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A Social Media Expirement • Get Muppet Sid & Muppet Sara on "Muppets II"

The Family Portrait

Help "Muppet Proposal" stars get walk-on appearance in next Muppet Movie! goo.gl/2kaZh & goo.gl/0pVin #MuppetProposal #Muppets #MuppetMovie

Okay, so, I need your help.

It has been confirmed that with the success of the first "Muppets" movie from last year that they are going to move forward with "Muppets II".

And I had an idea.

Wouldn't it be awesome if we could find a way to get Muppet Sid and Muppet Sara a cameo in the next Muppet film?  Like a walk-by cameo or something.  How insane would that be.

I want this to happen.  I want to meet the people that make Muppet movies.

Here is what I'm asking your help for: Share the facebook page, and my blog page with everyone you know; on Facebook, on Twitter, on other social sites, you name it.  If it's a place it can be shared, share it!  I have no idea if this little social experiment can work, but who knows; maybe one of you out there knows somebody that knows somebody that knows somebody who might know someone associated with making the next movie.

Is it worth a shot?  You bet it is.

Copy the following and drop it in Facebook, and Twitter, and whatever else you have that can be shared:

Help "Muppet Proposal" stars get walk-on appearance in next Muppet Movie! goo.gl/2kaZh & goo.gl/0pVin #MuppetProposal #Muppets #MuppetMovie

This would be amazing.  Awesome.  Insane.  Get us in front of the people making the next movie.  OMG.

The muppet wedding/honeymoon has been nominated for a 2011 new england arts award!

2011 New England Art Awards Nomination

MUPPET SID & MUPPET SARA WANT YOUR VOTE!

the "Muppet Wedding/Honeymoon" video has been nominated for a 2011 New England Art Award!! The 2011 New England Art Awards is a contest to honor the best art made in New England, local writing about local art, and exhibits of New England art organized in 2011. Artist Juniper Friedman of Massachusetts; Daniel Fuller, director of the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art; Liz O’Connell of Massachusetts ranked their top six picks in each category from hundreds of nominations. The final ballot features the top votes in each category from each of these advisers plus The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research.

PLEASE VOTE! The New England Art Awards holds an online ballot vote. It would be AWESOME if you could vote for me in the "New Media" category where I've been nominated. You can cast your vote here: gregcookland.com/neaa/

Winners will be announced at the 2011 New England Art Awards Ball at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2012, at the Burren, 247 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts.

THANKS FOR YOUR VOTE!

ABOUT: The 2011 New England Art Awards is a contest to honor the best art made here, local writing about local art, and exhibits of New England art organized here in 2011. And we want you to help us pick the winners by voting via the online ballot here. Everyone is welcome to vote here. Winners will be chosen by (1) local active art writers and (2) anyone else who wants to vote – and will be announced in terms of these two categories of voters. You must follow that link above to vote. Votes submitted as comments will be ignored. Winners will be announced at the 2011 New England Art Awards Ball at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2012, at the Burren, 247 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts. The event is free and open to all. Dress creatively! Dress to impress! Entertainment will probably include a marching band, plus surprises! How to vote: Voting is automated – and our robots are standing by to receive your picks. You are welcome to vote in as many categories as you like or to leave lots of blanks. Please invite your friends to vote too. Votes must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, to be counted. The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research will tally the votes. Nominees with the most votes in each category will win. Voting will only be accepted via the robot voting form. We ask each voter to submit a name and e-mail address to prevent fraud. Cheaters will be banished. If you spot factual errors in the ballot, please send us corrections. The aim of the awards, which are organized by The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, is to promote a more exciting local art scene by encouraging and celebrating the work of artists, curators and art writers active in New England (except Yalies). What’s happened so far: The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research invited everyone to make nominations in January and around 500 things were nominated. (Thank you.) We asked readers to volunteer to help us cull the nominations and recruited a couple more folks to pitch in. This team – artist Juniper Friedman of Massachusetts; Daniel Fuller, director of the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art; Liz O’Connell of Massachusetts (thank you) – ranked their top six picks in each category. The final ballot features the top vote getters in each category from each of these advisors plus The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, with us breaking ties as necessary. (Note: These kind folks were not allowed to vote for themselves or their institutions.) Some nominees were disqualified because they did not follow the guidelines requiring all nominees to feature art made and shared in New England—for example: the artist did not reside in New England, the art was not exhibited in New England in 2011, or, in the case of curators and art writers, the subject was not art made in New England, etc.

