Little Wonders by Rob Thomas

I have never listened to the lyrics of this song! This is a great song for a slide show or something!



Lyrics:
let it go,
let it roll right off your shoulder
don't you know
the hardest part is over
let it in,
let your clarity define you
in the end
we will only just remember how it feels

our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
in these small hours,
these small hours still remain

let it slide,
let your troubles fall behind you
let it shine
until you feel it all around you
and i don't mind
if it's me you need to turn to
we'll get by,
it's the heart that really matters in the end

our lives are made
in these small hours
these little wonders,
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away,
but these small hours,
these small hours still remain

all of my regret
will wash away some how
but i can not forget
the way i feel right now

in these small hours
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away but these small hours
with these small hours, still remain,
they still remain
these little wonders
these twists & turns of fate
time falls away
but these small hours
these little wonders still remain

Hello new obsession!

This is the coolest site EVER! One of my BF's and my MOH Liana sent me a board she did for her own wedding, introducing me to the site, Polyvore. Well - I'm hooked! It takes a few minutes to figure it out - I am not one for reading the directions - but once you do..........zoom, your' making boards!

Forever My Friend by Ray LaMontagne

Lyrics:
Who am I to tell her
Who am I to play god
Who am I to think I can go it alone
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down
Something tells me this is bringing me down
We've been through some changes
Always seem to hold on
Lately it feel like you can't take anymore
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down
Forever my friend
Forever my love
Forever the woman that I'm thinking of
I just think if we keep our hearts together
Just think if we build on this trust that we have for one another
Baby we can make this last a lifetime
Who am I to tell her
Who am I to play god
I don't know just what's for real anymore
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down
Something tells me girl this is bringing you down
Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right
Maybe it's the last thing you want to hear me say
I just think if we keep out hearts together
I just think if we build on this trust that we have for one another
Maybe we can make this last a lifetime
Forever my friend
Forever my love
Forever the woman
That I'm thinking of
I just think if we keep our hearts together
I just think if we will build on this trust that we have for one another
Maybe we can make this last a lifetime

Répondez s'il vous plaît

I am loving the idea of a postcard for a reply card!

Credits: Mok Duk and CECI New York

Listen Martha, we gotta talk!

First you had to take away one of the most creative, beautiful and well designed magazines - but now you take away the last scraps we have of Blueprint.

The Blueprint Blog team posted it last entry July 17th bidding a goodbye to the cyber-world for good.

I will miss you my dear Blueprint….you inspired many DIY projects!

Bunsen, Beaker & Some Penguins

This makes me smile

Happy Birthday to Me

Today, July 24th, is my 31st Birthday.
Happy Birthday to me!

Here is to my dear mother who was in labor with me for 19 hours!

Every Girl on Her Wedding Day is a Pretty-Pretty Princess

My lovely niece, Lily, is my flower girl.

When my girls went with me to try on wedding dresses, she just gawked and awed at all the ladies in the boutique trying on dresses. While looking at her cute little face lit up with amazement, I realized that she didn’t see brides; she saw a royal court of princesses and maids. So I bent down and said “Miss Lily, every girl on her wedding day is a pretty- pretty princess.” Well, from that point for the rest of the day – she would run around and say “Aunt Kimbo is a pretty- pretty princess.”
It was without doubt a awwwwwwwwww moment!

Miss Lily is not camera shy & A bit of a diva at times.

I want to do right by her when it comes to her outfit on W-day! I think I have found the look I want for her. I do hope she approves!

Credits: Flower Girl Dresses ~ Eden Princess - Sweater and Wrist Corsage ~ Martha Stewart

A few very pretty things that would make great birthday gifts!

1837™ Atomiseur at Tiffanys Wedding Organizer by Russell & Hazel


Georgian Apron at Anthropologie

The New EAD Library

Ok, if you aren't a bride, you won't care about this. But if you are.............

One of my favorite blogs is launching a great new feature July 22. Elizabeth Anne Designs is debuting a resource library filled with hundreds of useful links, from photographers to shops to stationers. This will help every bride no matter her location, find the vendors and inspiration she needs for a beautiful event.

