Beach Wedding Ideas: From A Sunny Ceremony To A Starfish Wedding Cake

We put some of our favorite beach wedding decor ideas together and they include lots of decor inspiration for the DIY bride and groom.

Beach Wedding Ceremony
At this pretty beach wedding ceremony, simple stools for wedding guests flank the wedding ceremony aisle decorated with coral fabric and colorful seashells.

A gorgeous beach wedding ceremony. (via Colin Cowie Weddings)
1a. A gorgeous beach wedding ceremony. (via Colin Cowie Weddings)

 

At this Montauk, NY, wedding, garlands with clustered marigolds create a pretty ceremony backdrop, while tall leafy grasses in glass vases evoke the grass often found in dunes.

montauk beach wedding vogue magazine
1b. Thick rope tied to vases adds a nautical element to this ceremony’s decor.

 

Don’t forget about the groom and the groomsmen. Leave it to Martha to find these two genius ideas for a beach wedding boutonniere: a cool Center Cut Fox Shell, and a starfish with a bit of grass.

Beach wedding boutonnieres. (via Martha Stewart Weddings)
2. Beach wedding boutonnieres. (via Martha Stewart Weddings)

 

Beach Wedding Centerpieces
We love a non-floral wedding centerpiece. Our Trapez Vases are part of this beach wedding tablescape with seashell terrarium centerpieces from Martha Stewart Weddings: “For an on-theme display, curate still lives of shells and coral on sand placed inside glass fishbowls and vases.”

 

Seashell terrarium centerpieces.
3. Seashell terrarium centerpieces.

 

Add other tropical and nautical decor elements to your beach wedding tablescapes like this raffia palm tree and coordinating raffia place mats. Instead of flowers, fill raffia baskets with local or tropical fruits.

Raffia palm trees and place mats for your tablescapes.
4. Raffia palm trees and place mats for your tablescapes.

 

Have your wedding guests find their way to their seats with wedding escort cards displayed on a bed of white mixed seashells; gilded stones, coral, and capiz shells add to this escort card table. Or, create a clever seating-card-in-a-bottle with sand in a glass bowl. (both from Martha Stewart Weddings)

A sea of shells on a beach wedding escort card table.
5a. A sea of shells on a beach wedding escort card table.
'Seating card in a bottle' escort cards.
5b. ‘Seating card in a bottle’ escort cards.

 

Put the newlyweds in the ‘hot seat’ at the wedding reception: decorate their chairs with our starfish garland or a mix of colorful capiz shell garlands.

The bride's & groom's chairs decorated with capiz shell and starfish garlands.
6. The bride’s & groom’s chairs decorated with capiz shell and starfish garlands.

 

Beach Wedding Cake
Sea blue and green gum paste starfish cascade down this pretty wedding cake that is perfect for a beach wedding.

 

Starfish Wedding Cake. (via BRIDES)
7. Starfish Wedding Cake. (via BRIDES)

THE SOURCES
1. Beach Wedding Ceremony, Colin Cowie Weddings. 2. Boutonnieres, Center Cut Fox Shells. 3. Seashell Terrarium Centerpieces, Vases + Seashells. 4. Raffia Tablescape, Raffia Palm Tree + Stick Place Mats + Raffia Baskets. 5b. Seating Cards In A Bottle, Sand + Glass Bowl. 6. Hot Seat, Starfish Garlands + Capiz Garlands. 7. Wedding Cake, BRIDES.

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