I'd also like to welcome a new member to the 'i do' it yourself team, our new manger in charge of product durability testing, he looks like a hard worker, here's a pic :) ...
Roll up, roll up... for one of the most entertaining weddings you'll probably ever see. Dough and Paige married in the US earlier this year and they certainly captured all the fun of the fair with an aqua blue and red wedding. There are so many captivating details and inventive ideas, it's just the ticket to finish up the month.
Stunning photography by Jamie Hammond co-ordinated by Amorology Weddings
To finish off the month we've put together some eye-catching, not to mention mouth watering wedding cakes to get you thinking about your dessert designs. Yummmm...
cake credits: plum prefect via project wedding; pretty as a picture, via Jonathan Canlas Photography; aqua cake with red rose decoration, credit unknown; red and teal cupcake from I Need a Cupcake; beautifully decorated with aqua ribbon and red roses via Boutwell Studio.
These delicate little paper roses will add the perfect finishing touch to your wedding place cards. So simple to do, I remember making these in high school, you'll easily be able to whip up bunches of them in an evening. You will need:
sheets of A4 red card
a pencil
scissors
double sided sticky tape
sticky tape
strips of white card stock
DIY project:
1. Sketch a spiral taking up the full width of your A4 piece of paper. You'll want the space between each line to be about 2cm, the bigger the space the bigger the rose.
2. Cut your spiral out following the lines you have sketched.
3. Starting from the outside, fix the end with a piece of double sided sticky tape and begin rolling the spiral up.
4. When you have finished rolling fix the other end with more double sided sticky tape and let the roll loosen a little to form your rose.
5. With your guests names carefully written or printed onto the strips of white card, stick a name to the bottom of each rose.
If you're stuck for where to begin creating your red and aqua wedding, etsy is a good place to start. We've pieced together some brilliantly bold finds from etsy sellers to help make your wedding a party to remember. • Don't forget about the boys! Make sure the groomsmen stand out from the crowd with these matching red ties hand-screened with blue flowers. US$81 for three from Toybreaker.
• Party on with these paper pom poms in shades of blue and teal. US$30 for seven from Party Poms.
• Add some pretty polka dots and stripes with these red and white flags, US$27 from Giggleberry.
• Embellish clothes, gifts, scatter them on the tables, there are plenty of uses for these adorable little turquoise flowers. 12 for only US$6 from Supplier.
• Roses are red and table numbers too. Add the perfect finishing touch to your table decorations with these gorgeous red and blue print at home table numbers. Files for numbers one to 12, US$10 from 'i do' it yourself.
• These cute vintage doilies would look beautiful scattered under a table centerpiece. Set of 20 in various sizes for US$13.50 from Sweet Vintage 78.
• Such pretty fabrics, so many uses. US$25.80 for half a meter of four different Darla cotton fabrics, from Fresh Fabric Australia.
• A dozen romantic red roses that will never wilt, because they're made from paper. US$40 from PookyButt.
• This beautiful Tiffany blue ring pillow with red ribbon and rhinestone is a steal at US$30 from Creative Bridal.
Don't forget to always keep an eye at the bottom of the page as we update our favourite wedding finds on etsy each week.
Not for the faint hearted, an aqua blue and red wedding means an instant injection of fun and fabulousness. But with such a powerful colour combination it's hard to go wrong with decorations. For the daring bride we've put together a little collection of our favourite romantic red and bold blue design finds.Start as you mean to go on, with a delicously daring cocktail like this blueberry martini via Martha Stewart Weddings. You can call the aqua blue and red colour palette simply stunning because its so simple to look this stunning! Photo via Project Wedding. One of the most simple decorating ideas - bunches of balloons to add a little fun. Use our petal cone template for a scattering of roses, or, fill them with red and blue candy for a sweet treat like this photo from brides.com. A colletion of red lanterns suspended over a mass centerpiece of red roses is a dramatic and romantic display, photo Martha Stewart Weddings. Lolly pops and candy made a great focus point at this wedding, photo by Jonathan Canlas. It's difficult to put this table setting into words except just perfect comes to mind, photo by Boutwell Studio . Don't forget to decorate the aisle, perfect for a sprinkeling of rose petals, pic by Marriott Photography via Southern Weddings. Red polka dot ribbon will be a pretty handy DIY accessory. Aqua M&Ms... mmmmm... pic from Jonathan Canlas.
Here is a cute and quirky idea for your table decorations. Take some large glass goblets in different styles, you could pick these up from a junk or charity shop for next to nothing. Turn them upside down, rose underneath, candle on top and group them together down the center of a long table. Now you have some unconventional but fun wedding centerpieces. 