It will be available here first thing in the morning!

I think I need to stop...............

.....obsessing over my blog header and name

Here are some of the options I have gone through!

Hair Everywhere

I think I have found my hair do for the I do's! Jason loves me with my hair down and very flowie!

Reorganizing

Good Evening Miss. Blog –
We need to have a heart to heart. Sit yourself down and get comfortable and don't be worried. It's just a talk.
I have had a love / hate relationship with you lately and in your defense, it is not entirely your fault.
I dreamed of you before you were even published. I was going to make you the most organized, well laid out blog there ever was. I started out with good intentions, really. I never planned on you becoming a thorn in my side.
You see, I have had blog envy. There are so many really cool blogs out there in blog world that I know I don’t have the time or the patience to turn you into.
So, you can see, I had some pretty high expectations from the get go. Well, my dear, you have failed. I have failed; I didn’t set you up for success. I think we did pretty well on a few post – I mean, some people that we don’t even know commented. Two of my blog idols even commented! (One blogger on two occasions even!)
Here is the deal. I have had to make a very tough choices and everyone is affected! I am reorganizing and unfortunately, I am giving you a new title.
Really, I think that you will see in the end it is for the best and this will really open up new doors for us. I think in this capacity we are limiting ourselves.
Therefore – no longer are you only a wedding blog, you are a general blog. Soon, you won’t be a Miss. and there are so many wonderful things to blog about that do not include flowers, head pieces and favors.
We are going to blog about life, travel, friends, food, décor, life as a wife and one day……..a mommy!
This is going to be great – I am really excited about the possibilities. Let’s get started!

Liana and Mike

What a cute pair! They should get married..............oh, wait - they are going to get married!

Congratulations to Liana and Mike!

Fidelity by Regina Spektor

I used to play this song over and over and over again when I first found it over two years ago.

Lyrics: (Shake it up)
I never loved nobody fully
Always one foot on the ground
And by protecting my heart truly
I got lost in the sounds
I hear in my mind
All these voices
I hear in my mind all these words
I hear in my mind all this music

And it breaks my heart
And it breaks my heart
And it breaks my heart
It breaks my heart

And suppose I never met you
Suppose we never fell in love
Suppose I never ever let you kiss me so sweet and so soft
Suppose I never ever saw you
Suppose we never ever called
Suppose I kept on singing love songs just to break my own fall
Just to break my fall
Just to break my fall
Break my fall
Break my fall

All my friends say that of course its gonna get better
Gonna get better
Better better better better
Better better better

I never love nobody fully
Always one foot on the ground
And by protecting by heart truly
I got lost
In the sounds
I hear in my mind
All these voices
I hear in my mind all these words
I hear in my mind
All this music
And it breaks my heart
It breaks my heart
Breaks my
Heart
Breaks my heart

Prom 1984

I just want to say that when it comes to Jason and I, our love transends all decades!

All I Want Is You by Barry Louis Polisar

Jason loved this song from the movie Juno.



Lyrics:
If I were a flower growing wild and free
All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee.
And if I were a tree growing tall and greeen
All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves

All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.

If you were a river in the mountains tall,
The rumble of your water would be my call.
If you were the winter, I know I'd be the snow
As long as you were with me, let the cold wind blow

If you were a wink, I'd be a nod
If you were a seed, I'd be a pod.
If you were the floor, I'd wanna be the rug
And if you were a kiss, I know I'd be a hug

If you were the wood, I'd be the fire.
If you were the love, I'd be the desire.
If you were a castle, I'd be your moat,
And if you were an ocean, I'd learn to float

"Consolation Prize"

I entered the Brooklyn Bride Blog Russell + Hazel Giveaway this past weekend and………..did not win. BUT – as luck would have it - Russell + Hazel offer the templates for all the sheets you need for a organized binder online. So you can just download these and buy any binder you want ($75 or less.)

The templates ~ Their Site

This was a busy day – we have a lot to cover!

