How to Pick the Coolest Beach Wedding Invitations
September 15, 2009 by Ingrid
Filed under Invitations, Themes & Collections
With the scenic blue sky and enticing ocean as your backdrop, the fun little charms and treasures on the beach as the souvenirs, and nature’s beauty as decoration, a beach wedding can truly be one awe-inspiring event. Just one more thing you need to get this event started, and that is the invitation.
The wedding invitation is an essential part of this occasion because it gives the guests preview about your wedding as well as provides relevant details such as date, venue, and theme. But just because it is “important,” it does not mean it has to be serious! If you are going to have a beach wedding, you would want something that would be fun, bright, and cool. These tips will help you pick the nicest beach wedding invitation for your special day.
- Pick a theme
The vast wealth of options you have when it comes to beach weddings can surely be overwhelming. Having a specific theme would help you narrow down your choices. Some of the themes you can choose include treasure hunt, tropical, Hawaiian, and nautical.
- Choose the colors
The wedding motif color should be your guide when picking colors for the invitation. Popular choices for colors include blue, white, off-white, beige, green, brown, yellow, orange, and pink. Choose one color for the base of the invitation (preferably light shade like white, off-white or beige) and another one or two colors for the accent (blue and green, pink and brown, or yellow and orange).
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- Decide on the wording
It would be fun to break away from the traditional invitation wording and make use of beach phrases to inform the guests about your big day. Something like, “Come and bask under the warmth of the sun while we tie the knot…” or “Enjoy the sun, sand and the sea as Mike and Wendi unite as one…” would be a good way to start the invitation wording.
- Select something out of the ordinary
Before, invitation meant paper and envelop but today, it can be anything from handcrafted items to accessories. If you want your beach wedding to stand out, it would be a great idea to choose a non-traditional invitation. Look at the list of options below and see if something fits your and your partner’s taste and style.
A Pair of Flip-flops
It can be a real flip-flop, a mini version of the real thing or a paper shaped like one—whatever your choice is, this pair of nice and colorful slippers can be a cool way to invite people to your wedding.
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Beach Pop-Out Card
Open the card and voila, a striking beach scene pops out of the card. You can even sprinkle some real sand and glue them on the card for a more dramatic effect.
Message in a Bottle
A scroll of luminous paper inside a bottle can add a nice touch to your tropical island beach wedding.
Treasure Chest
Many toy and craft stores sell mini treasure chest that you can use to put in your invitation that resembles a treasure map.
Now you know all these tips and suggestions, let the search for the best beach wedding invitation begin!
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How To Discover Wedding Invitations That Match Your Theme
August 24, 2009 by admin
Filed under Invitations, Themes & Collections
A wedding has always been a joyous occasion in which friends and families come together to celebrate the joining of two lives into one. For ages, the wedding itself was the event. All weddings followed the same path, for the most part: white dress, church, the throwing of rice, etc., but recent years have brought loads of change. Today, the “traditional” church wedding is no longer the norm.
Theme weddings are taking place every weekend of the year all throughout the world. A wedding without a theme is like a bride without something blue…wait, does that belong in a theme wedding that isn’t the “Traditional” theme? In addition to going traditional, happy couples can now plan theme weddings around a favorite destination, flower, or even their pet! Theme weddings can whisk you back into a historical period of time, or into the presence of the gods themselves. It doesn’t seem to matter what interests you, a wedding theme can be created around it.
If you have chosen a theme for your wedding, it means that every part of the celebration should branch out from the tree that is your theme. There is a branch for decorations, a branch for apparel, and a branch for invitations. Finding invitations for your unique theme wedding is one of the first tasks you will tackle once your theme has been decided upon.
Where do you turn when looking for wedding invitations for your theme wedding? Most brides hit the net first. With just a few taps of the fingers, multiple companies that specialize in theme wedding invitations will appear before your eyes. Because you have chosen a theme wedding, you want unique wedding invitations. For example, if your wedding will be a beach theme, you don’t simply want to choose wedding invitations that feature a shell on them. No, you want the invitation itself to BE a shell, or at least the shape of one.
