Harvest Celebrations
The leaves are changing all around you to beautiful gold, orange and green colors. You're drinking hot chocolate or homemade apple juice. You are wearing your favorite sweater or sweatshirt, as you cozy up next to an outside fire with your loved ones. You can hear the combines in the fields with the trackers runnin’. It's a beautiful day or evening for a nice fall harvest event. Whether you're celebrating a birthday, an anniversary, a bridal shower, or maybe you want to treat all the farmers and workers for working so hard with a farm to table celebration. Maybe you're just getting together to celebrate that all the crops are out of the field.
Step 1: Where to Host your Harvest Event
Let’s start with where to have one of these fun fall events. These types of events would be perfect for your backyard, your garage, the field, or even if you can find a really cool barn. For in your backyard or field, you could rent a tent with some beautiful lights. Then the only thing else you would need is tables, chairs, simple table decor and don’t forget a photo op area, because everybody loves to capture those memories on camera. Oh and of course you need a couple whiskey barrels. They are perfect for your dessert table, or a guest book sign in.
Step 2: Ideas for Table decor and centerpieces
What could you do for the table decor? Start with a nice black tablecloth so it wont show any of the dirt. Then place a rounded wood piece in the center of the table. These rounded wood pieces can come in all sizes. If you want to save on money and have the time, you can cut them out of tree logs. If you want to save on time, there are many different places you can rent or buy them. Next place a small lantern that you can light up and they can even keep the bugs away if you're outside. Another idea is to use a mason jar with a battery operated light inside of it. To add another beautiful fall touch, you could take some leaves from outside and put them around on the wood rounds or underneath the jars.
Step 3: Create a Photo Opportunity Area
Most everybody loves taking pictures, and it's great to get these special moments on camera. You'll always want to remember these memories for years to come. You will need a photo backdrop. One option for the backdrop would be some old doors, they make a simple yet beautiful backdrop for a rustic fall harvest event. You can get 2 that are hinged together and stand on their own. Another option for your backdrop would be to get a photo stand and a canvas cloth photo backdrop. There are multiple different ones you can get especially if you search on Amazon. You could even take a sheet or blanket and use. But my favorite for a fall harvest event is one that looks like a barn door and has some glistening lights with it. It's perfect for all occasions and you can add your own DIY banner. You might want to grab some photo props for your guest to use in the photos. Easiest way is to grab some chalkboards and chalk, that way they can write their own fun sayings for their photos. Depending on your event, you could have some fun sayings on poster boards or chalkboards ready for your guest to pick and use. If this is an End of Harvest Celebration or Farm to Table Dinner, some farm photo props would be really fun. You could get straw hats, handkerchiefs, pitchforks, cornstalks, and farm animal sayings.
Where to rent your items at
You might be wondering where you can get some of these items. Well if you're in Eastern Iowa, don't you worry I got you! You can also check your local boutiques, and craft stores. You can easily throw this event together, and you won't have to break the bank to do so. Your friends will have a great time. And everybody will be talking about it for years to come. If you're looking for some of these rental items be sure to go over to www.iowabarnyard.com. Hit the contact me tab and shoot me a message. Let me know what items you're looking for and what your date is. Want some help putting the event together? I can help you with that as well. Just add event planning into that message.