NH Love Stories: Sid & Sara, New Hampshire Magazine, February 2012

NH Love Stories: Sid and Sara, New Hampshire Magazine Feb 2012

The February 2012 New Hampshire Magazine features a lovely feature on local love stories in the state. NH Magazine contacted us last month asking if we'd be interested in partaking in their article. Of course we would!

We got to meet with NH Magazine photographer John Hession at the Red River Theatre, where the whole proposal took place and got to revisit the moment and had a blast spending the morning with him.

NH Magazine Muppets

Muppet Sid and Muppet Sara were excited when I brought home the print edition!  Here they are showing off they there were in the magazine :)

The online article is here: www.nhmagazine.com/home/948327-101/nh-love-stories-sid-an... or pick up a copy of the magazine which is available now!

Cheers, Sid

The Muppet Wedding/Honeymoon

After many months of filming and editing, I dedicate this to everyone around the world who asked for the continuation after the Muppet Proposal.  This is for all of you, from me. <3

A little over a year ago, I came up with an idea on how to propose to my long time girlfriend, Sara. As a huge fan of the Muppets and having real love for Jim Henson, as well as always having made little movies with puppets and toys since childhood, proposing by making a movie trailer with Muppet versions of ourselves comes as no surprise to those who grew up with me.

When the event finally took place (flawlessly, I might add) we had no idea it would go viral. I figured family would see it, and that would be the end of it. What took place over the last year has been crazy and magical.

Sara and I have received lots of emails over the last year asking if there was going to be a "Muppet Wedding" video. Since we got so many emails and requests, we decided it would be fun to make a video that combines Muppet Sara and Muppet Sid getting married as well as their honeymoon vacation to Acadia National Park.

This video is dedicated to all of you. For everyone that has emailed or left comments asking to see the next step in the lives of our Muppets. These two little Muppets have been impossible for me to put down now that I have them - I find myself making up excuses to put them on and make videos.

Thanks go to my friend Ryan and his Muppet "Edgar" for playing the priest in the wedding portion. Thanks to Amy Petty for allowing me to use her song "You Make Me Free" for the video, and thanks to Nicholas Park for letting me use his song "Yours Alone" for the original Muppet Proposal as well as for the instrumental version that takes place during the credits on this video.

Visit Amy Petty. Purchase her CDs, see her in concert, give her your love. http://www.amypetty.com

Visit Nicholas Kirk. Help spread the word about his music and the films he composes music for. Give him your love. http://www.whitestonemotionpictures.com

Thanks to our family, friends, and everyone around the world who has viewed the Muppet Proposal, shared it, told people about it, and most importantly have shared the same joy and love that I feel for my wife every day.

Sid and Sara were married on September 10, 2011.

To see the whole story, start here: http://ceaserphotography.com/blog/archives/192

Music used with permission of the artists.

Muppet Wedding/Honeymoon Behind-the-scenes

Muppet Wedding/Honeymoon Behind-the-scenes

(L to R: Sara Prindiville Ceaser, Muppet Sara, Edgar, Muppet Sid, Ryan Webber)

Today I blocked in some time to wrap up filming for the soon-to-be released "thank you" dedicated to the internet and all the love we've received over the last year since the "Muppet Proposal" went crazy from people all over the world.

Coming in the next few weeks: the Muppet Wedding/Honeymoon.

Also introducing Edgar, the Muppet belonging to my lifelong friend Ryan, as "the Priest".

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Toilet Paper + Halloween = Mummies!

Sid & Muppet Sid are Toilet Paper Mummies!

Sara and I weren't quite sure what to do to celebrate Halloween this year when suddenly, Sara had a great idea of getting a bunch of rolls of toilet paper and having a small gathering of friends over at the studio for snacks, drinks, and wrapping each other up like Mummies.

Best idea EVAR.

TP MUMMIES!

Mummy Behind The Scenes: Sara is a Mummy!
Sara Ceaser is a Mummy!
Bryan is a Mummy!
Dave Seah is a Mummy!

To see more images from our Toilet Paper Mummy Party, click here!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Sid & Sara Get Married!!!

Sara Prindiville & Sid Ceaser: MARRIED!!!

What a crazy past few weeks!  On Sept 10th, Sara and I were married in front of a small group of friends and family at the Beaver Brook Association in Hollis NH, followed by fantastic music and merriment at Studio 99.  Then we hurried off to Bar Harbor for the week for a relaxing Honeymoon.

We've just returned and I've got so much to catch up on, including a more extensive post about the wedding.  Our "official" wedding photography is being taken in October, as we've been working on a very special project.  Once our portraits have been taken I can write up a more extensive post!

Above:  a very heavily-processed image taken during our ceremony by Sara's cousin's husband, Bob Marville.

Stay tuned!!