Newlyweds Melissa and Adam pose for portraits in front of an oak tree full of fall shades in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.
Maria and Robert's programs were festooned with cedar twigs and bound by brown taffeta ribbon.
The fall elements were purposely subliminal at Melissa and Adam's reception: dried greenery and flowers, figs, and warm candlelight. The one overtly autumnal decoration was a pair of heirloom pumpkin displays.The bluish gray skins were carved with the couple's initials, revealing a soft orange flesh that matched the color palette perfectly.
A large arrangement of Queen Anne's lace, dusty miller, and succulents anchored the bar at Joey and Jeff's September wedding reception in California's wine country.
The meal at Taryn and Brian's fall wedding began with a few seasonal starters: a pumpkin and roasted-chestnut soup topped with toasted pumpkin seeds.
The homespun dessert buffet at Liesl and Kevin's October wedding in Franklin, Tennessee, featured a charming three-tier cake covered with white-chocolate maple frosting and decorated with organic apples and currants.
Pinecones wired to a tree marked the entrance to Lena and Joshua's wedding site in Twain Harte, California.
Each place setting at Dana and Quinn's reception in Jamestown, Virginia, was accented with a fresh fig.
At Giovanna and Schuyler's California nuptials, shawls were set out with a calligraphed tag reading "cuddle up and stay warm" so guests could keep cozy as temperatures dipped.
For Melissa and Adam's October affair, they incorporated decorations that celebrated the natural landscape and the season. The bride crafted these wood tags labeled with her guests' names and stamped with a fall branch icon to tie around the napkins.
Dana and Quinn warmed guests on a chilly October evening with mugs of hot chocolate rimmed with crushed graham crackers accompanied by s'mores.
Melissa and Adam's friend packaged s'mores kits in paper bags as favors for their fall wedding. Each contained homemade marshmallows, graham crackers, and Hershey's chocolate bars. "S'mores" was stamped in white wood-grain lettering on each bag.
At Eunice and Daniel's West Coast wedding, guests were given blankets for their laps to ensure everyone stayed cozy and comfortable.
Bride Fraser's bouquet took a cue from the season and is a fragrant mix of white majolica roses, Scabiosa, sage, basil, rosemary, and lily of the valley.
Wreaths of seeded eucalyptus made by bride Amy (with help from her groom, Kevin) hung as decor at the couples reception venue, the Grange Hall, in Edgartown, Massachusetts.
The cake at Cara and Spencer's wedding celebration sat atop a wooden pedestal surrounded by stalks of wheat, which matched the colors and atmosphere of the setting.
At Megan and Steve's fall wedding in Calistoga, California, a faux-bois cake brought the outside in.
At Fraser and Matthew's New York City wedding, votive candles illuminated a canopy of grapevine arbor, which tied in the couple's cozy color palette of rich brown and white.
Instead of one large wedding cake, Maria and Robert offered a number of seasonal choices for guests at their reception in Sunriver, Oregon. A square layered tiramisu decorated with Lady apples dipped in caramel and chocolate was served along with a chocolate sour-cream pound cake with raspberry filling, miniature cupcakes with apricot filling and topping, and a round layered spice cake with cream-cheese frosting.
Leaf patterns in a flattering amber hue were projected onto the tent ceiling at Caroline and Keating's elegant wedding reception in Charleston, South Carolina.
At Claire and Benjamin's outdoor wedding in Beverly Hills, nearly 1,000 feet of California bay laurel garlands ran along the house, the yard, and down the tables' centers; persimmons, figs, raspberry branches, and passionfruit vine punctuated the garlands.
Joey and Jeff's ceremony programs were hand-stiched by the bride's cousin, Helen; her mom, Marla, rubber-stamped them.
For his walk down the aisle with Lena, groom Joshua topped off a brown suit with a lighthearted tie and a fall boutonniere of oak leaves and acorns tied with a jaunty bow.
For Maria and Robert's wedding, invitations and reply cards were letterpressed with a pinecone motif to reflect the location and season: Oregon in autumn.
Atlantic Giant pumpkins -- some weighing more than 100 pounds -- brought a touch of fall to this Lauren and Josh's Washington, D.C., wedding reception.
Susan and Trevor liked the idea of having all their guests seated together at one table, so a long king's table was set up in the barrel room of a California winery. Fall leaves were featured prominently in the tall centerpiece.
Guests were asked to write well-wishes to Abbie and Marc on paper leaves mailed with the invitations.
The rehearsal dinner at Caroline and Keating's Thanksgiving wedding was a veritable fall feast, including turkey with stuffing and cranberries, glazed ham with cornbread pudding, mashed potatoes, and biscuits.
At Abbie and Marc's fall wedding in Pacific Palisades, California, an autumnal theme was conveyed with red and orange garden roses, pepperberries, and crab apples in the centerpieces.
Guests at Shannon and Nathan's fall wedding sat on hay bales decorated with wildflowers from a friend's farm in French flower pails.
Green napkins and a cream-and-brown custom-made silk dupioni tablecloth complemented the hues at Fraser and Matthew's reception. Centerpieces combined fall-colored flowers with tree branches.
For Minhee and Truman's fall wedding, a desk on loan from a nearby school had apples for the teacher (actually seating cards). The placard on the table paid homage to Mrs. Cogan, the bride and groom's fourth-grade teacher.
Tables, couches, pillows, and throws were brought into the tasting room of Susan and Trevor's wedding location (a winery in Livermore Valley, California) to create a cozy space on both sides of the fireplace.
Shannon and Nathan's wedding cake, with chocolate and vanilla layers and raspberry filling, featured dahlias in fall colors galore.
The gorgeous fall foliage of Seven Arrows, a California state park campsite, provided a perfect backdrop for Abbie and Marc's wedding.
Pinecones separated rows of place cards at Maria and Robert's rustic fall wedding; each dinner table -- instead of having a number -- was named after a different Oregon coniferous tree.
Colorful fruit and vegetables graced the center of a long table at Jocelyn and Christopher's fall wedding.
For this September wedding, bride Shannon made her entrance on farm owner Jim Graves's hay wagon.
Roses, pears, and crab apples gave the wedding cake at Abbie and Marc's wedding an unmistakably autumnal look.
Table settings at Anna and Mason's wedding included orange tablecloths, carrying on the autumnal color scheme.
To keep with a cozy fall theme, the men in Maria and Robert's wedding received a pair of comfortable leather slippers and bridesmaids were given plaid blankets.
Veneer tags attached to red-hot candied apples served as place cards for the kids at Liesl and Kevin's Southern wedding reception.
Bridesmaids at Fraser and Matthew's cool-weather wedding wore chocolate brown Vera Wang dresses and carved rose necklaces given to them by the bride.
Abbie and Marc recited vows under a huppa decorated with the paper leaves that brought out the autumn wedding theme and also contained felicitations from their loved ones.
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