No wedding cake is complete without a cake topper or figurines. Whether you have chosen a traditional three-tiered white cake, or a more modern, contemporary and colorful creation, cake toppers will be just the way to round off the effect and even give a more personal touch. With advances in technology the choices today are almost infinite.

There are unique wedding cake toppers, custom made, hand crafted clay figurines created from photos of the couple to actually resemble the bride and the groom. If you are looking for a way to personalize your wedding cake in a meaningful way, these clay figurines may just be the perfect way. These figurines are little replicas of the two of you and may be just what you need to add a little bit extra to your special day. The clay figurines are hand crafted, made from Polymer Clay, and baked. They are about 6" tall and fit perfectly on most wedding cakes.

You can also add glamour to your wedding cake with metal letters that can be decorated with Swarovski crystals. Additionally, you can pair two letters together to form a monogram of your names. Your wedding cake will sparkle with the elegance of these metal letters. Also available are porcelain heart-shaped figurine cake tops with shiny silver accents and sculpted flowers. A romantic and vintage sculpted resin figurine may depict a bride and groom in an embrace.

Alternatively, choose a glazed white porcelain dancing bride and groom figurine with gold accents to make an elegant cake topper. A western cake top may have hand-blown glass hearts, with doves and bells over a cowboy and his bride. Or a smooth, heart-shaped arch may frame a porcelain couple. A porcelain figurine of the groom carrying his new bride may be another option.

When purchasing a glass or crystal wedding cake figurine, you would have the choice of gold and platinum plating or just clear glass. You also have the option to change some of the designs to suit you better. Pick a twisted heart or place a photo of you as a couple at the center of a heart. Choose birds, butterflies, hummingbirds or a request for something completely different.

Highly stylized white porcelain figurines can be in the shape of a couple with their arms raised which are intertwined in a circle of love. Beautifully sculpted porcelain figurines may feature smaller hearts suspended inside a large heart. Other options might include acrylic daisies with an etched verse that bears a personal message. White porcelain figurines of a groom kissing his bride or of their bodies intertwined to form a heart are also popular. Or you could choose a stylized design of two scroll hearts.

There are hundreds of choices for figurines; most wedding cake figurines also come in African American or Hispanic figurine choices. The best traders and designers can also personalize the figurines to have your hair color and to match your clothes.

Whatever you choose remember that it symbolizes the both of you.