We hope everyone is stuffed full of scones, cucumber sandwiches and champagne from yesterday royal wedding fun. Before we waddle into next month here are a few things we fell in love with in April:

Santos Wish make a beautiful range of jewellery - including bracelets, anklets and bag chains - great for wedding favours. Described as Mexican spirited jewellery with meaning, you can thank your guests with wished of love, luck and happiness. Designs can even be customised with your wedding logo! A portion of sales even goes back to the community which inspired the range, supporting ‘Mision Mexico’ a children’s refuge.

Sweet Cake Topper has an amazing collection of hand painted ceramic wedding cake decorations. Mexican inspired, they even sell blanks so you can have a go at making your own.

So the most anticipated dress in 30 years has finally been revealed. And it didn't disappoint. There was certainly a striking similarity to the beautiful Grace Kelly on her wedding day - but hey, if you're going to be inspired by any royal bride Princess Grace should be top of your list. Kate's, or should I say Catherine's, choice is set to influence bridal fashion for years to come.

To finish off the month we have a beautiful real wedding to share. Shot by Brown Paper Parcel who have a lovely photographic style. Amy and Andy’s beautiful, whimsical wedding was held at an incredible artists home in the country, just south of Perth.


The setting was perfect - gardens surrounded by sculptures and a pond, jazz band playing. The couple chose a colour palette of pretty pastel shades and decorated with papel picardo banners. Its a great example of how you can use some of this months theme ideas in softer shades for an even more romanic feel.

This month we've also been running a poll on the blog asking if you were daring enough to do a trash the dress shoot after the wedding? It's been pretty split right down the middle all month, 50/50, with the no vote just winning in the end. But bride Amy certainly said yes, and immersed herself in the pond the morning after the wedding for some stunning photos!

We have a couple of new, super cute, fingerprint guest book posters this month. A beautiful guest book tree with birds and butterflies, great to celebrate new babies. And a fun balloon house just like the movie Up! Perfect for parties. Now available from the iDIY Jr etsy shop.

At the beginning of the month we took at look at Ben and Frans beautiful DIY wedding. They had some gorgeous ideas to steal, including little succulent plants as favours. Succulents and cacti make great gifts, easy to look after and relatively inexpensive. Just pop them in cute little pots and decorate with some string or ribbon. You can even add a place name as Fran did, above.


For those with a sweet tooth how about edible versions! These are actually chocolate cupcakes placed inside little pots. You can use marzipan with green food colouring to make succulents or cactus plants for the top. Or Mimicafe Union sells packs with the pots and toppers, 12 for $24, shown above.

We have a couple of new, super cute, fingerprint guest book posters this month. A beautiful guest book tree with birds and butterflies, great to celebrate new babies. And a fun balloon house just like the movie Up! Perfect for parties. Now available from the iDIY Jr shop.

Finally a holiday! The easter and anzac break is here and Im getting stuck into some artwork - plus finishing off all those little DIY jobs around the house. Here is the latests print added to our etsy shop. I did this as a gift card a couple of years ago, don't know why it didn't occur to me to turn it into a pretty print sooner. The creative monsoon website is also down for a revamp but check out our new online gallery. A bit of fun, I'll be changing the exhibitions on there every few months so be sure to keep checking back.