Keepsake DVD Gift & Scrapbook Video Tributes

There can be no more perfect gift than a Keepsake DVD — commemorating a love story, a wedding, a milestone birthday or anniversary. These are gifts from the heart that will be treasured for a lifetime!

Below are some ideas that are perfect for creating a DVD slideshow tribute. Some, like the Women's Rites of Passage section, represent imaginative ways to honor the women in your life.

On the right hand side of the page — scroll down to see a list of occasions where a DVD slideshow is the perfect entertainment. Have fun envisioning the possibilities of creating a glorious collection of memorable scrapbook videos and gift keepsake DVDs for those you love!

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We all have photographs stashed in drawers, in albums and shoeboxes. And countless more are stored on our computers. A scrapbook video from Commemorative DVDs is the perfect solution for organizing your images into themes like vacations and holidays, kids' activities, family histories, reunions and more — preserving them for hours of viewing pleasure and offering them as thoughtful gifts for those you love.

Feature a professional DVD slideshow at the following occasions:

• Milestone Birthday Parties
• Engagement Parties
• Bridal Showers
• Rehearsal Dinners
• Wedding Receptions
• Baby Showers
• Anniversary Parties
• Mother's and Father's Day
• Grandparent's Day
• Holiday Gatherings
• Bar and Bat Mitzvahs
• Quinceañeras
• Women's Rites of Passage Celebrations
• Team Banquets
• Graduation Parties
• High School and College Reunions
• Family Reunions
• Military Commemorations
• Retirement Parties
• Memorial Celebrations
• Community Organization Banquets
• Conferences, Conventions and Trade Shows
• Club Banquets
• Circle of Friends' Gatherings
• Roasts and Toasts...

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Women's Rites of Passage

Coming of Age Slideshow
New generations of mothers are honoring their daughters as they transition into womanhood with a coming of age celebration. These imbue a young person with great pride and a feeling of being loved and supported through adolescence. Typically, a circle of close women friends offer loving counsel on what it means to be a woman. They present the honoree with meaningful gifts and personal blessings. The group dances together and sings special songs that commemorate this rite of passage. Take lots of pictures and video of this event, and we'll create a beautiful commemorative of her coming of age that will remind your daughter of the importance of claiming her womanhood.

Mid-Life Slideshow
Instead of a mid-life crisis, why not have a mid-life crowning? Circles of women are popularizing this tradition by holding a "coronation" ceremony for women over 50 who want to acknowledge that they are moving into a new phase of the life — that of the Queen. No longer absorbed in raising children, and still very vital, a woman over 50 focuses on being the best she can be in the second half of her life — perhaps a new career, a new relationship — it's an open path ahead! Commemorative DVDs will create a beautiful tribute of this occasion. All Hail the Queen!

Wise Woman Slideshow
Imagine honoring a female elder with a beautiful gathering and presenting her with a crown to commemorate her years, her wisdom and her enduring beauty. If at 50, a woman becomes a Queen, then surely after 80, she becomes an Empress! Be creative in honoring her by sharing personal tributes and serenading her with song and music making. Dance around her in a circle. Celebrate her well lived life. She deserves it! We'll create a DVD from all the pictures and video that she and her family will treasure.

Pregnancy / New Baby

Baby Shower / Blessingway Slideshow
We've all been to traditional baby showers, but here's something different: closest girlfriends gather the week before her due date to massage a pregnant friend — to relax her and prepare her for labor. Of course, they bring gifts and share their wisdom of birthing and raising children. But they also share poetry, song — and create a ritual of honoring their friend. A highlight of the occasion is creating a beautiful "belly-cast" that becomes a treasured keepsake of her pregnancy to hang on the nursery wall. We'll create a moving slideshow of this occasion. What fun to watch this "blessingway" DVD with her children later on!

Birth Announcement Slideshow
Congratulations! What better way to announce the birth of your new baby than to create a slideshow made up of all those adoreable photos you have taken during the first few weeks of your child's life. Your family members and close friends will delight in watching a birth announcement slideshow of your precious new addition!

Baby's First Year Slideshow
First birthdays are cause for celebration! What a perfect occasion to delight your guests with baby's first year slideshow? Add video of the first steps, the first words — all those precious moments you have shared with your baby.

Baby's First Birthday Commemoration
During the party, take lots of images and video. We'll create a charming DVD of your child's first birthday celebration that can be added to the first year imagery. The whole family will enjoy watching this production together, and it makes an especially nice gift for doting grandparents!

Birthdays

Birthday Slideshows
Birthday parties are wonderful occasions to feature a DVD slideshow. They are the best entertainment! A birthday slideshow usually includes images of the honoree through the years with friends and family — many of whom will be at the event and will love revisiting their wonderful times together. Be sure to plan a lively mix of fun music for the soundtrack — especially songs that are the honoree's favorites. This will be a treasured Keepsake DVD that is the perfect gift for someone close.

