Block Island… what a beautiful island to have a nautical wedding.  Emily and Joe’s wedding is a nice treat for all nautical brides.  The beautiful sea of sailboats provided a perfect backdrop for the ceremony.  I love the rope touches on every little detail, from the invitations to the knot handle of the favor boxes.  At the end of the day, Emily and Joe invited their guests to a bonfire on the beach.  They provided the guests with lanterns, flip flops, and tote bags with fleece blankets in them to keep them cozy.  Just awesome!  Photos were taken by Snap! Photography.

As promised, here are more seaside-inspired entertaining from Pottery Barn.  Who is in the mood for a clambake and maybe a dip in the ocean afterwards?

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Pottery Barn‘s entertaining section is filled with wonderful seaside inspirations.  The color combination of white, red and blue are perfect to create that nautical ambiance.  There are just so many photos to share that I have to divide this into 2 parts: Part III and Part IV.

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Another set of seaside-inspired decorating from Pottery Barn… this time outdoors.

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I was browsing for some nautical decorating inspiration and found Pottery Barn among other sites.  I didn’t realize until now that Pottery Barn has all these nautical inspirations.  So I decided to share them with you.  Let’s start with indoor decor – part I.

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Where else to hold a clambake but on the Cape?  Alyssa and Scott’s rehearsal dinner was held at the Chatham Bars Inn.  The beach house, the smell of the ocean, the lobster lollipops, the seashell-adorned centerpieces and favors, even the beachy blue chairs make for a beautiful clambake party.  Photos were taken by one of my favorite photography teams, Brian and Maria.

When we first visited our venue, I thought I wanted just the blue water and clear skies in the background.  Then I saw these photos of weddings in our venue and those sailboats made gorgeous backdrops.  Aren’t they perfect for a nautical wedding?

Here’s to wishing for sailboats on our wedding day.

We originally wanted a clambake / lobsterbake wedding on the beach, but that is not gonna happen.  So we were thinking of doing it for the rehearsal dinner instead.

The plan is to rent a vacation home with a big backyard (by the beach if possible) in the Newport area and do our own clambake.

I still have to come up with the logistics.  If it is more expensive or just a little less expensive, we would probably just have a clambake somewhere else like the Atlantic Beach Club, and not deal with the hassle of doing it on or own.

Erin and Nic’s wedding is one of my inspirations for my own wedding.  The bright color combination of navy, yellow and white makes this wedding so much fun to look at… and to be in as well I bet!  Don’t you just love Erin’s smile?  By the way, she’s my event coordinator at Belle Mer!  Photos were taken by one of my favorite photographers, Kristin Spencer.

I still don’t know what I am gonna do with our seating cards.  But I’ve collected a few inspirations and here they are!  Which do you like best?

Let’s start with nautical-inspired ones:

Seaside-inspired:

I’ve been back and forth with the idea of using nautical-themed seating cards or the classic style in our color motif, navy.