Partygoers at this wedding celebration redeemed these custom paper cutouts for gelato and sorbetto.

Paper parasols in a warm, sunny palette were set out for guests to shield themselves from the hot sun.

During Lisa and Rory's post-ceremony cocktail hour, guests enjoyed a quintessential frosty summer treat: ice cream. The vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate delight was made from organic ingredients on the premises and served out of an ice cream cart.

Alison and Ben cooled off their guests by serving refreshing vodka gimlets with lime as their signature cocktail. 

Decorate the backs of your chairs with airplants to add a simple summery  touch.

In keeping with the bright, bold palette, tangerine paper parasols were set out for guests to use during Gauri and Daniel's sun-filled outdoor ceremony in Sonoma, California.

Slatted wood boxes filled with fruit and orange blossoms brought fragrance and color to the cocktail tables at Elizabeth and Matthew's California reception.

Guests of Susan and Rob's summer wedding were given goodies to help beat the heat at an outdoor reception in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Labeled glass bottles marked reception tables and also helped keep guests hydrated during Jean and Devin's outdoor summer wedding reception on the West Coast.

Best man Steve Baker made a corn hole game, which the bride painted, for Abby and Julian's Beech Mountain, North Carolina, outdoor reception.

Guests at Elle and Kyle's eclectic summer wedding were given small bottles of bug spray to keep the insects away during an outdoor ceremony in Useppa, Florida.

Since Molly and Ken got married during the height of heirloom tomato season, a carving station was set up during cocktail hour. Olive oils and pestos were on hand for different pairings.

From the ceremony to the reception, Vanessa and Keith's entire wedding was held outside in Glen Ellen, California. Tables were tented with light fabric canopies to shade guests, and lounge areas were created with vintage furniture.

Tagged with the slogan for Vanessa and Mickey's summer wedding, "Romance in Rehoboth," paper fans served as both ceremony programs and table assignment cards, which guests picked up when they arrived.

Peaches, in season during July and August, were used in the centerpieces for Jolene and Brad's outdoor reception in Rock City Falls, New York.

Aqua-trimmed wooden benches complemented Anna and Colby's summer ceremony’s casual park setting in Santa Monica.

With their unusual shapes and cheerful colors, fresh summer vegetables made for charming embellishments strewn across rustic tables at Susan and Steve's wedding reception in Pocantico Hills, New York.

Pimm's Cups, an English summer libation, were served in glass yogurt jars with striped straws during Aneta and Phil's wedding cocktail hour.

Bride Coraline's mother designed beachy invitations for her wedding in Islamorada, Florida. The paper with wedding details was rolled up and placed inside a glass bottle filled with seashells and sand, then packaged in burlap and tied with twine that also linked a name tag and small starfish charm.

Susan and Steven chose their favorite seed packets to grace reception tables. The minty-hued apple motif on the letterpress menus, inspired by the gardens at Blue Hill, the site of the reception, echoed the invitations' envelope liner.

To keep costs low, Georgia natives Kristen and Josh kept their wedding rentals at a minimum. A few rustic tables were made with planks made from fallen wood, refinished by a friend and set atop sawhorses, and vintage linens and baskets were placed around the grounds picnic-style.

A small starfish and bit of grass decorated groom Sebastien's lapel to fit the beach theme of his wedding in Islamorada, Florida.

Candles in Mason jars lit a path that led from the dinner tent, through the woods, and down to the dance hall at Molly and Ken's summer farm reception.

Ornate wooden fans kept guests cool during Vanessa and Keith's summer ceremony.

Summer nights in Vermont can have quite a chill, so Kristen and Brad set out a basket of pashmina shawls (in the wedding's palette) to guard the female guests' shoulders at this reception.

Instead of cake, huckleberry ice cream sandwiches made with ginger cookies are served at Hannah and Charlie's wedding in Inverness, California.

During the reception, newlyweds Wendy and Scott, in full wedding attire, took a spin on the gifts they bought for each other: bright-red retro-style bikes.

Guests at Megan and Clayton's summer nuptials were encouraged to kick back in flip-flops for the beach ceremony.

An adorable drink station was set up to help guests cool off before Mimi and Harry's wedding ceremony in Silver Spring, Maryland. Large pitchers of pink lemonade match the palette and quenched everyone's thirst in the hot early summer.

This venue's laid-back setting and spectacular views of Crescent Beach were perfect for Sam and Ian's summer celebration, and let guests feel they'd been swept away to a private tropical beach. And although the original intention had been to keep the roof open for a summertime party under the stars, the covered upper deck provided a cozy room for the intimate evening.

Cherries, which hit their peak in the summer, anchored baskets with place cards for the 125 guests at Amy and Leo's summer wedding in Barto, Pennsylvania.

In Grand Teton National Park, a wagon chariot was the perfect transportation for Laura and Matthew and their wedding party.

All the floral pieces for Kristen and Josh's wedding were made by the bride's friends. Rinne Allen and Rebecca Wood did the majority of the arrangements, which included garlands, corsages, centerpieces, bouquets, boutonnieres, and necklaces for the kids.

Bride Melinda's maids wore floral-print dresses and carried parasols in lieu of flowers down the aisle at her summer ceremony in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

For Megan and Clayton's wedding on the beach, place cards were embellished with tiny seashells and the color palette of the wedding, blue and white.

Jennifer and Erik's wedding dessert buffet included many summer fruit treats, such as lemon-blueberry tarts, passion-fruit meringue tarts, and mini berry pies.

For Sam and Ian's beachside wedding, the bride's stepfather surprised the couple the morning of the wedding by waking up early and spelling out their names with stones and shells in the sand.

"I couldn't imagine having the wedding in any other location," says bride Amy of her parents' farm, which set the rustic tone for the whole day. A friend of the couple married them under a huppa Amy's dad built with wood cleared from the property.

At Theresa and Jon's reception, Thoroughbred Coolers were served during the cocktail hour on letterpress coasters that went along with the horse-racing theme based on wedding's location, Saratoga Springs, New York.

When guests arrived at Kristen and Josh's wedding, they were treated to lavender lemonade, fresh strawberries, and boiled peanuts (a Southern favorite).

Jennifer and Erik's 125 guests were treated to a poolside reception where they enjoyed red sangria cocktails and Spanish-inspired tapas.

Because this wedding was held on the beach, the couple, Megan and Clayton, hosted the reception in an open-air lounge, which invited the sea breeze to linger.

Groom Matthew grew up on the beach-volleyball courts of Southern California, so it was a given that his and Laura's warm-weather wedding would feature some fast-and-furious matches.

Program covers decorated with rubber stamps of butterflies matched the nature-inspired theme carried throughout Melinda and James's wedding.

Paper lantern-lit lounge areas surrounding Alissa and Michael's reception tent provided an intimate setting for guests to relax as the sun went down.