Over the years, it’s been said they at every wedding, there are 3 main elements. The bride, the groom, and the wedding cake – not necessarily in that order. And many would probably agree that the most important part of the wedding cake is the wedding cake topper.

A comical wedding cake toppers is the set of decorations or statuettes that sit on top of the wedding cake throughout the nuptials. At the end of the wedding ceremony, the cake toppers are retained by the bride and groom and kept by them as keepsakes and a reminder of their wedding day.

Cake toppers come in many different forms. They can be funny, serious, outlandish, staid – in other words, whatever the couple decides that they like. The important thing is that whichever one you choose should represent your feelings as a couple towards each other.

When you buy wedding cake toppers, you have a choice to buy off the shelf or custom. Some of the more higher priced and popular cake topper providers do not keep much merchandise on their shelves. Instead, they will custom design and create cake toppers for their clientele. Understandably, wedding cake toppers bought from these establishment are normally non-refundable. Keep this fact in mind if you are leaning towards a custom made solution.

But even if you can’t afford a custom made solution or decide that you don’t need or want a fully custom made cake topper, this doesn’t meant that you are limited to settling for “off the shelf” items. Many providers will allow you to buy customized toppers and will also give you a plethora of choices to embellish and customize them with different accessories.

As you look at various wedding cake toppers, you’ll find that some of the most unique and beautiful wedding cake toppers are made of hand blown glass. In the hands of a skilled craftsman such a topper becomes a singular work or artistic creation that would have value even if it weren’t set atop a wedding cake. One of the top artists in this field is Frank J. Horvath. Frank has been creating and refining his craft for over 30 years. You can find his work at various websites on the Internet.

Porcelain is another material that many artist love to use to create singular works of art. Porcelain designed cake toppers add a touch of elegance to what might normally be thought of as a simple design. Glazed porcelain is a very popular choice, especially among traditionalists who simply love its beauty. These toppers are considered fine china by many.

If you’re looing for a “standard” wedding cake topper, you’ll be out of luck. As has become evident over the year, there’s no longer such a thing. Today, even the most mundane and ordinary wedding services provider will be able to offer many custom and unique cake toppers that will make the normal bride very happy.

A bride doesn’t get a wedding cake for its taste. She gets if for effect.  All in all, the wedding cake topper is a “showpiece” for the cake. It’s meant to dramatize and highlight the beginning of a new life for the just married couple and to serve as an indelible memory of this special day in their lives.

Planning a wedding is a very expensive thing to do. On average it costs 000  or more. That's more then what most couples can afford to spend on their wedding. This is why many are choosing to have weddings on a budget. These are usually small, intimate affairs. Despite the fact that they are small, they can still be very romantic and memorable.

Here are some small wedding planning tips to help you get started.

Purchase A Simple Wedding Dress

A simple wedding dress is all you really need for this type of wedding. Expensive designer dresses would almost be overdoing it. It's very common to see brides wear dresses such as prom dresses, cocktail dresses, and evening gowns. This doesn't just save money. Dresses such as these are ideal for weddings that are small.

The Location

There is no reason to spend a great deal of money on the location for a small wedding. The mood and the atmosphere is what a small wedding is really about. So your looking for something that captures the intimacy romance of getting married. A hotel would be ideal, but you don’t have to limit yourself to just a hotel. A few great places are banquet halls, parks, beaches, back yards, golf courses, and gradens.

A Small Guest List

One of the more difficult aspects of planning a small wedding is coming up with your guest list. Not matter what you will have to decide who you will cut off your guest list. You should come up with a big list of some of your best friends and closest family members. Go through that list and decide who you want there the most.

Purchase Products At Wholesale Prices

A great way to save lots of money is to buy much of your products at wholesale prices. The best ways to do that is to get yourself a membership at Costco. You can get almost anything you need. It's an excellent way to buy cheap food. All sorts of great foods and decorations can be purchase at really low prices. The only downside of this is the work you have to put in afterwards. This makes it ideal for the do-it-yourself bride.

Now you have some tips to help you get started with your small and affordable wedding. Get to it and have yourself some fun while planning your wedding.

Once you have chosen your wedding invitation design, you still have some important imprinting details on which to decide including your lettering style and ink color.  You probably won’t give much thought to these selections until you actually go through the process of designing and ordering your invitations but you want to be prepared.

Here are a number of particulars to keep in mind when choosing your lettering style…

• When it comes to contemporary wedding invitations, having two different typestyles where at least the couple’s names appear in a contrasting font is becoming trendy. When shopping for your invites, it will be specified if one or two lettering styles can be printed on that particular design.
• If choosing a fancier typestyle, be sure to look over all the letters making sure your guests will be able to easily read them whether they appear in upper or lower case.
• Lettering styles can have their own unique appearance in print – some look lighter and others show up as being bolder. 
• Some font styles are naturally larger in their appearance.
• Certain typestyle choices are automatically in small caps meaning all letters appear as uppercase with normal capital letters appearing slightly larger.

As far as ink colors, again some modern wedding invitations are using two distinguished colors to highlight specific details including the bride and groom’s names.  If your invites have a colored background or are printed on a colored paper, remember to choose an ink color that will stand out against that particular color for easy reading.

When it comes to wedding invitation printing by a professional printer, you will be presented with all the different lettering styles and ink colors that are available for your chosen design.  To help in making your selections, it is recommended that you take notice of which choices are used on the sample invitation to see if you like how they look.  Those choices are usually listed within the product details area.