Save the Date!!

Save The Date Kyle & Lynzie from Mark Hiebert on Vimeo.

:: Save the Date ::

This is our stunning 'Save the Date' video. We really hope you like it, and please comment and let us know that you do!

On Sunday, we had the honour of recording this video, as well as having some of our  Engagement Photos taken, at the same time. The whole experience was really fun! Mark Hiebert (EPIC Videography)  and Kathy Harder (Soul Pix) work extremely well together, and we really had a fun afternoon with them!

A bit of background on how this idea came about. Kyle and I had dinner with Mark last Friday night, and over a delicious meal, we discussed ideas and plans to help promote the wedding and our sponsors. One of the things that struck me about Mark, is his attention to detail and his avid imagination to create the impossible. He had a brilliant idea to promote the wedding through a video blog, highlighting our sponsors in 60-90 second videos, and explaining what they are doing for the wedding, who they are and why they have decided to be apart of our wedding.

So... on Sunday we got started! We have less than 4 months to our wedding, and we have a lot of work to do! Our first video, explains the concept behind a sponsored wedding... if you have not seen it, click on the page link... the second video is a new venture for Mark. A 'Save the Date' video. In recent wedding history, the idea came about, brilliantly, to let your potential guests know about your wedding in advance. Typically, this is done for weddings that will happen within 12-18 months, but as this is a new concept, Mark decided to try it out on us. It has taken flight, and we are thrilled with its outcome! I guess all I need to do now, is collect the email addresses for all our potential guests, and send it out!

We also decided that bringing our photographer, Kathy Harder, along to the shoot would be taking care of more than one thing at a time. Kathy was able to bounce ideas off Mark, and photograph the entire experience. We were able to record her Soul Pix video, and it will be our first, when it is ready for posting! If you are one of our Facebook Fans, you will see some of the photos she captured, on that page. As well, our wedding website also has a few. These will grow, as our sponsor base grows. Her work is stunning and we are very privileged to have her working alongside us! If you are on Facebook, you can also become a fan of Soul Pix, by following her website link on our webpage.

Something that might be crossing your mind, yet you do not want to ask, or bother to ask... What kind of publicity and advertisement is being given to the vendors that are sponsoring the wedding. Well, along with our wedding favors will come a gift bag, with the business cards of all of our sponsors and what they have done in regards to sponsorship. Each of our sponsors have been listed on our website, and are blogged about here, including the process of selection and decision to have them apart of our wedding. Beyond that, most of them know that the sky is the limit.

We are attempting to work alongside a media program, and to be showcased in both local and national wedding magazines. We are also attempting to be seen by a newspaper as 'newsworthy' in a lifestyle or 'human interest' piece. And lastly, we are looking to have a radio station join our efforts in promoting our sponsors, by getting to know us as a couple, and highlighting the quirky things about us! Lastly, we wouldn't mind if anyone wanted to be apart of our ceremony or reception in a media format. We have a very unique story, my (Lynzie) sheltered and somewhat innocent past coupled with Kyle's effeminate nature and worldly past; brought together by God and woven together to create a three strand chord of purity in love. We really hope that the nature of our story, will grasp the hearts of people and be seen as a relatable and heart warming story.

That said, please continue to follow us, our journey, and ultimately our Enchanted and Elegant Wedding!