Coastal Wedding Tips You’ll Love

You cannot live on the coast, work in the wedding industry, and NOT talk about coastal weddings! With the economy tightening the purse strings of many brides, coastal weddings also offer a great alternative to a destination wedding. At The One Bride, we get asked quite a bit about wedding vendors that specialize in beach-side or coastal-themed weddings, so I hope this post offers some valuable information to you, our readers.

Two Doves In The Sand is a destination wedding business that specializes in coordinating outdoor and beach weddings on the South Texas coast. Not only will Two Doves In The Sand help you coordinate your wedding, but they can also provide the flowers, officiant, photographer, wedding cake, dinner, limo and tour of the city. With Two Doves In The Sand, a bride is sure to have a hands and stress-free coastal destination wedding!

Butler Signature Events is a full service rental company that specializes in tents, linens, decor, lighting, staging, tables, chairs and china. Butler also has fabulous wedding coordinators that can help you plan and live out your perfect coastal wedding. Some of their recent, original beach wedding ideas include:

• Having the wedding party process up to the ceremony site in beach buggies
• Having a sand sculptor carve out a custom aisle, complete with you monogram
• Topping off the kiss with a dove release at sunset
• Exiting in a luxury yacht
• Sunrise weddings
• Tying seashell and starfish accents onto each chair
• Offering hand made fans to each guest upon entry to keep cool
• Leaving a basket full of flip flops at the ceremony entry and inviting your guests to enjoy the sand between their toes
• Substituting authentic Hawaiian Leis for bouquets and boutonnieres
• Incorporating live tropical ceremony music, complete with a steel drum band
• Surprising your fiancee with a fly by proposal, complete with a personalized “will you marry me” banner

The coastal wedding story board pictured above is a great example of how brides can incorporate a coastal theme into every aspect of their wedding. A big thanks to Jonathan Ivy Photography for these beautiful pictures! Jonathan and his wife, Samantha, make many trips a year down to the coast especially for coastal weddings, so make sure you look them up! Other vendors showcased in the story board are Simply Elegant by Raymond, Razzle Dazzle, and the Rockport Country Club.

I just love coastal weddings!