Now is a great time to have a destination wedding on the beach! It’s Springtime in the states and if you’re hometown is still buried somewhere under feet of snow, then your “Spring” wedding would be more like a “Winter” wedding, and who wants that when winter is gone (technically)?
Well something else that goes great with Spring, weddings, and the beach: Pastels! These beautiful, light and romantic colors perfectly represent the life of this season as well as the happiness of your loving relationship. Pale blues, pinks, and greens work seamlessly with a beach setting just as well as bright tropical colors do, but can tame the decor and get the attention and focus on the couple and the love they are celebrating. And that’s what the wedding is all about anyway! But just because these colors are light, they can still create a lovely decorative atmosphere at your wedding, that will not be ignored. You can use pastels subtly with one color throughout, or you can use the whole spectrum with a “go big or go home approach” (maybe even wear a colored wedding gown yourself?!), either way you choose, it’s bound to look amazing!
Try implementing beach elements, like beach lanterns or starfish, and paint them different pastel colors, or use succulents in your floral arrangement since they’re already a nice light green color! Even your get-away car can be pastel, like the robin’s egg blue Beetle pictured below. However you plan to use pastels for your beach wedding, make sure to have fun with it and keep the true meaning for the big day your main focus!
{Photos- Peach wedding gown: Pinterest, Grits wedding favor: Southern Weddings, Just Married Beetle: Style Me Pretty, pastel lanterns: Seaside Inspired, wedding cake: Inspired by This, pastel table scape: One Wed, Bride+bridesmaids: Bridal Musings}
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We had the best time out on the ocean and at the beach for this shoot! Imagine getting away from it all after the wedding and taking some time just for two, yet you’re back by dinner to continue the celebration with friends and family still on island!
You can even get a little cheeky…here Dave and Cristin channeled their inner music video divas as they headed back to the boat by Sea-Doo.
While you’re out for the day, keep in mind you might just find the perfect Christmas or holiday card photo or the ideal thank you photo for the many thanks you’ll be sending to those who traveled near and far to be with you on your big day. If you plan ahead and bring a sign or prop or two, you’ll have that much more to work with when planning out your stationery when you touch down back at home. Just remember to have fun with it, whatever you do!! This is after all, the day after…no pressure, just fun and time together out of the hotel to see what your chosen destination has to offer.
Stay tuned tomorrow for photos of the grand finale – Christin and Dave dive in with the stingrays!
This proposal story is so sweet, I can barely stand it. It all began when the soon-to-be groom emailed photographer
So to the steps the three went and when the woman approached August asking him if he wanted to purchase a rose for his girlfriend, unlike seven years earlier, he obliged. Next thing Perri saw was her beau down on one knee, and, well, the rest is history. 
Once she said yes, the happy couple then jetted around Rome for photo ops followed by a lovely dinner for two. “We walked back down the Via Vittorio Veneto towards our hotel but didn’t get far. We stopped at one of the first street side restaurants we found and had a glass of celebratory champagne with a fruit platter, later that afternoon we bought supplies and returned for a wonderful picnic in one of the many romantic nooks of the Villa Borghese.”
August and Perri are getting married in St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Saint Louis, MO on May 27, 2012.
