This.wedding.is.amazing! I feel like I need to type in staccato throughout this entry as there are so many elements that make this one helluva Hi-Fi Wedding. The music, of course, was absolutely amazing…but getting married in a TREEHOUSE!? Now that’s just radtastic to the max! From the intimate setting to the sweet selections of songs, Amanda and Liam had quite the enchanting wedding!

Our dear dear friend Russell played a Sigur Ros song ‘Gobblediegook’ (changing the cord formations and slowing it down) on his acoustic guitar as he led my brother and I (as a surprise to our guests) into the forest. Final destination was a small plank stage nestled beneath the towering trees and running river. Upon this stage stood the groom and our officiant (another dear friend Justin; which was also a surprise to our guests) before our 40 guests. Russell also followed behind us after the ceremony with an original piece he wrote.

I adored the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. It seemed beyond fitting for the surroundings. Walking down the aisle was definitely a highlight for me during the whole wedding experience…I was overflowing with emotions.

From here in to the late night we had an eclectic playlist of tunes:
First Dance: ‘Poison Cup’ M. Ward
Brother Sister Dance: ‘In My Life’ Beatles

Cocktail Hour/Dinner Artists:
Damien Rice: Volcano, Your Ghost, The Blower’s Daughter
Neil Young: Tell Me Why, After the Gold Rush, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Birds, I Believe In You, Heart of Gold
Andrew Bird: Measuring Cups, Fake Palindromes, Sovay, Armchairs
Dr. Dog: The World May Never Know, Easy Beat, The Breeze, Hand On, The Rabbit, The Bat, and The Reindeer, Shadow People, Unbearable Why, Where’d All the Time Go
Jeff Tweedy: Theologians, The Thanks I Get, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, California Stars
Rilo Kiley: Silver Lining, Under the Blacklight
M. Ward: For Beginners, Never Had Nobody Like You, Jailbird, Rave On, To Go Home, Requiem. Chinese Translation
The Pixies: Hey, Here Comes Your Man, Dig For Fire
The Black Keys: All You Ever Wanted, So He Won’t Break, Oceans & Streams, Your Touch, You’re the One, Give Your Heart Away, The Flame, When the Lights Go Out, Act Nice and Gentle
Paul Simon: Diamonds on the Souls of her Shoes, You Can Call Me Al, Loves Me Like a Rock, Kodachrome, Still Crazy After All These Years, Me and Julio, Slip Slidin’ Away
Bright Eyes: Four Winds, First Day of My Life
Bon Iver: Flume, Skinny Love, Creature Fear

Reception Artists:
Cat Power: Satisfaction, Naked If I Want To, The Greatest
Bob Dylan: Tangle Up in Blue, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Positively Fourth Street
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!: The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth, Upon This Tidal Wave of Young BLood
Broken Social Scene: Our Faces Split the Coast In Half, 7/4 (Shoreline), Fire Eye’d Boy, World Sick, Almost Crimes, Looks Just Like the Sun,
The Arcade Fire: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels), Wake Up, Keep The Car Running, No Cars Go, My Body Is a Cage
Bruce Springsteen: Thunder Road, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
Joanna Newsom: Good Intentions Paving Company, Have One On Me, Baby Birch, On A Good Day, Soft As Chalk, Peach, Plum, Pear, Sadie, The Book of Right On
The Flaming Lips: Do You Realize?, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Department of Eagles: No One Does It Like You, Phantom Other, Herring Bone
The Smiths: What Difference Does It Make?, This Charming Man, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
The Mountain Goats: Sax Rohmer #1, Heretic Pride,
Neutral Milk Hotel: The King of Carrott Flowers, Two-Headed Boy, Holland 1945, A Baby For Pree, Gardenhead
MGMT: The Youth, Electric Feel, Kids, Pieces of Wat
The XX: VCR, Crystalized, Islands
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Maps
Talking Heads: Sugar on My Tongue, Psycho Killer, Heaven, Cities, Once In A Lifetime, Girlfriend Is Better, And She Was, Say Up Late, Wild Wild Life
Pavement: Silence Kid, Elevate Me Later, Gold Soundz, Range Life
Sigur Ros: Gobbledigook, Inni mer syngur vitleysinger, Hoppipolla, Saeglopur, Gong
Songs Ohia: Linoess, Just Be Simple Again, Almost Was Good Enough
Sufjan Stevens: Decatur, Casmir Pulaski Day, They Are Night Zombies, The Dress Looks Nice On You
Tom Waits: Come On Up To The House, Swordfishtrombones
Wilco: Hummingbird, Either Way, Impossible Germany, Sky Blue Sky, War On War, I’m The Man Who Loves You

The night ended by sitting next to a bonfire in tree woven hammocks and Russell playing Daniel Johnston ‘Go’. Perfect ending to a perfect day. (Boy oh boy, I’ll say!)

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Vendors
photos: sergio mottola
dress: robert bullock
belt: littlewhitedresser via etsy
hair clip: anthropologie
bow tie: xoelle via etsy
shoes: goodwill
large letters: summerland via etsy
centerpieces: vintage frames, apothecary jars, wood stumps, and moss
flowers: pike place market, arranged by a friend
makeup: jenny bowker
venue and catering: treehouse point
dessert: dahlia