The table settings have been planned, the champagne glasses engraved, and the food is selected and ordered. The chance to display your personality in the culinary decisions has not yet passed. Custom, personalized, and decorative cake toppers are booming in popularity and have become a thing to watch for at modern weddings. Take a look at some of these fantastic and fun options! Don't forget to ask your RD I Do consultant to show you these types of options AND MORE at your bridal appointment!

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This adorable, chic topper is such a lovely simple
way to personalize your classic wedding cake! Initials
can be done in dozens of fonts and styles, as well.
Lettering is unlimited, and many couples have started
using short quotes or brief sentiments atop their cakes!

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If you want to TRULY customize your cake, caricature bobble heads made in the likeness of the bride and groom are available through a variety of vendors. Some will even customize down to the dress, tux, and colors, making the topper look like true miniatures of the couple.

The options for cake toppers are as unlimited as any other decoration or facet of the wedding. Take a browse around for ideas and bring them to one of your RD I Do appointments. We'll make sure you have the cake topper that is perfect for the look of your reception and the theme of your wedding.

Parting gifts can be quite expensive and choosing an appropriate gift for your guests can be a difficult decision to make. The perfect gift fits with the theme, personality, and budget of the wedding, but brides often find themselves split between the personal or practical and the thrifty or splurge.

The consultants at RD I Do are here to help you design or select guest gifts from our endless list of vendors. Our gifts are sure to be personal, unique, and creative. There are so few rules to consider when making these choices; weddings have become more of a forum of expression for the couple. A personalized mug with wedding-theme colors and a sample of the couple's favorite coffee or personalized wedding bubble jars may be gifts to consider for your Big Day. Considering gifts that represent you as a couple such as an item you may both love or something you both enjoy is important to make the gift more personal.

Practicality is also something to consider; many couples are integrating double-duty decorations as favors for their guests. Decorative votive holders or stemware are a fantastic way to cover two items on the list with a single investment. Another idea, growing in popularity over the past few years, is a spread of candy or confections for buffet-style fun! Guests can select from several choices to take in their own goody bags. With all the options of confection colors available, these "candy bars" can be a fabulous decorative touch, entertaining, and a guest favor in one!

Come speak to your RD I Do consultant! We have access to over 10,000 vendors and can present budget-friendly ideas that are modern and unique ways to send off your guests while maintaining the style of your personal wedding brand!

Every detail and decision is based on the theme of your wedding and personalization is an excellent way to send out the “brand” of the wedding and the couple simultaneously. Everyone has has their own preferences and the goal is to find the perfect balance of custom design and chic decorative elements to create the the perfect look and feel to your wedding. We at RD I Do want to work with you to emulate your personality in the look at feel of every possible decision, from the save-the-dates to the parting gifts for guests, we can help determine what “personalized” means to you as a couple.

Table elements can range range from extremely simple to completely hand-made and no matter which one you choose the goal is to show your guests the personality of the couple through the décor. Printing special romantic quotes, flowers, or memorabilia cards on seating cards are a way to add more personality and theme to your wedding. Memorabilia cards are increasing in popularity and ech card has a fact, detail, or buzzword relating to the couple's time together (often elaborated with a sentence or two) and it serves as a charming ice breaker or discussion point for guests while working to tell the story of the relationship. They can be done as simply or elaborately as you wish and te consultants at RD I DO are here to help you!

Adding those special touches to table number cards or seating cards, whether they are thematic or personal, can ensure that guests receive all of the details of your wedding you hope for and completely envelop each attendee in the romance.

Adding your “brand” to beverages across the reception spread makes an impression on your guests and ensures the spirits are specialized only for you and your day. Beyond the place settings, runners, centerpieces, and flatware; the table settings are a true vehicle of the wedding theme. If you hope to set your table settings apart from the rest, look into a few of these unique touches that we at RD I Do can help you design!

