My cousin and I had so much fun together as kids. I still remember the holidays we spent with them. Now we’re all grown up and we’re both married :)

My cousin Janel is a very creative person and she decided to have a full-on DIY wedding. All the details on the tables were made by her and her family. Janel printed all the menus, decorated all the sweetie tins and even made every single little bird in the centre pieces. Instead of flowers, the tables were decorated with colourful bird-trees and tins filled with sweeties.

The wedding was a festive and colourful event! I loved all the quirky details and the cake topper was super fun! Their confetti was made by her grandfather. Unfortunately he couldn’t travel to the venue for the wedding, but he punched out a box full of colourful paper confetti for the event.

The wedding was held on my uncle’s farm just outside of Reitz in the Free State. The landscape was totally different from what I’m use to here in Cape Town and I loved it! For their photo shoot I took them down to the corn fields. The light was perfect and the couple had so much fun!

My assistant and second shooter: Superstar Iaan Van Niekerk :)

To Photographers: Almost all these photos were edited with one of my favourite Polaroid Lightroom Presets, Bubble Gum! You can buy all the presets on the KIKI site under TOOLS.