Beach Wedding Stationery With Starfish

by Dustytoes

Starfish, or sea stars, are one of the most sought after beach treasures, and engaged couples love to use them to represent their love for the ocean.

We absolutely love it when we stumble across a starfish at the beach. It is rare to find a bleached one (not living) all in one piece since they are fragile and usually break apart from the wave action. I think the fact that they are a rare find is what makes them so popular to collect, and popular for wedding invitations and stationery.

With some imagination, starfish can look like people with their five appendages and engaged couples love to use them in their decorating to represent their love for the ocean.

Custom Starfish Wedding Paper: Buy at Zazzle

The Zazzle site offers designer stationery with templates, which lets customers easily create their own invitations.

The wedding stationery on this page comes from the print-on-demand Zazzle.com site.  Designers will add their own unique images to paper and create text templates for the customer to use and add their own information.

Each shop-keeper at Zazzle will set his or her own royalty as they choose, so prices will vary.  Also the paper choice will reflect a change in price, with basic paper being the least expensive and the metallic type costing more.  All invitations will come with plain white envelopes.  

Although your order will be placed through an individual store, the items will be shipped by Zazzle.  If returns or exchanges need to be made, you will do that through the Zazzle site and not with the shop you purchased from. 

Also, please be aware that it is up to you, the customer, to proofread all text added to any product.  Zazzle does not correct mistakes - but may be able to, if you catch it and call them in time!  Customer support is awesome.

Bridal Shower Invitations

For the couple who will marry on the beach.

bridal shower

Buy a wedding or bridal shower invitation with images of ocean water. 

The gift box design has "ribbons" on the front of the card with a big starfish and sand dollar. Add the party information to the back where the text is aligned to the right and starfish make a tropical looking border along the edge.

The bride-to-be's name will stand out in alternate, blue script and a metallic paper can be chosen to give this stationery a shimmery effect.

The Beach Water shower invitation is just right for the couple who loves to spend time at the coast and is planning a wedding with a summer or tropical theme.

Paper Choices Include: Linen, Felt, Recycled, Metallic Ice, Metallic Champagne and Basic

Metallic paper will give stationery a slight shimmery look.
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Spotlight on The Starfish Couple

Two starfish represent the Bride and Groom in this simple stationery design.

starfish couple invitation

A simple wedding invitation is shown here with two starfish representing the bride and groom. The two-sided paper has a place for names on the front with the wedding date underneath.

The back has a starfish printed background with example text which has the couple doing the inviting.  As always, we are happy to help change the wording for your event.

You can choose any paper and envelopes come with the cards.  Bulk discounts will apply also.

Starfish Couple stationery sets.

Fine Jewelry For the Bride & Bridesmaids

Classy jewelry to wear on the wedding day and / or give as gifts to the bridal party.
Aquamarine Pendants

Aquamarine necklaces and other jewelry to buy online at Angara.com

Blue Nile Fine Pearl Jewelry

This link goes to the Blue Nile pearl jewelry page where you will find all types of jewelry made from lovely freshwater pearls, and Akoya, Tahitian and South Sea pearls.

Beachworks

Sunglasses page with a variety for the Bride to choose from for a sunny wedding day.

Jewelry by Jess Panza at Uncommon Goods

Unique earrings and necklaces created by artist Jess Panza.

Starfish Gathering

Blue, white and brown sea stars gather together at the edge of this invitation set.

Pretty starfish from the sea gather together at the edge of this 5x7 inch wedding invitation with a tropical theme which is named, "Starfish Gathering".

Light blue and brown images have template text to match with the bride's and groom's names set apart in blue, along with the name of the venue.  All the other text is brown. 

As always, there is a paper choice of linen, felt cream, recycled or metallic, as well as basic white.

We don't offer samples, but Zazzle will accept returns or replacements within 30 days of any unused items.  A minimum order is ten for the invitations - any size.

Celebrate a Beach Wedding With Statfish Invitations and RSVP Cards

These come from Zazzle where everything is easy to customize.
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After The Destination Wedding Have a Post-Wedding Reception

A private ceremony held far from home, means celebrating with family and friends after the honeymoon is over.

Planning a beach wedding will mean travel is involved in most cases.  Many couples will have a private ceremony in their favorite location, with either just the two of them or a few close friends or family members present.  If that's the case, they may choose to party after the wedding with a reception once they are home from the honeymoon.

Cards that do double duty as a wedding announcement and reception invitation post-wedding are what you'll need for that occasion. 

Wording for such an event can be something like this:

Name & Name were married on [date] in [place]

You are invited to celebrate the joyous occasion with a party for the newlyweds

on [date] at [place] and time.

Party Invitations For Post-Wedding Celebrations

Small, private wedding ceremonies can be celebrated later on when the honeymoon is over.
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Combine White Hydrangea Flowers and a Big Starfish

Pale blue and white wedding paper.

Seaside garden starfish wedding

Hydrangea flowers and starfish are images I have always used separately to create unique wedding invitation suites. Then, I thought, why not combine them for a bride who loves both! So, our new design for summer weddings incorporates a white, pencil sea star with white hydrangea flowers.

The Seaside Garden design is perfect for couples who want to combine their love for the sea with pretty white wedding flowers.

This hydrangea is called "Blushing Bride" and the photo and graphic design is ours alone.

