Song choices

I must say that I have been putting off choosing songs for our ceremony for a LONG time because I am very indecisive when it comes to choosing music. I love so many different songs and I always feel guilty choosing one over another. However, in the past couple of days I have found, mostly serendipitously, several songs that I knew I wanted to include, and here is the result!

*Pre-ceremony, while the guests are arriving: Selections from Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings, and Heigh Ho Mozart!, two instrumental CDs that are just amazing. Here are beautiful instrumental versions of two of my favorite Disney songs, "Kiss the Girl" and "Beauty and the Beast".


*When the officiant and the mothers enter, I'd love to play Vivaldi's "Spring" as a way of announcing that exciting stuff's about to happen!


*The wedding party will enter to "Butterfly Waltz," which is so incredible that I get goosebumps everytime I hear it!


*I knew I wanted to use the "Bridal Chorus" from Wagner's Lohengrin for my walk down the aisle, but I have struggled to find a version that isn't too heavy or formal for our less-than-formal wedding, and I finally did!


*And finally, the recessional will be a bit of lighthearted fun, as Jordan and I exit to "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by the Beach Boys. :) (That video is pretty hilarious too.)

*For the reception, we will again play some instrumental music while our guests arrive and begin eating. We'll have the Disney selections thrown in there intermittently, but there is a ton more classical music that I'd love to include, such as Tchaikovsky and Chopin.

*Our first dance song is called "By the Way They Dance" by Jump Little Children, which was actually written as the first dance song for one of the band members. (Sorry for the ridiculous video, but it is almost impossible to find a good version of this song online!)

*For the cake cutting, we're using "Sugar Sugar" by The Archies...too cute! :D I'm a sucker for oldies!

And then the rest of the night will be filled with cheesy 80s music, as well as some of our favorite songs from the five years we've been together, including songs from the no-longer-together bands Honestly and Jump Little Children, and songs from soundtracks like Moulin Rouge and The Princess Bride! :)

Yay for another big decision made! :)

Hair Trial!

This past weekend I accomplished several wedding-related tasks while I was in Savannah visiting one of my bridesmaids! We went to a cake tasting and I ordered our wedding cake, which will be chocolate fudge cake with cream cheese filling and Italian buttercream icing. Yummy! Normally I don't like frosting, but hers was delicious. Michelle Still was so friendly and the cake was delicious! More on that, and the other things I was able to do, later. For now, I have pictures of my hair trial!

I met with my stylist, Jenny, at her Savannah salon and had a wonderful time chatting with her. She's super friendly, and she's also a red-head so she understands my natural aversion to heavy, dark makeup!! I showed her what I wanted my hair to look like, and she delivered! The pictures will do more than any words could:


And I left it in all afternoon in the Savannah heat and humidity and it never once started to look frizzy and gross! I'm very very happy at how this turned out and I cannot express how much I have enjoyed working with Jenny already! :)