I love hearing about couples that built their relationship around mixtapes. I’m an avid mix maker, so when I first came across Raechel’s blog (and then found out she was planning a wedding) I knew we were kindred souls! I’m so stoked to finally get to see images from her and Alex’s day – and to get a glimpse of the tunes that carried them throughout the night. ‘Cause you know when a couple is wanting to PARTAY that it’s going to be a good’un!

Raechel chimes in with lovely words: Music was the foundation of our relationship from the get-go. Since the first week we first met, him and I exchanged countless mixtapes back and forth. Since planning our wedding, we knew that we had to weave music throughout all the details. Our cupcakes, which were served in lieu of cake, were topped with sheet music that was cut into the shape of butterflies. The quote ‘Livin’ Our Love Song,’ was printed on the invitations and candy bags.

(LOVE THIS!)

My husband belongs to a DJ crew called MindzAlike. Naturally, some of his fellow crew members DJ’d our wedding. We hand-picked all the music ourselves, except for the open dance section which we trusted his fellow crew members with. We both have such a wide range of taste in music. From classic soul to old-school hip hop to jazz to indie-rock and 80’s pop. It was difficult to narrow down all the songs, but we had one goal and one goal only and that was to make our wedding a true PARTAY, and that’s we did.

Cocktail Hour and Dinner
Vitamin String Quartet – Yellow (Coldplay cover)
Broken Social Scene – Looks Just Like The Sun
Hall + Oates – Kiss on My List
Incubus – Echo
John Legend – PDA We Just Don’t Care
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
Sting and the Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Zero 7 – Swing
Feist – Inside + Out
Washed Out – Feel It All Around
Heartbeats – The Knife
The Bird + the Bee – Private Eyes (Hall and Oates cover)
Outkast – Prototype
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
Willie Hutch – I Choose You
Hall + Oates – One on One
Flying Lotus – Fall in Love
The Charmels – As Long As I’ve Got You
Patrice Rushen – Remind Me
Troop – Sweet November
Alexander O’ Neil + Cherelle – Saturday Night Love
Spandau Ballet – True
De Barge – I Like It
Tears for Fears – Head Over Heels
Outkast – Prototype
Incubus – Stellar
Michael Jackson – The Lady In My Life
Bobby Caldwell – My Flame
The System – Don’t Disturb This Groove
Rufus + Chaka Khan – Sweet Thing
New Kids On the Block – I’ll Be Loving You Forever
M83 – Kim + Jessie
Bobbie Brown – Ronie
Luther Vandross – If This World Were Mine
Midnight Star – Play Another Slow Jam
Zapp & Roger – I Want To Be Your Man
First Dance: Tom Brock – There’s Nothing In This World That Can Stop Me
On one of our dates, on our way to Big Bear, we spent the whole ride up playing a game where he’d play an a original break/sample and I’d guess which rapper sampled it, and so we thought it’d be perfect to use this song sampled by Jay-Z for our first dance.

Hula Hoop Battle Songs
To determine which tables get excused to the buffet line first, we thought it would be fun to do a hula hoop contest. Hands down, this was probably one of our favorite moments from the wedding. Not only was it hilarious seeing people battle each other, but with this we were able to fulfill another one of our goals – to have our guests truly involved in our wedding.

The Doobie Brothers – What a Fool Believes
Marvin Gaye – Got to Give It Up
Paul Hardcastle – Rainforest
Cut Copy – Saturday

Father Daughter Dance: Carol Banawa – Iingatan Ka
My mom passed away about six years ago, and this was her favorite karaoke song. It’s a Filipino song that talks about taking care of one another and never leaving the other person’s side.

Mother Son Dance: The Beatles – In My Life
His dad passed away two years ago. We chose this song because on family road trips, The Beatles was always on rotation.

Cake Cutting: Willie Hutch – I Choose You
Bouquet Toss: MIA – Paperplanes (instrumental)
Garter Removal: R. Kelly – Feelin’ On Yo Booty
Garter Toss: A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario

Open Dance
Marcia Griffith – Electric Slide
Casper – Cha Cha Slide
Cupid – Cupid Shuffle
Earth, Wind, & Fire – September
Earth, Wind, & Fire – Let’s Groove Tonight
Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover
Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait
Bell Biv Devoe – Poison
Bobby Brown – Every Little Step
Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam – I Wonder if I Take You Home
Madonna – Holiday
Michael Jackson – Rock With You
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Prince – Kiss
Zhane – Hey Mr. DJ
Cindy Lauper – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Beyonce – Single Ladies
Soulja Boy – Swag On
Lil’ Jon – Get Outta Your Mind
Lil’ Jon – Get Low
LMFAO– Shot Shot Shot
GS Boyz – Stanky Leg
Ludacris – How Low

At the end of the night, our wedding reception turned into what seemed like a club, a lot of people were drunk, and my husband and I were hella sweating, but we loved every minute of it, and would do it all over again.

And look how rad this is! They sent over a photobooth video! How fun!

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Vendors:
Photographer and Videographer: Anika London
Day-Of Coordinator: Something Blue Weddings
Invitations: Mayanrocks
DJ’s: DJ EdRoc and DJ Julz
Florist: Kristine Pili (kristinepili@yahoo.com)
Cupcakes: BC Cakes (bccakes@hotmail.com)
Lighting: Pro Motion Entertainment )
Make-Up: Rita (rltrinidad84@yahoo.com)
Hair: Jhigs
Birdcage Veil and Bridesmaid’s Flower Accessories: Raepinky (bride)

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