10 Ways To Personalize Your Wedding
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Personalize Your Wedding with these Custom Ideas
Add a special touch to your wedding day with these creative ways to personalize your wedding. Including your names, monogram, initials and wedding date on items at the ceremony and reception are a great way to create a custom one-of-a-kind wedding day.
These days you can incorporate personalization on everything from the bridal party gifts to the wedding reception favors. Here are some of my favorites....enjoy!
Photo Credit: Personalized Wedding Aisle Runner
These days you can incorporate personalization on everything from the bridal party gifts to the wedding reception favors. Here are some of my favorites....enjoy!
Photo Credit: Personalized Wedding Aisle Runner
1) Personalized Bridal Party Gifts
Give your the members of your bridal party gifts that they can cherish for years to come. Some of the most well-received thank you gifts are the ones that are customized with the person's name, initials or monogram.For bridesmaid gifts, consider giving a lovely embroidered tote bag with her initials, a photo frame with a photo of the bride and bridesmaid, or jewelry such as an engraved bracelet. For groomsmen, the gift possibilities are just about unlimited, but personalized pub signs and engraved beer mugs are the most popular choices. And don't forget the kids in the wedding, fun flower girl gift ideas include adorable personalized caps or t-shirts.
Personalized Bridal Party T-Shirts
2) Custom Wedding Accessory Sets
Many online wedding shops sell wedding accessories that can be embroidered or engraved with the bride and groom's names as well as the wedding date. For embroidered items, you can often choose a thread color that will coordinate perfectly with the color scheme of your wedding.The most popular personalized wedding ceremony accessories are the ring bearer pillow, guest book, and unity candle. The great thing about accessory sets is that everything is fully coordinated for you which makes it easy to have a beautiful customized wedding.
Personalized Wedding Invitations
3) Custom Wedding Cake Toppers
No wedding is complete without a beautiful cake so finish yours office with a set of Swarovski crystal covered initials or an acrylic heart personalized with your photo, names and or wedding date. These stylish wedding cake toppers will add a custom touch and modern flair to your reception.Round, square and dangling heart-shaped cake toppers are also available at many online wedding shops. They can be personalized with your monogram or initials as well.
And don't forget about personalizing the cake serving set.....
4) Engraved Cake Serving Set
The cake cutting 'ceremony' is a big part of many wedding receptions so why not add a touch of elegance and sophistication to the event by having your cake serving set personalized with your names and wedding date. Not only do they look great on the wedding day, but they also make a great keepsake that you can use for years to come.After over 15 years of marriage, my husband and I still use our engraved wedding cake serving set on special occasions such as our anniversary and holidays. We chose a classic heart designed, but there are so many options to tie in with any wedding theme including beach, calla lily and cinderella or fairy tale designs.
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5) Personalized Unity Candle
The perfect union is often signified by lighting a unity candle during the wedding ceremony. Create a keepsake that you can cherish for years to come by having a personalized wedding unity candle. Whether you are having a traditional or more modern wedding, there are unity candles suitable for your style and color scheme. Choose from square, round or oval shapes that are personalized with your choice of names, monograms or initials along with the wedding date. Often you can even choose the ink color and a special design to go with your theme such as entwined hearts, LOVE, bible verses, beach shells and more.Many couples make it an annual tradition to light their unity candle every year on their wedding anniversary.
Wedding Cost Duel
With the average wedding now costing over $20K, do you think couples spend too much on their wedding day?
No Way - It is Worth Every Penny!
b-silly says:
It depends, other than the birth of your baby, it's probably the most memorable day of your life. Now if it's your 2nd or 3rd wedding, I would recommend spending considerablly less
Absolutely They Spend Way Too Much!
kimmer14 says:
If you are fortunate enough to have parents paying for your wedding, then by all means spend as much as your parents are comfortable offering. But if you have to finance the wedding yourself (as we did), you may want to cut back on a few items rather then starting out your married life buried in debt.
6) Personalized Toasting Flutes
No wedding reception is complete without a champagne toast. Consider buying yourselves and even the bridal party and parents of the couple glasses engraved with each of their names and even the wedding date. You can create a unified and elegant look at your head table by having everyone raise a similar flute during the big toast.Wedding toasting flutes are available in a wide array of styles including stemless in a stand, trumpet shaped, heart-shaped and more. You can also get them in various seasonal themes for winter or autumn for instance. Consider adding personalized wedding ribbons in your color scheme to dress them up further.
