SPOTLIGHT ON: BASIC INVITE

SPOTLIGHT ON: BASIC INVITE

Today I want to share with you a great invite website called Basic Invite. 

As you know I am a huge fan of stationary and it’s always great to see a website that gets it right.

The website is beautiful and so easy to use and they have some really excellent features like how they can capture your addresses from your social media – I didn’t even know this kind of thing was possible.

They can print in almost any colour, which is great especially if your wedding has a really specific shade of green, for example, and you can get a custom printed sample sent to you just to judge it against your placemats or bowtie. I love the fact that they offer foils not just in gold and silver but also in rose gold which is the kind of gold I’m really feeling right now. Take a look at their free wedding websites – I know about a hundred people who would have loved to use this feature for their wedding - not only are the templates beautifully designed but all the features, like digital RSVPs, maps and registries are exactly the things they needed.

It seems to me, and I don’t know about you, that this time of year everyone is having babies, and I wish I knew about this website when people asked me about their baby shower invites – they’ve got such a great range that they can be the inspiration for your theme too – I love the idea of a firefighter theme or a woodland or floral theme. They’ve even got specific invites for twins!

The website has really responsive design features and I think such a quick and easy way to order those thank you cards too – I especially love their sticker section – they’ve got a huge amount of designs and you could use them to close your letters for a long time to come – not just for your wedding stationary.

And the great news is: Right now Basic Invite is offering 15% off with coupon code: 15FF51

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2. FREE WEDDING WEBSITES

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3. GARDEN FLOWERS BABY SHOWER INVITATIONS

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4. FIREFIGHTER BABY SHOWER INVITATIONS

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This post is sponsored by a product exchange with Basic Invite but all opinions are my own. 

FILM 1922: BIRD BOX

FILM 1922: BIRD BOX

TRIVIA: John Malkovich would talk to the birds on set, and the cast said he had a bizarre connection with them. He would be able to tell them to move their feet and they would.

This marked the fifth time actress Parminder Nagra played the role of a medical doctor, following ER (2003-2009), Alcatraz (2012), Fortitude (2015-), and Five Feet Apart (2019).

The film immediately sparked a 'Bird Box challenge' where people (often children) would have to cross a distance while blindfolded, both indoors and outdoors. When videos started to appear on social media of people bumping into objects and hurting themselves this way, Netflix issued a statement to discourage viewers from taking this challenge.

Such a cute idea for a new baby’s room…

FILM 1883: INCREDIBLES 2

FILM 1883: INCREDIBLES 2

TRIVIA: At one hour and fifty-eight minutes, this is not only the longest Pixar movie to date, but also the longest computer-animated movie to date, breaking Cars's record as longest Pixar film, which was one hour and fifty-seven minutes.

A typo on the movie theater marquee shown towards the end of the movie reads "A113", one of the most famous recurring Easter Eggs. Several Pixar producers and animators studied at California Institute of the Arts in classroom A113 and this number appears in every Pixar film.

HIDDEN MICKEY: The spirals on Screenslaver's hypnosis machine form a slightly lopsided, but still recognizable Mickey Mouse.

In one scene, while Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is trying to help Dash with his homework, he can be seen wrangling with "New Math", describing it as making no sense at all, and exclaiming "This is Math! Why would they change Math?" New Math was a brief, dramatic change in the way mathematics was taught in American grade schools during the 1960s (the approximate time frame of the Incredibles universe) which was highly criticized and quickly fell out of favor. The relevance of this joke evolves from the frustration modern parents (and students) occasionally experience with "Common Core" mathematics.

Made more money domestically in one weekend (one hundred eighty million dollars) than Pixar's previous summer release Cars 3 (2017) earned in its entire release of twenty weeks (one hundred fifty-three million dollars).

The fourteen-year gap between the first film and this follow-up was the longest waiting time between a Disney/Pixar movie and its sequel. (Finding Dory (2016)'s thirteen-year gap was the second longest, Monsters University (2013) was the third longest with a twelve-year gap, and Toy Story 3 (2010) was the fourth longest with an eleven-year gap.)

