Help! I don't have a vision!

Have you looked on pinterest? You can search for beach wedding and see pictures of how others have done it to get some inspiration.

Budget

venue

guest list

Those are priority- and once I found my venue- I had a lot more drive on how to make it go.

I didn't grow up dreaming of my wedding day either- I grew up drawing my dream barn where I housed my many horses (I drew this down to the last spigot and electrical socket)... so- I can TOTALLY relate.

You don't need a theme necessarily- you already know you want casual and beach style- that's a pretty good start actually.

My biggest direction guide was "describe what you want in 3 words"- then I asked my FH to do the same. This gave us pretty good guidance and what over lapped and what didn't.

Pinterest is your friend! There are tons of beach-themed wedding ideas.

A casual, beach style wedding sounds like a vision to me. Start with budget and venues and go from there. It'll all fall into place. Congrats and happy planning!

Pinterest. Look up Beach theme and Tropical theme. Hopefully you'll see colors and ideas that will grab you and you can do on from there. With any decor ideas you see try to find economical ways of doing them.

Tropical with bold, bright colors:

Soft colors: Which appeals to you more?

I swear I thought I read "Help! I don't have vision"

I was about to be all like well that's a serious problem.

HA HA HA HA- indeed- that would be a serious problem!

@Private User - I think this is actually a good thing! It means you haven't fallen in love with a bunch of crazy expensive ideas yet Check out the 'Ideas' section under 'More' in the top menu for inspiration from our editorial team!

Here are some real weddings that you might like as well:

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-photos/real-weddings/relaxed-costa-rica-beach-wedding/i/c2ef3baaed246c45-8097868a72c15e58

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-photos/real-weddings/bright-destination-beach-wedding/i/0a3336589b8fdef0-99e5c2756ffe6a0f

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-photos/real-weddings/beautiful-florida-beach-wedding/i/81b93a418d2a4f1c-cc299f3ce2817550

Pinterest was awesome for me. We also sat down and wrote out our favorite three things and two favorite colors. That helped a lot.

@Lauren, me too. I was thinking, 'Why the hell are you telling the wedding planning forum about it! Get to a hospital!'

Go to Wal Mart and buy a cork board. Then go on pinterest and search for beach and tropical weddings. Start putting inspiration photos on the corkboard. Remove ones that don't fit and add some that do. Pretty soon you'll have a vision.

Keep it simple. Pick a couple of colors and don't fall in love with flower walls and 'visions'.

I need a drink. A big one.

You don't need a theme. You don't even need colors. All you need is an officiant, a license, and two people who want to get married. If you're not 'seeing it', maybe it's not what you want.

Thanks everyone! This is my first post and it's so nice to know there's a group of supportive (and funny!) people out there - so thanks for the advice AND the chuckles. I don't know why I didn't think of Pinterest, considering I love the Big P for recipes!

And to @MrsA, a huge thank you, because those two simple pics showed me that I really gravitated to the second one with the soft colors. Part of my conflict is that our venue seems more 'tropical' and I love purple but for some reason I'm gravitating towards the blues and seashells so I'm feeling a bit conflicted. My venue pic is below - see, tropical! But also beachy with the ocean...so I don't think I can go wrong either way.

P.S. I recognize that this is not a big problem to have in the world today but it's nice to know I'm not alone in wedding indecisiveness. :-D