For a sizzling hot summer wedding, your guests will never forget, consider our top 18 cool summer trends and Pinterest ideas you’ll love for your wedding day. From garden weddings to festival-themed weddings we have picked the best trends for any summer wedding!
#1 Decorate your outdoor wedding with quirky food and drink vans everyone will love!
Add a new dimension to your wedding day with unique bars and food vans. Or amazing bars for those refreshing drinks on a hot day. Nick owner of the White Label Bar, says:
''Our lovingly converted Mercedes horsebox & horsebox trailer 'Amélie' are custom-built bars and are complete showstoppers at any event or wedding, especially summer festival vibe weddings! The best weddings are those that do a little DIY and put that personal touch that makes your wedding different from everyone else's. That could be personalised decorations or customisable signage, mirrors, beer matts, a custom bar menu, and even labelled beers and wines!! Your guests will love it! Bars are so versatile too, the awning set up can be adapted to the space available. Seating, a lounge, a pub, a games room? You decide.
At our wedding, we decided against cutting a cake and instead had a giant cake-shaped piñata to hit! Dream big when it comes to your wedding day.''
#2 Natural Wedding Makeup
Living the last year in lockdown has definitely paved the way for a summer 2021 makeup trend, ‘less is more’.
Get the look by using this summer’s go-to product, a demi-matte foundation. A dewy and matte combination that is long lasting and imparts full coverage but still provides a natural finish. “Whether you prefer minimalist or full glam, my advice is not to go for anything to trend-led and aim for looking like yourself,” says Jess, Bridal Makeup Artist from The Stack Sisters.
Top tip: Make your makeup last. Ask your makeup artist to decant a small amount of your wedding lipstick into a pot so you can top up during the course of your day especially after food and drinks.
NYX professional make up setting spray from amazon is perfect to set your make up for the whole day and is small enough to fit in your bridal make up bag.
Make up by The Stack Sisters. Instagram: thestacksisters
#3 Keeping the little ones entertained with a Chaperone at your summer wedding!
Michelle from Children's Flight Chaperone Ltd provides a popular Wedding Chaperone-service for Children of all ages. Michelle says: ''You can enjoy that idyllic dream venue whilst we keep an eye on your little explorers. Let us take all the care duties and grant yourself the day-off you deserve!
We look after children from start to finish from making sure the children have a good breakfast as you focus on getting dressed; aiding the ceremony's flow by keeping the young minds engaged during key moments and entertaining them all the way into the evening celebrations. Our service aims to enhance celebrations so no one needs to hold back: everyone can enjoy themselves to the fullest, with good, safe company and sound peace of mind. Not only do we provide wedding chaperones for children but event companions for older guests who require assistance during the day.
Keep the little ones entertained with fun wedding activity packs. Amazon have a great selection you can buy here including packs of four which include crayons, drawing, colouring book & travel games.
#4 Sentimental bespoke stationery and invites.
After a year of living through a pandemic and many postponed weddings, weddings are much more sentimental this summer! Couples are looking for a bespoke, personalised celebration and your stationery and invites can do just that! Designer Grace from Grace Emily Designs says: ''I have seen a rise in couples requesting bespoke commissions of freehand sketching to create unique wedding stationery and invites. Brides and grooms want to personalise their wedding day and stationery is the perfect way to tell a couple's love story.
Our design work varies in style and brings elegant and original stationery to their special day through drawings of their beautiful wedding venue or home. The stationary we create is sentimental and the guest books are often framed to keep as wall decor. Bring your wedding to life by incorporating drawings of iconic landmarks into prints, cards, table plans, thank you cards and gifts.''
#5 Go wild with your backdrops!
Backdrops are a huge part of weddings, they can completely change a room, hide any unwanted places and makes the perfect frame for your wedding vows, dance floor or guests to have a fun photoshoot! Anything goes and more fun the better!
