Special Delivery from Georgetown Cupcake

While your corner bakery might suffice for everyday occasions, a special event like a bridal shower or tea calls for the very best sweets a girl can find — even if that means going outside your zip code.

Georgetown Cupcake in Washington, D.C. makes just about the most delish cupcakes you’ll ever get your hands on — and luckily, they’ll ship anywhere in the lower 48 states. Sisters Katherine Kallinis and Sophie LaMontagne whip up gorgeous gourmet treats using fancy sprinkles and European sweet cream butter — go for the classic vanilla or chocolate, customized with a cute little fondant button featuring your initials, or a more adventurous sweet tooth may drift toward coconut, key lime or toffee crunch. It may not be practical to FedEx dessert for the 150 guests at your reception, but try a few dozen for a smaller pre-wedding event (plus, overnighting the order means you’ll avoid the incredibly long line that forms outside the D.C. shop).

It’s a piece of cake.

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Signature Cocktails with Rain Organics Vodka

While your wedding gown is made of hand-sewn silk, not hemp, you like to go organic when possible. Eco-friendly and alcohol usually don’t go hand in hand, but why not be green in your drinking

Stir up some trouble (the good kind) at your reception with specialty sips made with Rain Organics vodka. One of the first organic vodkas to hit the market, Rain is made from organic white corn and distilled seven times to give a cleaner, smoother finish (and kinder day-after experience).

Delish, light and subtle favors like honey mango melon, red grape hibiscus and cucumber lime make a great base for gourmet martinis that fit your wedding theme (sweet mango for brunch; crisp cucumber for cocktails) — have your on-site mixologist concoct something new and unusual, or consult Rain’s website for fun recipe ideas. Guests will be wowed by their “green” martinis, and you’ll be credited for having discovered a new go-to drink.

Try it shaken or stirred.

Custom Wedding Chocolates from Edward Marc

Why wait until the end of the night to serve dessert? A sweet day needs an infusion of sugar from beginning to end.

It’s a sweet gesture.

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Tasty Breakfast Baskets for the Morning After

A post-wedding brunch sounds good in theory, but after a night of celebratory drinking, your guests would prefer hair of the dog to eggs Benedict.

Instead of dragging them down to a too-early ballroom brunch, send breakfast-in-bed gift baskets to their suites. A pretty box of pastries, mucho agua, travel packets of aspirin and your favorite nip of vodka paired with Stirrings’ Bloody Mary mix is the perfect afterparty elixir. There’s something about (Bloody) Mary: After enjoying the pick-me-up in their pjs, friends and fam may even make it downstairs in time to bid the happy couple adieu.

You’d rather stay in bed, too.

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Homemade Cookie Favors by DeLucious Cookies & Milk

Comfort food is the new wedding cuisine of choice, and you simply cannot beat homemade sweets. Guests always love a treat on their way out of the reception, but baking brownies for 200 is not on your agenda.

Have someone else do the mixing and stirring. DeLucious Cookies & Milk, a bakery popular with the stars in Los Angeles, now offers its delicious, gourmet cookies as wedding favors. With 24 flavors — everything from chocolate with white chocolate and M&Ms to ginger spice with green tea buttercream — all made from scratch, these cookies trump anything homemade. DeLucious will even create a custom confection for your wedding favors, cut the treats into hearts or your initials, and ship its pretty packages anywhere in the U.S.

Save room for dessert.

Visit delusciouscookies.com.