Beach Summer Wedding

A Summer Beach Wedding is more of a laid back kind of wedding and there is nothing wrong with that. Simply BBQing and enjoying the sun on the beach near the water with family all around is an amazing way to spend a special day and it is cheap and more intimate in ways too. Usually it isn't hard to get married on most public beaches, and just going through the right people to get permission is the only thing the couple would have to worry about.

Beach Wedding

The Flowers:
Flowers are always optional. Traditionally, at least the bride has a bouquet. But the bride doesn't have to have one. If the bride chooses not to have flowers that's perfectly fine and it may even be more convenient at the beach. 

The Bride and Groom:
In Summer, especially for an outside wedding, a short dress is always a good idea. With the heat and in this case the water at the beach, the bride doesn't have to worry about getting her dress wet or overheating. As for the groom what he wears is entirely up to the couple, formal or informal it doesn't really matter. He can get married in his swimming trucks if the couple wants, that's the nice thing about outside weddings in general the couple sets the style and gets to choose how formal the event should be.

Chiffon Summer Beach Dress

The Shoes:
Flip Flops are always the best idea for any beach wedding. They are open and breeze and easy to walk in especially in the sand. Any shoe with a heel could cause problems for the bride and the wedding party and expensive high heeled shoes aren't something you want to test in the wet sand or water even for that matter.

Daisy Flip Flops

The Invitations:
When there is no clear colour theme for a wedding, invitations can really be anything and in any colour. There are a lot of different beach themed invitations out there that would work perfectly fine. But there doesn't always have to be a matching theme, sometimes the theme is just the setting itself. The bride and groom can choose to just have plain invitations instead and it would be perfectly fine and work just as well.

        Contemporary Ribbons






The Rings:
Beautiful wedding rings are the Forever Love wedding bands. They come in both genders so the bride and groom can have matching rings and they aren't crazy expensive like some wedding rings can be. 

The Reception:
With the wedding and reception taking place at the beach, there is no need for big decorations or the normal things weddings need. When it is a small crowd, table numbers aren't needed and neither are place cards. With so few people this is a great time to go against tradition and get a guest book that's excepting and new because there won't be place for too many signatures. Something like the picture below would be perfect. It has room for a few signatures from the guest, it says the wedding date and there is place for the couple's wedding picture. With only a small number of guests, a wishing well or card holder isn't really needed the guests can just give their gifts or cards to the couple themselves, and any gift can always be left beside the guest book as well.

The Food:

For the main course a Pulled Pork Sandwich would be a great choice. It is easy to make and doesn't have to be served really hot so it can sit in the slow cooker for a while until dinner is ready and still be hot enough without the need of electricity. Served with a Zesty Slaw on the sandwich itself or on the side, it would be a perfect Summer themed meal and can be coupled with Potato Salad, or a Pasta salad. A perfect desert to end this meal would be a Caramel Apple Salad. It is light and would be a nice finish to a heavier meal.

Snickers Caramel Apple Salad

The Cake:

Black and White Wedding Cupcake Tower

Cupcake wedding cakes are becoming increasingly popular. It is a great way not to be stuck with so much cake and it is also less messy in the long run for children and some adults. A great beach cupcake option for the summer time would be a S'mores cupcake. It is a staple in what summer time is, camp fires and S'mores is classic and a must have for any Summer Themed Wedding.  

Chocolate S'mores Cupcakes

Guest Favours:
Sometimes the best guest favour is something that can be used in the moment. A good idea would be personalized bottles of sunscreen. A day at the beach is fun but in the hot sun it can also equal a lot of pain from a sunburn. With personalized sunscreen it can be a keepsake when the bottle is empty and very practical in the mean time. 

A perfect guest favour for the children would be a beach toy set, with buckets and shovels and all the other sand toys any dollar store offers during the summer months. It's something they can put to use in the moment and probably something they would enjoy more than a little keep sake that will sit and collect dust on a shelf.

Centerpieces:
A beach wedding, in this case, is a small wedding with close family and friends so the need for a lot of centerpieces isn't there. More than likely it will be two picnic tables pushed together and a kids table off to the side. In cases like that, it is fine and in the budget to go expensive on the centerpieces since there will only be one or two. A great option that matches the setting would be a Sand Castle Centerpiece, its beautiful and kid friendly also.

Thank You Cards:
Some couples choose to send a picture from their wedding with a personalized note or a post card showing where they honeymooned. When you have a wedding with no specific colour theme than this is a perfect option.

Beach Wedding Thank You Card