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
Hello there! My bloggy friend ,Treskie, did this tag thingy and it looked like fun, so here it is :) Enjoy! 11 Random Facts About Me: 1.) I'm a big Phantom of the Opera fan, in case you didn't notice ;) I would love to see a Broadway production in New York City. I fell into deep, deep, love with Gerard Butler after the 2004 POTO movie. He's Scottish, okay? A girl has to fall for a movie star at least once in her life, right? Or twice? (William Moseley 'Peter Pevensie' was my next love after I got over Gerry) It was kind of ridiculous how much I liked G. B. Like embarrassingly ridiculous. *slides down in chair*
Oh gosh, I hope Robert doesn't see this post. *waves* I love you honey! 2.) I like Disney. A lot.
3.) I hate centipedes. We had one on our bed last night and I almost couldn't find it after it skittered away. *shudders* God is good. He made it's presence known so I could smash it :) I was able to get to sleep after that!
We live in an old house so we have more than frequent visits from unpleasant little creatures :P I think Robert hates them more than I do though. He sometimes goes on centipede hunts in our basement at night so as to decrease their population :D 4.) I'm rubbish at video games. I try but it just doesn't get better :P Mario party is fun though, even if you suck at it :) Nancy Drew computer games and Lord of the Rings online are my thing.
5.) Scooby Doo was my favorite cartoon when I was little and I still love it :)
6.) This is the only way I would eat an apple when I was little: It had to be whole and I would pretend to be Snow White and faint after I bit into it.
7.) So one afternoon when I was still pretty young, I was innocently watching Mr. Rogers. He proceeded to pull out a blank book and asked all of his little listeners what they saw in the book. Note: We had to imagine what we saw. Well, being the smart little child that I was, I said "I see nothing." He continued to ask what we saw. Appalled at how ignorant this man was, I indignantly started yelling "I see NOTHING!!!!" Which led to Mom running in to see what was wrong :D
Sorry, Mr. Roger's!
8.) My favorite holiday is St. Patrick's Day. I like all of them though.
9.) I like colorful socks :) They are sooooo fun!
10.) I plan to make a replica of Thranduil's crown someday.
11.) I love bookmarks. "nuff said.
Treskie's Questions: 1.) When was the last time you felt like: MIND BLOWN? When I found out that the snake that Harry Potter frees at the Zoo is also Nagini later on in the books O_O (If that is even true...I'm not sure if J.K. Rowling actually said that) 2.) What is your view
on the general public. You mean the woman at Wal-mart wearing obnoxiously colored jammie pants while yelling as loudly as she can at her 2 year old? Or the lady that was extremely rude and walked out on me at work because I couldn't remember exactly how to do a gift certificate (I had never done one at that place before) and my boss wasn't answering her phone so she couldn't walk me through it? It depends on the day. Mostly not too good. I have to deal with them everyday at work and I've discovered just how many unpleasant people live in this world. On good days, a lot of nice people come in the store and the world is good again. Work would be great all the time if we didn't need customers! Hehe :D I don't know. I like hiding away at home and escaping from the world so I don't have to deal with people. But I also know that there are some great people out there, and some are just having a really bad day, so I guess I have to forgive them on days like that. 3.) Have you watched Olan Rogers? No....never heard of him actually. 4.) Do you
collect sporks? I don't, but that sounds like something Wall-e should be doing :D 5.) Do you collect something? When I was little I collected mini porcelain dolls and Barbie dolls. These days I like to collect Russian nesting dolls, books, daggers, fairy things, mermaid things, phantom of the opera things, Irish things, nerdy things etc. 6.) Are you getting
tired of Frozen's hype? A little bit, maybe. I like the songs better than the movie itself and I'm still happy when one of them plays on Pandora, so I guess I'm not tired yet. 7.) Les Mis or Phantom of the Opera PHANTOM. I'm not a big fan of Les Mis *winces as tomatoes are thrown in my direction* Sorry! I liked it better when it wasn't a musical (The movie starring Liam Neeson), not that I don't like the songs. Idk. I was really turned off by all the crude parts in the new movie and I felt like they were singing everything. POTO is just better in my opinion. 8.)
Does Walmart give you a headache? Sometimes, yes. I try not to go there too often. 9.) Can you find a gif that expresses the
word "booyah"? I can't seem to get it to show up so here is the link: http://gph.is/1kBCtzL 10.) Favorite candle smell? Unscented is the best because scented candles usually give me a head ache. Although my friend gave me one called 'Sweet Pea' and that smelled really good and not overpowering like some are. 11.) Can you complete this
quote? "These are not the _________." All I can think of is "These are not the droids you are looking for." :D But if it's just one word your asking for then I fail pitifully.
My Questions:
1.) Which Pevensie is your favorite? 2.) Which Penderwick is your favorite? 3.) If you could choose a theme for your bedroom, what would you choose? 4.) What is your favorite ice cream flavor? 5.) Favorite dwarf? (From the Hobbit) 6.) What board game do you like the most? 7.) Mermaids or Unicorns? 8.) What book are you currently reading? 9.) If you could buy a Disney t-shirt what would it be? 10.) Would you rather be a Hobbit or an Elf? 11.) Would you go fairy hunting with me? So there you have it! I'm not going to tag anybody, just feel free to do it if you want to! And I don't care if you just answer the questions I made up and skip doing the 11 randoms. It took me awhile to even think up that many :P
Hello there! How is everyone surviving this weather? We got about a foot of snow overnight. Yeah. I'm thrilled! (that comment was just dripping with sarcasm) More shoveling. More wind. Bleh. On the bright side, the weather is so nasty that I get today off! YAY! I've had so many blog post ideas floating around in my head, but every time I've tried to sit down and write about them something else needed to be done instead. Oh, the joys of life. So here I am. And I have a boat load of pictures to share with you! Here is what went on in January:
The celebration of my 19th and Robert's 22nd Birthday. Yes, we have the same birthday :) I made Robert a chocolate cake with snowflake sprinkles and I attempted to make petite fours. Neither turned out as planned, but they tasted good.
