Our wedding: Music for dancin'!

And now we come to our fourth and final playlist.

I told you these playlists were a project!

Our DJ, Marcus, was amazing and I'll be doing a proper write up on him and Mighty Fine (the company he works for) in the next month or so.  He and his tunes and his lights kept us all thoroughly entertained!

We gave him this whole playlist, but only specified the first two and last two songs.

Our first dance was 'Do You Realize?' by The Flaming Lips.  An odd choice, perhaps, but we love that song.  And then....it was Hammer TIME!

Our last two songs were 'Closing Time' by Semisonic (reminding us both of our youth!), and then The Proclaimers (da-da-da-da!) to wrap up the evening. Such fun!

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Our wedding: 'Wedding breakfast' music

We carry on with our musical journey!  After the speeches, we put this playlist on as people ate barbecue, mingled, drank, and generally had a great time.

The 'wedding breakfast' is in quotation marks because the term really confused M when we started our planning journey.

WARNING: This playlist is gorgonzola level cheesey!

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Our wedding: Arrival of the guests and drinks reception

Continuing our wedding music themed posts, here's our playlist for people arriving at the reception, mingling and catching up.  All good solid ballads with a few silly moments too!

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Our wedding: Music at the Church

One of the things Matthew and I were most excited to plan for our wedding was the music - from hymns to choral pieces to slow songs and floor fillers.  I made up playlists for the four main (musical) parts of our big day, and I figured I'd share them here now we are all done!  It'll be nice to look back on, means friends and family who couldn't make the trip might get a taste of the day, and I thought if anyone else is now planning their wedding and happens upon it, they might notice something they like!  I'll be posting next week with oh. So. Many. Pictures.

First up, the music at the church.  Our church, St Clement Danes, is stunning, and the choir and organist were fabulous.  We're not really flower people or high fashion people, but we love us some sublime music:


PS Yep, I'm aware that it's kind of a wedding-music-greatest-hits-mix.  Hey, waddya gonna do?  You go see the Stones, you want to hear the classics, right (hat-tip to Chef).

PPS Yep, several cross-overs with the British Royal Wedding of 2011.  Maybe they were aiming for the same wedding-music-greatest-hits feel?

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100 Happy Days: 86 - 90

A gift from Matthew....

 ...and a chill with Popps.

Homemade iced coffee!

A good book and a train journey.

A beautiful wedding - the last we attended as guests before our own!

A day of batch cooking - filling the freezer ahead of school beginning next month!

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Wedding stuff...

After the months of planning and anticipation and conversations....it's all happening!  Is it okay to get really, seriously excited now?

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100 Happy Days: Days 36 - 40

My (short-lived) productivity app, Carrot, came replete with an incentive kitty.  It's like it knows me!

Back from school on day 37, packing the little grey case for another run up to Edinburgh!

Coming in to land!

We got to stay with the gorgeous Laura, which is always  a treat.  Her flat is adorable, and her hospitality flawless!

I never tire of there being a castle slap bang in the middle of the city!

Day 39 was a lazy start and lunch at The Potting Shed with Laura.

Mmmmmmm, pork!

 Then we jumped into the car and heading out to the country to attend the evening reception of our sweet friends Ross and Emma.  Ross and I were in the same year in sixth form, and his little sister Jenna (yep, that one :)) and I are close.  Ross and Emma kindly invited us to the party!

Chris, the little one, and Jenna.  One of the cutest families I know!

Loved the chance to be on the same continent as my girl!

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The new Mr & Mrs - two of the sweetest, funniest, loveliest people you'll ever have the good fortune to encounter!

I was jealous of their cake cutting sword!

 After the wedding we had the cunning plan to get the sleeper train back home.  The sleeper train of fail, I should add.  Many, many problems and errors later, we finally reached London three-and-a-bit hours late!  Straight to school and playing catch up all day.

Which is why day 40 is tea, and sitting, and cricket.

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#100 happy days: Days 16 - 20

More fun :)  This also arched over our two-weddings-in-a-weekend bonanza, so there are BUNDLES of shots!

Day 16 was a rough, tough, exhausting day.  Kittens and gin and Matthew in the evening cheered me up no end.

Day 17 was grooming central, and then my untypically kempt hair and I headed north on the train.

Day 18 was a good morning's rest, and a bubble bath.

Because then we had a wedding to get to!

Adam and Emily are SO stylish and creative.  Their entire venue was done out to this level of detail.  It must have taken so much time and effort and really made for a stunning reception!

We had great fun chatting with Dan and Brigitte.

I love a good photobooth!  Eileen and I had a whale of a time....

...before piling back in with Siobhán, Vixie, Lou and Shelley.  Just great fun!

So. Many. Cute. Little. Details.

A quick shot of Matthew and I.

Then alarms set, because Day 19 held....

...another wedding!  Matthew is ready - are you?

Love a good piper!

Don't they love marvellous?  Jo made a stunning bride!

Fantastic views from atop the Glass House Hotel.

Another shot with my favourite!

There was even a rainbow.

So very pleased for a very dear friend.  And the dancing was brilliant.  

Day 20: 500 ml cans of Irn Bru.  Amazing.

We popped over to Laura's to have a cup of tea and see her new pad.  Glorious fun.

Then it was off to Nando's....

...for a lovely supper with Matthew and Siobhán.  Always so great to see them.

And Day 20 finishes with a shot over Edinburgh as the sun sets.  I love that city; I hope we get to live there one day.

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