Pretty As A Picture

Our invitation illustrator Ailbhe from Pretty As A Picture recently put up a post about our invitation suite and I wanted to share it. She was such a pleasure to work with in the months leading up to the wedding and we love her drawings and the illustration she created for us.

She made this inspiration board from the different elements I sent to help her come up with the design. I'm basically copying and pasting what she wrote, but you can read it for yourself on her blog here. Cool news is that she just recently got engaged, and I can't wait to see the design she comes up with for her own invitations!

1. Venetian masks that will be featured at the wedding
2. “Besides being a fan of the movie, The labyrinth to us means the journey we all take in life, and Mat and I definitely went through a journey to find each other.”
3. The perfect pose for the couple to be depicted.
4. Art Deco inspired beautifully beaded Lazaro wedding dress.
5. Magellen the cat, whom Mat and Elhaam rescued from the NY Animal Shelter.
6. Elhaam adores this Zeigfeld girls print, it is her source of inspiration for the wedding invitations.
7. Mat’s vintage style suit.
8. Examples of intricate frames.

Dave Dancing At the Wedding

Here is footage of our friend Dave dancing at the wedding to Drop the Pressure. This has made all the internet round and is on it's way to becoming quite a sensation, much like Dave himself. How does he get his legs to move like that? It's incredible! Enjoy.

Different Design Elements

In case you missed them, here are some of the different design elements from our wedding. I'm waiting for  the photos of the marque poster we made for the venue, the drum cover, and the tote bags we had made to arrive.

Thanks again to our illustrators Simone Ralphe and Pretty As A Picture for the drawings. Shayda, Semi, and Sarah were my graphic designers and helped design the menus, shower invites and programs. Sarah went above and beyond helping with all the different design elements and also did the awesome itineraries we put in all the gift bags. 

We had custom m&ms in the gift bags with Magellan on them, but I doubt any photos of that will surface.

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Music From Our Wedding

One of the biggest questions we've been getting since the wedding is "where can I download your wedding songs". Mat and I are so flattered. We spent MONTHS putting together the perfect playlist for our wedding. We wanted the music to act as a soundtrack, with all the major moments revolving around the songs.

There were a few hiccups regarding the music by Capitale (they were a little confused how to operate the ipod), but besides them forgetting to play our first dance song and playing the Stevie Wonder song twice in a row, we're really happy how the music played such a big role at the wedding.

Each song was picked not only because they are favorites and sound amazing, but also because the lyrics suited the mood of the wedding so perfectly. So below you will find a list of the songs and when they were played. For your convenience, we also created this pop up player with our favorite songs from the wedding.

And because I love you all so much, I played all our favorite wedding songs on my radio show, and you can listen to it whenever you want here!

Wedding Entry Playlist - Songs played as guests arrived to Capitale:

Francois Hardy - All Over The World

The Association - Never My Love

Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine (Your Vegas does a great cover version of this)

The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
Phantom Planet - Our House (Madness cover)

The Last Town Chorus - Modern Love (David Bowie cover)

Florence & The Machine - Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer cover)

Future Islands - In The Fall

Au Revoir Simone - Stay Golden

Procession Song:

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

This song was released just a couple months before the wedding. We had been searching for the right song and wanted to use The The - This is the Day, but felt it was a tad too upbeat for that moment. When this song came out, we both loved it right away and it suited our needs. Plus, the line "you are my medicine" kills me because I wrote the same thing about Mat in my journal when we first started dating!

Recession Song:

Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk In The Room

Chosen because it is joyous and we essentially were walking into another room, ha. Also the lyrics are so touching, "In this moment, no one is pulling me down into the ground. I can't help it if I'm happy. I can't help it if I'm happy not to be sad...I want you endlessly".

Wedding Highlight Clip

Our fantastic videography team just sent Mat and I this link to a highlight clip they created of our wedding. This video made me laugh and cry, all under 4 minutes. It's amazing and includes all our favorite moments from the wedding! Huge thanks to Honor Code Visual for doing such a beautiful job and helping capture so many memories for us!

For those who may have a slow connection, we've uploaded a smaller resolution version of the video on You Tube. Click the link to be redirected there.

Video Footage of Our Procession

My dear cousin Ramin took this awesome video clip of the bridal party and myself walking down the aisle to Gorillaz song "On Melancholy Hill". It's funny how it all nearly went wrong as the song first came on. For some reason, our coordinator forgot this was our procession song, and told my grandparents not to walk in yet. Meanwhile, I'm in the back of the line yelling for everyone to start walking. He's yelling for everyone to walk back inside. Mayhem was avoided, when I told everyone to listen to me, the bride, who helped pick the song with Mat.

I was a little flustered and nervous because of all this, and as I'm walking in, I take a deep breath and look around in front of me. That's when I see my best friends from London, Jack, Karina, and Randi, who I haven't seen in years, and suddenly I remembered, "oh yea! I know everyone here. This is going to be so much fun". As I made my way down to Mat, I got so excited seeing all our nearest and dearest. It just made that moment ten times even more special.

We're in the NY Times!!

Our wedding is currently the feature wedding in the NY Times Vows section. We're so thrilled. The hard copy of the paper is out this Sunday, November 28 so be sure to pick up a copy! This online version will be up for a week or two I think.

Semi's Photos

Our amazing and super talented friend, Semi Song, came early to our wedding and was basically our wedding intern for the day. She helped out so much, helping the bridesmaids get ready, getting the rings tied up all beautiful, helping keep things organized, and also snapping these gorgeous shots throughout the night. We love her photo style and these pics are really great!

Photos by Paul Steel

Mat's dad sent us these beautiful photos. Enjoy!

Our Disneyworld Honeymoon

Mat and I are back from Orlando where we spent 3 fabulous days at the stunning Waldorf Astoria and went running around Disneyworld. We spent our first day at Epcot Center and visited landmarks of the world in just a few hours. Our first ride of the day was a mission to space which nearly wiped us out. It was so realistic, we both felt sick after.

Day After Wedding Party

Here are some photos from the party we had the day after the wedding at Tribeca Grand. DJs Justin Miller, Stretch Armstrong and our wedding DJ Cat Hartwell all spun our favorite dance tracks and family and friends joined us for another night of fun! FYI, these photos are by Mat.

Another Batch of Wedding Photos

The pictures keep coming and we're loving it! This round comes from my uncle Navid. The few at the end are from Shahnaz.

Leading Up To The Wedding

Here are a few photos my dad took of the days leading up to the wedding. Plus a couple from the wedding and the next couple days after that.

More Wedding Photos

This batch of wedding photos comes courtesy of Peter and Bina. Mat and I are enjoying our honeymoon in Disneyworld. Today we hung out all day at Epcot Center and tomorrow it's the Magic Kingdom. We watched the fireworks from our amazing suite at the Waldorf Astoria and ate 4 different desserts.

More Facebook Wedding Photos

We still have a few weeks to wait until we see our professional wedding photos, so we are very appreciative of everyone posting the photos they took on their mobiles and digital cameras at the wedding. These are our first glimpses into what was a totally amazing yet whirlwind of a day. We're off to Disneyworld tomorrow for our honeymoon!