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11 Unique Ways to Customize Your Wedding

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As customized hashtags and cocktails pop up at more and more weddings, experts share unique and innovative ways to personalize your big day.

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Get More Inspiration for Your Wedding Décor & Details

A key to making any wedding seem special is to make it feel custom, and wedding planning wouldn't be as exciting if personality wasn't infused into the decision making. Different couples have different tastes, hobbies, and interests, and no two marriages are alike. So why shouldn't weddings be as unique as the couples they celebrate?

With personalized wedding hashtags and customized cocktails becoming increasingly popular, it's even more important that couples find new ways to differentiate their big day. Not sure where to start? Carats & Cake founder and CEO Jess Levin Conroy spoke with industry insiders to find distinct ways to make your day truly one of a kind.

Fall in Puppy Love

"Our four-legged friends are part of the family. We love seeing them captured as a part of stationery like save-the-dates, invitations, menus, escort cards, and other signage."—Erica Taylor Haskins, Partner, Tinsel & Twine

The Details: Stationery by Katie Fischer Design

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Tell a Story

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Cute Wedding Coasters & Napkin Ideas

"Let your cocktail napkins tell your story! Create custom napkins for the bride and groom illustrating different aspects of their relationship."—Ashley Culicchia Cash, Owner, Planner, & Designer, The Graceful Host

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Lounge Around

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"Lounge furniture is one of our top 'must have' requests at any event. Whether it's a set of outdoor or indoor soft seating, you can easily personalize that space with monogrammed throw pillows. Most embroiderers can digitize your custom wedding monogram, and the added bonus is you now have something personal for your new home as well!"—Keely Thorne, Owner, Keely Thorne Events

The Details: Custom monogram by Papellerie

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Make Your Menu Meaningful

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Our Best Wedding Food & Drink Ideas

"Your menu is a great way to customize your wedding, but it has to make sense with your personality. Think about what you like to have on date nights or what type of restaurants you like to go to. If you are a laid-back person, don't feel like you have to have a stuffy menu or seated dinner."—Sara Fay Egan, Partner, Jackson Durham Events

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Bring the Destination to Your Wedding

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Check Out More Creative Wedding Signs

"Add personal elements to your décor like a destination sign referencing places that are meaningful to you and your family. One of our grooms made this sign for his Carneros Inn wedding!"—Amy Nichols, Lead Planner & Designer, Amy Nichols Special Events

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Brand Your Love

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"We love to design a logo that speaks to the couple and their unique personalities. We then utilize their wedding logo anywhere and everywhere, from the invitation to the day-of décor, there's no limits!"—Mikki Gardner, Owner, Mood Events

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Raise the Bar

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Select Your Own Signature Cocktail By Spirit

"A great way to greet your guests upon arrival is to serve them with the couple's custom celebratory cocktail using a creative name and including drink signs on the bars with the drink name and recipe."—Marina Birch, Principal, Birch Design Studio

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Elevate with Small Details

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Upgrade Your Signature Drink With These Fun Swizzle Stick Ideas

"Go beyond the more obvious elements such as floral and table décor and opt for innovative personal elements, such as custom stir sticks for your signature cocktail or a laser-cut sign floating in your pool or a custom design on your dance floor. Any element can be made grand, and every space can be transformed."—Emily Clarke, Owner & Creative Director, Emily Clarke Events

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Remember to Be Playful

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Super-Fun Wedding Games to Keep Your Guests Busy

"One thing about games is that they never go out of fashion. Customizing corn hole and bean bags is kitschy and makes for a fabulously fun cocktail hour activity."—Michelle Rago, Founder, Michelle Rago Destinations

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Head Straight to the Top

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Our Favorite Unique Cake Toppers

"Have a little fun with your traditional wedding cake with a custom cake topper! Though they were coming together in holy matrimony, Amy and Jon will always be rivals when it comes to their allegiance as baseball fans."—Beth Bernstein, Owner & Creative Director, SQN Events

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Put Your Favorites in Your Favors

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Our Best-Ever Wedding Favors

"Customize your favors by gifting your loved ones engraved wooden USBs that hold your favorite music, videos, and movie clips."—

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