Featured on a light blue background, this image can also be found on a wedding program, seating cards and more.

Wedding Breakfast or Brunch Cards

Invite close freinds and family members to a morning meal with the couple, either before or after the wedding.

Some traditions call for a gathering of close family members and the wedding party to enjoy a breakfast either before the marriage or the morning after the wedding.

  Wedding Brunch & Wedding Breakfast invitations to use to invite special guests or family only to do some celebrating either the morning of the wedding or the morning after.

This paper has lots of custom areas of text to be used to invite specific people.  This invitation would go out separately to just the few people included in the celebration.

 

Rehearsal Dinner Invitations

Specialty paper is available and all invitations will come with white envelopes.
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Buy Realistic Looking Sea Life At This Etsy Store

Among the many types of sweets offered at Andie's Specialty Sweets shop, you'll find realistic looking starfish.

edible starfishIf you'd like to decorate your sweet treats with elements from the ocean that are completely edible, look no further than Andie's Specialty Sweets shop at Etsy.

They create the most incredibly realistic items that are made to be eaten!

I can see them being added to a wedding cake, cupcakes, or used as stand alone favors - just add a thank you tag!

Besides starfish, they have very realistic looking  seashells, sand dollars, lollipops, and colorful beach glass made from sugar, and sometimes chocolate. (photo is from Andie's Specialty Sweets at Etsy - used with permission.)

Decorative Seashell Treats For Wedding Showers and Reception

Cupcake wrappers and edible seashells match the tropical theme.
Paper Orchid Seashells Cupcake Wrappe...White Chocolate Seashell Cake Decorat...

Table Seating, Place Cards, and Escort Cards

How will you seat your wedding guests at the reception?

Unless your wedding reception will be very small and casual, you will want to make it easy for wedding guests to find their way to their table at the reception.

This can be done in a number of ways, but one popular option is to have escort cards placed near the entrance to the room, tent or hall containing guests' names (usually in alphabetical order) and the table name or number.  This will easily direct them to be seated, by locating their table where the number will be prominently displayed.  Some couple's use a seating chart instead.

Modern brides have come up with unique ways to display the cards, and you will find lots of info online to give you ideas, such as placing them in a box of beach sand, or gluing the cards to seashells.

View all Table Seating cards at Sandpiper Wedding.

Double-Sided Table Number Cards Decorated With Starfish

Use the templates to add numbers to both sides of these heavy stock cards.
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Saying "Thank You" To Guests and Members of the Wedding Party

Be sure to include everyone who helped make your day special when writing thank you notes.

Once the wedding and honeymoon is over, you may be breathing a sigh of relief and hoping that life will become more calm and relaxing.  And it should, but you will have one more time-consuming task to undertake - writing the "thank you" cards!  Send notes of thanks as soon as possible after the honeymoon is over.  That is when it's time to get down to business and begin your life together.  And speaking of togetherness, both of you should work on writing the notes since you both were the recipients of the gifts. 

Have some wine and make an evening of it and reminisce as you come up with thoughtful wording for each individual card.  A simple, "Thanks for the gift" just doesn't cut it, neither does a pre-printed card - unless you also add a personal note with it.  And don't forget to thank the members of the wedding party, officiant, musicians, etc., if you haven't already.

If you need some inspiration, whether you will be thanking guests for their gifts, or bridesmaids for all their support, I have an Example "Thank You" Wording page to get you started.

Holiday Wedding Paper With Starfish and Blue Christmas Ornaments

The bride and groom are doing the inviting, but it can be customized with any wording.

Christmas tropical wedding paper

Christmas wedding sets that also contain a tropical theme are a bit difficult to find, but we have a few designs to choose from at Sandpiper Wedding.

White starfish and blue Christmas ball-shaped decorations are part of this design. The dark blue text is worded for the bride and groom to do the inviting with more lines of template text which makes it easy to customize.

We also have starfish among green holly with red berries on multiple colored backgrounds and a red set of stationery as well.  Every set has RSVP cards and other matching items and we are happy to design anything you need to match.

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Dustytoes, on 03/15/2012
 
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katiem2 on 09/22/2012

I shared this with my bf, we've decided if we EVER get married again it would def be a beach wedding, after thinking about it for a while we decided we could have a mock wedding and enjoy all the fun on the beach including a mock honeymoon. This is good for a fun date weekend too. :)K

katiem2 on 05/15/2012

So many people love the beach, it is such a romantic place and a perfect spot for the perfect wedding. Love the invitations. Great ideas for a unforgettable wedding and the honey moon could take place without travel indeed, you'd be there already. I like it!

Dustytoes on 05/07/2012

Tolovaj - yes, brides are looking for some very unique ways to invite guests these days. Thank you!

Tolovaj on 05/07/2012

Starfish for wedding invitations? Surprising, but lovely idea. I wish I knew there are so original options for invitation out there when I was marrying...
Well done!

Dustytoes on 04/10/2012

Thanks very much Brenda.

BrendaReeves on 04/10/2012

These are beautiful and I love what you've done with your Zazzle shop.

ethelsmith on 04/06/2012

We are about to celebrate our 40 year wedding anniversary this December so no I am not planning such a wedding, or any for that atter. I have to say though times have changed and in the invitation stakes for the better. Some great ideas here thanks



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