Fall bridal bouquet ideas

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Brides planning fall weddings often design their themes around the season's rich color palette, which includes deep russets, golden oranges and vibrant yellows. Fall flowers provide brides with the opportunity to incorporate some of these colors into their floral decor, beginning with the bridal bouquet. Seasonal flowers and unexpected touches make for inspired fall bridal bouquets.

1. Dahlias

   • In season from August through October in most parts of the U.S., dahlias are an ideal flower for brides who want bouquets with lots of color and textures. The flower comes in a myriad of forms, from the small, rounded pompon blooms to the layers of gently pointed petals on formal decorative varieties. You can fill in a bouquet of dahlias with greenery and petite filler flowers, but the blooms are also striking when gathered into a simple hand-tied bouquet. Choose dark purple or chocolate colored dahlias for late fall weddings and add a sumptuous touch with flocked velvet leaves. Offset dahlias' smooth petals with stems of frilly and fuzzy celosia, a fall flower that comes in shades of green, pink and burgundy.

   Ribbon and Fabric Flowers

   • You may not have as many seasonal flower options as the fall season unfolds, but that doesn't mean you can't still have a bouquet of candy-colored blooms. If you can't get exactly the flowers you want from the florist, make your own fabric flowers. Use ribbons, fabric, wool felt and rickrack to create a whimsical bouquet that will never fade. Making the flowers takes little time- cutting a circle from wool felt with a pair of pinking shears, gathering the center and sewing a pearl button to hold the gather in place is all you need to do to create a simple poppy. To create a bloom from rickrack, you only need to sew tiny stitches into the rickrack's bottom points and pull the thread tight to gather the material into an accordion. Glue the two ends of the accordion together to create a circle, insert a few artificial flower stamens into the center and glue them in place.

   Roses

   • Perennially popular roses are in season year-round, which means even fall brides can carry bouquets where this classic wedding flower takes center stage. While roses are well suited for traditional bridal bouquets, they also look stunning when arranged in a bouquet that exudes modern sensibilities. If you want an understated bouquet to match with a simple wedding dress, opt for a tightly-packed bunch of hand-tied roses. Combine seasonal roses in spicy orange and light peach with autumn leaves and ornamental berries for a harvest-inspired bouquet. Add velvet-textured sage leaves to a fall bouquet of roses to offset the flowers' smooth, tightly clustered petals.

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