Sunday Wedding Sunday

This Sunday Jeff and I will be working two huge wedding vendor events.

I (Shena) will be at the Wedding Day Showcase at Creekside mall (next to Jay's Bridal) from noon to 4pm inside ADORE's new space. I will be showing some films and answering questions.

Jeff will be at The Wedding Open House in Haile Plantation Golf and Country Club from 3-5pm.

It is perfect for brides to be able to do both in one day. So come and see at me at Creekside then go on over to Haile and tell Jeff that you just chatted with his wife. You should ask he and I the same questions about how we make our wedding films and see if our answers are the same or not!

Truly the vendors you will meet there are remarkably talented...we are honored to be a part of the events. There will be amazing discounts, incentives and prices at both events.

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Celebrating

February and March are our months of celebrating We have birthday's for the 3 munchkins and my hubby all between February 20th and March 13th. All 3 kids and the hubby get separate birthday parties, whew!

Party #1- Star Wars Party in the back yard with 16 friends and everyone gets a pool noodle light saber
Party #2 - Meet a group of hubby's friends at the Top for Happy Hour weekday party
Party #3 - American Girl Slumber "Art" Party
Party # 4 - Thomas Party at Grandma and Papi's or at the park...don't know yet

So with a packed schedule of editing, mommying and birthday partying, no one is allowed to get sick. Life is good, and I'm looking forward to a little more blogging perhaps :)




Below: With a little paint, a basketball piñata becomes a Death Star piñata.

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Happy Valentines Day

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A Princess Wedding - Baughman Center and Stunning Melrose Home Reception

On October 15th Alyssa and Justin got married at Gainesville's beautiful Baughman Center then had a "Pink Princess Party" reception at Alyssa's parent's stunning property in Melrose. With incredible food from Blue Water Bay, a cake that matched Alyssa's dress, a DJ making the party a super fun crazy success with a stellar planner and sweet and talented photographers to boot...the wedding was a fairytale dream come true! (See vendor list at the bottom of the post).

Here is the Teaser AND the highlight video. A teaser is a 2 minute glimpse into what is to come and the 10-14 minute highlight video is parts of the full length video with the ceremony edited down and put to music. The full length is not here because it is over an hour long.

Step into the magical wedding day of Alyssa and Justin!

Here are some video stills. Scroll down below the stills for the teaser and the highlight videos!

Here are the teaser and highlight...

Cinematographer: Platinum Digital Video
Planner: Masterpiece Weddings
Photographer: Footstone Photography
DJ: G-nys Entertainment
Cake: Dream Day Cakes
Catering: Blue Water Bay

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Amazing Couch Transformation

We have been sitting on an old Ikea couch for the past few years (with a cover tossed over it) and recently it caved in every time someone sat on it. We propped it up with plastic tubs and stablizing-type whatever's we could find... while we saved up for a new couch.

 We pretty much thought that we would get a new Ikea couch as soon as the opportunity presented itself. But two weeks ago when we realized we finally could get a couch, I looked online at Ikea and learned that the couches weren't really fitting the dimensions of our living room. They also seemed a bit expensive to me...after having to buy all the little extras that aren't listed in the base price. When I looked online at furniture stores all the couches looked much too big for our small living room. So I Googled, "small couch". After annoyingly clicking on a couple of kids couches I finally found HomeReserve.com This is an amazing company who makes sectionals and sofas that you build yourself (like Ikea). So I was able to find a sectional combination to fit our living room perfectly. I loved how you could order a strip of material to make it look like a full love seat in one part and not all different chairs stuck together.

 I chose from 100 colors to find my perfect color and fabric. I couldn't believe it when I found the color because a while back I had been looking for that exact golf-course green in a rug. But after putting all that couch in my living room there wouldn't be room for a rug anymore so I decided to take a chance and go green with the whole couch. Now I am quite pleased with the bold pop of color in our plain living room. Do you think it is a bit wild?

 It took my Hubby, my Dad and I about 4 hours to put it together. Here are a few photos of the building process.

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We here at Platinum Digital Video love to make little videos after attending events and bridal shows. Here are 2 videos I put together last week. The first is a fun one of the last bridal expo we did at the Philips Center.

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SAVE THE DATE!! (video contest)

My little company, Platinum Digital Video, was asked by Gio of Love Wedd and Footstone Ink, if we do "Save The Date" videos. I thought about this for a while and tapped into my ultra cool video sources and chose 4 templates (kind of like stationary really) for save the date videos. The plan is to do a super cute filming session and then arrange the footage into the video "stationary" of the couple's choice and voila! We have a Save the Date video that is fun and affordable and looks amazing.

So I needed a sample and thought about seeing if I could find a newlywed couple who would want a free video so they could be my sample. Then I got an idea. Why not make it a contest, I mean, who doesn't want a free "Save The Date" video?

I put the contest up on Facebook this Monday and so far have received 17 entries and today is just day 2 of the contest. I can't wait to pick a winner on Friday and I can't wait to make the video.

The good part about these "Save The Date" videos is that they are actually cheaper than buying and mailing cards...and a unique, hip and fun way to spread the word. I am going to try to keep the cost down at $200. Then I will also sell DVD's at a good price incase not all of the newlywed's family knows how to click on and open video link or if they don't have a Facebook page (Great Grandma).

I also thought this would be an extra good idea now that Facebook has made it super easy to post information for close friends and family only. So newlyweds could make a wedding guest group and post for guest's eyes only. The Save the Date video fits right into that new social media freedom.

It is also amazing because the link and embed code for the video could fit easily into a couple's personal wedding website....especially the Wix.com ones. LOVE IT!!!

I will post the sample on this blog when it is finished.

For now, here is a link to the contest.

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