Fall Foliage
Leave basic cakes behind; try this nut torte filled with mocha buttercream and chocolate, iced with rolled fondant and decorated with white-chocolate leaves. Cake by Cheryl Kleinman, $350, serves 35, 718-237-2271. Trunk used as cakestand, at local nurseries.
Hanging Around
Place painted-leaf seating cards on a clothesline (hang between trees or set up on a table). Leaves, $10 for 10, from Dean & Deluca, deandeluca.com. Pins, $2, from Paper Presentation, paperpresentation.com.
Bee Inspired
A jar of honey makes a sweet parting gift for guests, $10, from Dean & Deluca, deandeluca.com. Scalloped frame tag, $6 for six, from Parcel, shopparcel.com.
Fine Lines
Kick off your wedding with a handmade paper wedding invitation artfully adorned with string, $3,198 per 100, RSVP card, $1,288 per 100, and thank-you note, $2,586 per 100, all by Soolip, soolip.com.
Mums the Word
A ring pillow made by placing mums in a foam brick resembles a bale of hay; dress it up with a gingham ribbon, $18 for 25 yards, from WeddingThings.com. Rings from Push, 212-965-9699.
Harvest Hues
Combine sophisticated calla lilies with quintessentially-country geranium leaves, and showcase your centerpiece in a vintage silver chalice, $650, from Antony Todd, antonytodd.com.
Warm Welcome
Pamper guests with a tray filled with country-inspired goodies, $9, from Joneses International, 425-438-8620. Farmhouse pancake mix, $7, and Maine Maple Syrup, $8, both from Stonewall Kitchens, stonewallkitchen.com. Grapevine heart, $1, from Darice, darice.com. Cherry jam, $8, cherry-apple slices, $5, both from Chukar Cherries, chukar.com. Travel Wallets tea, $8, from Teaology, teaology.com.
Beer Here
Toast with fruit-infused Lindemans Lambic Ale in Framboise and Pêche, $5 each, from Merchant du Vin, merchantduvin.com. Container, $32, from BrockSeptember, brockseptember.com.
Natural Selection
Tailor a geranium boutonniere with a gingham ribbon. Boutonniere, $25, from Antony Todd, antonytodd.com. Gingham ribbon, $18 for 25 yards, from WeddingThings.com.
Falling Leaves
Use a leaf-shaped hole punch to create unique confetti for tossing. Hole punch, $6, from Kate's Paperie, katespaperie.com. Box, $2, from Lenderink, lenderink.com. Ribbon, $18 for 25 yards, from WeddingThings.com.
Chalk It Up
Customize the kids' table by writing young guests' names on vintage blackboard place cards, $20 for four, from BrockSeptember, brockseptember.com.
Maple Sugar
During dessert, pass leaf-shaped macadamia chocolates, $260 for 480, from WeddingThings.com. Ornament, $3, from Seasons of Cannon Falls, seasonsofcannonfalls.com.
Popped Stars
Offer a preceremony snack of cherry-pecan caramel corn, presented to guests in ribbon-tied boxes. Snack, $12 for 14 ounces, from Chukar Cherries, chukar.com. Boxes, $2, from Michael's, michaels.com. Ribbon from Tinsel Trading, tinseltrading.com.
Buttoned up
Stark bands of ribbon and pearl-head pins provide a visual contrast to the lush, richly colored peonies and geraniums in this bouquet, $300, from Antony Todd, antonytodd.com.
