Wedding Trend

Have you been to a wedding lately?

There’s a new trend in wedding cakes that, from the looks of it, will soon become a classic; custom wedding cake toppers, and they are spectacular! Classic wedding cakes standing alone are beautiful; add letter cake toppers and suddenly the cake becomes a very personalized part of the wedding.  Letter cake toppers can be traditional, the bride and groom’s wedding monogram; Sally marrying Bob Jones could have SJB, or they could choose to use first initials only S&B or SB. The height of the letters varies, working with the size of the cake. A wedding monogram atop the cake adds a bit of personal flair.

But, custom wedding cake toppers do not have to be a three-letter monogram. If the bride is a princess, let everyone know with a crystal-encrusted tiara cake topper. If the bride and groom are funny, comical cake toppers are available. Hobbies can be incorporated into the cake topper:  golf clubs for the couple who golf together; birds for the bird-watching couple; trees for the avid hiking couple; a cute coach purse for the bride who loves to shop.

Whatever you can imagine to show off the relationship you have built up to this very moment, it can be represented with your custom wedding cake topper. It can be formal: a dainty Swarovski crystal single letter cake topper or a crystal heart with the wedding date engraved upon it. Whatever the bride’s personality, whatever her style, there are more custom wedding cake toppers to choose from than she’ll know what to do with. From comical to classic, monogrammed to dated, the wedding cake topper is here to stay.

And with the unlimited creations you can order, your cake topper is sure to be as memorable as the rest of your special day.
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Wedding cake toppers didn’t used to be the highlight of a wedding that they are today. More and more they are becoming as important as the wedding cake itself and is one of the areas that the wedding gifts market is quickly cottoning on to.

Once over, a wedding cake topper just used to be in the form of a generic bride and groom couple. Now, though a bride and groom wedding cake topper can be custom made to your specifications which really makes the wedding cake even more unique and extra special. Cake toppers that are hand crafted from clay or sugar paste can be personalised to look like copies of the newly married couple even right down to their wedding day outfits. Grooms can be shown wearing kilts, military uniforms or their favourite football team kit! Brides can be made wearing their wedding dresses, veils and tiaras and even down to hair styles and the type and colour of flowers used in their bridal bouquet. They can even be themed around the time of year that they are getting married such as Christmas or Valentine´s Day or if it is a beach wedding in some far flung exotic location. Family members and beloved pets can be added for that really special memento.

Many of the more popular cake toppers seem to be funny and humourous to reflect the bride and groom´s personalities. Once the wedding cake is long gone a wedding cake topper can be kept as a very special keepsake and reminder of one of the most special days a couple will ever have.

A new trend that is only just being picked up in the UK in 2010 is for monogram wedding cake toppers. This type of cake decoration is believed to be coming across from the USA and very few British and European retailers seem to have them available yet although one of my favourite gift retailers is at the forefront for this again! They are usually crafted from brushed steel or acrylic and all of the letters of the alphabet and some numbers are available. Monogrammed cake toppers usually include the initials of the bride and groom i.e. ´M & P´. What makes them really special though and what I believe is driving their popularity is that they are hand decorated with Swarovski crystals in a choice of colours to match your wedding theme. These crystal cake toppers really do create the ´wow´ factor sat atop your wedding cake!

There are  wedding cake toppers to suit every taste and every budget and this looks set to be one wedding trend that is set to have some longevity and continue to grow.

In preparing for a wedding, there are many things that need to be considered. For others, top of the priority is the wedding ceremony itself. In a traditional wedding, there is always a reception that is very important. The reception is where the party is held after the completion of the marriage. The most popular and most awaited part during a reception party is when the meal is served. Generally, in this event most eyes are on the wedding cake – the bigger and the higher the cake, the better. Most ideal cakes have different accessories to accentuate its features. One of the most popular accessories in the wedding cake is the topper. As included in wedding accessories, toppers are functional, not just only for the cake alone, but rather as one of the decorative items that finishes the touch of the wedding reception decor as well.

As with the cake, this is not just a mere party food. This is part of the wedding tradition where the couple are the first to make a slice and offer a symbolical bite to each other. Therefore, it has to be very special that needs to have beautification. In most cases, deciding in advance for the perfect cake, from different sort of frosting as well as to the cake accessories are dramatically prepared.

In traditional weddings, the wedding cake topper is a little figure of the happily wedded couple which is frequently seen on top of the wedding cake, this represents also the togetherness of the couple. It usually portrays the couple in their formal wedding attire and often the only part of the cake which can be kept for a long time.

Though the cake topper’s presence is not necessary in some cases and can simply be omitted, having them on your wedding cake can express your personality as a couple to everyone, thus making a mark or a good impression to each of your guests. This can also make a considerable different impact on what is arguably the centerpiece of your reception.

There are different kinds of wedding cake accessories that are widely used by most weddings today. Such items are Initial Cake, Themed Wedding Cake, and Ethnic and Multi-Racial Toppers.

Initial cake toppers feature the initials of the bride and groom, or may be just the initial of the new wedded couple’s last name – popular for its personalized touch in today’s modern wedding trend. You can choose different varieties of initial designs. Such designs are crystal initials, script and bejeweled initials.

And for interracial wedded couples, there are toppers that reflect your cultural side. There are wedding cake accessories designed for Asian, African-American and other cultural and racial couples. Some unique and traditional cake toppers are comical. These array of unique items come with a wide variety of choices also.

For beach themed weddings, you may find different unique cake accessories, that depends on the theme of the wedding. For beach themed weddings, you might consider a beach side bride and groom topper. Or for magical and fantasy themed weddings, there is a prince and princess or a castle cake topper. This is to complete a fantasy wedding you’re dreaming of. A monogram wedding cake topper can make a very special memorabilia during the wedding also.