While you can find ideas on the internet for theme wedding invitations, it is also a good idea to visit a local print shop that prints invitations. You may just be surprised to find something there that suits your theme and your budget. Even if you don’t, what it will do for you is give you and idea of the types of paper used to print theme wedding invitations. Because these are invitations that you want to stand out, making sure that high quality paper is used will serve you well.
In addition to just wanting the paper to show off the true vibe of your wedding, knowing what printing techniques can be used on certain types of paper is important. You are going through the details of planning the perfect theme wedding for your friends and family to enjoy. The invitations you send out start the whole process. Take the time to look online, but also know the types of questions to ask and you will be thrilled when you view the first proof of your unique theme wedding invitations!
Wedding Invitation Wording Examples – Planning a Beach Wedding Series
June 21, 2009 by admin
Filed under Invitations, Planning
> Shop for beach wedding invitations
Welcome to our video series of the top 20 questions brides ask when planning their wedding. One of the questions I regularly get is “How Do I Word My Wedding Invitation” followed by a specific scenario. We cannot address every scenario, but we will cover the most common scenarios. All examples shown are for a formal, traditional wedding invitation.
Read along with the text below:
SLIDE ONE: It is tradition that the bride’s parents pay for the wedding. If this is what is happening in your situation, the invitation starts with the bride’s parent’s name. Formal wording is always “request the honour of your presence at the marriage of…” Notice that the groom’s name has the honorific of Mr.; the date and time is written out, not with numbers. No abbreviations are used in the address.
SLIDE TWO: If the groom’s parents are sponsoring the wedding, the wording changes. The groom’s parents names are at the top of the Notice that the honorific of Miss is used on the bride’s name, and not the groom’s name.
SLIDE THREE: If both the bride’s parents AND the groom’s parents are sharing the cost of the wedding, their names are both listed at the top of the invitation. The bride’s parents are listed first, followed by the groom’s parents. Notice that both the bride and groom have the honorific of Miss and Mr. before their names.
SLIDE FOUR: Many couples pay for their own wedding, and the wording of the invitation again changes. In this case, the invitation simple states: “The honour of your presence is requested at the marriage of Susan Margaret Alexander to James Wilson…etc. Notice that neither the bride nor groom has an honorific applied to their names.
SLIDE FIVE: Sometimes, due to the cost of the wedding reception, more people are invited to the wedding ceremony than the wedding reception. In this situation, you would send a ceremony invitation to your entire guest list. A ‘reception card’ with date, time and place is enclosed in the invitations that go to the guest who are invited to the reception. The Reception Card is placed in front of the Ceremony Invitation.
SLIDE SIX: Sometimes, the wedding ceremony is a private or family affair, and the reception is opened up to more guests. In this situation, everyone on the guest list would receive a Reception Invitation. The limited list of those who are invited to the ceremony would receive a Ceremony Card which would state the date, time and place of the ceremony. The Ceremony card is place in front of the Reception Card.
If parents are divorced, remarried, widowed, or if a family member or friend pays for the wedding, there is specific wording for each of these situations. Your printer or wedding invitation supplier has examples of wording—whether formal, contemporary, or informal. Speak with them directly, for they are the experts in their field.
Good luck, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding.
Wedding Lists, Checklist and Actionlist
June 20, 2009 by admin
Filed under Budget, Ceremony, Destinations, Invitations, Planning, Reception, Wedding Planning Checklists
Juliet may have said: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.”. Well, I say: “What’s in a list? That which we call a list, by any other name would be as useful.”
Ah, you can tell we are getting to the end of our video series. I’m getting whimsical and quoting Shakespeare! Well, you may have figured out that today’s video is about LISTS.
Lists need to become your best friend during the wedding planning process. Start with getting a bunch of wedding planning checklists. Take what YOU need from them, and make YOUR list. You don’t need to do everything on every list. For example, if you are having an informal wedding in your backyard, you don’t need to book a church—but you might need to book a tent in case it rains. So takes those lists, and make it YOURS.
