How to Choose a Wedding Cake Topper

Planning a wedding is a big job with many different decisions to make. One sign of a well-planned wedding is the attention given to the little details, like the wedding cake topper. These days there are so many different types of wedding cake toppers available, that it's a great opportunity for the bride and groom to show off their unique personalities.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. If you want to go with a traditional wedding cake topper, you can choose a bride and groom in wedding gown and tux, dancing, kissing, standing next to one another or gazing lovingly at eachother. Many couples choose figures that look like themselves, whether they're brunette, blonde or African American, for example.

2. Find a wedding cake topper that expresses your own unique personalities. If you're a couple that loves to ride motorcycles, get a topper with a wedding couple sitting on a motorcycle. If most weekends you can be found at your favorite country/western bar, opt for a bride and groom in cowboy boots and hats. The internet is where you'll find the widest selection of wedding cake toppers in the shapes of dolphins, wizards, children and more.

3. Choose flowers as wedding cake toppers. Fresh or faux, or even sugar flowers can be used in this way. You can try matching them to bride's or bridesmaids' bouquets, select them in the wedding colors or simply choose flowers that you find pretty.

4. Use that classic symbol of love, the heart, as your wedding cake toppers. You might be surprised at the variety of heart shaped wedding cake toppers available. There are classically shaped hearts and contemporary, stylized hearts. There are hearts made from glass, plastic and porcelain, even hearts trimmed in beads and lace.

5. Get a customized wedding cake topper made. Check online for websites where you can submit a photo of the actual bride and groom and have a wedding cake topper made that looks just like them.

Resources

• Just Cake Toppers