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Fab Freebies

October 16, 2010
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Everyone loves a freebie.

This post’s Fab Freebie is all about DIY templates and downloads. Everything from stickers, to candy bar signs, to monograms and invites are available online in free downloadable fashion now!

Check out the Weddingchicks for some of my favorite templates, monograms and signs. They have this cool function that allows you to customize the colors and satisfy your need for instant gratification with a quick email back to you with your free download.

My idol, Martha Stewart surprisingly gives out free downloadable DIYs online too.

nd the queen of DIY free downloads is IDIY.

I was quite impressed with their selection of free downloadable invite templates shown above. Check downloadandprint.com for more!

What do you think? Would you use these?

For events with minimal budget (which is what I’ve been planning for work these days), these downloads are an invaluable resource!

Fab Fetes: Photo Booth

October 16, 2010
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While my friends jump for joy at the sight of a photo booth, I secretly yawn. As an event planner who regularly attends industry tradeshows, and keeps up with the latest and greatest through BizBash and event planning blogs, I usually feel I’ve seen it all.

One of my favorites is shown above from Smilebooth where you can click and record your own photo all with a remote control and a custom backdrop. Then there are those that you can record videos in, there are those that you can print from and share through social networks, and there are photo booths that allow you to choose from a computerized selection of various backdrops like the ones popular in Japan.

The Japanese ones are so high-tech that you can digitally add accessories, words, frames and other endless graphics to your previewed photo.

In Japan, these booths were so popular, you’d often find an entire room filled with them.

Besides seeing these photo booths at weddings, industry tradeshows and on exotic Asian trips, I run into them through my online readings of event blogs. One kind of photo opp that stands out to me as something I’d want to incorporate in the future are these interactive photo boards made up of a collection of frames (which you know I love).

Pick your favorite wallpaper, match it to your color scheme or party theme, add a collection of frames with cutouts for people to poke their heads through and voila you have an interactive photo wall!

Add your own framed photos to make it seem like a more genuine wall of frames and you have a creative way to display those parent’s wedding photos and your engagement shots.