I’m married. And I like creative stuff. So with that simple math, I like creative things about weddings, engagements, married folk, and what not. It also helps that my hot lady has a green thumb when it comes to wedding planning. That means I get to see a bunch of people who think outside of the box when it comes to their better half. Here are a few of the ones I’ve come across recently…
1. Light Writing Marriage Proposal
A guy from Raleigh, NC, named Derrick Childress spent three nights and over 800 10-sec exposures to light-write his girl Emily his marriage proposal – like a big nuptial-specific LiteBrite. Pretty huge undertaking. Guess he was pretty sure she’d say yes. Check out the making-of video to see how it went down. Then go donate a buck to them so they can go on a honeymoon.
2. An Even More Epic Marriage Proposal
I can not possible set this up as much as it should be. Apparently this guy was able to secure $2.5 million in financing for free from Panavision to create a movie trailer – complete with extras, special effects and body-doubles of him and his lady. Here’s the rest of the story from him:
I have know my fiance Tracey Wade for over 14 years and wanted to propose to her in a very unique way. Tracey thought we were just going to the movies on a Sunday afternoon. Little did she know, I had rented the entire theater and filled it with 160 of our friends and family. I made it seem as though we were showing up a little late to the movie and went in to the theater after the lights had gone down and the movie trailers were already playing. This was done to keep her from recognizing anyone in the theater. What I had done was make an entire movie trailer that had actors portraying both Tracey and I at different times in our lives, both present day and in the future. After a few trailers played including one for Lord of the Rings the one I had made started. Tracey thought it was just another trailer for a movie soon to be released. Tracey was just perplexed as to how many different things had similarities to our relationship, she kept nudging me throughout the trailer. Tracey had no idea this was a marriage proposal until the last three seconds of the trailer.
By the way, I would like to add that just because you have $2.5 mil. worth of funding for your trailer, it doesn’t mean that it will be acted well or free from cheese. Still, the scope of this thing is incredible.
3. Roller-skating Wedding
Liz and Dave from CA got married at The Golden Skate. What else do I need to say? Check out the photos. See the full shoot from Michelle Hayes here.
Kind of like a little more classy version of my Sk80’s Birthday I had in college. Just slightly.
4. Christmas Card from Andrew & Carissa
Following the progression from proposal to wedding to life after the wedding – jobs, mortgages, potlucks and the yearly Christmas card. A friend of mine had this on her blog a while back – a few friends of hers that had sent something a little more unique than the traditional letter/photo combo you get in the mail. Check out their Christmas short movie…
