Beach weddings are increasing in popularity not just in terms of destination weddings but also as venues for weddings. A beach wedding is typically a casual, relaxed affair, which should be reflected in your beach wedding invitations.
When it comes to your wedding stationery you will probably make a feature of the fact your wedding will be on the beach by incorporating beach themed graphics and colors into your stationery designs.
The most important element of your wedding stationery is your wedding invitations. These will give your guests a first impression of the style of your wedding so incorporating an element of beach style into them will help inform your guests of the location and the kind of wedding they can expect to attend.
Here are a few ideas for your beach wedding invitations:
Nautical style is very popular in fashion this year and is easy to reproduce in your invitations. Choose a color palette of navy blue and white. If you want a third color you could add red or yellow in very small doses.
Include graphical elements such as sail boats, lighthouses, life rings and anchors.
Take your inspiration from the sand and create wedding stationery with a color palette of neutral tones, golds, oranges and yellows. For your graphical elements, you could choose starfish, sea shells and sand dollars.
This style allows you to incorporate textured papers into your stationery design as well to create a sandy feel to your invitations! For a really unique invitation idea why not send your guests an invitation in a bottle? Purchase small bottles with cork stoppers, add a little sand and tiny shells into the bottom and then write or print your invitations onto some quality paper and roll them up scroll style and place them in the bottle. You can get small boxes which are perfectly adequate to safely transport your invitations through the post in.
For a tropical theme, use a palette of hot pink, lime green, aqua blue and yellow. Design your stationery with palm trees, cocktails, beach chairs, flip-clops and Hawaiian shirts in mind. These are perfect for a tropical themed wedding and a great way to let your guests know of all the fun you have planned!
Finally take your inspiration from the sea with a palette of sea greens and blues combined with sand tones. You can design your invitations with fish, starfish, shells and even seaweed as graphics.
