We hope you enjoyed this months ballet inspired wedding ideas. (Pic via Fashiontainment.) This month we fell in love with me.la.bo's cookey and crazy cake toppers, like this amazing ceramic giraffe and deer. Tutus Chic has a lovely range of romantic headpieces, ballerina bodices and tutes to choose from.
And the beautiful House of Istra is packed full of vintage inspired hair accessories. Don't miss your last chance to enter our blog competition to win your pick from the House of Istra's wonderful etsy shop!

It might be the last day of summer but next month things are going to be heating up!

Ever since we got our new floor boards put in I've been looking for a good way to keep them clean, and the other day we discovered a great method just by chance. So I thought I would share my floor cleaning tip on the blog.

You will need:
Water
Dishwashing liquid
A mop
A bubble gun

Yup, fill the bubble gun with the right mix of water and dishwashing liquid and fire it all over the room! The bubbles that settle are the perfect amount of water and dishwashing liquid to mop up leaving clean shiny floors without any excess and they dry in moments! Plus its way more fun that normal mopping. Scampi shares his tips on bubble gun floor cleaning:

Monitor your bubbles closely

Don't be afraid to let the bubbles know whos boss

They may retaliate

But hold your ground and they will fall into line

Make sure all your bubbles fall to the ground

And watch out for sneaky stray ones that land on your ears!

To finish up the month we've got a great little DIY wedding project using some fantastic light boxes. There are all sorts of uses for them, coming in three sizes and flat packed so they are easy to transport. Today we are going to add a little Parisian chic with an Eiffel Tower silhouette to act as a table number.



What you need
Large light box
Black card paper
Scissors or craft knife
Sticky tape
Tea light candle

DIY project
Step 1. The large light boxes measure 12 x 28 cm so we are going to make our Eiffel Tower template just a little smaller, 11 x 27 cm. This is available as a free download on our website. (click here to visit)

Step 2. Cut out four Eiffel Towers in the black card for each light box

Step 3. Instead of the middle arch on the tower we are going to put the table number, use a stencil or draw the number and cut it out using your craft knife. Repeat this for the other three towers.

Step 4. The lightboxes come with little internal supports to help keep their shape, so tuck your Eiffel Towers between these at the bottom and with just a little sticky tape secure the top. Pop in your tea light candle and your done! Viola!

Something new added to the i do it yourself printable stationery shop today - our first bridal shower invitation. We've altered a lot of our current wedding invitations to act as bridal shower invites so I thought it was about time we did a design just for showers :)

With cute little wedding symbols raining down on a pretty umbrella, it's time to shower the bride to be with gifts and good cheer!

Pic from Martha Stewart

If you're a regular 'i do' it yourself blog reader then you might have noticed we rather like pom poms! So we fell in love with a cute DIY wedding project this month for tulle versions. There are a couple of good guides to follow - Martha Stewart has a lovely tulle or net pom pom how to here, or check out a great step by step on Factory Direct Craft.

Decorative paper punches are an easy way to jazz up your wedding invitations, and even a simple circle punch can be used to add some fun!

There are plenty of circle paper punches to choose from, available in lots of different sizes. EK Success and Fiskars are good brands to try and are readily available in craft and art shops or online. Above we have used a Fiskars squeeze punch to cut out a semi circle at the top and bottom of this invitation.



Here we have used a Fiskars handpunch to make small circles indents on the corners of this save the date - it's a nice quick way to help create that retro ticket effect. So pack your circle punches and have a go a some of these little tricks!

This is the most adorable DIY project - ballerina cupcake toppers complete with little tissue paper tutus! You can find the lovely tutorial on Composing Halleljahs and they even have a template to download for two different bodice styles.

UPDATE - this link has expired, see our very own diy project with free download here