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Cake toppers, like anything else for your wedding, are completely personal. Whether you choose the traditional bride and groom or a monogram letter or a motorcycle hunk and babe, the sky is the limit. With more and more wedding variety to choose from these days, the cake topper can say a lot about the couple. Even if you choose to go with cupcakes, mini toppers are available. They can cost an arm and a leg, but others can be found for very affordable prices, and even made by your cake decorator. Whether you want the cake simple or extremely extravagant you can always use flowers real, artificial or made from sugar to showcase the top of your cake. You may not want to choose a topper that is too over the top, and instead choose something that will compliment your cake rather than steal the cakes thunder. Besides the bride, the cake is the center of attention, so make it grand. Remember, this is your day – make it how you want to… let your personality as a couple shine through in these extra details.

Colorful Drinks

So you have decided what your bridesmaids will wear, you color coordinated your bouquet, the centerpieces and all of the party favors BUT WAIT!!! You’re missing one extra fun thing for your event the drinks. Everyone can go up & order something fun but why not find coordinating drinks and make that your signature drink. They can be served during cocktail hour or all night long. Check out these drinks we thought looked great & start deciding what you can serve to liven up your party. There is a website called www.drinksmixer.com you can type in a color & it will bring up all drinks coordinating with that color. Don’t forget these extra special mixes are an easy way to get everyone talking about the creativity of your event!

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The Right Photographer

I love taking pictures of just about everything but relying on just anyone for the pictures for your special event is a big NO NO. Although your event will be filled with memories, having the pictures from it will help everyone to relive the glory days. So those little extra favors you had or that great dance or speech will be ingrained not only in your memory but in the photo album that sits on your desk taking you back to that moment. There are wide varieties of photographers and not all of them have to cost an arm and a leg. We have listed a few below we find are excellent photographers but doing a Google search in your area for photographers can also help so you can find that one that suites your needs & artistic style.

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A new trend, cupcakes vs the traditional wedding cake. This year brought to light a new idea of using cupcakes to replace the traditional tiered wedding cake. The cupcakes are a great alternative for expense conscious and DIY brides, either making the cupcakes from scratch, or dressing up grocery store cupcakes. Not only do these mini cakes cost much less than the larger tiered cousin, but it is much easier for a bride or helper to create these mini masterpieces at home. The cupcakes can be made up to three weeks before the wedding, kept in an air tight container and kept in the freezer. Take them out eight hours before the reception time, so they can thaw to serving temperature. Many bakers have caught on to this trend, and will also be able to create these for you. Keep in mind the baker may charge you for all decorations added to the cupcake. They view these cakes as very time consuming since they have to decorate each separately, vs the larger canvas of a traditional cake.

Personally, we do like the cupcakes as an alternative for many reasons: you may be able to have many more flavors of cupcakes for your guests to choose from instead of the uni-flavor wedding cake, these mini delectables can be used as favors as well, this is an easy DIY project, and the cost savings is significant (either DIY or from a bakery). A couple doesn't have to stick with just the cupcakes, and can opt to have a small cake to use to cut into for the cake cutting ceremony.
If you are worried that you will not be able to decorate the cupcakes as you would a traditional cake, don't worry. Since this trend has caught on, an explosion of decorations for these treats has emerged as well... you may purchase mini bride/groom toppers for you cupcakes, or even match the liners to your wedding, from fondant hearts to flowers, you may add as many details to the cupcakes as desired. There are also many different display options, from flat tiers to image a traditional cake, to fun stands to showcase the mini art pieces, and even standard display plates.
The type of wedding you decide to have may play a role in the decision of cake vs cupcakes. If you are going for a more sophisticated, black tie, event - the traditional cake may be the better option. If you are choosing to have a more relaxed reception, the cupcake will fit in perfectly. Although, cupcakes can be dressed up and down no matter what type of wedding you plan to have. Regardless, there is something childlike and fun about unwrapping a cupcake, and that memory will last with your guests for a long time.

Remember, this is your wedding - customize it to fit the two of you as a couple.