Ahh well life can begin to return to normal now the wedding is over, and I'm pleased to say we have pretty much managed to stick to our meager budget of $5000. But don't worry, we're not done with weddings! The blog will continue as usual with more great ideas, DIY projects and pretty stationery designs.Next month - the winner of or wedding...

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To keep going with our travel theme at the wedding we put together these simple little paper globe banners to string up at the venue. They are very simple to make and look beautiful in big bunches.You will needDecorative paperGlue or double sided stick tapeCircle hole punchString DIY projectStep 1. Cut out plenty of circles with you hole punch, we used a 1.5...

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The next project for the studio HAS to be an inspiration wall. Take a look at these gorgeous examples...Inspiration wall in Natalie Blooms home office via The Design FilesFrom Decor8Keeping it tidy via The English MuseGeninne's wall ...

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A little habit my husband and I got into every time we travelled was to take a photo of ourselves in the same pose but with a different landmark or famous landscape in the background. So when it came time to plan our wedding, I knew we had to use the images somehow.I decided to use them to create our guest book -...

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One of my favourite wedding decorations are beautiful banners and bunting. Here are a few simple ideas I collected for my wedding...Again as these were for my own wedding I didn't save the credits sorry, apart from the second pic which is from one of my favourite etsy sellers Giggleberry. ...

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We opted for a very relaxed informal wedding with just a few tables, but if I had needed escort cards this is one idea I would loved to have replicated. At this wedding, shot by Cheyenne Schultz, rather than numbers each table had the name of a city. Little escort flags were pinned to a beautiful vintage-looking map printed with the guests name...

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Here's another little project from our wedding this month - wine bottle labels. We decorated each table with framed pictures of our travels and wine bottles with personalised labels. Each type of wine had it's own label to tie in with our favourite places around the world: Island Bay Chardonnay, San Fran Shiraz, Montmartre Merlot, Sydney Sauvignon and Portifino Pino. ...

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As part of my wedding this month I created some paddle fans for the outdoor ceremony designed in the style of a passport to tie in with our travel theme. Part of this design was a cute little heart stamp. We've got a FREE download of the stamp on our website in a png format. In four different colours red, pink, turquoise and...

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I played with the idea of paper planes for our wedding, but just didn't get round to it. Well what should I find today, but this gorgeous idea!? In keeping with our travel themed wedding, here is a lovely DIY project found on the beautiful Ruffled Blog. A readers entry for a DIY wedding competition, these beautiful mobiles would make fabulous venue decorations...

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Another added this week to our tshirts, a simple graphic design. Available at our redbubble store. ...

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One of my favourite little bits about our wedding has to be the beautiful ring pillow my mother made. It was decorated with Trapunto quilted flowers, a rose for the fact I'm originally English, Kowhai for my New Zealand hubby and gum leaves because we both now live in Aussie. And because our little puppy couldn't be there on the day - mum...

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Back to work after the wedding and I'm really enjoying getting stuck into some ideas I've had for a while. Like this woodland bird design, only available at the moment through our etsy store. Great if you're planning a country or woodland wedding. ...

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I thought I would do a little post today about the Gap Bluff Centre where we held our wedding. When we started to look into venues last year I couldn't find any shots of the Gap Bluff Centre online, so hopefully this will prove useful to anyone looking for wedding venues in the Eastern Suburbs area of Sydney. There are two venues for...

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To start things off here is a little project from the wedding that we've already covered on the blog - paddle fans. With an outdoor ceremony in the hot sun, fans were just the thing. Designed as a 'passport to a relaxed wedding' to tie in with our travel theme with colours and details that were used in the invitations. To see how...

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Thanks to everyone for your lovely comments and well wishes. The wedding went perfectly. Beautiful location and great weather. I thought I'd start by sharing a little mood board of our inspiration for the big day. I think a great place to start planning a wedding is colour - so I began with my favourite colours purple and turquoise. From there we thought...

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You might have noticed by now that we are big fans of etsy on 'i do' it yourself. I first discovered the site early last year looking for online outlets to sell some photography. We're all better at some crafts than others, so when you cant, or when you just don't have enough time to DIY, a great option is to support handmade....

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So I thought I'd start this month by sharing my own wedding invitation. I can't tell you how difficult it was to make a decision on this, so many possibilities especially as a wedding invitation designer! Our wedding is loosely themed around vintage travel photography to reflect our love of photos the fact we spent many years traveling the world together. I chose...

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Well as I mentioned yesterday, Im getting married this month. So as you can imagine things have been pretty crazy around the 'i do' it yourself office juggling the website, wedding stationery orders and my own DIY. But I guess thats just what ever DIY bride goes through, working and DIYing. :)This month might be a little quiet on the blog front but...

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