Ha these are so great – what a hoot! If only had more time in the day I could have made a fancy pizza, festive cookies, knitted some puppets and painted my nails.

Will Prince Williams favorite dessert  be a part of the many celebration breakfast, dinner or after party? Well it should be a part of your viewing party. It is called Chocolate Crunch Cake and it is decadent.

Click Here for the Recipe: Prince Willams Chocolate Crunch Cake

Do It Yourself aka DIY is one of the the hottest trend in weddings right now. Why will the Royal wedding inspire DIY? Because inevitably there will be a backlash of all of the glitz and glamor and brides will be looking for a more humble approach. Handi-work and craft based styles are popular even if brides don’t make the pieces themselves, they want the look. Here are some of my favorite DIY wedding inspirations.

All female guests attending the Royal Wedding will be just as fashionable with what goes on their head as what goes on their body. Options include hats, feather clips or tiaras. Here are my options for the viewing day party. A traditional mini hat with netting (store bought), a tiara (store bought) and a handmade feather hair clip with instructions. What will you wear at your viewing party?

Feather and netting mini hat

Tiara

Handmade feather and netting hair clip

INSTRUCTIONS:

NOTE: If your feathers stick up too much you can use a flat iron or a curling iron to roll them down a bit.

Want to buy a fabulous hat British Royal style? Check out Arturo Rios

Some samples of her work

The Royal Wedding will inspire many trends regal, elegant and traditional. I have pulled together ideas on how to take those trends and make them contemporary. These ideas work for dresses and parties in general, more then just weddings.

Royal Wedding Fever – Wedding Dress Re-Styled

The Royal Wedding is just days away and since everyone loves a fairy tale, I used the Royal Wedding as inspiration to transforms a late 1980’s / early 1990’s style wedding dress into a contemporary wedding frock for a fun spirited occasion,  with a touch of the hottest wedding trend, black.

I put out a request on Facebook and the offers came — Spring cleaning I guess.

FRONT OF THE DRESS

BACK OF THE DRESS

Learn how this wedding dress was transformed, step by step, from my post at the Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch blog: Royal Wedding Fever: A Wedding Dress, Restyled