Give napkins at your table settings a Gilligan-inspired touch. Double up a length of cord (mjtrim.com), hold it in the middle, and tie an 8-knot. Place knot on a folded napkin; wrap ends around. Trim and secure with white gaffer's tape.

Watch Our 8-Knot How-To Video

To create this sea-inspired escort-card display, start by covering a 1/2-inch-thick foam board with fabric; secure tightly on back with gaffer's tape. To affix seating cards, slide pins through pewter anchor charms and glue together with a dab of magna-tac (available at hardware stores).

Charms, artbeads.com; Dritz “bank” 1 3/4" pins, amazon.com.

Grab a stamp with a seaside motif and an ink pad to decorate favor tags and more. Here, an anchor-adorned circle attached to ribbon dresses up dragées.

Sayabell stamps anchor stamp; 100 proof press nautical star stamp; both from Etsy. Clear box, #007-322.

Dot centerpieces with flickering votive vessles wrapped in rope. Starting at the bottom, wrap a glass cylinder (for candles or flowers) with cotton venetian blind cord (jamaligarden.com). Tuck ends under rope and reinforce with a drop of craft glue.

Transform a basic white Ikea picture frame with a knot and two laps of 10mm twist cord (mjtrim.com) secured with glue.

Outfit your space, your 'maids, or yourself with these chic ideas: Carry a striped box clutch (ilahandbags.com), wear comfy and stylish repetto "BB Stripe" flats (openingceremony.us), or line up a cocktail-hour look with blue-striped beverage napkins (orientaltrading.com).

Download and print our code flags (a maritime system for the alphabet) and link together to kit out a cake or sweetheart chairs. Or, make a "Just married" sign for a car -- or boat.

This suite evokes the feel of old letters and postcards, complete with a sailing motif and an all-American palette.

Clockwise from top left: Airmail envelope (letterboxco.com), Martha Stewart Crafts anchor craft punch (michaels.com), kraft-paper tag (acmoore.com), navy A7 envelope (paperpresentation.com), postage stamps (championstamp.com), our clip art invitation, postcard (zazzle.com).

Groupings of white dahlias, tulips, hydrangeas, and chrysanthemums are placed in galvanized buckets in various sizes to create fresh, fragrant centerpieces reminiscent of the open sea. Nestled in between are small lanterns, conveying the charm of old lighthouses.

Set a shipshape table with seaworthy vessels whose sails designate guests' seats. These whimsical place cards require little more than kraft paper and a simple folding technique. Outfit boats with Life Savers candies and cast them adrift on blue napkins.

Carry your theme throughout with ink by using this clever stamp for escort cards or favor tags (paper-source.com).

Use colors to tie, bundle, and thread everything from your invitation suite to festive garlands (letterboxco.com).

Use our design to learn how to get the look of screen-printed totes for less.

Canvas tote "10101" (bagworks.com), Tyrrells "Lightly Sea Salted" chips (chelseamarketbaskets.com), Gerolsteiner mineral water (nutricity.com), Martha's Vineyard Cookie Company cookies (marthasvineyardcookiecompany.com).

You can use this fun medallion to adorn various wedding elements.

Wrap favor boxes using this festive technique. 

Use striped fabric and coordinating buttons to create a new spin on the ring pillow for your littlest attendant.

Fold your napkins in thirds, then use tape to affix a stencil to the center. Soak a small foam brush in fabric paint, and dab it over the letters. Allow to dry for at least 30 minutes.

Felix Populi linen napkins (felixpopuli.com), "Love" stencil (stencilease.com), Versatex #26 ink (dharmatrading.com).

Create this whimsical garland using cutouts of pages from old books and maps.

Salute nautical Nantucket, Cape Cod, Mystic, or other coastal areas with sailors' rope bracelets that shrink to fit (1856countrystore.com). Or bestow "The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing, and Ropework" to show guests the ropes.

Hang them as table markers (letterboxco.com).

This four-tiered confection covered with butter cream frosting is decorated with colorful white-chocolate flags.

Muslin pouches filled with sailboat-shaped sugar cookies and saltwater taffy are tied with grosgrain ribbon.

Bind programs with a rope-style cord.