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So I have been toying with the idea of scrapping formal invitations and just mailing all our guests a short dvd of FI and I inviting them to our wedding. I got the idea when I was thinking of ways to make our STD's more creative, but then I started studying for the bar and completely forgot about it.

 

FI and I thought it would be really cute to do a short (maybe 5 minutes) video. We met in high school 7 years ago and both our parents still live in that town so we thought we would start the video there, then film a little in Atlantic City (where we "met" for the second time) and eventually started dating. We would finish up in our apartment in Boston... I just really want to do something personal and fun that would make our guests laugh :)

 

Opinions, suggestions, criticisms... is this a stupid idea?

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I have never heard of this before. It is def original. I think it is a cool idea. I think if I got it in the mail though, I might be too lazy to stick it in the DVD player. I usually open my mail over the trashcan and under the calendar (to write whatever I need to).

 

I know that is horrible, esp since I am putting so much thought into my own invites, but that's how I open my mail!

 

Maybe if you included a letter (or DVD label) to state what it is, you might get someone like me quicker to my DVD player...

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I think it's a great idea! You could decorate the package really cute. I would probably include a little card also with the date/info. I'm finding that people are lame.. sorry but they are. If they can't even drop a postcard in the mail that already has a stamp on it, they may not write down the important info like which date to save. :)

How many of them are you sending?

 

You could actually add music files to the dvd too and make it a keepsake for people..

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I think it's a great idea! You could decorate the package really cute. I would probably include a little card also with the date/info. I'm finding that people are lame.. sorry but they are. If they can't even drop a postcard in the mail that already has a stamp on it, they may not write down the important info like which date to save. :)
How many of them are you sending?

You could actually add music files to the dvd too and make it a keepsake for people..
I know what you mean. I don't understand why people can't RSVP. I return those things before I even drive away from the mail box.

Have you used Movie maker before? That might be useful for editing your video. I started a thread about how to use it.
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Maybe if you included a letter (or DVD label) to state what it is, you might get someone like me quicker to my DVD player...
I was thinking we would put a DVD label with our names, wedding date, and location. Also, we will probably include a really inexpensive invitation (that I will print at home) with the basic invitation information (date, place, time, parents' names, etc)

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Do you have a DVD burner? Otherwise, it could get expensive. I think it sounds really cute. I'd include something written too for people without DVD players.
I actually have a DVD burner so I am going to give it a try myself first. I will definitely check out the threads about the movie maker program. However, if it turns out that I am clueless, FI's parents have a friend who does this kind of stuff so we may ask for his help. Invitations are something FI and I are paying for ourselves, so we have a pretty decent budget (up to $15 each).

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How many of them are you sending?
I will be sending out 90 invitations


I don't know if this is just another one of my crazy ideas, but I think it could be a really cute personal way of inviting our guests to our wedding. I have a good amount of family flying in from Israel for it, so I thought it would make them feel special to "hear" the invitation in hebrew (FI has been working on his hebrew for almost a year now).
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