Island Themed Invitations - Beach Wedding Article

Article By Ruth Kilner

Invitations can often be an afterthought during the planning stages of a wedding. However the invitation can set the stage, or the theme of your wedding and give your guests a taste of what is to come. Novelty invitations that incorporate island or beach themes can act to excite and encourage your guests to overlook the expense of a Destination Wedding and be at your side on your special day.

Consider some of the following options in creating your unique Caribbean style wedding invitations:

A Parchment Scroll (reminiscent of pirating days) decorated with sketched beach sandals, palm trees or colourful sunset graphics sealed with a nautical rope
A message in a bottle idea using a weathered parchment scroll as above – you can buy bottles online for as little as $1 (www.specialtybottles.com) and you can fill them with sand, shells, and confetti
White card decorated with a single shell instead of a logo
Traditional invitations tied in raffia or Hessian for an earthy look
Use a sunset photo as the central theme and build your invite around that
Dried palm leaves attached to the corner of white card
Consider adding a charm or trinket as a keepsake to your wedding invitation

Some online companies offer “do-it-yourself” wedding invitation packs, allowing you to purchase your own templates, background and front card, ribbon and overlay paper and assemble them yourself. With a small guest list this could be just what your looking for.

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