We always get excited about a new venue, except, I suppose, that this one is old. It’s new to us though! Emma and Jacob are getting married here tomorrow. They seem like an extremely chilled out couple.

Did you know that Memorial Halls were all built following World War II. World War I led to rash of concrete obelisks and marble plaques around the country. Much better to have your wedding party in a hall than around an obelisk I would say. And something bitter sweet about the practical value of the tribute to something so horrendous as war. Oh dear, this post is getting bit dark now. We are just so excited about being at the Lower Moutere Memorial Hall tomorrow night. It’s a beautiful building. Thanks to our wonderful hostess also, Erin who will be there shepherding magical memories.

We got a couple of great events coming up that we are a part of, one in Wellington, the other in Wanaka. Both in on Sunday. Alphabet Street will provide something for music lovers who also have children, but who, you know, may not be so crazy about the Wiggles. It’s music for parents that kids can love. Or music for kids, that parents can love? Or something like that. Anyway, the Yoots are really phenom…a..awesome.

Also on Sunday, in Wanaka, is another Pop Up picnic, popping up. See you there

My brother is a printer, so I reckon I know quite a lot about printing and printers. Sort of. Aesthetes they are not. If my bro’s taste in tattoos is a measure of anything.(He got this on his arm while a teenger.) But pedants printer most certainly are. One thing I notice about printers is that when you give a printer your business card, they really rough handle it. They give it a good smear, a flick and bend, and grumble something like ‘offset…grumble grumble…240 weight grumble grumble’ Never mind the contact details, what stock is it on?!

It’s sort of rubbed off on me too, given me an appreciation of paper, and printing, that sort of stuff. So I start to notice mail, and things like invites, and how the care taken in preparing an invite is proportionate to the importance, or the intention, of the event. I love a good invite. And I really love it when it’s on good stock. (Printers call it ‘stock’, we just call it ‘paper’) Good design captures my eye, but good paper, it’s weight, it’s texture, it’s smell even…that captures my heart! No it doesn’t, that’s bullshit…no, it captures my senses. Maybe, after that, my heart.

For us, in photo booth land, the print is everything. Recently, we got a request from a cost conscious couple, to just have digital files. We respectfully declined (though we understand their predicament), but not before explaining that it is the print that completes the deal. You may be reading this on line now, but contrary to what everything is saying, the real world is offline. Where did they get the idea for the Amazing Travelling Photobooth. A photoGRAPH. Probably stuck on a refrigerator. Think about when you get a facebook invite to a party? You are all like ….’hmmmm, maybe’ [But who ever presses the 'maybe' button?.] But get a real invite in the mail? In a heavy envelope, beautifully designed on a dappled exotic stock. You can be sure you are REALLY invited.

That’s why we like these ladies, Lucy and Charlotte, from Cocoa Berry. They are wonderful designers with the end item in mind. They REALLY know how to invite someone, with their stunning designs and exquisite executions. (Did someone say ‘stock’?) We have been working together to help some to-be-weds elevate their photobooth guest experience to come in line with the rest of their wedding stationery. If I was getting married, I would be commissioning them to design my invite. And if I ever get invited to a wedding, with one of their pieces of wedding stationery, I would be assured that I was REALLY invited.

And if you were after the wedding of a lifetime, you know, just say you were, you couldn’t do better than enter the New Zealand Wedding Magazine Dream Wedding Competition for an incredibly wonderful and amazing wedding package. Cocoa Berry Design and The Amazing Travelling Photobooth are but two of the suppliers to make this wedding amazing. Keep an eye out for the magazine for details. In store now. As they say.

We are so very happy to get a feature on Radio New Zealand’s Kiwi Summer show on Monday. We think that they made a great job of showing people the wonder of a The Amazing Travelling Photobooth, and without pictures at all! In case you missed it, click here.

It Must be Santa – Bob Dylan

We had a wonderful night out this evening, at the launch of the Magnolia Rougue magazine, MAG Rougue. Nice one guys!

Tonight in Miramar, in Wellington we will be donating are fabulous services, at La Boca Loca, in exchange for your fabulous donations towards Movember. Men’s prostates will thank you. Not sure how, but they will!

A wonderful day for us at Toast Martinborough, here are your fine photos.

Tomorrow we will be in the square with Toast Martinborough. Come see us there.

double page spread of wonderfulness

An exciting week here at The Amazing Travelling Photobooth world headquarters, as the December edition of North & South magazine hit the shelves. We were featured across two pages , in the front of the Four Corner section. Needless to say, we are most grateful and excited. We are most excited also, because it does coincide with our Claytons launch (the launch you have when you aren’t having a launch, because, you know, we are already launched) However, photobooth 6 and 7 are nearing completion, and that is worth celebrating, as well as the talent and cleverness that goes into building Amazing Photobooths like ours, so the cabin maker, the curtain maker the tool maker and the sign writer are all invited, as well as the designer, and the illustrator. Without them, we would just be another photobooth. With them, we are amazing people the length and breadth of New Zealand. Oh, and the details? We will be at Bettys on Blair Street, in Wellington, from 5:30. Feel free to pop in for a cup of tea and some bikkies. There will be an amazing photobooth there, needless to say.