Fun Beach Wedding Ideas

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1. After the ceremony have a weathered row boat off to the side filled with ice and drinks as a neat self-service bar while your guests wait for you to have your photos taken.

2. Provide a few small bottles of cold mineral water in a large basket near the "entrance" to the ceremony to refresh your guests before your ceremony.

3. You can also try and incorporate fans into your program (perhaps print your program on them) for guest to cool themselves during the service

b>4. Keep your male guests (and any kids) entertained while you are having your pictures taken by providing them with kites to play with. Have them made specially in your wedding colours or even monogrammed!

5. Provide all your female guests with pretty oriental umbrellas to shelter them from the sun.

6. Encourage your guests to remove their formal wedding shoes and to get into the beach mood by providing them with a basket to leave their shoes in and supplying a "goodie bag" with some cheap disposable flip flops, a cap, sunscreen (try and find tiny sample bottles) and a bottle of water.

7. Instead of a ring pillow, present your rings in large shells.

8. Line your isle with fun pinwheels. The will twirl in the wind and will be great for any of the kids to play with afterwards.

9. Take this tip from Rob and Amber's wedding that was put together by Colin Cowie - "We put a ribbon in each guest's hotel room before the wedding and asked them to take a few moments to think of their wish for Rob and Amber and write it on the ribbon. Then everyone brought the ribbon to the ceremony and we placed them all under an arch, so when Rob and Amber came down the aisle they walked through the collective wishes of their friends and family. It was fabulous. "

10. If only your ceremony will take place on the beacht then provide a place for your guests to wash their feet in before putting on their own shoes again. This can include a large basin filled with water and some rose petals or other flowers and some small towels for drying.

11. Instead of having a regular unity candle ceremony (tricky in the wind), why not have a sand ceremony.

Then for even more beach wedding ideas check this out! Abby Jean’s Style Me Pretty wedding blog hosted an inspiration board contest.

The following are four of the boards that brides entered that all feature beach themes. Each one of these brides have a unique idea and style for her beach wedding and will no doubt give you lots of your own beach wedding ideas:

JessRuthie's Beach Nuptials with a Touch of Glitz...