I can´t believe how fast time flies! It´s been almost a year since I first heard about the idea of this project, but it feels like it was only a few weeks ago. Now, more than 5 months after the shoot I´m so glad to see Jere Satamo´s beautiful images published in Hochzeitsguide! It really takes time for good things to happen. 😉
It was last December, when Saara from Pukuni and Satu from Aino told me about the photoshoot. I just started Willow visuals, so the opportunity to be part of this collaboration was more than an honour to me! The main concept revolved around the story of an intimate wedding celebration in the Finnish archipelago with lots of organic details. I loved it!
As the months passed by, I got a better picture about the project. The idea was to follow a simple blue / gray colour -palette for the elements. We bounced off ideas about the calligraphy and stationery, but I had a free hand in making the pieces. It was so much fun and so challenging at the same time! I wanted to make something simple but elegant, something with a little twist. Usually I use a lot of watercolour in my designs, but this time I focused on different textures, like oyster shells, textile and fibrous paper.
I couldn´t be there at the photoshoot (the same day was our wedding day 🙂 ), so I was more than curious to take a little peek at the end-results. And may I say, I was completely blown away by the images! Huge thanks to the great team!
Hope you´ll enjoy these photos as much as I do!
Videography & Editing – Niko Sieppi & Matti Ruottinen Rabbit Visuals
Event Planning & Styling – Satu / Aino & Saara / Pukuni
Wedding dresses – Pukuni
Groom’s Apparel – Groom`s own
Hair Adornments – Aino
Cakes & Savouries – Gaggui Kaffela
Calligraphy & Paper goods –by me
Rings – Aito Kultasepänverstas
Home Textiles & Decorations – Balmuir
Table Runner – Silk & Willow
Images by Jere Satamo Photography
p.s. You can see the full list of pictures on Jere Satamo´s blog.
On the other hand, I´m living in a constant change. In one year my world turned upside down by choosing to pursue what I really love doing. Every day I´m working on things that I truly enjoy, I get to know more and more amazing, kind and talented people and I learn all the time! True enough, there are lots of bumps on the way, it´s not all pink clouds and rainbows. I make mistakes, I try to solve situations that first seem very scary and I definitely have my share of struggle when I communicate in Finnish. I cannot even count the times I made myself (and probably my clients, but they never show) laugh because of a little word mix-up. And needless to mention all the costs of running the business that I must be able to cover. It´s a bittersweet feeling when you get a mail from your bookkeeper, saying “Yay, you did well in the last three months! You have to pay X euro taxes! Congrats!” Here comes the first heart-attack. “…and you´ll also need to pay advance taxes every month from now on…” And then the second heart attack. Yes, I´m supposed to be happy about paying my taxes! When I told about this to my Father-in-law, he just smiled and said “Welcome to the Finnish world of entrepreneurship!”
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So, if you consider having a website, which one to choose? Here are some examples that H & I had a look at, before we made our choice. I think that most of them offer the same options and there is no big difference in prices. Probably the decisive point is the layout and your own taste. After some consideration we picked 
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