25 Brilliant High-Tech Ideas for Your “Plugged-In” Wedding

The “unplugged wedding" may be trending, but tech-savvy couples are ready and willing to snap, tweet, and share. Check out these innovative ideas for your plugged-in, high-tech celebration.

By: Mary Wozniak

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Lead the way and encourage photo-sharing with a rustic sign, handmade from reclaimed wood.

Photo Credit: Katie Slater Photography via The Markt Haus Shoppe
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Share a drink and a photo. Custom cocktail napkins hype your hashtag.
Photo Credit: Memorable Wedding/Etsy
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High-tech meets rustic charm with a burlap bunting garland.
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Remind your guests to share with sleek hand-lettered acrylic signage.
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Download a printable hashtag card to send along with your invitation.
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Let everyone know…you love photos!
Photo Credit: Buffy Weddings/Etsy
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Ultra-cool 3D printed wedding cake toppers are custom printed from your photo.
Photo Credit: My Face on a Figure/Etsy
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Clever hashtag cookies by Sugar Dot are the ideal favor for the social media-loving bride and groom. Customize with your unique wedding hashtag for an edible reminder.
Photo Credit: Sugar Dot Cookies
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A wedding cake for the digital age: 3D projection mapping provides a show-stopping lightshow.
Photo Credit: Highland Mediaworks
Interactive Tech
Your guests will enjoy a photo scavenger hunt, and you’ll capture every “can’t miss” moment.
Photo Credit: Weddings by Jamie
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Every high-tech wedding reception deserves a robot bartender. The interactive Somabar includes an app with over 300 cocktail recipes.
Photo Credit: Somabar
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Upgrade your photo booth with a fun social media frame.
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Everybody grab a GoPro! Set up a station with an instant digital download.
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Make your day extra special with a custom Snapchat geofilter and amazing cartoon caricatures.
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With this interactive digital guestbook, guests scan the QR code and type a short message. Afterward, you’ll have a unique memento of your wedding day.
Photo Credit: Colorelish/Etsy
Cameras Everywhere
Keep the photos coming with a handy charging station and downloadable gold-hued signage.
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Cameras Everywhere
Enthrall your guests and get incredible aerial photos with a trendy drone. Just be sure to check that drones are permitted in your venue area.
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Cameras Everywhere
Look up and say cheese!
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Cameras Everywhere
Even your sweet puppy can get into the act with his own GoPro.
Photo Credit: Morning Wild Photography
Cameras Everywhere
Here comes the bride with her own unique perspective on the day. Slip a GoPro into your bridal bouquet.
Photo Credit: Keeping Composure Photography
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A dazzling fiber optic wedding dress provides color-changing illumination and recharges in your laptop or phone charger.
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Be gorgeous and fit on your special day with an elegant fitness band cover.
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Add a bit of wedding whimsy to your bridal selfies with a "just married" iPhone case.
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For the high-tech bride: an exquisite 3D printed orchid headpiece.
Photo Credit: Collected Edition/Etsy