This morning Jason and I met with a florist, Laura Taylor of The Perfect Stem here in Atlanta. He work is amazing and she is one of the nicest people I have met through work, so working with her is going to be great!

OK- so the flowers. I know the following about flowers – not much. So when Laura asked me what I wanted in my bouquet, my answer was, what do you think will look good? She started saying some words that both Jason and I were not familiar with – here are a two………Ranuculas ~ Hypericum Berry.

Ok – so after the meeting with Laura, we decided to check out Swallow in the Hollow in Roswell……near the town square…….and proceeded to fall madly in love with the area. The homes range from new construction to turn of the century structures. We drove up and down every street in proximity to the square looking for “For Sale” signs. We didn’t find many – people must really like it – making us want to live there all the more!

Happy Birthday America!

2008 Peachtree Road Race
Originally uploaded by HamWithCam

I have to say lady - for a dame 231 years old, you sure are looking good. I am pretty sure after all those years, you are still the most talked about, envied and coveted kid in the sandbox. For good reason of course. I’m not going to say that you are perfect; we all have a few blemishes. Over all however, the good times far out way the bad. I don't want you to think I take you for granted..........so here are few random things I want to Thank you for.

Thank you for "We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident” And “All Men Are Created Equal.” Thank you for Enforcing These Principles in a Court Of Law. Thank you For Innocent Until Proven Guilty. Thank you for New York City ~ New York, Los Angeles ~ California, Peoria ~ Illinois, And Libertyville ~ Iowa. Thank you for Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, BBQs and Apple Pie. Thank you for Baseball, Football (With a Helmet!) and Foosball. Thank you for Jerry Lewis (We Let the French Borrow Him!), George Washington, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. Thank you for the Blues, Motown, Honky-Tonk and Hip-Hop. Thank you for a Three Branched Government and a System of Checks and Balances. Thank you for Ellis Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Las Vegas. Thank you for ‘Ya’ll’, “Yous Guys” And” Wassup.” Thank you for the Army, the Navy, the Marines, the Police Department, the Fire Department and the EMTs. Thank you for Only Allowing the President to Serve for Two Consecutive Terms. Thank you for a President Who Was Able to Protect Us from Harm. Thank you for Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press. Thank you for Fox and CNN. Thank you For Letting Me Decide If I Want to Worship God, Allah, Buddha or Confucius. Thank you for allowing me to own land, the 19^th Amendment and giving me and every other female Equal Rights.

And Most Of All – I Want to Thank you For Welcoming My Ancestors from Germany and England Over 100 Years Ago with Open Arms.

Happy 4th of July!

Fourth of July 2008 from Kimberly Brannon on Vimeo.

Jason and I ran/walked the Peachtree Road Race - this was my first and his sixth!

They are always with us

Donna Lee early 80's.

Jessica from tying the knot lost her father suddenly this past Sunday. I lost my mother in 1999 and while it has been almost 10 years since I was able to see her beauty face to face, it still stings to know she won’t be there physically to see me walk down the aisle.

I can honestly say that I have missed my mother more during the process of planning the wedding than I thought I would. She would have planned an engagement party, organized all the showers, had a binder of her own for organizing stuff and would have called me every ten seconds with conversations that would start “Kim, I was thinking about the tables and what do you think about this………” or “I was looking through Southern Living and I saw something that we could do for the reception”

I miss her so much.

So, no real reason to this post, just a constant thought of my mother I wanted to share.

Jessica, if you read this, my heart goes out to you.

Grow Old With Me by Mary Chapin Carpenter

I have no idea who this couple is – but I watched this once and cried. I pray that Jason and I can have the same montage in 2048!

Lyrics:

Grow old along with me
The best is yet to be
When our time has come
We will be as one
God bless our love
God bless our love

Grow old along with me
Two branches of one tree
Face the setting sun
When the day is done
God bless our love
God bless our love

Spending our lives together
Man and wife together
World without end
World without end

Grow old along with me
Whatever fate decrees
We will see it through
For our love is true
God bless our love
God bless our love

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