Tips for Wedding Cake Toppers

Like the perfect necklace to the perfect outfit, wedding cake toppers are the jewelry of the wedding cake. The finishing accessories on what is often the main focal point of your reception. Be they fresh flowers, plastic or resin figurines, beaded monograms or dangling crystals, every wedding cake needs a topper. When choosing the perfect one for your wedding cake, it’s important to take the following tips and suggestions into consideration:

Size matters! A wedding cake topper shouldn’t overwhelm. When it comes to the centerpiece of your reception, the wedding cake, be sure to find a happy medium in the size of the cake topper. Having a too large topper could not only overwhelm the cake but could quite possibly cause it to lean or even worse, tip and fall apart! The last thing a bride and groom who are about to cut the cake want it to find is that they’re wearing the top two layers because they just fell off!

Keep your wedding cake topper cohesive with the cake and the rest of the wedding’s theme. If the ceremony and reception are formal affairs, adding a comical bride and groom figurine just might be a little underwhelming. A beautiful crystal monogram wedding cake topper or a stunning display of sugar or fresh flowers may be more appropriate in that situation. However, if you’re the kind of couple that finds the humor in every situation, by all means, funny wedding cake toppers come in some hilarious, sexy or custom designed figurines that may be just the thing your cake needs.

Unique wedding cake toppers can be ordered online, purchased in party supply stores, bridal registry sections of fine department stores and in some big box stores as well. Of course, the very best selection is on the Internet where just about anything you can imagine can be found at the click of a button. Even custom made wedding cake toppers that are created by artisans in your likeness. Imagine, instead of that plastic generic blonde bride, your beautiful long curly hair and your future grooms red hair can be represented on figurines that were made just for you. If you’re planning on a custom wedding cake topper, expect to raise the wedding budget a bit as well because they don’t come cheap! Also, be sure to allow plenty of time for manufacturing and delivery and be sure also to let your baker know exactly what the size and shape and weight of the cake topper will be.