3 HALLOWEEN INSPIRED WEDDING DETAILS

3 Halloween Inspired Wedding Details

Christine Gosch | Houston Wedding Photographer

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It’s that time of year! I love love love October and all it has to offer, including Halloween. The experience of trick-or-treating has always been so much fun. As a kid, I always used to love the anticipation of going home from school, dressing up in my costume, and heading out to trick-or-treat with my parents. And now that I’m a parent, I still get excited for my kids to get home from school so we can go door-to-door in their costumes. My other favorite Halloween elements are scary movies and spooky decorations. If you’re a big Halloween fan, you might even want to incorporating some of those magical feels into your big day. Today, I’m sharing a couple of ways you can incorporate subtle Halloween inspiration into your fall wedding!

INVITATIONS

Your wedding invitations are the first hint to your guests what your wedding will be like, and you have one shot to leave the impression that you want! If that includes any Halloween elements, here are some examples of how you can pull that off. I chose examples that could have been torn right out of Winifred Sanderson’s spell book. I love the textured handmade papers, hand drawn illustrations, and the calligraphy that reminds me of Halloween.

Half Moon Lettering

Olive Saint Lily

Little Carabao Studio

FLOWERS

Your floral decorations are an easy way to embrace the season. The seasonal availability for your florals will dictate the color palette and flower type you’re able to have at your wedding, and your florist will help you to navigate your choices. Darker tones & funky textures always remind me of the drama of Halloween. Some good flowers you might want to look into are chocolate cosmos, fringed tulips, Queen of Night tulips, Arabian Night dahlias, and hellebores. Your reception centerpieces, bridal bouquet, boutonnières, or any other decorative flower arrangements at your wedding can help to set the Halloween mood!

Ode to Joy Flowers | Water to Wine Events

The Petaler

The Petaler

FAVORS

Leave your guests a reminder of your epic wedding with Halloween-inspired favors. You can provide mini champagne bottles that match your color palette, or taper candles to bring home. The candles were a little more Dia de los Muertos than Halloween, but the idea still translates.

Water to Wine Events

Thanks for reading to the end- you get a gold star. Have a safe and happy halloween!

Photographer: Christine Gosch | Film lab: The FIND Lab

WARM FALL BRIDAL IDEAS

WARM FALL BRIDAL IDEAS

Houston wedding photographer Christine Gosch

Houston wedding florist The Petaler

Today is Monday, September 16 and my Halloween decor has been adorning the shelves and walls of our home for about 2 weeks now. September 1 is game, and fall is my JAM. There’s not much I don’t like about fall, so when Elizabeth of The Petaler wanted to photograph a unique inspiration shoot, I was down. This shoot was specifically for brides that march to the beat of their own drum who are looking for fall wedding inspiration.

She wanted a copper ceremony arch decorated with only rain tree pods. Magic, right? What a stunning focal point it is. The bouquet’s color palette also revolved around the rust/ copper colors that fall so amply provides.

The attire. Y’all. So, so cool. It’s a 3 piece bridal pant suit from Frankie + Maude in Washington. Composed of palazzo pants, a silk bandeau, and a sheer silk blouse, the movement was out of this world. It was so fun to photograph because some of my favorite materials to shoot were in play. Tons of motion, and sheer fabric to show off different lights.

So grateful to have worked with Elizabeth on this fun piece. It was picked up for publication in the most recent Modern Luxury Weddings Houston Magazine. Catch the article below!

Neutral Territory:

Similar to fashion, beauty and eevn food, wedding florals go through trend cycles. Whether it’s on the cascading, just-foraged bouquet of a few years back or the current renewed appreciation for baby’s breath (it’s back!), the industry trains, and un-trains, its spotlight on different blooms, textures, and palettes. For florals this season, we’re staying neutral: “All shades of brown, but specifically caramels, ambers, and dark shades of honey, are really popular,” says Houston floral designer Elizabeth Miller of The Petaler. This almost sepia-toned color scheme recalls a Southwestern desert landscape. It’s at once moody and cheerful, and it’s sometimes pink. Miller herself just got married this summer. Her wedding colors? “Mauve, brown, and pale millennial pink,” she says. The veteran florist warns that though it’s effortlessly pretty, the combo isn’t for the faint of heart: “It’s not a super dependable palette,” she says, explaining that if it goes too yellow it’s all wrong. “I would save it for the right bride, one who is artistically motivated.” You’ll find these dreamy earth tones in the reddish-brown Copper Beech, Koko Loko, and Distant Drums roses. Also in caramel-colored lisianthus, which, depending on the variety, ranges in shade from citron to true caramel to deep purple. “It’s about finding the right florist who will play around with it,” Miller says.

Mimi Faucett Trahan

As seen in Modern Luxury Weddings Houston Magazine

As always, if you read to the bottom, you get a gold star! One of these days I will have to make those gold stars worth something. Like a Stanley Nickel or a Shrute Buck. Have a wonderful rest of your week!

Photographer: Christine Gosch | Florist: The Petaler | Styling: Elizabeth Miller Design | Venue: The Space HTX | Bridal wear: Frankie & Maude