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I recently had the opportunity to experience Little Star Video’s unique and wonderful services. They offered to compile a video featuring photos of my children. Sounded like fun, so I sent them quite a few pictures of my Twinkies from birth and their time spent in the NICU to now!!
They were wonderful to work with and transfomed my images complete with music, into a fabulous high quality video/slideshow that we can play again and again for our little ones. I was so happy with it!
Before I share more details, I want you to see this wonderful video, it is super short (no, my kiddos aren’t in it) …
I had the opportunity to ask Andrea, owner of Little Star Video, some questions and would like to share that interview with you:
Tell me about the history and passion of your business:
We want to provide a way for parents to encapsulate the numerous pictures and videos captured of their children in a way that is unique and cherished. Our company provides busy parents an easy way to display their photos and videos to friends and family. In essence, we bring photos and videos to life by creating a mini-movie of the images captured. Each movie is uniquely customized and images are easily uploaded to our site. Parents have a choice of song selection to match their individual style and can add custom titles and dedications of their choice.
What products do you offer?
We offer several different movie packages:
All of our packages include: song requests, photo retouching, custom transitions, pan & zoom effects, custom titles and dedications, custom DVD menu, custom label, case and shipping.~Simple Package starts at $175 (50 pictures) and increases with the number of pictures and video submitted.
~Capture the Years starts at $225 for Year 1 (100 pictures). We are doing a special for $450 you can receive Years 1-3 (1 year at no cost – saving $225!).
~DVD Birth Announcement – $125 (25 pictures, one video, 15 copies).
What’s your most popular product?
Our most popular package is called “Capture the Years”, similar to a video yearbook, where parents can recap each year of their child’s life starting with Year 1. Our other popular package is a DVD birth announcement where new parents can have 15 DVD copies of the first few days of life that includes up to 25 pictures and one video clip . It is a new take on the traditional birth announcement. We also have our simple movie packages that start at $175 for 50 pictures and increases with the number of images that are submitted.
All of Little Star Video’s DVDs are created in High Definition quality for use on standard and widescreen televisions. Their video packages can be customized or even given as a gift. At this time Little Star Video only accepts digital photos, so all pictures need to be scanned (offered at most retail locations).
You’ll want to be sure to take advantage of the discount they have offered just for A Frog In My Soup readers!!! Get $40 off on any video package, just use the code FROGGY (offer expires 8.31.08).
They have also offered a wonderful giveaway. One of you will win their Simple Movie Package A (wroth $175 for 50 pictures)! In order to enter, you need to visit www.LittleStarVideo.com and take a look around! Come back here and leave a comment telling us what you think of the sample videos they offer at their site.
This contest is open to US and Canadian addresses and you may enter until July 25th.
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July 11th, 2008 at 11:34 am 1
The samples are great – I love the Capture the Years idea!
July 11th, 2008 at 5:55 pm 2
I love this idea! It’s something that I would love to do, but don’t have time for. I really enjoyed watching the Capture the Years sample video.
July 11th, 2008 at 6:12 pm 3
I love the Capture the Years idea!
July 11th, 2008 at 6:25 pm 4
The Baby Video Announcement is a great idea, especially for relatives who live far away. Thanks, and good luck to all.
July 12th, 2008 at 4:43 am 5
The Capture the Years is adorable! My son is turning five soon and this would be just wonderful!!
July 12th, 2008 at 5:04 am 6
I agree I love the capture the years idea
July 12th, 2008 at 5:44 am 7
I think the capture the year idea would be a family heirloom.
July 12th, 2008 at 6:51 am 8
Love the Capture the Years idea, what a wonderful way to remember.
July 12th, 2008 at 7:01 am 9
very informative and interesting
July 12th, 2008 at 7:19 am 10
Capture the years is wonderful.
July 12th, 2008 at 7:19 am 11
What a great way to keep memories.
July 12th, 2008 at 7:20 am 12
I love it. What a great idea.
July 12th, 2008 at 10:20 am 13
Love the videos. Enter me too!
July 12th, 2008 at 1:15 pm 14
Great! I watched sample A. I liked how the pictures changed with different effects.
July 12th, 2008 at 2:02 pm 15
Great Idea…Capture the years is great. What a great way to cherish memories!
July 12th, 2008 at 4:23 pm 16
capture the year such a great idea
July 12th, 2008 at 7:45 pm 17
I love the Capture The Years idea. This is really awesome. I would be thrilled to win this giveaway!
July 12th, 2008 at 8:12 pm 18
love the Capture the Years idea
July 12th, 2008 at 8:36 pm 19
The videos are beautiful. I loved little Emma (package B) But the two little girls dancing together (Package A) was so sweet it brought tears to my eyes. This would make such a beautiful gift for my daughter and her 6 month old.
Thank you for sharing and for the contest.
