New Beginnings: November 2015

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Eloping?

In the past few days of wedding planning, I've become inspired to "run away and elope"!! Technically, it wouldn't be running away. I'd still want to have the company of a few loved ones. I'm not sure it would even be classified as eloping! More like, a small destination wedding with only a few people invited.

Brendan and I aren't into big events. I want our wedding to be very meaningful and intimate. I don't feel like I'd get that if we had a big ceremony. I know that I might get some backlash from some of our relatives, but I feel like if they loved us and wanted what we wanted, they'd be accepting of it.

I would truly love to get married in a valley by the mountains or in a beautiful forest. I enjoy the outdoors and beautiful, scenic locations. Just another reason why I would love a small destination wedding.

I do believe that we would hold a reception when we got back. So those who did not get to join us on our big day still have an opportunity to celebrate us.

I want to highlight a couple sites that I found that have really helped inspire me.

The first is Intimate Weddings. I am in love with this site! I looked through a few of the real weddings and I felt totally inspired!

The second is Simply Elope. I got lots of great information from this site. I loved the "Advice" tab. It really helped encourage me to pursue a small destination wedding/elopement.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Wedding Website

I have seen many people creating a website for people to view all of the information on their wedding. I absolutely love this idea! So, I decided to do some research on creating a website for our wedding. I ended up creating our website using the free website creator on theknot.com. They don't have too many choices for the layout of your website, but the choices that they do have are very nice. The way that you input the information is wonderful! I love that it already has the main aspects of your wedding.

Not only is theknot.com good for creating a website, it also has many ideas for venues, vendors, decorations, any many more things! It has definitely been my go-to site!

If you want, take a peek at the website that I started for Brendan and I. Some of the information in it isn't final, but it is a good start.

https://www.theknot.com/us/amanda-erickson-and-brendan-blascyk-oct-2017

Our Story

Brendan and I are high school sweethearts. I met him when I was 15 years old. One Friday night, I received a late night phone call from Brendan, asking me to be his girlfriend. I didn't know Brendan too well at this point, but I was definitely interested in him. We got to know each other very well. I knew from the beginning that this was a guy that I could spend my life with. Months turned into years with each other. During our high school years we spent almost ever moment with each other. From visiting with each other during classes to eating lunch together. We were inseparable. During the summer we were with each other almost every day. We would go to the beach, to the races, to movies, anything we could do to spend time together. After we graduated college, we got our first apartment together. After living in the apartment for 2 years, we decided that it was time to look for a place to call home. After months of looking around, we finally found a place. We've lived in our house since 2012. Let me tell you, it has been an adventure together! Who would have thought that a high school romance could turn into something so special.