HMOH tip #1006: super 8 the wedding date

My cousin is a talented artist, producer and videographer.  As a student at NYU, he moved into my grandparents old Brooklyn apartment and transformed it into a hipster paradise (yuppie :P).  He also found some incredible old photos of our family - from my grandparents' courtship, to my dad's childhood in Tunisia,  and then Brooklyn dinner parties with the whole gang.  Moments only the likes of Scorcese (and my Nonna) could capture.  Pictures that we're nostalgic for and also those we'd love to recreate.  

Now let's take romanticized, old-school photos to the wedding scene.  Check out Well Spun Wedding Videos,a boutique-style video company that can help you transform your wedding film into a vintage wonder.  I'm stuck on their videos!! And what's better - if you're not planning your own wedding, they also allow you to create an incredibly unique (and hipster) gift for the couple.

16mm in the Orchard from Well Spun Wedding Films on Vimeo.

If you want to transform your friend's wedding into one of these great pieces, chances are your parents or grandparents have a Super 8 camera stowed away somewhere - and it's likely yours for the taking. If no one in your family is cool enough to have a Super 8 lying around, you can always snag one on eBay for about $60.  Once you've attended and captured the wedding, send Well Spun the film and they will take care of developing and work with you to edit it into a little film with music. They can make a version for online viewing (e.g., Facebook), as well as put it on DVDs. This gift requires some attic cleaning or garage sale hopping - but it's something you definitely won't be able to find on the registry.  

Why do it beside the fact that it's cool?  Vintage is all the rage - check the brides who are wearing netted hairpieces to replace the traditional veil.  There are behind-the-scene moments that deserve a soundtrack. Why not share these scenes in an old-fashioned way? Scenes your grandparents starred in many years ago, your parents did a remake some decades later, and you have the chance to star in now.  

-HMOH

seriously, a tea kettle? let me break it down for you (again)

With summer weddings just around the corner, many of the upcoming weekends will be spent at bachelorette parties and bridal showers (or a combination of the two).  That means you're combing the registries and deciding what you're going to sign on to buy.  I pulled a classic the other day when I ordered a bridal shower gift and realized 5 minutes after my credit card had been charged that I already bought one for that couple.  Apparently for me - money ain't a thang.


Here are a few thoughts that may or may not have crossed my mind (and others like reader, Jessica) when it comes to registries, bridal showers, bachelorettes, etc.  Feel free to add your own in the comment section.


REGISTRY/GIFT BUYING

• Hmmm, I love you so much - but not $300 worth much.  So I hope you are cool with me purchasing one fork, one knife and half a spoon.  I'll pray your rich aunt and uncle get you the rest of the set - otherwise, you may want to hold off on dinner parties for a little.
• Oh yea, because you're going to actually be baking something with this cake tray.  I lived with you in college - the only thing you know how to bake you can't register for. 
• A tea kettle?  Is a tea kettle seriously the only thing on here that's left for me to order?  Well I hope every morning, when you take your hot, freshly brewed teacup to your porch swing, you think of me and how much you owe me.
• Man, I could really use a new Kate Spade knife set too.  When is it cool to register yourself without being engaged?  

BRIDAL SHOWERS

• Ohhhh awesome white plate.  Woowwww, amazing serving dish.  A silver heart picture frame - how DID you know?  
• Only 16 more presents to unwrap, display, and call out who bought it  ... shouldn't be too much longer.

BACHELORETTE PARTY

• I hope the "Mini Pecker" party trays I ordered are big enough for the snacks we got.  Another example. Size does matter.
• I'm going to try to keep this classy so that nothing too incriminating lands on Facebook.  But seriously, I'm totally due for a new profile pic. 
• Don't plan to wear this new dress again.  It's going to be tagged all over the 'book and so I can't be seen in it in the near future ... at least not for the next few months. 

[SIDENOTE:  While purchasing my new outfit for Kelsey's bachelorette party this coming weekend, I tried on a dress that I loved.  I did the test - you know the one where you throw your hands in the air and jump around to see if your ass will hang out?  Well it nearly passed the test. The saleswoman was like "I mean, don't worry - will you really be dancing like that?" Um, YES - but I said "No, of course not." and bought it anyways.]