Another Year Has Come and Gone

"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been."
― Rainer Maria Rilke

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Accident Prone

"I'm not clumsy, I'm just accident prone."
― Daniel Radcliffe

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Gift of Giving

"It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."
― Mother Teresa

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The Struggle is Real

"Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors. "
― Marilyn vos Savant

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Edmonton

"Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home-bound

Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd"
― Vanessa Carlton, A Thousand Miles

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City Lights

"Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might begin a mutual love, or dislike, friendship, or enmity. Where one city will rise a certain individual to glory, it will destroy another who is not suited to its personality. Only through travel can we know where we belong or not, where we are loved and where we are rejected."
― Roman Payne, Cities & Countries

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Married

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that's so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile."
― Unknown

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Graffiti

"Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place."
― Banksy

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Leather Addict (ft. Montana Silversmith Jewelry)

"I am Catwoman. Hear me roar. "
― Catwoman

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Engagement Photos

"But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day."
― Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding

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Samurai

"Be a Samurai. Because you just never know what's behind the freaking sky."
― Laini Taylor, Dreams of Gods & Monsters

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Sandy

"She looks too pure to be pink!"
― Rizzo from Grease

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Happy 28th Birthday

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
― Mark Twain

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His & Hers

"A true relationship is having someone who accepts your past, supports your present, loves you and encourages your future."
― Unknown

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Hard Work

"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty...I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led diffcult lives and led them well."
― Theodore Roosevelt

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My Little Family

"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. "
- Desmond Tutu

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Winter is Coming ...

"Winter brings cold dry harsh weather and trees are without leaves."
― Lailah Gifty Akita

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Shades

"There are infinite shades of grey. Writing often appears so black and white."
― Rebecca Solnit

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Weddings: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

"Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do."
- Maggie Gallagher, The Case for Marriage

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The Side Look

"Happiness is simply a habit of looking on the brighter side of everything."
― Richelle E. Goodrich

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My Favourite Purples (and Olaplaex!)

"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair."
― Audrey Hepburn

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Trust

"Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships."
― Stephen Covey

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Irresistible Me

"Hair brings one's self-image into focus; it is vanity's proving ground. Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices."
― Shana Alexander

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Learning Photography

"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything."
― Aaron Siskind

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Lights, Camera, Action!

"It was lights, camera, action!"
― Terry Gilliam

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Honesty is the Best Policy

"Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving."
― James E. Faust

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Purple

"Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple."
― Regina Brett

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Fall

"Autum's the mellow time."
― William Allingham

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Late Nights

"The night is the hardest time to be alive and 4am knows all my secrets."
― Poppy Z. Brite

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Summer is Gone (+ Giveaway!)

"Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds."
― Regina Brett

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Untitled

"I have no emotion. It's a blank in my mind."
- Chris Harrington

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Life

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
- Henry David Thoreau

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Berkeley Baby

"Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.”
— Dean Koontz

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Wedding Dress Shopping - Novelle Bridal Shop

I went and tried out dresses for the first time! It's still a while a way till we get married but I wanted to see what I loved and what kind of prices I was looking at for dresses! It was so hard to get all my bridesmaids, my mom and Israel to get the same time off to come but I'm glad they all experienced it with me!


The only bridal shop I found that really stood out to me was Novelle Bridal Shop! Its such a cute store, and Diana, my consultant for my visit was so sweet! She even picked out the dress I ended up loving the most


I decided to share some of the photos I got from my visit!

Watters - Kai

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The Next Step

"Once you stop learning, you start dying."
- Albert Einstein

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Inspiration Wednesday Destination Weddings

Israel and I decided it was best for us if we had a destination wedding - where you might ask? Well, I won't say just yet! But here are some beautiful places that Israel and I have been looking at!

Turtle Bay Resort - Oahu, Hawaii

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The Real Me

"Understanding is deeper than knowledge. There are many people who know you, but there are very few who understand you."
- Unknown

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2 Ducks and a Goose

" ...ducks and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care of themselves."
― Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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Inspiration Wednesday Wedding Squad

Is it weird that I have some sort of picture in mind of how I want our wedding party to take pictures!? I want to make sure that at the end of the wedding, I have at least one awesome squad photo!

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Train Hopping

"Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Jean Dress

"Jeans represent democracy in fashion."
- Giorgio Armani

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Grey and White Matter

"White matter is composed of bundles of myelinated nerve cell processes (or axons), which connect various grey matter areas (the locations of nerve cell bodies) of the brain to each other, and carry nerve impulses between neurons. Myelin acts as an insulator, increasing the speed of transmission of all nerve signals."
- Wikipedia

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Spring is Around the Corner

"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'"
― Robin Williams

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Bridal Party

My last post was about what kind of dresses I wanted for my bridesmaid, but I never introduced the 6 ladies who will be walking down the aisle before me!


Before I introduce them, I'll show you how I "proposed" to them!

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Inspiration Wednesday Bridesmaid Dresses

You can't say I do without your squad behind you. Lucky for me, I have 6 people walking down the aisle before me. So if there's anything to trip me along the way, they'll be the ones to trip over it for me.


Having some sort of idea for our color theme, I thought I'd post some bridesmaid dresses that I love!


Image Source: Lulus

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Blogging a New Way

I've been in dire need of upgrading my blogging technology. I've been using an old PC computer that has had it hard drive in whack for years!!

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Inspiration Wednesday Color Themes

You can't plan a wedding without having a color theme!

I want my theme to be modern but elegant. Simply but chic. Pretty but not girly. It has to be something that both Israel and I can agree on and colors that suit both our needs! Here are color palettes I found that I think look great together!


Image Source: Elegant Wedding Invites

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Inspiration Wednesday Wedding Shoes

Ever since I can remember, there has always been one pair of shoes that I wanted to walk down the aisle in!

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Monday Blues

“Monday should be spelled Mughnday because it needs that ugh to really capture its spirit.”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE

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Inspiration Wednesday Wedding Dresses - Part 1

"How cool it is to see a bride walking down the aisle with a beautiful long gown with beautiful layers of tulle and organza, unveiling their mini dress at the party?"
- Reem Acra

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