This was Pixar's twentieth feature film.

The background of the News Set Is an exact replica of that used in Broadcast News, which starred Holly Hunter.

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4. HAROLD ONESIE

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FILM 1730: MOTHER!

TRIVIA: Throughout the movie, no one's name is mentioned.

The following statement by Darren Aronofsky was released a week before the premiere: "It is a mad time to be alive. As the world population nears 8 billion we face issues too serious to fathom: ecosystems collapse as we witness extinction at an unprecedented rate; migrant crises disrupt governments; a seemingly schizophrenic US helps broker a landmark climate treaty and months later withdraws; ancient tribal disputes and beliefs continue to drive war and division; the largest iceberg ever recorded breaks off an Antarctic ice shelf and drifts out to sea. At the same time we face issues too ridiculous to comprehend: in South America, tourists twice kill rare baby dolphins that washed ashore, suffocating them in a frenzy of selfies; politics resembles sporting events; people still starve to death while others can order any meat they desire. As a species our footprint is perilously unsustainable yet we live in a state of denial about the outlook for our planet and our place on it. From this primordial soup of angst and helplessness, I woke up one morning and this movie poured out of me like a fever dream. All of my previous films gestated with me for many years but I wrote the first draft of Mother! (2017) in 5 days. Within a year we were rolling cameras. And now two years later, it is an honor to return to the Lido for the world premiere. I imagine people may ask why the film has such a dark vision. Hubert Selby Jr., the author of Requiem for a Dream (2000), taught me that through staring into the darkest parts of ourselves is where we find the light. "Mother!" begins as a chamber story about a marriage. At the center is a woman who is asked to give and give and give until she can give nothing more. Eventually, the chamber story can't contain the pressure boiling inside. It becomes something else which is hard to explain or describe. I can't fully pinpoint where this film all came from. Some came from the headlines we face every second of every day, some came from the endless buzzing of notifications on our smartphones, some came from living through the blackout of Hurricane Sandy in downtown Manhattan, some came from my heart, some from my gut. Collectively it's a recipe I won't ever be able to reproduce, but I do know this serving is best drunk as a single dose in a shot glass. Knock it back. Salute!" [Aug. 2017]

Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky started dating during the production of this film.

Actors Brian Gleeson and Domhnall Gleeson, who play the two brothers in the movie, are brothers in real life.

Jennifer Lawrence got so much into her character that during the climactic scenes, she started hyperventilating and even cracked a rib.

Paramount canceled the upcoming Friday the 13th film in order to move ahead with this film.

The film received both boos and a standing ovation during its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

Received an "F" CinemaScore, the worst possible score, which is very rare: Only 19 features have ever received an "F". [Sept. 2017]

Edinburgh educated sculptor Jessica Harrison is the artist whose works are referenced in the film's poster image released on Mothers Day 2017. Aronofsky cited Harrison as an inspiration, especially her 'broken' figurines works.

FILM 1718: THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE

TRIVIA: Rebecca De Mornay initially auditioned for the role of Claire Bartel and Annabella Sciorraauditioned for the role of Peyton Flanders.

Kevin Spacey was considered for the role of Michael Bartell.

The musical theme that is featured in the opening credits, that Payton hums when strolling the baby through the park, and that Michael hears on the radio at the climax is "Poor Wandering One", from the W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan musical "The Pirates of Penzance".

Cybill Shepherd turned down the role of Peyton Flanders citing her feminist beliefs.

FILM 1688: BRIDGET JONES'S BABY

TRIVIA: Three different endings were filmed for the movie. None of the cast members knew which was used, until the film opened in cinemas.

This is not a film adaptation of Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy," the third novel in the Bridget Jones series, released in 2013. Instead it's based on an original screenplay which Fielding wrote with David Nicholls.

In the first movie, Bridget Jones's birthday was on the 9th November. In the third movie, her birthday is on the 9th May!