Purple – Elisabeth Johnson

Posted on October 23, 2013October 27, 2013 by BeautyBlondie

I Got Married {My Wedding}

I am so excited to announce to all of you that on September 7th, 2013 Brandon and I became Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Johnson! That’s right I am now officially Elisabeth Johnson!

Brandon and I had been dating for 2 years before he proposed. We then had a year to plan the wedding before we said our wedding vows. Little did we know just how much time and energy it would take to finalize all of the finishing details on the wedding. I took pictures and documented every detail that went into the wedding so I can share it all with you.

Here are some of the final results of the DIY projects that went into the wedding along with a quick recap of the day.

Giedre from Walking Dot Photography did an amazing job capturing all of the details of the day. You have to check her out and if you live in the Chicago land area, you have to give her a call and set something up. Or if you are every just passing through, you won’t be disappointed! You can also check out more the pictures from out big day Here!

The way I look at a wedding, it is the biggest and most fun party that you are ever going to through with all of your friends and family. Now marriage, that is a completely different thing. Brandon and I not only prepared for the wedding but for the Sacrament of Marriage as well. I will go into more details about that later but I am officially restarting my Wedding Wednesdays! I am going to start from the beginning on every single detail for planning a wedding!

I didn’t want to post all of the pictures beforehand because I wanted everything to be a surprise for all of my guest as many of them read my blog and would have known everything I was doing. So now that the wedding is over and married life has started I can now share all of my secrets with all of you.

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Posted on July 3, 2013July 3, 2013 by BeautyBlondie

Carrying Your Color Scheme Throughout the Wedding Reception {Wedding Update}

I can’t believe that the wedding is only 2 months away. I feel like I have gotten so much done and yet there is still so much to do. I love the idea of DIY’s although they do take up a little more time than if you just bought things outright. I just have to think about the amount of money that I am saving and and have to see if it out ways the time that I am putting into it.

The best thing about doing things myself is that I am able to do everything exactly the way that I want and in the exact color that I want. I am looking forward to adding a pop of color throughout my entire wedding day, I feel as though this really ties everything together.

I am going to be using a lot of candles throughout the entire reception and I wanted to make sure that I not only were they the right color but that they would burn all night long as well. I ended up finding both and for a very reasonable cost as well. I ended up ordering them online at QuickCandles.com. They were well priced, deviled fast and when I burned them they lasted the full 10 hours.

I seriously can’t wait to show you how I use all of these candles come the bid day! I hope that it is everything that I have dreamt it to be.

Now, I have to ask, did you use candles for your reception and did it look good with all of the mood lighting? Oh, and did you go with white of colored candles?

Until next time!

Posted on February 1, 2013February 2, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 1 Comment

My Newest Inspiration!

Have you ever had a time in your life where something inspired you? Something that made you see something you had never seen before. Or maybe look at something in a different way?

There are so many things that can give someone an inspiration. It can be a book, a picture, a song or even a color and I am excited to share with you my newest inspiration. I just can’t seem to get enough of the color purple! Everything purple catches my eye. Although, I am not noticing the light purple as much as I am the deep, rich, eggplant purple! The main thing I love about an inspiration is that it usually is something that you look at and it automatically puts a smile on your face!

When I look at a deep, rich purple color it makes me think of the darkest color of a beautiful sunset and I can almost feel the warmth of the sun at the end of summer. It immediately lifts my mood helps me to remember the little things in life.

Here are a few pictures to help you understand the richness of the color and just how beautiful it is.