7) Personalized Guest Books - Frames - Platters
A great way to get your guests involved in creating a one-of-a-kind custom keepsake for your wedding is to use a signature platter, vase or frame where each guests can write their well-wishes along with their names. Many couples are using these types of objects in place of a traditional wedding guest book. Platters and frames are also often etched or engraved with the couples names and wedding date. These keepsakes can be displayed in the newlyweds new home.Another great custom guest book alternative is a digital or Polaroid photo book where guests can take a quick photo, print it or develop it and place it in the book right at the reception. Then they can add their sentiments and signature along with the photo to the book.
8) Personalized Napkins and Ribbons
Personalized wedding napkins with your names and wedding date are a great addition to any bar service or cake serving table. Available in numerous designs and foil color options, beverage or standard sized napkins are an affordable way to get a custom look at your wedding reception.Use personalized wedding ribbon on your favors or around the stems of champagne flutes to create a custom design just for your guests. Satin ribbon in various widths is available in a wide array of colors that are foil-stamped with a custom saying or your names/date.
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9) Personalized Wedding Favors
The options when it comes to personalized wedding favors are endless. In fact, I've written an entire lens about my favorite custom wedding favors - just click here for some great ideas. When it comes to selecting personalized favors, I recommend selecting something that ties in perfectly with your wedding theme or color scheme as well as your personal style.If you are a chocolate lover (like me) that is having a fall wedding, then the falling in love chocolate bars are the perfect favor. For winter weddings, personalized hot cocoa favors or coffee packets are a great choice. And for beach weddings, what about sandalwood or paper fans for guests to cool themselves - personalize them with custom wedding stickers for a beautiful and custom presentation.
If you are a do-it-yourselfer who is on a tight budget, consider making your own wedding favors and then just add a personalized favor tag or personalized sticker label that has your names along with the date. You can choose from many color and design options to coordinate perfectly with the favor that you create.
Do It Yourself Wedding Favor Guides
10) Custom Wedding Keepsakes & Frames
A fantastic keepsake for the bride and groom and even bridal party gifts, custom made photo frames are a great way to display cherished photos of the big day. Even though bridal party members won't receive their thank you gift until after the wedding, frames with a photo of say the bride with her maid of honor are always well-received keepsakes.You can buy engraved frames from places like Things Remembered, Amazon (see below) and other online wedding specialty shops.
Personalized Wedding Photo Frames
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BONUS - Personalized Wedding Decorations
Many online companies like Wedding Favors Unlimited sell wedding decorations like photo booth backdrops, dance floor decals, window clings and more that can be personalized with your names and wedding date. You can choose a decoration design that fits your color scheme and theme perfectly. And if you'd prefer to have your initial or monogram instead of your names, they have designs for that as well. Shop for personalized wedding decorations today! Featured Wedding Lenses
Share Your Personalized Wedding Ideas or Comments!
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DessertLover
Jul 7, 2011 @ 8:36 am | delete
- Love the signature frames....just went to a graduation party and they used one for their "guest book" as well. Great idea!
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CDT
Apr 1, 2011 @ 6:18 am | delete
- I'm getting married myself next month and you've got some lovely ideas here for making a wedding day extra special! Have an April Fools Day Squid Angel Blessing on me :)
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b-silly
Mar 25, 2011 @ 3:15 pm | delete
- Great lens, added it to my wedding contest lensroll.
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Pinkchic18
Oct 11, 2010 @ 12:17 pm | delete
- These are all such great ideas, and wonderful ways to add a personalized touch to the wedding. Thanks for sharing!
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DGGallery Mar 28, 2009 @ 11:43 pm | delete
- Great lens! 5*****, faved and lenrolled! Brides are always looking for neat ideas to make their day unique! I have TONS of Customizable wedding postage, Save the Date postcards and magnets, T-shirts for the birdal party and even custom KEDS shoes. You can see a few of my items at http://www.squidoo.com/theeventstamp or http://www.zazzle.com/sweetrascal*
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