Hi fallbride08. I guess you can call me fallbride10 lol. I am also planning an autumn outdoor wedding in October....but for 2010. Here are some ideas that I've come up with for my big day. Feel free to use any of these.
Decorating I'm keeping pretty simple because I will be doing it all myself. I plan on getting corn stalks to decorate the entrances of the pavillion. Bails of hay with pumpkins, mums and baskets of gords to place on top. I want to get some white pumkins as well and try Martha Stewart's idea - drill holes into the pumpkins and take a set of white miniture lights, poking a light through each hole. I think it's going to look awesome for a night wedding. The pavillion where we're going to have the reception already has white mini lights all around it, but I want to also entwine artificial strands of fall leaves around all the posts. Centerpieces will be hollowed out pumpkins with an array of autumn flowers such as sunflowers, wheat and cat nine tails. I really can't think of any other flower that will go well with those, so if you have any ideas on that, let me know. As far as colors, I'm going with orange/copper and brown. I'm going to try and find copperish dresses for my girls and the brown will be for a top table covering and accent things like that. I'd like to find some kind of brown sheer fabric to tie around each chair, and tie a sunflower and stem of wheat into each bow. The favors are just going to be clear boxes filled with red, orange, yellow and brown M&Ms. My name is Mandy and fiance's name is Marc, hense the M&M thing lol. That's pretty much all the ideas thus far. Hope it sparks something for you.

aahhhh the wedding planning. i was having fun planning mine. i had everything booked and deposits down then my dad balked at the budget. which is only 4000. it was going to be at a country lodge in rutherfordton nc, west point farms. we had the whole weekend booked for the rehearsal dinner, all day saturday, and the honeymoonsuite til sunday. i cant believe he backed out on me. but as is life, so maybe someone will luck out. if you want to get married in a hurry on the weekend of may 9, and want to buy a nwt wedding gown sz 10, contact me. i dont wanna lose my deposits maybe we can make a deal and the women who owns the place can still use the weekend. but i could still cry>>>>

I hope the planning is going well, i know there are so many things to think of when organising everything yourself.

Wedding planners can be so expensive but they often make life easier. Not everyone can afford them, and you dont need them to have a great stress free day.

Your defiantly doing the right thing by getting on here and asking for advice. There is so much information out there, allot to handle, but well worth the research.

Good Luck and all the best.



Paulw,
www.my-wedding-reception.com

My first wedding was the traditional 300 - 400 guest home church, reception, dinner and dance event and my mother and I planned it all.

My 2nd wedding was a destination wedding, and my husband and I planned and paid for everything ourselves.

I never entertained the idea of a wedding planner, other than the service offered by the wedding chapel at our destination wedding. You are on the right track...the internet is your friend here. Forums are a great place to get idea's and advice. You also have a place to sound off and get comments on your plans and idea's. In planning my 2nd wedding I visited more websites than I can count, and that is where I received all of my information. I did not belong to forums at the time, but it would have been a plus.

I have a website and you are more than welcome to visit there for any information you might find useful. It is a destination wedding website, but much of the information applies to all weddings...I just added some updates. Todays Destination Weddings - Planning - Suggestions
Best of luck!