Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Secret Language of a Marriage
I found this article months ago & forgot to post it then. I love the idea that most married or long-term couples have a language that makes sense only to them, that they are "a civilization of two," as the author writes. Justin & I have been married about five months and together for over two years. We've got nothing on long-married couples, but we've always had our own inside jokes. :)
Friday, November 19, 2010
The Songs, Illustrated
So, this may sound a bit overconfident, but I think the music at our wedding was AWESOME. :) You may remember my post last February about possible ceremony songs. After I wrote it, Justin & I did some tweaking and picked a line-up of songs that really worked for us. We did the same for our list of reception songs - both the assigned songs for first & last dances and the fun songs we put on our DJ's suggested songs list.
In the end, I was so happy with all of our choices and everyone else seemed to love them, as well. Below, I've listed the songs, how they were used, a link to listen to them on youtube, and a photo that I think illustrates the song at our wedding. Enjoy. :)
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| Ceremony Prelude - Summer, from the Four Seasons, Vivaldi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go7wlUOC5dg) |
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Processional - All You Need is Love, The Beatles |
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Bridal Processional - Such Great Heights, Iron & Wine |
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Recessional - Such Great Heights, The Postal Service |
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First Dance - You Are The Best Thing, Ray Lamontagne |
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| Father/Daughter Dance - Unforgettable, Natalie and Nat King Cole (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uRtNMFfF-g) |
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Wedding Party Dance - Rainy Night in SoHo, The Pogues |
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| The Electric Slide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmMQfTJ3gYk) |
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Come on Eileen, Dexy's Midnight Runners |
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| Also Come on Eileen (we really love to dance to that song) |
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| More Come on Eileen |
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| Seriously, we love that song (I even danced to it - in my head - the next morning in the shower stall of our wedding night suite) |
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Last Dance - Here Comes Your Man, The Pixies |
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Very loud sing-along song at 1am, during the after-party - Don't Stop Believing, Journey |
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Photos That Make Me Go "bwahahahahahaha"
Monday, November 1, 2010
See you next week!
No posts this week, as I'll be in Wisconsin visiting Justin before he deploys to the Middle East. I'll leave you with this great photo of our head table/last supper scene to tide you over. Catch you next week!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
It's all in the details, part 1
So I realize that I have yet to post documentary photos on the different parts of the wedding, but I was thinking about the details of the day and wanted to highlight some of the little things. Here's a compilation of some of the details of the getting ready & ceremony time that make me smile (the image is big, so feel free to click on it to see it original size).
From left to right, top row:
- our bagpiper (a friend of my father's) outside the church
- the aisle after we'd walked down it & the church had emptied (the little paper hearts have Shakespeare quotes and came from this Etsy shop)
- the guys' great boutonnieres from Ambrosia Gardens, complete with tiny starfish
- my bouquet of blue hydrangea & Queen Anne's lace, just after I made it (pretty much the only time it looked fresh & awesome)
- a close-up of our pew decorations (I went with silk hydrangeas so as not to worry about keeping them in water overnight & I think they looked fine!)
- my husband's cuff links that have an excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (from this Etsy shop)
- our blue shoes side by side
All photos but pew decoration one are by Molly Dixon.
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