You’ve spent years dreaming of your wedding day. It’s the most important day of your life, and it should be exactly like you’ve pictured it. You may have already decided on some things that are non-negotiable (like having a certain number of bridesmaids and a live band instead of a DJ), but there are still plenty of decisions to make in the way of customizations and design to make your big day uniquely yours.

Personalizing your wedding doesn’t have to mean going all out with every detail–It’s about creating a day that reflects you as a couple, and it can be done many ways.

One of our favorite parts of the wedding planning process is helping our couples creatively incorporate personalizations into their wedding designs. We’ve got a list of ideas for you while also revisiting one of our favorite former weddings that topped the chart as a peachy-perfect, one-of-a-kind wedding.

Hold on to your hat as we talk you through an impressive tour of Marjie and Tray’s peach-inspired wedding, held at her family’s multi-generation peach packing shed in Musella, Georgia.

Creating a Personalized Theme

Choosing a theme that reflects you and your partner is the first step to making your big day unique. Incorporating colors and decor that fit this overall look will help tie everything together on wedding day.

For example: if one of your favorite activities is visiting breweries, why not incorporate unique beer tastings through a custom beer bar experience? Or perhaps both families love playing board games together; consider having games available for guests to play at cocktail hour or an after party.

For Marjie and Tray, we started their guest experience with a save the date featuring a hand drawn illustration of her family’s peach packing shed, which is a landmark in Middle Georgia and creates a connection to the location for the reception.

Creating a Custom Logo for Your Wedding

A logo is the perfect way to personalize your wedding. It can be used on invitations and other paper goods, through custom stage or dance floor designs, or even as an icon on guest favors. A custom logo helps your guests know they’re in for a thoughtful experience, from start to finish.

To create a great one:

Make sure it reflects who you are as a couple. Is there something specific about your relationship or personality that makes it unique? Do you bond over a certain hobby? Did a special location play a big role in your love story? Do you love your dog like a person and want it incorporated into the day? If so, bring those sentiments into the design!

Once you’ve created your custom logo or monogram, consider strategic opportunities to pull the design into different stages of the guest experience.

For Marjie and Tray’s wedding, it’s no surprise that peaches were our common theme throughout the design. And we made sure to include them in creative ways from start to finish, which included: peach stamps on invitations, fresh peach slices on the signature drinks, peach ice cream during cocktail hour, dance floor favors that included peach headbands, peach stickers on the hotel welcome gifts, whole peaches in the floral centerpieces, and peach fritters as a late night snack.

Personalizing Your Reception

• Choosing a unique venue. A truly personalized wedding starts with the location. If you’re looking for something more than the usual ballroom or banquet hall, consider hosting your reception at an unusual place like an art gallery or historic site. For Marjie and Trey’s wedding, we transformed their families peach packing shed into a romantic, high-end lounge to house a non-stop dance party and signature touches around every corner.
• Incorporating interactive activities into the reception itself can add elements guests connect each other before dinner begins; this could include games like charades or trivia contests where everyone gets involved instead of sitting around silently eating hors d’oeuvres all night long.

Personalizing Your Food and Drink

You can personalize your food and drink by creating a menu that reflects your personalities. If you’re both big fans of spicy food, for example, consider making it a point to include at least one dish with some kick on the menu. Or if one of you loves seafood while the other prefers meatier options, try mixing things up with an appetizer or two from each category.

• Incorporate local ingredients or family recipes–the more unique and unexpected they are, the better! For example: at this wedding, we offered peach preserves with a chicken and biscuit bar, while also providing homemade peach ice cream for guests to enjoy as dessert.
• Creating a signature cocktail. There are so many options for customizing a signature drink! It could be the recipe reflecting your drink of choice, it could be the name (after your favorite tv show, celebrity or pet), or it could be the delivery/styling of the drink itself (custom drink stirrers, monogrammed napkins, local fruit garnishes, etc.). For example, if one of you loves gin while the other prefers bourbon, create two different drinks based on those preferences: one with gin and elderflower liqueur and another made with bourbon and honey syrup.
• Think creatively for late night snacks. This is a perfect place to bring in a favorite take-out spot, snack from your first date location, your family’s memorable tailgate staple, or even a well known flavor from a local hot spot.

Personalizing Your Wedding Favors

Favors are a great way to make your guests feel special and appreciated. They’re also a fun way to get creative with your theme, especially if you’re going for something more personalized. If you’re thinking about an edible treat or something else that speaks to your personality, guests will appreciate the extra effort you put into creating something unique.

• Choose a favor that reflects your theme and adds a personal touch for each guest.
• One of the best ways to create personalized wedding favors is by adding custom labels or tags. This is a great place for that custom logo to come back into the picture!
• Incorporating local or handmade items can be very meaningful for guests, especially if they are from the area where you live or got married. Ways that we’ve done this for couples include: infamous individually boxed cinnamon rolls from the favorite local bakery, roasted or candied pecans from a local grower, ornaments with a historic landmark on them, or mini-jars of Mema’s strawberry jam recipe. Chances are, if it’s a favorite of yours then your guests will love it too!

Conclusion

So there you have it! The possibilities are endless when it comes to customizing a wedding to make it feel unique, personalized, and thoughtful. Hopefully you now have some ideas for how to make your wedding day “uniquely yours.”

If there’s anything we can do to help make your big day even more special, please don’t hesitate to reach out through our contact page or DM us on social media. If you haven’t already, be sure to join our email community to get more helpful content like this, straight to your inbox!

Vendor Partners:

Planner: LLC Events | Location: Dickey Farms | Flowers: Allison Lucas | Photographer: Leigh Wolfe Photography | Catering: The Canterbury Kitchen  | Band: Evolution Party Band | Cake: Cecilias Cake Shop   | Tent Rentals: Lake Oconee Event Company | Painting: Elaine Burge Art | Paper Goods: Empress Stationary | Calligraphy: Anna Sayers Calligraphy | Linens: BBJ La Tavola