Beautiful seashells make wonderful decorations for a summer wedding. They are marvelous for a nautical wedding, a beach wedding, or anytime that you want to bring the flavor the ocean to your wedding. Take a look at the myriad of ways to use seashell wedding decorations for your own special day.

Certainly any wedding motif begins with the invitations. While not exactly a decoration, they are the perfect way to set the stage for your event. For a very classic ceremony, a white heavy cotton invitation embossed with a pearlized white seashell is the perfect invitation. Choose a coordinating envelope lining pattered with classic illustrations of shells in either a blue and white palette or in neutral sand tones. For a less formal wedding by the water, select an ivory invitation with shells painted in a watercolor style. They look great as a design in one corner of the paper as a great little accent and dash of personality.

When your guests arrive at your wedding reception, there are a few cute ways to welcome them with decorative shells. A beautiful shell can be glued to each escort card. Use a variety of different shells, and lay them all out flat in nice rows. The effect is very pretty, and as a bonus, the weight of the shells will keep your escort cards anchored should a breeze come along. Another idea is to use place card holders with a silver shell motif for a formal wedding. They would work equally well for the escort cards or the place cards.

On the dinner tables, there are lots of great ways to wow your guests with shells. Martha Stewart has a wonderfully unique craft project for using large clean shells as salt and pepper caddies on the tables. Then of course, there are the centerpieces. You can opt for a traditional floral arrangement, and add a scattering of seashells among the blooms. Another idea is to design a shell based centerpiece. Take a number of large shells in different forms and combine with red faux coral, large pillar candles, and a bit of sand on a tray. This is a fun diy project that also looks fantastic.

Let’s not forget about decorating the bride. Try beach theme wedding jewelry made from stunning Swarovski crystals in the shape of seashells. Or choose wedding jewelry which is created from genuine shells for your beach wedding, such as a monogrammed pendant made from a flat piece of shell. So pretty and so unique. The bouquet can be decorated just like the centerpieces, with small seashells wired into the flowers. For a bold accent, create a cuff of large translucent capiz shell discs around your flowers. It is very offbeat and perfect for an oceanside ceremony.

Certainly, your wedding cake should also be adorned with your chosen motif. You can have the baker decorate with real clean shells (be sure to remove before serving!) or create them from sugar or fondant. A dusting of pearlescent shimmer powder will give the faux shells a natural luminosity. This is one cake that might end up too pretty to cut!

From napkin rings to cocktail picks, there is almost no limit to the ways you can use a shell motif to decorate your wedding. It is a timeless
summer motif with a classic elegance that will never go out of style. Whether your wedding will be at ocean’s edge or in a landlocked location, you cannot go wrong with this wonderful summer motif.

A winter wedding is usually considered a romantic one. It should probably be a white wedding at the same time. In fact, you will need to have some extra considerations if you choose this as your theme.

Of course you will want to make sure that your every decision will be made upon the idea of winter. To this end you are trying to use the theme to unify all your designs for the wedding. For example, you may create your decorations with a lot of snow flake. On the other hand, you may also purchase some miniatures of a snowman as your wedding favor. There are a lot of choices in order to make every item to match your theme.

When your wedding invitation is concerned, you should also design it so that it will match the idea of being in the winter. You will need to consider a lot of practical issues when you are designing the card.

You will need to think about the number of guests. In fact, it does not only affect your choice of invitation. It will also affect your choices on the wedding favor, venue, and so one. As a result, you will need to estimate the number of guests who will attend your wedding before you make any decisions.

After your have estimated the number of guests you are going to invite, you will start thinking about the style of the cards. Of course you will be trying to search for cards which will match your idea of winter. Again, the idea of snowflakes can be used for your invitation card. You will be printing some snowflakes on your card. You may also print a snowman on your card. In most cases you will adapt the idea of white color so that you can deliver a feeling of being in the winter when your guests see the card.

If you are going to have your wedding on the Christmas night, you may even print a Santa Clause on the invitation card. However, you should be very careful when you are designing the card. You have to make sure that your guests will not think that they have received a Christmas card when they see your wedding invitation.

After you have finished your wedding invitation, you will have to send them out. In most cases, you will need to send them at least 12 weeks before your wedding. Of course you may also want to give your guests a call before you send your invitations. You are doing this to make sure that your guests will know that you are going to get married soon!

One last thing is that, you may need to spend some time to create your winter wedding invitation. As a result, you should try to search for the wedding cards as early as possible. If you are planning to work with a designer, you will need to make sure that the designer knows your schedule so that you can have your invitation sent on time!