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Pumpkins in September?

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    hisswallow    September 18, 2014   Ontario, Canada

    we are considering a september or october wedding in a shabby chic/vintage theme and I was thinking that it would be neat to have piles of white and pale pink pumpkins throughout the outdoor reception/ceremony area since it fits so well with the shabby decor concept. We would be painiting love quotes, our monogram etc. on various ones and adding "bling" through glitter/jewels ribbon etc.

    I know that it fits perfectly with an october wedding but would it seem strange to have them in a September one?

     
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    ProudPeacockBride    August 13, 2011   Washington

    I LOVE it! Pumpkins are so cool. Check your local farmers market or pumpkin patch for availability though...depending on where you live you may not be able to get them until a certain time! Good luck!

     
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    Noelle-a-Belle    October 16 2009   Southern CA

    If you can find them in September, go for it!  Sept is fall, so all fall decor like pumpkins is totally fine. 

     
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    thriftsiren    November 2009   Orlando, FL

    I don't think it would look weird, but it might be hard to find pumpkins in September. I don't know if it's like this around the rest of the country, but in Florida we don't start seeing pumpkins in the stores and at pumpkin patches until October. 

     
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    frozen yogurt    April, 2010  

    So cute!!  I think the pumpkins would fit perfectly. September is still fall, and I carry my pumpkins through november, so I don't think it's weird.

     
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    Ember78    December 15, 2012  

    They start harvesting pumpkins in September so there's no reason they can't be used as decor.

     
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    hisswallow    September 18, 2014   Ontario, Canada

    Awesome thanks! I live in a rural community so I think that I will just plant a ton of them in my parents garden and see how they fare so I don't necessarily have to buy any :)

     
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    KeloDesigns    9/25/10   Waterford NY

    Not sure if this would work, but the craft stores sell artificial pumpkins this time of year that you can actually carve if you want. They've been on great clearance sales lately at Michael's and the Christmas Tree Shop if you have one local. They're easier to paint and decorate in my opinion than regular pumpkins. We're using some in our September 2010 wedding as well.

     
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    jengreg1106    November 6, 2010   Illinois

    My aunt and uncle have a pumpkin farm and they start selling pumpkins in early September!  I ma getting married in November and using white pumpkins to decorate at my hall. 

     
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    GaBGal    September 25, 2010  

    Sept is the start of fall so absolutely!

     
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    i would be so happy to see pumpkins at at a september wedding because it's the beginning of the fall season--totally legit!

     
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    2010bride2bee    September 2010  

    I was going to use them myself, so I made some calls in mid-September to see if I'd be able to get them for next September. I called a few farms in the area and was told that this year the pumpkin patches did not do well, something about too much rain and the pumpkins rotting in the fields and that mid september was pushing it. They could have them...but they may not and if they had to have them brought it, it could be very expensive. One woman told me she had spend several days trying to get white pumpkins for a woman's wedding and she had no luck. We're in RI if that makes a difference.

     
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    jamie80218    7/10/10   Denver, CO

    I love that idea. I went to a wedding where they had pumpkins with flower arrangements inside as centerpieces. The table number was etched into the each pumpkin. I loved it. 

     

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