Why not share some of this same kind of sentiment with your wedding guests? You can find corked glass bottles for as little as 50 cents each, print out your own sweet messages or words of encouragement and leave them scattered around your tables. You can even adorn them with starfish, sand or other sweet details. It’s the perfect accessory for a summer wedding!

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What would you expect your family and friends to dish out for your destination wedding? How would you try to keep the costs down? Do you think prohibitive prices are a detriment to wedding destinations, or is the fact that your wedding would end up small and exclusive a plus? Does the price of your dream destination make you want to rant or rave?

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From L to R: Crystal Bandeau Bikini; Dior Sunglasses ; Tory Burch Sandals; Juicy Beach Tote; Beach Survival Kit

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Also, if you are planning your own destination wedding, be check out the destination wedding invitations from Wedding Paper Divas (examples below).

Photo Source from L to R: SheKnows.com, Anantara, M.I.S.S.,  Wedding Paper Divas; Wedding Paper Divas

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1) Celebrity wedding goddess Mindy Weiss planned a wedding where her bride switched into these Steve Madden shoes. She said it made cool photos and was like sneakers with heels. I think Stargaze the silver sandal on the right would be perfect for a seaside wedding.

2) Three couples got married in a row at White Castle, a fast food restaurant chain. Talk about a budget wedding-can I get an order of fries with that?

3) If you and your girlfriends love the Harajuku girls from Gwen Stefani’s video and album, check out these Harajuku Lovers fragrances from Sephora. They’d make unique gifts for your bridesmaids and flower girl too!

4) Take these gorgeous journals from Paper Source with you on your honeymoon and let them inspire you to record all those memorable memories of being newlyweds!

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Summer weddings present a chance for you to soak up the sun and celebrate your love. To help you decide on a chic summer theme for your nuptials, we polled the stylish staffers at Wedding Paper Divas to find out what’s hot in summer weddings this year. Here’s our Top Four Favorite Summer Weddings list:

-50% of our staff thinks that beach or lakeside weddings are the perfect blend of summer fun and simple elegance.

-Destination weddings earned quite a few votes, with 21% of our experts weighing in that traveling makes a summer wedding more memorable.

-Eternally stylish, Big and Traditional weddings won more than 17% of the vote.

-13% of our wedding pros thought An Afternoon Tea would be the best way to spend your summer reception.

What would be on your list of Summer Wedding Favorites? Do you have any questions for our staff? Leave a comment and let us know!

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There’s something about receiving a wedding card in the mail that makes me open it right away.
And I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the one I got just yesterday. Ranging from sky to cobalt, not only did each piece have a different shade of blue, they also had different motifs. The invitation was adorned with a hibiscus flower, the response card had a star-fish on it, there was a sea shell on the reception card and a pair of baby-sized flip-flops attached to the directions card. In spite of varied colors and designs, the sea -n-sand element provided a unifying theme for their destination wedding. The result was a beautiful wedding suite that reflected their personality as a couple.

If you too would like to step away from tradition and customize your invitation then try to incorporate as much of your individual style as you can. Create one that does more than just inform guests about your special day. Express your story with something fun, unique and personal.

Did you know that all Wedding Paper Divas invitations come in the same matte finish and use the same (110 pound) cardstock? And since all enclosures are offered a la carte, you may choose components from different suites and still achieve an overall consistency.

So why not dream up a suite that’s all your own and leave your guests absolutely amazed?

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At the same time, I was a little worried that I might get sea sick. I get motion sickness, car sick and air sick so why not sea sick? I took a dramine an hour before the ceremony but the ceremony started so late that it wore off before we went on the boat.

On a good note, I held it together but it was an hour’s worth of torture for me as I had to close my eyes and embarrassingly rest on my fiance’s shoulder to get through the worst of it-while I overheard someone saying my motion sickness was “psychological.”

While the entire wedding was understandably exhausting from the boat ride, the bus ride to get there, and then waiting for the friend playing the minister to arrive, there was one thing that made everything worth it. Even through waiting on the beach for their friend barefooted and in the cold, the bride and groom still kept their cool. And more importantly, I was touched that the bride looked as happy as ever even if everything wasn’t going smoothly. It made me realize that the most important thing was not the perfection of a wedding but the beauty of two people truly in love.

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