YEAR FOUR: CHATTAN FARM

Well this is it! Our last anniversary with just the two of us – and what a lovely four years it has been. But this chapter is almost at a close as we are about to add to our wee family with a son! I am 26 weeks pregnant with 13 left to go... The countdown is on (already). But in the mean time we decided to try a little glamping to celebrate our marriage and set out to Chattan Farm, one of the unique Canopy Camping sites. This is the first time we have been to one of the Canopy Camping Escapes and we loved it! It was so nice to get away and literally unplug... No power sockets here buddy! The tent (if you can call it that) is nestled away on a beautiful farm in the Bay of Plenty and set up with a kitchen and bathroom. I hope we can make it back here sometime soon, and after this experience I would be keen to try some of the other Escapes around the country. Thanks for these wonderful four years of marriage babe, here's to a new adventure! xxx

MIKE + TANYA

Earlier this year some friends of mine asked me to take some photos at their beach wedding – which was a bit daunting as I don't really know how to use my camera! Luckily the bride and groom are super chill and I was able to stumble my way through it. These are some of my favs from the day :)

TRINA + ANTS

Last year I had the privilege of designing a wedding invite for my sister and brother-in-law who wed last month. They had a gorgeous wedding with an even more beautiful bride a groom.
Every happiness to Mr and Mrs Coyle! xx

LOVE IS THE NEW BLACK.

Working on a little project for some friends of mine... Black hoodies and Chucks – they're all over it.

SAM + TRISTAN: table numbers

To match Sam and Tristan's invites with the redwoods theme I did these tables numbers, each with their own animal. Some of the illustrations are from the original invite... I think the fox is my favourite :) The bottom photo reminds me of the memory game that kids play! Maybe I should make some playing cards? You can check out some of my other invites here.

SAM + TRISTAN: invites

On Sunday the lovely Sam Hearn and Tristan Anderson wed in the gorgeous redwoods in Rotorua. I did their wedding invitations using photos of the redwoods and adding in illustrations of animals. Sam loves otters so I created an otter bride and groom to represent them :) I had so much fun designing this one! Come back here tomorrow to see what I did for their table numbers.

MR + MRS COATS

On April 14 my two lovely friends James and Cara May wed. Such a joyous occasion! I created their Order of Service to match their Invitations. And with my VERY amateur video making skills I've tried to show how it works. On the surface it looks like a double sided sheet, but it folds three times to reveal four different sides. A very similar design that I used for my own wedding.

The two of them had the most gorgeous outdoor wedding under a great big tree right beside the water. Magic! I couldn't be happier for the two of them :)

After the ceremony Brendon and I managed to find this rustic old mint coloured door which I loved! Naturally, we took a few snaps next to it :)

JAMES + CARA

I've just finished making wedding invitations for my good friends James and Caramay. We based the design around these round boxes and I used a 3inch circle punch to cut out all of the circles. I printed the "invitation side" on a thick paper stock and the "photo side" on sticker sheets. I tacked on the invitation side to the ribbon lining it all up and then I peeled off the sticker side and attached it to the back of the invitation.

Each invite has 7 circles on a ribbon which can be hung on a hook or attached to a fridge. I think my poor fingers need a bit of a rest from putting them all together! I must say, I love the little teepee illustration we came up with.

 

In other news, I bought my first set of watercolours and I can't wait to try them this weekend! Eeee. 

Hi guys, since posting this I have had quite a few inquires about this invitation. Unfortunately, due to the time consuming nature of this project – and difficulty of sourcing round boxes – this was a one-off. However, if you would like invites like this (minus the box) or any other custom invitation, feel free to email me at tori.veysey@gmail.com. Thanks :)

NINE FRAMES, ONE PHOTO

Wow, I just realised that it's been a while since my last post! It's been a busy couple of weeks. I've been doing a few things around the house and these snaps are of our 'prototype' wedding photo for our lounge. (Sorry they're a bit grainy, but you get the idea!) It was a bit of a test to see if it would work: putting one big photo in a bunch of different frames. I'm not 100% happy with it yet... I'm wondering if I should try using a different photo. What do you think?

