Weddings are filled with ways to personalize your day. Review these 2025 wedding trends to see if they would be a perfect fit for your event.
6. Unique Cake presentations - old fashion plus
The wedding cakes have certainly evolved over the years. From traditional cakes to cupcakes to naked cakes and now is the return of the unique cake presentation. The old-fashioned wedding cake is making a comeback with all of that fancy icing pageantry but all just wedding cake table is making a noticeable splash. Florals galore surrounding the cake elevates whatever kind of cake you opt for. We still see a fair amount of naked cakes but they too should be embellished with lots of florals. Even fancy rectangle cakes are making a hit. Another twist to the old fashioned cake is to have a multitude of a variety of cakes on vintage cake stands; red velvet, chocolate fudge, carrot cake, butter cream, and more. Leave the donut display for appetizer hour or for your rehearsal dinner dessert. This year, elevate your cake to the hilt.
7. Pocket Boutonnieres Over Pinned Bouts
We started seeing pocket boutonnieres several years ago and the frequency continues to grow. Not only does a pocket bout make a fashion statement more over than the traditional ones, but they hold up better and don’t have the pinning problems like the others have.
8. Interactive food stations
Food stations have been around for years for your reception meal versus either a buffet style or a plated style. The advantage of food stations is that it gives you a broad variety of food options to either accommodate your tastes or diet restrictions. A potato bar, a macaroni and cheese station, a vegan table, a salad bar, the carving station, a biscuit bar – the ideas are endless. Even now, we see more options that these traditional ones. Some of these are at appetizer hour where the charcuterie boards are popular so guests can pick and choose and help themselves or even taco bars where guests make their own.
9. Tech-Savy Weddings
Technology keeps changing and becoming infused in all aspects of our lives so weddings would be no different. Digital wedding invitations to QR codes to make donations to the honeymoon fund to sharing pictures from your guests, discover the many options that technology might enhance your event.
10. private vows
This trend is a twist to “early reveals” which are very common. These private vows take on several versions;
- Couples find a private location a day before wedding day to have a private ceremony with only a handful of people. Bring your photographer and take all the time you need for all of those bridal photographs which will free up more time to enjoy your guests on wedding day. Wedding looks much like normal with a secondary ceremony.
- Variation to the one above, avoid the secondary ceremony on wedding day. Get guests to show up and move right into cocktail/appetizer hour. Do a grand entrance and enjoy the celebration with your guests.
- Couples using a venue much like ours where the Rehearsal Dinner Event is already scheduled, turn the rehearsal into a full-fledged wedding ceremony with a much smaller group of people and friends. It makes a very intimate wedding ceremony followed by a dinner.
One term seems to dominate so many of these 2025 wedding trends – avoid “matchy-matchy,” – make a statement, be unique, be YOU. Add the wow factor in the ceilings of your reception hall, add gardens of flowers to the edges of your ceremony aisle, use mismatched china, have a floral assortment of bridesmaid dresses, and let the food be just what you want instead of what is expected.
Personal Observations
Smaller and more intimate events are still a popular trend. A smaller event lets you celebrate and connect more with a smaller number of guests instead of trying to meet and chat with 150+ guests. It does make a more relaxed atmosphere too. It allows you to spend those precious wedding dollars in more interesting ways with a smaller group. Food for thought.
We see most of “our brides” wanting their wedding to be more relaxed for both themselves and their guests. The Weekend Weddings are secured by a majority of our brides which turns their wedding celebration into a retreat of sorts. This avoids a lot of the rushing back and forth to rehearse then back in town for a meal and the time constraints of wedding day. It gives the bridal party time to connect and enjoy their closest family and friends on-site. Beyond those logistics, they tend to infuse fun aspects like signature cocktail drinks, cornhole, and visiting the baby goats for crowd-pleasers for all. Point is, they avoid pomp and circumstance, rigid timelines, and dated traditions like bouquet toss and opt for a more chilled event.
~Margie
Which one of these appeals to you?