July 12th, 2008 at 10:13 pm 20
capture the year is fabulous, thats when we video the most and then we never watch it. I really want to win this!!
July 12th, 2008 at 11:46 pm 21
I love the samples that I saw and I love the concept. This would be great and fun for my child.
July 13th, 2008 at 12:09 am 22
This is an awesome idea……aboslutely brillant.
something to Treasure for the family heirloom.
July 13th, 2008 at 4:26 am 23
these are awesome, very professional and full of ideas!
July 13th, 2008 at 5:13 am 24
Love the site. What a great way to capture all those memories.
July 13th, 2008 at 8:05 am 25
I’m repeating but Capture the Years is cool.
July 13th, 2008 at 8:25 am 26
The Capture the Years would make me feel better about all the pictures I have yet to scrapbook!
July 13th, 2008 at 8:29 am 27
love it
July 13th, 2008 at 9:42 am 28
love this site! would love to create a capture the years video! what an awesome gift this would make!
thanks!
moore.g at insideconnect.net
July 13th, 2008 at 9:55 am 29
Love the concept.
July 13th, 2008 at 10:04 am 30
very nice
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
July 13th, 2008 at 11:48 am 31
The Capture the Years is adorable!
July 13th, 2008 at 1:55 pm 32
Here’s another vote for Capture the Years.
July 13th, 2008 at 2:31 pm 33
AWESOME! Capture the Years is too cool
July 13th, 2008 at 3:10 pm 34
I love the idea of the Baby Video Announcements, and they are so well-put together!
July 13th, 2008 at 3:11 pm 35
I loved the baby announcement! Man, have things changed.
July 13th, 2008 at 7:20 pm 36
i like capture the years.
July 13th, 2008 at 7:37 pm 37
The capture the years idea is awesome!!
July 13th, 2008 at 11:53 pm 38
Hold onto memories for a lifetime!! Preserve them!
July 14th, 2008 at 2:54 am 39
I like the Capture the Years idea. It would be great for graduation parties too. I think it’s great that this can be tied into facebook accounts!
July 14th, 2008 at 3:37 am 40
The baby announcement video, can you imagine the family members faces when they receive something that cool?!
July 14th, 2008 at 7:38 am 41
The capture the years idea is my favorite
July 14th, 2008 at 8:28 am 42
I love the capture the years- it’s a great way to showcase the journey of growing up in a reminicent and artistic way ~ lovely!
July 14th, 2008 at 10:23 am 43
I love how their panning and zooming effects create such motion and life, even with only still pictures.
July 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm 44
It is so wonderful to be able to see your family in a video with music made from your still pictures. They did a beautiful job on the sample video’s I can’t even imagine watching my own family on it. I really liked all the sample videos however Capture the years was my favorite. I would love one done of my son from the time he was born until he graduated from High School for a gift for him on graduation night. Thanks for a chance to enter such a wonderful giveaway~!
exotic1@tdstelme.net
July 14th, 2008 at 2:25 pm 45
Capture the Years idea is great!
July 14th, 2008 at 3:19 pm 46
i think this is a great idea. I haven’t seen anythign like this before!
July 15th, 2008 at 8:41 am 47
I like the Capture the years as well
July 15th, 2008 at 9:26 am 48
just to cool
July 15th, 2008 at 3:25 pm 49
Wonderful idea, and I agree the capture the years is just precious.
July 15th, 2008 at 4:31 pm 50
The samples are great !
July 16th, 2008 at 11:27 am 51
Neat! I like how the pictures changed!
July 16th, 2008 at 12:51 pm 52
love the capture the years idea
July 16th, 2008 at 2:44 pm 53
What a precious and treasured keepsake!
July 16th, 2008 at 10:03 pm 54
Capture the Years is a wonderful idea. Thanks for the great giveaway:)
July 17th, 2008 at 7:52 am 55
what a wonderful contest!!! WE doin’t have a video camera so this would be terrific!!
July 17th, 2008 at 8:03 am 56
To reiterate so many of the above posts, the Capture the Years is great — what I would really like to do with this service is take vacation photos and have a movie made — that would be cool!
July 17th, 2008 at 9:31 am 57
Now this is a service I could really use! I enjoyed watchig the different samples.
July 18th, 2008 at 12:34 pm 58
Definately the Capture the Years option, I take soo many pictures too, this would be great to do for myself, my family, and friends!
phillipsonlygirl(at)gmail(dot)com
July 18th, 2008 at 6:27 pm 59
The Capture the Years is adorable!
July 18th, 2008 at 7:25 pm 60
Capture the Years sounds like a great idea.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:14 pm 61
oo yes, the capture of the years!!
July 19th, 2008 at 7:32 pm 62
What a terrific contest prize! The sample videos they offer look terrific, they do a great job making everything look like it belongs together. Everything is crisp and clear and the music sounds good too. I\’d really love to win this!
