Sure, you can add your monogram, name and wedding date - but there are plenty of other ways you can make your wedding your own. Check out these other unique ideas from Wedding Channel.
1. Get Creative With: Your Look
This one's a no-brainer: Your bridal look should be just as individual as you are. Even if you want to keep it traditional, add personal touches with gloves or colorful shoes, or by donning a unique veil.
2. Get Creative With: Your Bridesmaids
Let your bridesmaids stand out at the altar too. Even if you're asking them to all wear the same dress, leave a little room so they can express their own personalities - either by picking their own hairstyle, shoes or jewelry.
3. Get Creative With: His Boutonniere
Repeat after us: The groom doesn't have to wear a flower if he doesn't want to. Or even if he does, you can spice it up by including feathers, ribbon or succulents. Another idea we love? Instead of matching your bouquet, have the groom wear his mother's or grandmother's fave flower.
4. Get Creative With: Your Bouquet
Your bouquet will appear in tons of photos, so make sure you love the way it looks. Mix in ribbons and feathers, or go another route by tying a cameo, rosary or other keepsake to the stems.
5. Get Creative With: Your Dress
We know you pored over magazines and websites for endless hours to find "the one." Now, make it your own. You can go subtle by adding a hidden "something blue" ribbon to the inside skirt, or go bold by wearing a colorful crinoline underskirt to match your bridesmaids.
6. Get Creative With: Their Shoes
Put a twist on the trend of bejeweling your own shoes by doing something special with your bridesmaids' heels instead. Use stick-on jewels to spell out your new monogram or your wedding date.
7. Get Creative With: Your Ceremony
If you want to make your ceremony feel more intimate, try seating your guests in the round. You can also personalize the actual program in a number of ways, by including your own traditions or writing your own vows.
8. Get Creative With: Your Rings
Step up the personalization factor on your rings by having them engraved with your favorite song lyric or even an excerpt from a poem. Just use initials if you can't fit the entire phrase.
9. Get Creative With: Your Cocktails
Signature cocktails are a must. They can complement your color palette and help set the tone for the evening. Keep yours personal by using a creative garnish (think: ginger, jalapenos or lavender) or by naming each one after someone in the bridal party. For instance, if a Lemon Drop is your maid of honor's favorite drink, rename it for her on your cocktail menu.
10. Get Creative With: Your Reception Decor
Guess what? Chandeliers aren't the only thing you can hang from the ceiling. You can string up paper parasols, flower arrangements, homemade banners, swaths of fabric or even cut branches.
11. Get Creative With: Your Entertainment
Give guests plenty to do during the cocktail hour. Lawn games like croquet, bocce ball, beanbag toss and horseshoes are simple to set up and easy for kids and adults to learn.
12. Get Creative With: Your Seating Chart
Give your seating chart a totally unique (and attention-grabbing!) look by clipping the cards to an object, like a vintage bicycle. Other ideas we love: escort cards attached to wooden shutters, magazine racks or an old library card catalog.
13. Get Creative With: Your Table Numbers
Numbering your tables for practical purposes is just fine - but you can also go that extra step to make yours really stand out. We love adding in couple photos from places you've visited together, or having the number displayed with something meaningful, like other family names, your favorite bands or even classic board games.
14. Get Creative With: Your Chairs
We love the idea of hanging cute signs on the backs of the bride's and groom's chairs even more when the words mean something special. Some ideas? "Bread" and "butter"; "peas" and "carrots"; "horse" and "carriage"; "tea" and "crumpets"; "salt" and "pepper"; or "wink" and "smile."
15. Get Creative With: Your Menu
Work with your caterer to create a dinner that's totally you. Whether that means making a tasty all-vegan meal or even including a dessert from your parents' wedding, you can let your guests know why you picked what you did with a small note on the menu.
16. Get Creative With: Your Guest Book
What's more personal than a fingerprint? We love this emerging trend, which asks guests to "sign" a guest book tree print with their fingerprints as leaves and their signatures nearby.
17. Get Creative With: Your Cake
If wedding cake just isn't your thing, don't feel like you have to have one. A light alternative for a summer wedding could include blueberries, angel food cake and whipped cream, or even a trio of cakes, ice cream or pies in your favorite flavors.
18. Get Creative With: Your Out-of-Town Guest Bags
In addition to the usual bottles of water and "things to do" brochure, give your guests a taste of your and your groom's hometowns by including other trinkets and info about where you each came from.
19. Get Creative With: Your Favors
Gift your guests something fun, like colorful plastic sunglasses or themed props to use on the dance floor. We promise they won't leave them behind at the end of the night.
20. Get Creative With: Your Ride
Whether you're exiting the reception on a bicycle built for two, in a vintage rental or even in your everyday car, take it to the next level with a banner or ribbons - or go super-old-school with strings of cans or shoes.