Hamming it Up

Hamming it Up

February 3rd, 2011 @ 12:29 pm by Mrs. Bacon
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We are total hams. If there is a camera around, you can pretty much guarantee that we’ll be in front of it…all the time. I am sure that people we’ve met once have at least a handful of pictures of us from the one day we hung out. So when the Baconator (the fiance formerly known as Mr. Bacon) brought up the idea of a photo booth, I was totally on board.

I love the idea of a nostalgic booth with instant print outs, but I was super worried that it was going to cost big bucks, so I started checking out all of the amazing inspiration there is out there for a faux-to booth. Look at these adorable pics!!

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But really, I’m only kinda crafty. Trying to put together an adorable backdrop for photos complete with a functional frame? Waaaaay out of my league! Besides, hiring an additional photographer to man the booth would cost some moolah, too. So I hunkered down and started doing my research. OK, I wasn’t quite as thorough as Miss Giraffe, but I started emailing as many vendors as possible to figure out who could fit in our budget.

Mrs. Taco’s photo booth

Then I went to my first bridal show and saw a few of the photo vendors in action, signed up for their mailing lists, and within a week had a bunch of offers for coupons in my email! Suddenly, we were getting $300 off, plus double prints for favors, a guestbook, and props? Oh yes, just tell me where to sign, please!!

As I’ve mentioned before, the Baconator only had three requests, two of which were a photo booth and a Storm Trooper helmet for said photo booth. When I realized I could get brand spankin’ new props with my booth for just a few extra bucks, I was in! I love when people have silly photos with Santa hats and mustaches, so I knew we had to have these additions to our big day.

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So without further ado, please join us at…

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Are you doing a photo booth? Will it be DIY, or are you going to outsource it?

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6 Responses to “Hamming it Up”

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Miss Lox (message) 1,128 posts, Bumble bee

Once again I’m telling you, we were separated at birth or something. It’s kind of uncanny. (Please ignore the fact we look nothing alike. It’s funnier that way.)

2/3/11 @ 12:32 pm (reply)

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Miss Bacon (message) 656 posts, Busy bee

@Miss Lox: Yep, we are pretty much ridiculous. Maybe I should get a sneak peek at your next post so that we aren’t doing this every week? LOL.

2/3/11 @ 12:49 pm (reply)

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Miss Biscuit (message) 624 posts, Busy bee

I love fauxto booths! I think my photographer does something like this, but I need the motivation to make cute backdrops.

2/3/11 @ 3:07 pm (reply)

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Sunlavender (message) 553 posts, Busy bee

We’re definitely doing a fauxtobooth. I like the way more people can jump into the picture and the more props that can be added to the mix. We’re just going to DIY ours with a backdrop and a picture set up on a timer. Hopefully my brother can set it up so his computer will cycle through the pictures being taken, so guests can have a mini-slideshow.

2/3/11 @ 8:00 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Husky (message) 1,754 posts, Buzzing bee

We didn’t do one, but I so love the photos that always come out of them!

2/21/11 @ 4:16 pm (reply)

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[...] else, and now all you’ve got is this card.” So we’re using the double prints from the photo booth as favors. Instead, we are opting to go without something on our big day and give the money we [...]

3/4/11 @ 6:45 pm (reply)