Our Wedding (Part 3) - The Ceremony Music

 

 

 

 

 

Hi!

I thought I would share the songs we chose for our wedding music with you guys :) I'll list the videos in the order the songs were played.

Here ya go...

The Prelude:

Romeo and Juliet Love Theme (A Time for Us)  from the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet. I LOVE this movie. My mom went to see this in theaters with her sister when they were teens :)
Robert's sister played this on piano for our wedding.

The Islander (Instrumental version) by Nightwish. Robert's and my fave of their songs.

May It Be. Robert's sister also played this.

The Music of the Night from POTO. Unfortunately we couldn't get Gerard Butler to sing it for us.
Also played by Robert's sis.

Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up." He wasn't able to make an appearance either :P
Robert's sister played a lot of our songs...she's so awesome :)


Processional:

For the Seating of the Mothers we chose Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission.

For the procession of my attendants we chose For the Beauty of the Earth. I've always loved how they sang it at Meg's wedding in Little Women :)
Guess who played it? :D

I chose Pachelbel's Canon in D for my entrance.
She also played this one!



Our responsorial psalm was "Loving and Forgiving". I couldn't find a video I liked for that one.


Lighting of the Unity Candle:

Be Thou My Vision by Michel Card.
Robert's sister played pretty much everything except the recessional songs and some of the prelude music.


For the Offertory song we chose "Morning Has Broken". I couldn't find a good video for this one either, our version was NOT upbeat.


Communion:

What Wondrous Love is This.

In Christ Alone by Keith and Kristyn Getty.


Presentation of Rose to our Blessed Mother:

Ave Maria by Celtic Women.

Robert's step sister played violin for this with Robert's sis on piano.


Recessional:

The "Finale and End Title" from the Quiet Man.

"The Call" by Regina Spektor. I lovelovelovelovelovelovelove this song!

"To the Sky" by Owl City.

"Real Life Fairytale" by Plumb.




Guys, picking out songs for this day was extremely challenging. Robert and I like way too many songs and we're horrible decision makers. Thankfully we made our decisions in time for the wedding :D

Hope you enjoyed!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (2014)!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 
I hope everyone's Christmas was wonderful! Mine was awesome. Robert and I had Christmas at our house with my family for the first time! It was great. Everything turned out perfectly and I wasn't hyperventilating in the kitchen. No cooking disasters or anything!

Here are pictures of our winter festivities:

                                                                  Our Christmas Tree

                                                               My winter/themed desk

                                         
 My decorating theme was inspired by Narnia (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), The Snow Queen, and The Polar Bear King. Some of my favorite fairy tales. And of course I had to get out my Narnia bookends :)

 

 This is me and my husband, Robert, at a local performance of "The Nutcracker". I hadn't been able to go in years and I'd never been to one with Robert, so that night was really special for us.

This is a better view of my dress. I found it at a thrift store earlier this year. It was a bit long for me, so I cut it and was going to hem it but my sewing machine is having issues at the moment. I waited until the day of to do this (of course) so I ended up just wearing it without hemming, and hoped no one would notice :D I think I'm just going to add some black lace to the bottom edge, instead of simply hemming it.

                                          The Christmas Day spread on our Dining room table.

I made gluten and dairy free gingerbreads and peanut blossums. Robert is allergic to both, so over the years I've learned to substitute. The chocolate chips I used do have butter in them though. Robert tested better with butter, so he is able to have it, just not a lot. There is white cotton candy (or fairy floss!) to the left, and dark chocolate non-pariels ( or snow caps as I prefer to call them) to the right.

                                                             The Winter Place Settings

                     Our stockings, above the little fireplace my sister created when we were kids!

A ball of mistletoe! I found this at Lowes and originally it had red velvet ribbon with a bell dangling from it. The bell hung at just the right length, so that tall people passing under the doorway would get bonked on the head. A.K.A. -  Robert.So, I found some blue snowflake ribbon I had laying around, cut off the red ribbon and the painful bell, and glued on the new ribbon. Voila, a bunch mistletoe to match the rest of my decorations!

Some of the Snowflakes we made together.

This was a Christmas gift for my sister. I bought a plain white plate and mug at the dollar tree and drew on them with a black sharpie. After drawing, preheat your oven to 350 degrees and pop it in for 30 min. Design is permanent and safe! I got the inspiration off of Pinterest. They are both Narnia themed. The mug says "How would it be if you came and had tea with me?" and the plate says "It's only just 'round the corner, and there'll be toast and sardines and cake." She loved them!

Well that is all for now! Today I've been taking down Christmas decorations and thinking about New Year's resolutions. Keeping life simple and trying new things are some of them :) I think my brother plans to take us to see The Hobbit DOS tonight...I know, I haven't seen it yet!

Enjoy your Winter! You shall hear from me soon :)

~Mary