Some Neat Wedding Cake Toppers Ideas

At your wedding, one of the first things your guests will be looking at is your cake topper. With so many options available, you certainly don’t have to use traditional cake toppers. From whimsical creations to more quirky designs, there is an option for everyone. Before picking one out, consider your personality and the overall mood of the wedding: Your cake topper should reflect you and your tastes.

Retro Bride and Groom

If you like vintage pieces, ask your family members for their old cake toppers. Not only will these older cake toppers add a retro flair to your cake, they will also add a sentimental touch. Martha Stewart Wedding says that the tradition of cake toppers "reached its height in the Victorian era, with the cupid-adorned follies and other elaborate creations that capped the cakes at royal weddings." Bring back some of those elaborate designs with a vintage topper. If none of your family members has one, search Ebay.com or Etsy.com, where individual sellers might have their cake toppers listed for resale.

Sugar Flowers

If a regular bride and groom isn’t what you pictured for your cake topper, try using a unique sugar flower arrangement instead. Shops like the Sugar Flower Shop, a widely praised wedding cake shop, specialize in designing flower bouquets. Compared to real flower bouquets, these sugar flower toppers are cheaper and have a longer shelf life.

Birds

Birds are an elegant and nature-friendly choice to top your wedding cake. Santa Monica bakery The Vanilla Bake Shop used two matching doves dressed in tuxedos on their "Orange Birdie" cake. You can find those particular bird cake toppers on Ebay.com. Search around for other bird statuettes that may or may not be meant for a cake; just because it’s not meant to be a cake topper, it doesn’t mean you can’t use it as one.

Cultural Pieces

Brooklyn Bride, a wedding blog, featured a wedding in which origami pieces were used as cake toppers. This was an interesting way of incorporating the couple’s Japanese heritage into their wedding. Other great examples could be national monuments like the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal or the London Bridge. Work with your baker or cake decorator in developing personalized pieces. Whatever it is that you want to use, make sure it won’t offend any of your guests.

Monograms

Monograms are incredibly popular for wedding cakes these days. If you are having a spring or summer wedding, consider having your bakery make up a sugar monogram design and incorporate little sugar rosettes or vines as decoration. The monogram can be a single initial for the new last name that you share or they can incorporate both first initials and the last initial. There are also monogram-wedding toppers that are encrusted with crystals for an elegant wedding cake look.

Clay Cake Toppers

If you are looking for a way to personalize your cake topper, consider clay cake toppers. These can be personalized with you and your new hubby. They can even include your dogs, cats or other pets that are going to be joined in matrimony as well. Many couples will choose to have their pets portrayed as the cake topper instead of them. If you are considering this you will want to ensure that the rest of your cake design is casual enough. It is not recommended that you go ultra traditional and then place two little clay pugs on top of the cake, although they are sure to be adorable.

Floral / Flower Arrangement Toppers

If you are a classic bride then you may want to consider the new and beautiful floral arrangements that are being used on wedding cakes. Many brides are having arrangements of fresh flowers used as cake toppers while others are using the artistic abilities of their baker and having sugar floral arrangements designed. Not only are the arrangements beautiful cake toppers but they are edible as well.

Themed and Expensive Toppers

There are wedding cake toppers for every couple available. Form Cinderella and Prince Charming to glass creations, wedding bells, swans, butterflies and even beach themed toppers with the bride and groom relaxing on their honeymoon in Hawaiian shirts. Wedding cake toppers come in a variety of materials. Some of the more expensive toppers are those that are custom made from clay. The majority of the monogram cake toppers are available in steel and can be encrusted in Swavorski crystals or gold-plaited. These toppers may also be expensive as well. Glass and porcelain toppers are rather affordable and of course there are plastic wedding cake toppers as well. Don’t forget the fresh flowers and inquire what type of topper your bakery can design as well. It’s your wedding and there are a variety of wedding cake toppers available to suit your style and wedding theme.