July 20th, 2008 at 1:42 am 63
Capture the Years is another vote from me. Super!
July 20th, 2008 at 12:34 pm 64
Capture the Years is cool!
July 20th, 2008 at 1:53 pm 65
Like everyone else, I was blown away with the Capture the Years video sample. What a wonderful service. Would love to win.
July 20th, 2008 at 11:30 pm 66
what a great gift idea!!
July 21st, 2008 at 4:46 am 67
Capture the Years is great
July 21st, 2008 at 1:31 pm 68
Great gift idea and quality standards look superb.
gkstratos@ yahoo.com
July 21st, 2008 at 4:21 pm 69
Capture the years is just a precious idea. I would love to have something like that to show my son that when he’s an adult
July 21st, 2008 at 10:09 pm 70
love the capture the years!
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:27 am 71
The \"Capture the Years\" video yearbook is something I would love to own!
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:16 pm 72
I would love to give this to my father. Thanks for the chance.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:15 pm 73
I love the Capture the Years idea!
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:36 pm 74
this would be wonderful for my brother. thanks.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 pm 75
i was unable to see the video but the site looks cute
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:32 pm 76
Wow ,this is something that I know we would all love to have . They do a beautiful job with the show .Capture is perfectly done and I would love to make my own . Count me in
July 24th, 2008 at 6:40 am 77
I love the idea of putting pictures in a video.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:35 am 78
I think this Capture the Years idea is great! It would be cool to have something like that with my kids pics!
July 24th, 2008 at 12:21 pm 79
Great video. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
July 24th, 2008 at 2:11 pm 80
What a wonderfuld idea! This is amazing!
July 24th, 2008 at 5:01 pm 81
Magnificent memories with music!
July 24th, 2008 at 5:21 pm 82
I love the video yearbook idea with the Capture the Years!
July 24th, 2008 at 5:56 pm 83
I love this idea! Taking someone else’s photo and making it something enjoyable to Watch!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:02 pm 84
I would love to have the “Capture the Memories” for all of my kids. What a great way to celebrate graduations and growing up. Plus I wouldn’t have to do all the work!
July 24th, 2008 at 6:30 pm 85
I love the capture the years idea!:)
July 24th, 2008 at 9:07 pm 86
think this is a great idea.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:21 pm 87
I like “Our Family Movie” (only in part due to one of my favorite Jack Johnson songs in the background!)
July 24th, 2008 at 10:28 pm 88
Our Family Movie is really cool, what an awesome way to capture special moments
July 25th, 2008 at 1:36 am 89
I just love it. Kids grow up so quickly and it is always nice to have something like this to cherish.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:19 am 90
they are so cool
July 25th, 2008 at 5:23 am 91
Stunning, excellent quality. What a priceless memory to make.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:45 am 92
I liked Package A the best. What a great way to preserve special memories!
July 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am 93
The samples are amazing. I have been wanting to do a family video, but I don\’t have the time or the know how to figure out the software. Thanks for this great giveaway.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:56 am 94
Very clever and unique. What a great way to put videos and pictures together. Good luck all.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:58 am 95
capture the years is great idea
herry123_us@live.com
July 25th, 2008 at 10:57 am 96
Oh wow, the samples are great, love the family movie….
July 25th, 2008 at 11:34 am 97
God bless our troops
July 25th, 2008 at 5:47 pm 98
I really like the “Capture the Years” as do most. The special effects are something I can do too, but just have not taken the time to do it. So I can really appreciate somebody putting something like this together. It would be a wonderful graduation gift or gift to grandparents too!
July 25th, 2008 at 6:13 pm 99
finally a place i can go to put my parents photos and movies. I would love to win!
July 25th, 2008 at 6:17 pm 100
Awwww, the Capture the Years made me teary.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:20 pm 101
Wonderful concerpt…Capture the Years is something every new parent should consider having. Or even something for Grandparents to record those special moments with their grandchildren. Thanks for an awesome giveaway.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:53 pm 102
The videos are cue.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:54 pm 103
The videos are cute.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:02 pm 104
I think Capture the Years is a wonderful idea. The years really do fly by fast. I would be great to have a something that would last forever and have such a deep meaning.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:19 pm 105
The sample videos are great. I would love to win this prize.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:39 pm 106
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This is a great idea. This is what everyone would LOVE to do with their special pictures and videos but we never really know how to get started with it. A great way to present them.
This presentation also makes it much more tolerable for your poor, unsuspecting company, when you pull out the dreaded “home movies” and force them to watch! ha!
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July 25th, 2008 at 9:47 pm 107
I think it’s an awesome giveaway!!!
July 25th, 2008 at 11:57 pm 108
The sample videos look cute and adorable!