Tropical Invitations

Tropical themed bridal showers are perfect for a summer or spring time wedding. The theme transports guests into an island paradise atmosphere and inspires an enjoyable, loving celebration among family and friends. Invitations play a crucial role in setting the tone for the theme. Colorful, creative and interestingly designed tropical bridal shower invitations pull the guests into the summer party groove and actually make them look forward to the event.

Make your invites as vibrant, fun and attractive as possible. Use images of paper lanterns, sea shells, Hawaiian leis, Tropical Island setting, loud floral shirts, grass skirts, tropical cocktails, hula girls, colorful island birds, tiki torches and huts and snug beach chairs. The idea is to reconstruct a tropical bash ambiance for your guests before the actual celebration begins. Use lush tropical shades like blue, green, orange, yellow and golden. Create an element of desirability and exclusivity for your party by incorporating the right visuals and wordings.

The text on your tropical bridal shower invitations should be conversational, engaging and unambiguous. It should be enough to whet the curiosity of your guests and give them a sample of the fun to follow. Don't forget to include important information like time, venue and date of the event along with the name of the person who is hosting the shower. You can also give your invitees an idea of the activities planned (like a hula dance competition that needs some prior rehearsals) for the evening along with the menu. Mention where the bride is registered for gifts and specify if guests are expected to bring gifts related to the tropical theme. Something like "Let's get our Sue some beach themed presents that she can enjoy on her honeymoon" works well.

To make the invites more entertaining, you can weave rhyming verses around the theme along the lines of "cocktails, leis and lots of hulas and girls having a blast without the fellas'. Even boring details like the time and venue can be presented in a fresh manner to match the theme. The voice of your text should match the visuals perfectly. You can also use quotes, lyrics and dialogues from popular tropical island based books, songs and movies.

For creative tropical bridal shower invitations, print an image of tropical island scenery on the card and then stick artificial flowers, sand and sea-shells to it. You can also stick colorful plastic pieces in the shape of a glass on the invitations to represent cocktails. Send a unique message in a bottle invite by tucking your printed message inside a bottle filled with sand, sea shells and flowers. If you want to give small gifts to your guests, attach pre-printed invitation cards to flip flops, bikinis and hats and send them over to excited recipients.

If you want a more personalized card, custom create your tropical bridal shower invitations to include photographs of the bride in a cute Hawaiian get up complete with the grass skirt, lei garland and flip flops. You can create your shower invitations using a desktop software program and downloading clip art images from the web. Pre-designed tropical bridal shower invitations templates are also available on the sites of several online printing companies.