Yeah, we're getting old. One candle for each of us. Don't judge us, we wanted to eat cake!
Mom gave me this :) It was yummy!
This is me after I had my wisdom removed...oops...I mean wisdom teeth removed :D All four of 'em and all were impacted. I look horrible in this pic :P I'm glad it's over. Cross that off my list of "The fun things you get to do once you're an adult". Most of January was spent recovering from this, and being cooped up in the house and at work due to the lovely weekend winter storms we've been having lately. "The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway" Ha! Rub it in, Elsa. Want to use your magical powers to remove the snow off my driveway? Oh wait, I already did that.
And here is what I've been up to so far this month:
This is a project I began in September: Our Phantom of the Opera themed Music/Guest room! I'm so happy with how it turned out! Despite how long it took to paint :P
Before........
Prepping and Painting.........
Don't mess with this woman. I was tired of painting at this point.
After..........I made the felt wall hanging in the pic above.
I love how the red turned out!
Robert and I painted the mirror black and silver, and the candle stand was also spray painted black. I painted a black design on the candles too, just to add some artwork. They looked a little bland by themselves.
I love barbies....so obviously there was going to be a Christine/Erik combo in this room! I need to make a mask for Erik.
I printed off some sheet music from the Phantom and modge-podged it to this magazine organizer.
My Egyptian shelf. I love Ancient Egyptian history. I wanted to be an Egyptologist when I was little, after watching the Mummy movies.
Two wedding gifts from two different people that go together perfectly!
I had the idea of using my guardian angel picture with the idea of "The Angel of Music" in mind.
I even decorated the trash can. I cut out a mask shape with scrapbook paper and stuck it on using double sided tape.
My caged "lark". If you've seen Sweeney Todd, you'll understand.
My brother found this music box for me. It plays "The Music of the Night".
My Christine costume I made for Halloween.
And here we are as The Phantom and Christine during our Halloween party! This room was an awesome project and it took about a month to complete. Some of the decor I already had, and some things I repainted or made from scratch. I love designing rooms :) There are so many themes to choose from! This one was no-brainer though :D Music room? Definitely POTO.
Here is what I'll be working on today...Valentine decorating! It won't be a mess for long............
Here are some pretties I've found lately: FROZEN valentines! I love the one with Olaf on it :D The two mailboxes are for my niece and nephew. They like hello kitty and star wars at the moment. These were too cute to pass up! The girl outfit is for my other niece. I love the leggings. Babies in leggings are adorable. The skull and crossbones outfit is for my future son, whenever he comes along. I'm not pregnant, yet. But hopefully sooner than later! I tend to buy baby clothes every once in a great while. If I see something I like and will probably never find again, I'm going for it! I dislike a lot of boy clothes out there right now, so when I saw that this was the last one on the rack, I grabbed it and ran :D So that's what I've been up to lately. Besides shoveling :P Hope you're staying warm. If you live in a tropical climate....PLEASE TAKE ME WITH YOU! Cheers! ~Mary
I have been so looking forward to autumn. This is the time of year when my love of creativity is renewed and I feel like I can do anything! I have already started three crochet projects :) And if I remember to take pictures of them I'll share them with you, but for now I'll just tell you what they are.
2. A Civil War Handbag - I also had already begun this, a few years back actually, but that aside I am determined to finish it by the time our local Civil War re-enactment comes around, which is at the end of this month. See? Deadline. (In my defense, I have already completed three of these lovely handbags. This one is for my sister.)
3. Fingerless Gloves - This I started in August, but felt guilty about the scarf and handbag soooo this is being put on hold at the moment. The yarn is scrumptious though! Lion brand Amazing yarn in the "Glacier Bay" color.
I love being busy with crafty things :) So as I've been dreaming of autumn and all the loveliness that comes with it I decided that I am going to have a Halloween/Phantom of the Opera party! I'm so psyched :) I haven't had a family get together at my house yet and I've just been itching to have something. *Squeals* And I love throwing parties :) I also have no limits to decorations ( now that I have my own house) so this is going to be so much fun!
Here's a list of my favorite things about Autumn: 1. The colors - Burgundy, Sage, Burnt Orange, Brown, and Yellow, and Black. Ah, me! They set my heart a-flutter. 2. Leaves - I happen to like raking leaves and they are so full of color. Especially the red ones :)
3. Long walks on a brisk fall day with someone you love. And a scarf. Don't forget the scarf.
4. Creative-ness - I feel so much more inspired and inclined to make things during the fall season. 5. Tea and Cider - I don't like drinking hot things during the summer, so now I have an excuse :) I'm not a big fan of tea, but I'm a bigger fan in the fall and winter months. 6. Pumpkins and mums - The smells, the colors, the look, what's not to like? 7. Halloween - I LOVE to dress up. This year I think I'm going to be Christine from the Phantom of the Opera and have my husband be the phantom. He doesn't mind :) I don't think he would dress up if he didn't have me to give him a nudge, but he draws the line where he wants it. And hey, at least my costume ideas are cool :D
I'll stop there for now. I could go on and on and on but then we'd be here forever. What are your favorite things about autumn? Planning a Halloween costume yet? I'd love to know! As for me, I will be planning away :) BYE! ~Mary~
