The carefree romance of beach weddings is increasingly popular with celebrities and regular couples. The natural beauty and passion of the beach makes a perfect backdrop for wedding ceremonies. Instead of being in a stuffy indoor setting, the bride and groom vow eternal love in an outdoor oasis.

Salty sea breezes, lapping water and powdered sugar sand create beautiful beach wedding memories. Your beach wedding can be anywhere you choose including a local lake, bay or by the ocean. If there’s water, you can have a beach wedding.

Your day is even more unforgettable with beach theme wedding favors for all the guests. If you built castles in the sky and found love, give your guests “Castles in the Sand” sand castle tea lights to remember your wedding. Guide guests to their seats with miniature Adirondack chair place card holder/frames.

After the reception, they will proudly display your wedding photo in these little Adirondack chair frames. Destination wedding create exotic memories in faraway locations with swaying palm trees and sultry sun.

Capture the spirit with a palm tree cookie cutter in its own beach themed gift box. Secure place cards in silver pineapple place card holders and serve pina coladas. Consider getting married at sea for a truly unique experience. Whether you remain at the dock or sail away to exchange your vows, everyone will talk about your boat wedding for years.

Use silver place card holders shaped like sailboats at the reception. Give your guests frosted glass sailboat tea light holders as a treasure from their seafaring adventure.

Even if you don’t live near water, you can have a beach wedding. Create a beach scene with shells and seafaring decorations.

Have the wedding near a pool at a resort or in a large backyard. Place artificial palm trees around the pool. Buy sand and make a little beach of your own. Serve tropical cocktails. Give out margarita glass gel candles in tropical tiki hut gift boxes as gifts to your guests. Get everyone at your beach wedding in the mood by giving out flip flips.

Include beach theme wedding favors with flip flips, such as flip flop genuine leather key chains. Display place cards in beachcombers flip flop place card holders. No matter where you have your waterfront wedding, beach theme wedding favors are a treasured keepsake of the day.

Announcements, stickers and other paper favors are easy to store and can fit into virtually any keepsake container, book or drawer precisely because they are paper. They can be folded if necessary and usually are flat so storage is simple and easy. Keeping them over the years is also a given because they are so unobtrusive.

You also can relay the beach theme to your guests by selectively choosing place cards, favors and table settings that remind people of the beach. Starfish background favor cards in aqua blue will set the theme as will Foot Prints in the sand mini favor gift tags/confetti cards. Another idea that will be well used and put you in the minds of your guests long after the wedding day is the starfish wine stopper, which you can give guests as a favor.

Another idea is to hold your reception outdoors and offer an array of beach related foods. Lobster tails and baked clams is one idea as are offering an array of buffet style salads. You also could offer them beach themed cocktails as well as traditional non alcoholic drinks such as iced tea or lemonade. Remember, if you do opt for messier foods, like clams or lobster, give them a place to change into more casual wear after the ceremony or emphasize in your invitations that more casual wear is preferred due to the beach environment and the reception.

Beach wedding ideas are limitless. Using the sand, sea (or lake, river or pond) and sky as your backdrop will put everyone in a mood that reflects the clean environment and vitality of the outdoors. By using a little creativity and appreciating your natural surroundings, you can make any beach setting perfect and memorable whether your beach is on an ocean or next to a pond.

The favors or souvenirs should be true to the theme at hand. Thus, having an Asian chopstick will not fit in well with a beach theme. There are many good beach wedding favors which can be given away. One of these is the personalized water bottle. To do this, the couple can buy plastic bottles filled with purified water and they can replace the design with their own. It is an easy task to do and is actually inexpensive. Only the design for the bottle will cost some money since it will require printing on the part of the couple. However, to avoid the hassle, they can buy pre-ordered bottles from wedding shops found in different parts of the country.

Another fine example of an excellent souvenir item is a personalized memo pad. It can be designed in different summer shapes such as fruits, the sun, or an umbrella. Beach wedding favors such as these are very handy and can be used in different situations. It may come with its own pen which also has the same color as the chosen theme of the couple. In line with paper items, couples can also have bookmarks as wedding souvenirs. These bookmarks can also come in different shapes including those items and creatures found in the ocean. It can be personalized as well to include selected information such as the name of the bride and groom or the date of the ceremony.

Bath and soap are perfect for beach wedding favors as are seashells and starfishes. These items are very much associated with summer and are ideal for this kind of wedding theme. The bath and soap souvenirs can be bought from wedding shops and may be customized to have a personalized text etched on the item. They could also have special packaging as agreed upon by the couple. For a more beach feel, they could also give away authentic sea shells as souvenirs. The shells can be engraved with text or by simply using a permanent pen. These souvenirs can be set as display items in the home or in the office.

Memories of the event would look even better when the photos are put in personalized photo frames. The frames can have a summer design to match with the beach wedding theme. Since guests would love to have a very useful souvenir, photo frames are excellent suggestions for beach wedding favors. Aside from the photos taken on the ceremony, they can still use the frame for holding other special photos. The photo frames can match the color motif of the wedding and have special designs on it such as grains of sand or small starfish pieces.

Food can be given away as beach wedding favors. The couple must plan ahead of time if they are going to use this as the souvenir so that the wedding shop can prepare. Some of the most popular food souvenirs include cookies and chocolates shaped in summer-associated items. There are also cakes and pastries that match well with the theme. Wine can also be given away. They can be put in small bottles and have ribbons attached to them. Some of these food items are readily available from some wedding shops since they have contacts with various food makers. This lessens the stress of planning for the couple.

Beach wedding themes are more fun if everyone is having a great time. Since the couple is already happy on their memorable day, they may share their joy to the guests through souvenirs. Having all these suggestions for beach wedding favors, couples who plan to tie the knot soon will only have to worry about which wedding shop they would like to avail of all these items.