Custom wine or champagne labels, whether they are on bottles at the table or at the bar will surprise guests with an impression of romantic detail and personal impression., Be as creative, individual, or unique as you want to be. It's your day!

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For the non-alcoholic drinks, custom labels can apply beautifully, as well. Ask our RD I Do consultants to show you how the hundreds of options (or personally designed labels) can perk up your hydration on the big day. Just as the wine bottles add a personal touch, water bottle labels are a great way to transport each guest into the full experience of the day. Another great tip: try finding soda or bottle juice in similar tones to your wedding palette, toss a custom logo or label on there and the beverages are detailed and ready to top off the refreshment table!

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It is easy to overlook stemware and choose the old-fashioned traditional champagne flutes filled with a glass of basic bubbly. Incorporating hand-selected stemware and personal engraving can make the first toast as a married couple even more meaningful. Adding a signature champagne cocktail or alcohol-free juice blend made just for your wedding theme can add even more to this basic tradition.

The flutes (or wine glasses, elaborate stemware, beer mugs...) you can go far beyond the basic standard of personalization with your names and wedding date. You can forgo the names of the couple and engrave or print a monogram or personal logo which emulate other details of the wedding such as flowers or the theme of the wedding. This can create a special sense of unity to the moment for you and your groom (and be used for moments again and again post-wedding!). Ask your consultant at RD I Do to show you some of the incredible things we can create to combine custom design and unique stemware for your personalized toasting!

If you're looking for something classic-yet-modern, these chic flutes from Kate Spade give off a spark with their original lines and sharper edges from the more traditional flute. These would be a fantastic touch to the head table: imagine a custom monogram adding a true personal touch.

These teardrop shaped champagne glasses combine the sense of unity with an aesthetic of one-of-a-kind! Just as with other stemware, RD I Do can see to getting personal touches of your wedding theme attached to these crystal heart-center design glasses.



For the more casual atmosphere or laid-back couple, these stemless wine glasses are a perfect way to toast to new love in a less formal style. You'll notice these already have a custom monogram and image, and yours will be no exception. The look you love (whether it be custom designed or selected from one of your many wedding magazines!) can easily be incorporated into this step of the reception.

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As May kicks off another spring wedding season, many brides are checking off those personal touches and decorative elements for the Big Day. These are the details your guests remember and are what truly set your day apart from all the other weddings. The consultants at RD I Do aim to set your wedding apart (on any budget!) and will help shape the start of your Happily Ever After into the fabulous, memorable event it deserves to be! From invitations and personally-designed logos to table settings and favors, we want to design the perfect wedding for you and your guests.

Spring weddings are often laced in pastels or bold and vibrant colors that correlate with the flowers popping up all around us. Brides who hope to present a bolder or even a more subtle palette for their late summer/early fall wedding or those For those who refuse to let the time of year dictate the decor should explore some of the unique and custom color combinations to express yourself as a couple.

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These custom invitations include an arrangement of moss green, deep chocolate brown, and warm cornflower blue which emulates the softer side of spring time hues and is designed to reflect a modern vintage appeal. These colors could be incorporated into all considerations of wedding design such as accessories, gifts, and favors to create a romantic, unique, and custom approach to traditional springtime wedding shades. (Available through RD I DO)

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The pastel yellow in these custom invitations provides a set-apart design to announce your Big Day. They still incorporate the beautiful shade of a popular springy yellow, yet it is contrasted with a more subtle shade of a deep gray and accented with ivory. The "cosmopolitan floral" design triggers the classic sentiment of spring time love, while still adhering to a modern, chic design. (Available through RD I Do)


At RD I DO, we want to help craft the smallest elements of your wedding into customized and personal touches and combine all of your beautiful details into a true one-of-a-kind experience. Learn more about what we can do for your custom wedding experience: email Rebecca at RD I Do (an extension of Rizzi Designs) at brides@rizzidesigns.com to hear about the endless options and custom designed themes to make your wedding unique and personal.