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.

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 and table city.

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 blue it would be the perfect addition to your destination or travel themed wedding. Enjoy!

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 or suspended over tables for an alternative to traditional table centerpieces. See the full DIY tutorial on Ruffled Blog.

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

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.

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 to make your own paddle fans click here.

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 about things that are relevant to us as a couple. We both share a love of photography and we spent many years traveling the world together so we decided to reflect this on the day with a travel photography theme. I'm usually very good about posting pic credits but with this being my own wedding I didn't collect them, so apologies.

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. As you read through our the blog you'll often come across our suggestions for beautiful handmade gowns or stunning accessories that can be purchase on sites such as etsy or made it. I bought these beautiful hair pins for my own wedding from Canberra based seller Percy Handmade who has a fantastic selection of bridal accessories.

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 three simple square inserts, a formal invite, a map and a 'to do on the day list' in pale aqua and purple. They are held together in a petal envelope printed with a vintage map design. (I chose this because of the way the folds of the petal envelope remind me of a camera shutter) The invitation is finished off with little paper travel tags addressed to each guest and tied up with string.

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. :)