These poplar trees are Brendons favourite and we were stoked when we discovered some while having photos on our wedding day. You can check out more of our wedding photos here :)

ORDER OF SERVICE

Soo.... I thought I'd do one last post about my wedding... It's the last I promise!
For our Order of Service I really wanted to do something a little different. I like little details, things that are a bit unexpected with an element of discovery. I decided to do a design that has four sides and folds inside itself three times... A little hard to describe in words! Here is a wee clip to show how it folds...

Some people got it right away, others took a while to figure it out... And some just couldn't get it at all! But fun none the less :) Plus it entertained our guests while they waited for me to arrive!

We really wanted this to be an opportunity to honour and thank our families and bridal party. It was also a good way to "introduce" our bridal party to guests who didn't know them. We also included photos of our parents on their wedding day! They're too cute :)
See the matching invites HERE

OUR PERFECT DAY

On the 12th of March I got to marry my best friend.
The day was absolutely perfect. There was not a cloud in the sky, even though it was forecast to rain! We were so blessed and we had a fun filled day shared with friends and family.

Photos were done by the tremendously talented Sutherland Kovach Studio. I love their style and they were so much fun to work with. I'd highly recommend them! Here are some of the snaps they took during the day... You might want to go grab a hot drink, this post is a long one!

These beautiful flowers were done by the lovely Angela Rogers.
The wedding was a real DIY job and I tried to make/do as much as I could myself... I found these cute peach flower hair clips for my bridesmaids which I also used to make the boys buttonholes. I made the leaves out of fabric and added dried berries and pearls. I also decided to make my own fasinator/birdcage veil... which I was still finishing the morning of the wedding! It was craft–mania!

Clever Ruth Perry made my dress from a couple sketches that I gave her.

I collected birdcages over the course of our engagement from all sorts of places. I put them on a collection of old books I had and used them as centerpieces. I found glass bird tealight candles for $1.98 each! It was such a steal and my Dad and I painted them peach to brighten up the tables. I used an assortment of glass jars and glued scrabble letters on for the table numbers. They also doubled as vases for the flowers.
For name tags I hand wrote everyones names on paper dollies.
We got a stamp made with our names and two birds on it, the same ones I used on our invitations. It's such a cost effective way to add detail and tie everything together. We used a peach ink pad and stamped them on all the napkins.

I really wanted to have a lolly table as I have such a sweet tooth! I sourced as many white lollies as I could find and put them in different sized jars. I got our names and birds screen printed on calico which I then cut into hearts and hand stitched onto more calico that was then sewed into bags! It was a lot of work but so worth it... They were a hit! A nice little keep sake too :)

PHOTOBOOTH

As a bit of a prelude to posting some wedding photos here are a few (ok, well a lot) of the photobooth snaps that got taken before the reception. Brendon and I are always pulling ridiculous faces and we love a bit of silliness so this was a fun way for us to add a bit of that to the wedding.
Besides, who doesn't like a good stash?

Thanks Jessie for making me such beautiful bunting! xx

T&B INVITES

After posting the fiesta wedding invite I thought it might be a good idea to put up some pictures of my own wedding invites. I've been a bit obsessed with birds for a wee while and they some how managed to sneak on here... And then proceeded to permeate the whole wedding!
This is a two piece (double sided) design that was tied together with cotton and a circle rsvp card.
I used a fiskars embossing corner punch to do the edges and make it a little more special.

I also decided to make my own envelopes (New Zealand seems to have a very limited variety of envelopes). I was hooked on the string and button styled envelopes and could only ever find them in a long skinny size or large A4. It's a good thing weddings are a one–off deal... I had very sore hands after all the punching, cutting and tying :)