Starfishes for the Starfishies

Starfishes for the Starfishies

April 9th, 2010 @ 9:12 am by Mrs. Starfish
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Planning a nautical inspired wedding in New England is pretty easy. The best piece of advice I have for nautical brides is to check out local photographers’ blogs. I follow a lot of photographers, but when it’s time to find nautical inspiration, you can’t beat the photos on RI photographer blogs. It isn’t called the Ocean State for nothing.

Over the past year and a half, I’ve been tabbing some of my favorite starfish-themed weddings. Snap! Photography has had some of my favorites. I’m in love with the wedding below. We aren’t having kids at the wedding other than my niece/Goddaughter who is the flower girl, who I’ve nicknamed Little Starfish. Little Starfish will almost be two by the time the wedding rolls around and I want to get her some fun nautical toys to thank her for being our flower girl. I was in love with these cute starfish-themed pails on the Snap! blog.

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This wedding had so many amazing details.

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When it comes to starfish inspiration, the escort cards just seem to be the first detail to pop in my head. I love seeing different ways to incorporate starfish in the cards.

The Kristin Spencer photography blog had a great idea. I’ve seen starfish escort cards, but I love how this bride changed it up a bit by having a few other items from the sea.

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Even when guests bring the escort cards to the table, they are still pretty enough to be decoration.

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Just in case guests don’t use the escort cards as extra decor, I love how this couple on the Brian Phillip’s photography website placed the starfish right at each place setting.

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And I really love that they included Starfish in the boutonniere. Too bad Mr. Starfish isn’t into it.

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And they even had starfish as a part of their invites. I love that they introduced the theme right from the beginning. I’ve seen a few invites incorporating starfish, but after seeing the cost to send and create them, I decided to skip this beautiful detail.

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Where do you go for inspiration for your wedding? Do you notice specific photographers whose couples’ weddings share a similar vibe to yours?

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ktisthatbees (message) 2,742 posts, Sugar bee

Aww, the starfish escort cards are too cute!! I have been following Juliet Elizabeth recently. Based out of Charleston, she has a vintage and photojournalistic style that seems to attract many brides who love all things classic and southern. Think lace, magnolias, candlelight, and other feminine details. I am gaining so much inspiration from these brides!

4/9/10 @ 9:30 am (reply)

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Ms. Library (message) 1,250 posts, Bumble bee

That’s so cute! I love the bout!

4/9/10 @ 9:37 am (reply)

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Album Boutique Team

Oooh, I love starfishes! The boutonniere is so cool and I love the starfish at the place setting. Lots of fun ideas!

4/9/10 @ 9:54 am (reply)

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sarabande6 (message) 2 posts, Wannabee

I love these ideas too! I am also doing a beach/nautical theme but I am afraid of using too many shells because then it can become a bit kitschy looking. I got a bunch of the starfish to put one on each table or use as pew decorations, but for the escort cards I’m using sand dollars, they were 1/3 of the cost of the finger starfish. With the costs of favors and OOT buckets for every guest, I don’t want to be spending too much on escort cards.

4/9/10 @ 9:56 am (reply)

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Miss Navy Blue (message) 74 posts, Worker bee

Totally drooling over all of this nautical goodness!

4/9/10 @ 9:58 am (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

I love the detail in the escort card set up, with some shells to add some variance!

4/9/10 @ 10:03 am (reply)

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crayfish (message) 4,844 posts, Honey bee

Oh, please please please do not use real dried starfish in your decor! I’m a Marine Biologist, and I know for a fact that the majority of these are taken from the ocean in Asia and the Carribean illegally, or from areas where there is already a great deal of overfishing/ecological devestation. There are plaster molds out there, and fake starfish that are equally as beautiful, but much, MUCH more eco friendly (I love the theme, it just makes me really sad when people use lots of shells and dried sea life for decorations for one day!)

4/9/10 @ 10:26 am (reply)

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helenahelena1 (message) 78 posts, Worker bee

I’m with Crayfish, use fake starfish all the way. Otherwise your wedding might start to look like starfish genocide…

4/9/10 @ 10:31 am (reply)

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jenni.frances (message) 15 posts, Newbee

I think it looks super when you tie your theme into all sorts of aspects like in the pictures above. We’ve recently added a “bicycle built for two” theme to our June wedding and it’s amazing how many details you can find for such a specific theme. We recently ordered a cake topper, napkins and direction signs. I love going to blogs and wedding websites for inspiration and our photographer is AWESOME so that’s always a good idea too!

4/9/10 @ 10:38 am (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

So cute! I love the starfish in the invitations! And with the escort cards!!

4/9/10 @ 10:42 am (reply)

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jingle96 (message) 2,842 posts, Sugar bee

I love all of it!! I actually did the starfish boxed invites that I posted pics on WB too! I also just ordered the starfish and sanddollars for our escort cards!!

4/9/10 @ 11:14 am (reply)

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Miss Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

Great inspiration pics - I love those navy napkins!

4/9/10 @ 11:26 am (reply)

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Miss Trail Mix (message) 6,328 posts, Bee Keeper

So pretty, I love the look of starfish and seashells for decor!

4/9/10 @ 11:47 am (reply)

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hunnybunny1017 (message) 84 posts, Worker bee

I go to greenweddingshoes.com for inspiration all the time! It helps that the blogger has the same taste as I do, but she’s always posting inspirational photos!

4/9/10 @ 11:48 am (reply)

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alivoo01 (message) 2,622 posts, Sugar bee

I love how they found so many ways to incorporate the starfish!

4/9/10 @ 11:54 am (reply)

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irishone127 (message) 40 posts, Newbee

I had a starfish themed wedding last August. See attached photos. I got some many ideas from Weddingbee. My cake topper came from Etsy (made in Maine) and my mom and dad sent me star fish from Florida. My husband and I collected the sea shells from Ocean City MD while we were visiting there. The extra large starfish couple [last photo] were ‘dressed’ with champange bottle wedding gear I found on clearance at Michaels’s. My centerpieces were sand coated candles sitting in sand with the shells on a clear plate from IKEA and setting on a aqua colored shami.
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4/9/10 @ 12:12 pm (reply)

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Corey Ann

I used starfish as a subtle detail at my wedding and for our invitations we had mini starfish glued to the pocket in which the invite was in with raffia tied around it. SO perfect and the mini starfish were CHEAP!

We also had a thing on our reception door that was like a chandelier of starfish!

There are so many fun starfish ideas out there

4/9/10 @ 12:16 pm (reply)

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ellie

I agree with crayfish too; please don’t use real starfish for decoration. “take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints”

4/9/10 @ 12:36 pm (reply)

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nicrob007 (message) 119 posts, Blushing bee

Have to admit..I got a little sad looking at some of these pictures Using a starfish motif is lovely. Heck! I LOVE nautically inspired weddings…..but PLEASE use the artificial ones if you choose to do so.