| Romantic sunsets. Warm sand. Shimmering ocean. | | | | guests thinking about warm sunshine and tropical |
| Beach weddings are a popular way to share your | | | | breezes is to add drawings or photos to your |
| love with family and friends. One way to set the | | | | invitations. Enlist an artistically-gifted friend to ink a |
| mood for your guests is to choose perfect | | | | beach-inspired drawing. You also might choose a |
| wedding invitations. | | | | photo of a sunset over glistening water or, for an |
| Before you choose wedding invites, make sure | | | | even more casual feel, a photo of your and your |
| you have a budget in mind. It can be painful to fall | | | | loved one's footprints in the sand. To personalize |
| in love with an invitation style only to find out | | | | a wedding invite this way, you can invest in a |
| you'll need to take out a loan to pay for it. Once | | | | professional printer or the print them yourself at |
| you know how much you can spend, it's time to | | | | home. |
| start shopping. Here are 5 ways to create the | | | | 4. Looking for beach wedding invitations that will |
| perfect beach wedding invitation. | | | | give friends and family a unique keepsake? Roll up |
| 1. Paper - Heavy, formal papers call to mind | | | | the invitation and place it in a small bottle that can |
| 8-course meals, flouncy bridal dresses and black | | | | be shipped to guests. Some wedding invite printing |
| ties. Your wedding invites should convey the | | | | companies offer bottles filled with sand and bits of |
| same casual feel as your ceremony. In addition to | | | | shells. This is also a fun invitation idea for bridal |
| choosing a lightweight paper, consider using a | | | | showers. Bottles are more costly than |
| wispy vellum overlay. Another way to create | | | | conventional wedding invites, so it might not be an |
| tropical feelings with your invites is to choose a | | | | ideal choice for budget-conscious brides. |
| textured paper. Try invitations embossed with | | | | 5. Add beach-themed charms to your wedding |
| tropical flowers or invites with a texture | | | | invites. Charms in the shape of sea shells, palm |
| reminiscent of a pier or dock. | | | | trees, dolphins, or sea gulls will create the perfect |
| 2. Color - From ocean blues to sunshiny yellows, | | | | tone for your beach wedding invitations. It can be |
| color is an easy and affordable way to create a | | | | pricey to hire a printing company to add charms, |
| beach-evoking mood in your wedding invite. | | | | so if you're on a budget consider attaching them |
| Beachy colors are appropriate for both paper and | | | | yourself. |
| ink. If you're printing your own invitations, using | | | | Whether you choose wedding invites with a |
| color is one of the simplest ways to create | | | | dolphin charm or incorporate an image from your |
| perfect beach wedding invitations. | | | | favorite pier, it's simple to create beach wedding |
| 3. Photos and images - Another way to get your | | | | invitations as stunning as an ocean sunset. |