We found amazing personalised wedding selfie frames with 22 different themes to choose from for any wedding style. You can check them out here.
#6 DIY creative order of service!
Rather than printing tons of orders of services that will be may get thrown away anyway, why not create a huge outdoor sign or you wedding day itinerary that all guests will see when they arrive. Make a big statement with a simple but effective sign with crates, or anything rustic you can find! Perfect for an outdoor farm summer wedding!
#7 Decorating the surrounding nature
We are loving these day and night decoration ideas for your summer wedding. For summer and outdoor weddings think about what is around you, get your creative juices flowing and think about how you can include the nature around you to create a magical feel to your wedding day. We love this DIY photo art wrapped around a tree and you can never go wrong with romantic lanterns and twinkle lights at night time.
#8 Rugs and carpets
Bohemian rugs are a stunning wedding trend that really set off any setting. If you’re having an outdoor wedding and the ground may not be too soft, think outside the box and use some rugs to dress the floors. Whether it’s to decorate your wedding aisle, a seating area or complement a backdrop rugs and carpets give a warm desert chic ‘look’ to your wedding day.
#9 Create romantic tunnels of light.
Neon & LED lighting create a romantic ambiance to any venue or location whether inside or out. Why not get create a ‘tunnel of light’ for your evening party that your wedding guests will love to walk through! Perfect for the instawedding photos! DIY with these amazing 6m x 3m waterproof led fairy curtain lights here. You will need a plug or an extension lead close buy for power.
#10 Colourful Groom Suits.
Traditionally black or grey suits are worn by grooms and his ushers. For Summer Weddings colourful or lighter coloured suits such as duck egg blue, green or cream are just as smart. If you want to keep to a darker suit add a splash of colour from your wedding theme with a patterned suit or coloured tie.
#11 Different coloured bridesmaid dresses.
If you want a colourful wedding mix and match your bridesmaid dresses in all the colours of the rainbow creating a fun and vibrant feel to your summer wedding!
#12 Festival wedding theme!
Outdoor weddings are hugely popular and for the bohemian, festival-loving couples a festival wedding themes are a must! Make use of the outdoors this summer with tipis to party all night long in, you can really go all out with a festival wedding theme.
#13 Shorter Wedding Dresses
With the warmer weather in summer short wedding dresses, backless or off-the-shoulder wedding dresses are popular to keep cool in the summer. We love this Tea Length off the should wedding dress, or choose a lightweight floaty wedding dress as they are so easy to wear and will keep you cool all day! Always ask your bridal designer which fabrics and styles are best to wear in summer to avoid feeling clammy and sweat marks.
#14 Bunting and ribbons!
You can never go wrong with tons of bunting and hanging ribbons to brighten up any wedding location! Not an expensive choice but always so effective! We love this 40ft vintage bunting pack from amazon here. It comes in a cute little bag too and you can cut the bunting made to measure.
#15 Floor Seating
Wild souls will love this! Create a cozy wedding reception with floor seating filled with pillows and cushions! Mix and match furniture is huge in 2021 too so don’t worry about mixing it up a bit to give an even more authentic shabby chic feel to your wedding day!
#16 Add in fruits to your table decoration
Adding in fruits will look incredible at a summer wedding. Use fresh or dried fruits and add them as decor to your table for a fresh look. Leave mouth-watering bowls of fresh fruit to match your summer wedding colour scheme on tables that guest will love to have as a refreshing snack on a hot summers day! Garnish any decor with some foliage to contrast if using light or bright colours.
#17 Patterned plates & crockery
Add a splash of colour to your table settings that your guests will love. Patterned and colourful table wear, crockery and plates can really set off your wedding tables. Bronze cutlery will compliment your table wear perfectly.
#18 Summer Wedding Colour pallets!
Sherbert pops, seaside blue, greys with pops of gold and tropical colours are huge wedding colours this year. Choose bright colours that fit right in to a summer vibe.
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