Sweet 16 Slideshow
If your teenage daughter is about to turn 16, it is the perfect time to plan a sweet sixteen slideshow to feature at her party. This is a milestone birthday, for sure, and cause for something special. We'll weave pictures from her early childhood until the present with her favorite music and put a fabulous photo of her on the cover of her very own movie! She'll be thrilled. And afterwards, send us the photos and video from the party, and we'll create a fun Sweet 16 Celebration DVD.

Quinceañera Slideshow
Among the Latina community, a Quinceañera is a "Sweet 15" celebration for girls. It is a formal transition from childhood to young adulthood that is usually very elaborate. Commission a slideshow of the girl's life to feature at her Quinceañera or let Commemorative DVDs create a slideshow that includes photos and music from her celebration as a keepsake DVD gift she will enjoy forever.

Milestone Birthday Slideshow
Whatever the decade, turning "the BIG _0" is a big deal! And certainly, after 60, every five years is a big deal as well! Surprise a family member or special friend with a milestone birthday slideshow to feature at their party. Be sure to include their favorite music and pictures of all their friends and family who will be at the party. Laugh it up - celebrate! Also consider creating a slideshow afterwards with images from the party so that memories of their "BIG _0" will be preserved.

Milestone Events

Christening / First Communion /
Confirmation Slideshow
Christening, first communion and confirmation are important occasions for Christian families. We can create a DVD slideshow to commemorate these milestone events. Be sure to get extra copies to send to members of your family who are unable to attend the event.

Bar Mitzvah Slideshow /
Bat Mitzvah Slideshow
In the Jewish faith, when children turn 13, they are honored at a bar mitzvah (for boys) and bat mitzvah (for girls). This is a religious rite of passage culminating in a party, in which the child is welcomed into young adulthood. Families often commission a slideshow of their child's life — showing their accomplishments — to feature at the celebration.

Retirement Party Slideshow
A retirement slideshow is a great way to pay tribute to a co-worker who is retiring. Show it at a luncheon or dinner with images of the honoree's career, their accomplishments and relationships with co-workers. Send them off with a keepsake DVD that demonstrates how much they were valued at their place of business.

Memorial Slideshow
When a close family member passes away, it is especially meaningful to create a memorial slideshow to share with loved ones at a memorial celebration. It showcases the life of the deceased beginning at childhood and highlights their meaningful relationships, interests and experience. It comforts people in their grieving and becomes a treasured keepsake for family members.

Family Relationships

Mother's Day, Father's Day, Grandparent's Day
Slideshows
These holidays are a wonderful oppportunity to do something special for your parents or grandparents by putting together a DVD slideshow tribute of their lives. Let them know how much you love and appreciate them by creating a keepsake DVD that they will treasure forever. Include their favorite music and gather round with a box of kleenex handy!

Kids Slideshows
Get out your scrapbooks and let's create a wonderful series of slideshows of your kids! You know you have some great shots. How fun would it be to have a special night set aside from time to time to enjoy slideshows together? Pop the popcorn and get ready to giggle!

Favorite Pet Slideshow
Remember to take lots of pictures of your favorite pets. They are our treasured companions who love us unconditionally and have much to teach us. Many families like to create a memorial slideshow of their animals after they have passed over. It is a meaningful way to keep their memory alive and reconnect to your joyful life together.

Biographies and Family History

Personal Biography Slideshow
A personal biograpy slideshow is an in depth look into the life of an individual. It may be commissioned as part of a personal legacy that one wishes to pass on to their heirs, or it may be a gift that loved ones present at a special juncture to the individual. A biography keepsake DVD slideshow is a rich detailing through photographs, video clips, written and spoken tributes set to significant music through the decades that enables the honoree to reflect quite deeply on the purpose of their life.

Family History Slideshow
Many people are fascinated by their geneology. It is a wonderful project to talk to your relatives — especially the older ones — and pool together photographs, mementos and favorite stories to create a family history scrapbook DVD slideshow. This will immortalize your family's history and preserve the wonderful stories of their lives that you and future generations of your family will enjoy. Include your family crest. We'll help you hunt for the perfect music to highlight the bygone era and put some zing in the production!

Vacations

Vacation Slideshows
Get all your travel photos, slides and video tapes out of the shoebox. Let's create some fun multimedia slideshows to show off your family travels. Whether they are recent vacations or from years ago when your kids were little — whether it's Disney World, the Grand Canyon or exotic ports of call — Commemorative DVDs can create a series of professional slideshows specific to the individual vacation or trip. It's important to convert your old VHS or 8 mm films to preserve them as they deteriorate over time. We'll work with designated clips from these films combined with your digital images and still photographs to create a series of breathtakingly beautiful multimedia slideshows of your family vacations and travels. Preserve the memory of your family travels forever.

