Remember how I’m in love with I Like You? Remember how I wanted to have part of it read at our wedding ceremony? Well, das not gonna happen. Yesterday, we planned out our ceremony with our minister, and we just couldn’t find a spot for it. Even after shortening, it still never found a good...
Ceremony music is something that I’ve been sort-of dreading for months, because I wasn’t sure what to do. I don’t think I’ve ever shared this, but I’ve been playing the violin since I was six. I played in my first wedding when I was 11. I’ve been around the traditional-wedding-ceremony-music block. I think the music...
Photo by Matt Miller Last week, we (finally) booked our officiant, so of course I’ve had wedding vows on the brain. I’m on the more traditional wedding vow team for a few reasons: I’ve always liked the traditional ones. I find comfort in the fact that these words have been said over and over by...
I haven’t really talked much about the general feel of our wedding. I think I’ll do that, mmkay? But instead of blabbering in sentence form, which some of y’all KNOW I love to do, I’m gonna make a LIST! That’s right. It’s going to be repetitive and awesome. And not comprehensive, because I don’t roll...
In July, I found this post by Mrs. Candy Corn on Weddingbee. She wrote about about her ceremony reading– excerpts from Sandol Stoddard Warburg’s I Like You. By the end of the post, I was trying not to start boo-hooing. I thought it was perfect, lovely, and fit JP and me perfectly. I added the...
Ever since we’ve been engaged, perhaps even before, I’ve wanted “All I Want is You” by Barry Louis Polisar to be played as we walk down the aisle after we’re married. (Recessional, I think, in fancy-wedding-speak). I just think it’s perfect, magic, and, well, awesome. Imagine being surprised as a guest as that played at...
