Vintage Twee and Nia Fiori Come out to Play

Cre­ative explo­ration is a mar­vel­lous thing for any wed­ding busi­ness. Imag­i­na­tion is why wed­ding blogs were invented. It’s why we admire top design­ers who are mak­ing waves — the likes of Ian Stu­art and David Fielden, the inno­va­tors of our industry.

It’s also a hell of a lot of fun.

For Vin­tage Twee’s Joanne Lin­der and artist and designer Nia Fiori, cre­ativ­ity is the heart of their wed­ding busi­nesses. I watched, intrigued, as my two friends, together with the fab­u­lous Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy, devised a shoot which would explore the very core of their two brands.

Joanne and Nia’s will­ing­ness to let their hair down and play was just bril­liant. The shoot they dreamed up looks right into the heart of their busi­nesses, paint­ing Vin­tage Twee in eccen­tric per­fec­tion­ism and play­ing with Nia Fiori’s love of bur­lesque and fine art.

I love their promo shoot, which for me puts a whole new light on pro­mot­ing a brand image.

The Weirdly Won­der­ful Banquet

Part one of the brand­ing shoot paints Jo’s alter ego Vin­tage Twee as prim & proper, very lady­like and sweet, while Nia Fiori’s artist per­sona is  cheeky, mis­chie­vous, with twinkly eyes & look­ing like she’s up to no good! As Jo sips her tea del­i­cately from one end of a ban­quet­ing table, lus­ciously draped with flow­ers and lace, pinks and pas­tels, Nia tempts her to the darker side of the ban­quet with an over the top pink cake, black icing and a naughty glint in her eye!

Vin­tage Twee is the work of Joanne Lin­der, who designs and cre­ates a delight­ful range of wed­ding table dec­o­ra­tions, favours, sta­tionery acces­sories and paper treats. Joanne offers a per­son­alised ser­vice mak­ing wed­ding acces­sories from vin­tage music sheets and ephemera, pearls, jew­ellery and lace. The grow­ing suc­cess of Vin­tage Twee is down to Jo’s ded­i­ca­tion and atten­tion to every per­fect detail — this is the life­long dream of a lit­tle girl who grew up lov­ing her ‘mak­ing box’ and turned her pas­sion for crafts into some­thing really spe­cial. http://vintagetwee.com
Marry Me Films joined our project and came up with an amaz­ing idea for a pro­mo­tional film for Vin­tage Twee and Nia Fiori, con­trast­ing Jo’s prim and proper brand with Nia the artist’s naughty side. Watch three min­utes of fan­tas­tic pro­mo­tional footage here:

After­noon Twee with a slice of Fiori Cre­ative Shoot from Marry Me Films on Vimeo.

Show­girls at Work

Part two of the shoot has Vin­tage Twee hard at work at her desk, sur­rounded by vin­tage music sheets with a gramo­phone to com­ple­ment her organ­ised chaos as she com­poses her next mas­ter­piece. Mean­while in the artist’s stu­dio next door Nia Fiori is con­cen­trat­ing on her can­vas illus­tra­tions, fid­get­ing and very animated…

Nia Fiori is an eclec­tic mix of con­trolled doo­dles, impul­sive designs & an obses­sive fix­a­tion with all things paper & pretty.  Nia com­bines her play­ful per­son­al­ity with a wealth of artis­tic experience/qualifications to cre­ate the colour­ful, sophis­ti­cated & styl­ish designs you see on the web­site. All work is hand­made by Nia, with care­ful atten­tion to detail & only using the high­est qual­ity mate­ri­als to pro­vide you with a beau­ti­ful, unique piece of art­work. Noth­ing is mass pro­duced, and every­thing you see can be per­son­alised espe­cially for you.

Nia fiori’s Wed­ding Boudoir is filled with themed wed­ding sta­tionery, excit­ing invi­ta­tions which trans­late beau­ti­fully to on the day sta­tionery. Her Card Bou­tique is where you will find a unique range of greet­ing cards for every occa­sion and spe­cial event. Nia Fiori designs are cre­ated in her stu­dio in Wors­ley Vil­lage, Man­ches­ter. Nia is also qual­i­fied artist/designer with a BA (Hons) in Inter­ac­tive Arts & a qual­i­fied 11–19 Art Teacher.

This shoot involved the tal­ents and imag­i­na­tions of the very best wed­ding cre­atives from around Man­ches­ter. Strik­ing flo­ral fea­tures from the acclaimed Red Flo­ral Archi­tec­ture added romance and drama. Red Floral’s Mat Hep­ple­stone styled the shoot with mag­nif­i­cent flo­ral dis­plays and roman­tic vin­tage bou­quets and accessories.

With her skill in cre­at­ing beau­ti­ful, glam­orous vin­tage hair styles Bethany Jane Davies sculpted the girls tresses into breath­tak­ing glory. Exag­ger­ated eyes and enchant­ing make up was the work of Neirn Khi­amsap.

The images shown here are the work of Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy. Renowned for his sophis­ti­cated and artis­tic wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy, Chris also loves cre­ative shoots like these — the eccen­tric ban­quet set­ting and dra­matic artist stu­dio sets look fab­u­lous seen through his lens. Marry Me Films are known for their time­less and roman­tic wed­ding films, and for the lovely Sara and Tony this shoot was an oppor­tu­nity to be inno­v­a­tive and do some­thing very dif­fer­ent for a day.

With a cre­ative team, great con­cepts and a desire to play and dress up, this shoot has really made me think about brand image cre­ation. If the likes of David Fielden and Ian Stu­art can make an impact on our indus­try, then Jo and Nia have shown me how we can all turn to our play­ful cre­ative sides for inspi­ra­tion on build­ing a mem­o­rable and excit­ing brand!

For the team: Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy, Marry Me Films, Red Flo­ral Archi­tec­ture — this kind of project is an oppor­tu­nity to show true cre­ativ­ity, to prove they’re very much at the top of their game and share an insight into excit­ing image cre­ation in every sense. I have another blog post on the way about brand image, so wed­ding busi­nesses do watch out for that one com­ing soon! You can sub­scribe for updates here.

See more from Vin­tage Twee below…

and admire Nia Fiori’s designs here…