Holidays

Christmas, Hannukah, Yule, Kwanza Slideshow
These holidays are among the most important during the year. They conjur so many memories: the magic of childhood — the beautiful decorations and traditions — the special feasts, and of course, the presents! Why not gather the family together to watch a movie created with all the best photographs and video clips from years past. Or let us create a holiday DVD instead of an update letter that will be your personalized holiday DVD greeting to send to friends and family. It'll be a hit with everyone!

Easter, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day — even the seasonal changes of nature — these are all themes around which we can organize your photographs and video to create lovely holiday scrapbook DVDs for your enjoyment.

Kids' Sports

Little League & Sport's Team Slideshow
You know you're out there — watching every game — maybe even helping to coach. Your child deserves to shine in a little league slideshow! Talk to the other parents. They would probably love to participate in assembling great photos and footage of games between teams that your children are on. These make great entertainment at sports team banquets and will be fun to have preserved as part of your multimedia family scrapbook collection.

Kids' Performing Arts and Contests

Dance & Music Recital Slideshow
Who doesn't adore watching little girls twirl about the stage in their tutus? Who isn't thrilled to hear their son play in a music recital or see your child take a bow after performing in a play or winning a contest? These are among their proudest moments that you'll want to preserve. We can create a DVD of "the best of" these recitals and performances to showcase your children's talents. Imagine the fun your future grandchildren will have watching them!

High School and College

High School & College Graduation Slideshow
All the years of hard work - it all culminates in the graduation ceremony. This is a milestone occasion in your child's life and one that warrants some special treatment. A slideshow of their accomplishments through the years is a wonderful gift and one that can be enjoyed by friends and family at a graduation party. It's also a wonderful project to create a senior class slideshow — taking images and text from the yearbook, combined with everyone's candids from class events, shared activities and private parties. We'll set it to their favorite songs and put a picture of the class on the cover of the DVD. They'll love it!

Friendships

Best Friends Forever! Slideshow
We all remember our BFFs from grade school, high school and college. As we get older, we remember them even more. Our friendships are golden and deserve a DVD tribute all their own. If you're fortunate enough to still have them in your life, or if you’ve created a new circle of close friends, take  some time rooting through your drawers and ask your friends to look through theirs to gather photos of your times together. We’ll design a special best friends forever slideshow. Then invite them all to join you, have some wine, and share some laughs as you watch yourselves on TV.

Reunions

Reunion Slideshow
Whether it's a family reunion, a high school or college reunion, or other type of reunion, those of you in the position of organizing the event can appreciate how important it is feature a retrospective of those attending. A reunion retrospective DVD is the perfect solution! Put a call out for folks to send you their old photographs and video. We'll will put together a reunion DVD that will be a great trip down Memory Lane for everyone to enjoy at the gathering.

Commemorative DVD of Event
Once the reunion is over, we'll take the footage and photos and asssemble them into a great DVD that will feature highlights of the reunion. Everyone will want copies — even those who were unable to attend.

Special Interests

Club Groups and Professional Associations
We all have our special interests and circles of friends we have made from these associations. Whether it's a social club, networking club or professional association, a DVD slideshow is a wonderful way to celebrate the strong bond of kinship that members feel for one another. We can combine photographs and video with captions to tell the story of your group and immortalize the wonderful times you have shared together.

If your club or group is planning a special annual luncheon, dinner or retreat, we can create a DVD to feature at the occasion. It could highlight the mission and accomplishments of the group — or simply the good times!

Community Organizations and Small Businesses

Organization's History Slideshow
An organization's history can be quite compelling in a digital story. It is an excellent resource to educate and inspire existing members or employees and recruit new ones. It also helps create a special bond among members or employees.

Year in Review Slideshow
Chances are your organization or company plans an annual luncheon or dinner. A Year in Review slideshow is a great way to detail the specific achievements of the past year and invoke a sense of pride for those responsible for setting and achieving the specific goals of the organization or company.

Website / Trade Show / Conference Slideshows
Having appealing multimedia collateral is an important part of any marketing plan. Commemorative DVDs can create a compelling multimedia presentation or series of presentations that can be adapted for your website, trade show or conferencing needs to help promote your products and services.

Creative Stories / Teaching Aids

Original Story Slideshow
Have you ever dreamed of seeing your creative musings or extraordinary life experiences in a movie? If you’ve written a beautiful story or poem — or if you have had certain dreams, visions or life-changing moments in your life that you would like to honor in some way, we can help you to bring them to the screen. We are experts at sourcing evocative imagery and music to act as a backdrop for your creations as well as tell the story of those transformational life experiences for which you have no photographs at all. Through spoken and/or written narration, combined with imagery and music, we can preserve your creative stories on film for you to enjoy and share with others.

Teaching Aids
If you need something with a bit more raz ma taz than a standard powerpoint presentation, we'll work closely with you to produce a dazzling multimedia presentation that you can use in the classroom and on the lecture circuit — even on your website.