Showing posts with label Photobooth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photobooth. Show all posts

Monday, May 7, 2012

Surprise Gift

Weddings are strange. They're all about parties and gifts. Sure, it's really about two people pledging to be together forever, but technically that part only takes up about an hour of wedding time. During my bridal shower, BM Tata said it was a party to celebrate another party. So true!

When it came to gifts, I was baffled at the amount of gift giving actually involved in weddings. Engagement gifts, bridal shower gifts, wedding gifts, gifts for the bridal party, gifts for parents and even gifts for each other. That's a crazy amount of gift giving if you ask me!

Originally Mr. Warbs and I weren't going to get each other gifts. Partly because we didn't think it was necessary and also because we don't make buying gifts for each other easy. Mr. Warbs is the worst person ever to shop for. He has two watches that he won't wear. He scoffs at "superfluous" gifts such as cuff links, because he feels he'll never wear them again. And he won't give you a single hint as to what he actually wants or needs. In short, you have to literally be a mind reader in order to get him presents. So when he said we didn't need to exchange gifts, I was so relieved! But, the sneaky guy ended up getting me a gift anyway! Technically it was a gift for the both of us. We ended up getting a photobooth after all!

Originally we decided that a photobooth wasn't in our budget, but thanks to an unexpected bonus, Mr. Warbs decided that it was doable. So when our florist announced on Facebook that she had just bought a brand new photo/video booth (Mr. Warbs loves shiny new things) we jumped on it.


 Some of the tamer photos!

The photobooth was an absolute hit! And our lovely florist gave us a good deal. Our guests spent the half of the night on the dance floor and the other half in the photobooth. I really wish I could share the videos with you Hive, but I must protect the reputation of my drunk drunk guests. Even though I'm sure we would have had a great time either way, the photobooth definitely added a layer of awesomeness to the wedding. Best present ever Mr. Warbs! In no way does it compare to the luggage I bought you. Whoops!

Did you receive any unexpected wedding gifts?

Friday, October 14, 2011

Video Killed the Photo Booth

The most random shirt ever. Please don't buy this. / Image via Zazzle.com

We've been flip flopping on the wedding lately. Mostly because I haven't been able to get the idea of a wedding video out of my mind. Everywhere I look, I see awesome wedding videos around the web and of course, from the Bees. Who doesn't want their wedding day immortalized with a sentimental indie song playing in the background? Mrs. Giraffe's awesome post about why you need a videographer finally convinced me. Good job, Mrs G! After drooling over a zillion wedding videos, Mr. Warbs finally saw that even though I was trying to hide it, I wanted a video. But first, we had to cut something else out. And that is how we dropped the photo booth from our wedding.

RIP photo booth idea. / Image via Brian Kelm Productions

Out of everything we want for the wedding, a photo booth came dead last. That's not to say we changed our minds, a photo booth would still rock the socks off of our wedding. We just want the video more. After the New Year, if the opportunity presents itself, maybe we can squeeze a photo booth in there somewhere. If not, that's fine too. For now, we are content with how super awesome our video is going to be.

What cuts did you make in the wedding planning process?