About time I finished posting these. These were the tunes we chose as our first dances – first with Cassie and I, and then with Cassie and her Daddy (she loves her Daddy). We’d used My Funny Valentine in another version as the processional, and the Stevie Wonder tune came out when Cassie was a… Continue reading Wedding Music – First Dances
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Ceremony – The Speech We Didn’t Use
Continuing with this. Among all the wedding preparations, speeches and everything, we kept coming up with phrases that were funnily ambiguous. Here’s a few of them. Try inserting them in your own vows, and try and keep a straight face. “I will never forget what you did.” “I don’t think anything will let me forget… Continue reading Ceremony – The Speech We Didn’t Use
Wedding Music – Afterparty Playlist
After the wedding venue closed up, we invited those who wanted to continue the party to our suite overlooking the Bellagio fountains. I quickly sat and threw together this playlist (all the while being told off for “being on the computer”). Elvis Costello And The Attractions : Accidents Will Happen Meat Beat Manifesto : Acid… Continue reading Wedding Music – Afterparty Playlist
Wedding Music – Dancing
This one was a lot of fun to put together, and quite tricky at the same time. We had to use stuff that people would know, like, and want to dance to. The fact the dancefloor was full almost the entire time shows we got it mostly right. This playlist wasn’t played in order –… Continue reading Wedding Music – Dancing
Reception – Lego Cake Topper
During the early planning stages of our wedding, Cassie sent me a link to a Lego wedding cake topper that she thought looked cool. We were wondering what we should do about that – we thought it would be fun to have an interesting cake topper (these details are all very important) but we’d seen… Continue reading Reception – Lego Cake Topper
Reception – Best Man Speech
After all the effort that went into our wedding, we wanted to share some of the main bits for those who weren’t able to come, or want a reminder of the celebrations, or are looking for ideas… This is the full text of Robin’s Best Man speech, recorded for posterity. Ladies and Gentlemen, good evening.… Continue reading Reception – Best Man Speech
Wedding Music – Dinner
This playlist was played while people ate. It was a chance to play some cheeky tracks that wouldn’t have cut it on the dancefloor, but were favorites of ours which have been included on playlists when we held barbeques and parties in Los Angeles. Elvis Costello & The Attractions : (The Angels Wanna Wear My)… Continue reading Wedding Music – Dinner
Reception – Table Name Cards
Not much to report here. We ordered the table name cards from a seller on Etsy. She had a nice design we liked, so we contacted her and asked how it would work. She needed a specially-formatted Excel file of all the names, which we were able to easily provide, having exported it from The… Continue reading Reception – Table Name Cards
Reception – Table Favors
You have to have table favors – little gifts for each person at their place setting. I’d spoken to a colleague about his recent wedding, where they had little packets of lavender seeds for each guest. He’d said they were expensive, and after the wedding, they found that no-one had taken them. We didn’t want… Continue reading Reception – Table Favors
Reception – Art Book as Guest Book
Many people have a guest book at their wedding reception for guests to write a nice message in. We wanted to do this but decided we wanted to have an extra twist. We can’t remember where we got this idea – either Cassie came up with it or it was on a forum or in… Continue reading Reception – Art Book as Guest Book