Stamp Your Personality Wedding Stationery

One of the best ways to make your big day your own, is to personalise as much as possible. But what if your calligraphy isn't up to scratch, or you're just not that artistic? This is where stamps can save the day! Simply pick one of the graphic designers below, create your bespoke label, and get inking. Once you get started, you'll be personalising everything, from Save the Dates, to favours, to paper napkins, and the back of your envelopes. Thanks to Picture My Stamp, you could even ask an arty friend to design your entire invitation, and then 'print' your own stationery - check out out effective it can be in the pics below. Don't miss my hand-stamped Save the Dates - not my finest DIY hour, but definitely worth a peek.

Product Credits {from top}: Picture My Stamp via Daily Candy Weddings, Cox & Cox, Note Trunk, Sweet Paperie

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Real Pretty Colourful Wedding: Kaelie & Drew

Maybe it's because the bride is so pretty, or maybe it's because they played golf to celebrate their union, but this wedding has totally captured my heart. Gorgeous couple Kaelie and Drew got married about a month ago, and they clearly had a blast. My favourite wedding ideas to steal? The groomsmens' outfits, the long-stemmed bouquets and the goldfish centre pieces. Big love to the team at Simply Bloom Photography for their lovely pics.

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My Wedding - My Sparkly Something Blue

Princess Catherine's something blue was a little ribbon sewn into her gorgeous Alexander McQueen wedding dress, but I've decided to go one better! Lots of US brides featured on the wedding blogs have these wonderful stickers on the soles of their wedding shoes, and they inspired me to do the same. Aren't they fun? I've even seen grooms wearing them. They can either be your little lucky secret, or if you're having a church service and kneel to pray, all your congregation will see your message {cute!}. So, take one pair of Halston Heritage gold shoes {bought from The Outnet}, take two sparkly stickers {bought for a song from here}, put them together, and you've got a pair of perfect bridal shoes.

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Real Colourful Destination Wedding: Tori & Austin

Colourful weddings take a bit more confidence, but they always turn out gorgeous. So if you're a bride planning a rainbow colour palette, you're going to feel massively inspired by this fabulous real wedding. Set in Mexico, it has the real feel of a fiesta, full of fun, love and life. Plus, there are so many wedding ideas to steal! Check out the colourful napkins, the gorgeous handmade jewelled buttonholes and bride's bouquet, and the cute locket containing pictures of the couple's dogs. Throw in the photo-booth backdrop, the ribboned chairs and the giant Mexican hats, and you've got a wedding made in heaven! Gorgeous pictures published with thanks to the hugely talented Sarah Yates.

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Best of Luck to Prince William & Kate

Just a quick posting to wish William and Kate the very best of luck and love on their wedding day. I'll be watching it at a BBQ with a few of my girlfriends. With only one month to go to my own French wedding, I can only imagine how nervous Kate must be feeling. I'm sure she'll look gorgeous - can't wait to see the dress!

{Photo Credit - Mario Testino}

We ♥ The Jimmy Choo Bridal Range

Huge excitement! Jimmy Choo, one of my favourite shoemakers has created a special Bridal Collection. Whether you're getting married on a beach or in the city, they've got an adorable shoe for you, and even their sky-scraping heels are comfortable. The only problem is the price....but you only get married once, so treat yourself! Plus win a pair by telling your favourite Jimmy Choo shoe story. Click here for more info.

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Introducing Confetti Wedding Favours

Whether it's a Royal Wedding Street Party or your own fabulous big day, you're going to want to keep your eye on the little details. The wedding favours, the decorations, the table plan, the wedding stationery - it's all those little things that make a wedding stand out from the crowd. So don't miss the Confetti website - it's packed with ideas, and everything's organised by theme {so helpful!}.

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My Wedding - DIY Drink Stirrers

It feels like the whole nation has wedding fever at the moment, which is good because it's hiding the fact that I've become obsessed! Weddings are all I can think about - whether it's the Royal Wedding or my two weddings, one of which is a week tomorrow {eek!} and the next, which is on 28th May. The good news is that bar a couple of minor meltdowns on The Boy for not doing enough, we do seem to be coming along quite well. Next week is going to be the big wedding DIY day, when I'll be creating all the wedding favours and little details with my two maids of honour {good tactical choice to have two - more help!}.

One big wedding project is the DIY drink stirrers, which are much loved at American weddings. I've decided to create my own, with the help of a fab DIY tutorial care of Peach and Pearl. After much agonising on colour and style, I've decided on grey grosgrain ribbon to match my wedding invitations, and also because my lovely friend Sarah gave me some of her left-over ribbon from her wedding day. It really is the easiest project ever, and well worth the {small amount of effort}. Check out my first attempt!

P.S. I bought my wooden sticks from eBay and the best ribbon length is 5 inches. I'd recommend using grosgrain ribbon rather than shiny ribbon, because it fastens better.

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