Beach Themed Invitations by Cloud Nine Weddings     Invitations can often be an afterthought during the planning stages of a wedding. However the invitation can set the style, or the theme of your wedding and give your guests a taste of what is to come. Novelty invitations that incorporate beach themes can act to excite and encourage your guests to embrace that sand between their toes and be at your side on your special day. Consider some of the following options in creating your unique Beach style wedding invitations: A Parchment Scroll (reminiscent of pirating days) decorated with sketched beach sandals, palm trees or colourful sunset graphics sealed with a nautical rope A message in a bottle idea using a weathered parchment scroll as above – you can buy bottles online for as little as $1 (www.specialtybottles.com) and you can fill them with sand, shells, and confetti White card decorated with a single shell instead of a logo Traditional invitations tied in raffia or Hessian for an earthy look Use a sunset photo as the central theme and build your invite around that Frangipani flower (silk or latex) attached to the corner of white card Consider adding a charm or trinket as a keepsake to your wedding invitation Many companies offer "do-it-yourself" wedding invitation packs, allowing you to purchase your own templates, background and front card, ribbon and overlay paper and assemble them yourself. With a small guest list this could be just what you are looking for.