaves scattered individually around the table.
Wooden leaves can double as placeholders and favors that your guests can use as Christmas tree ornaments. Hand-paint their names, your names and your wedding date on them. It will look great on their tree and serve as a memento of your special day year after year.
Leaf-shaped chocolates in foil-wrapped fall colors also make yummy fall wedding favors. Simply them place inside drawstring gift bags and attach your guests' names to the handles.
If harvest is your theme, baskets of fresh vegetables like zucchini, squash, green beans, corn and small pumpkins can be put to use in the same fashion as the above-mentioned apples and pears. Indian corn inside small cornucopias look great on the reception table and your guests can bring them home to use as their fall centerpieces.
Butternut squash is simple, elegant and pleasing in form. Tie your guests' name cards to the stem of the squash and center the squash on the place settings.
As a final touch to your cozy fall wedding, quilted throw blankets placed on the backs of chairs, add a splash of color to your reception and is something your guests can cuddle up in on those chilly fall evenings.
