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7 Elizabeth Johnston of Little Johnstons gets married!
The TLC star, 23, married Bryce Bolden, 25, on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Johnston family compound in Forsyth, Georgia. Approximately 80 close friends and family members attended, including the bride’s parents, Trent and Amber.
Johnston told PEOPLE that she envisioned the couple having a “small, intimate” celebration surrounded by their closest people. Guests were encouraged to wear “semi-formal fall colors” to compliment the “romantic fall” theme.
The couple, who have been dating since 2019 after meeting by chance while living just three houses apart, chose to say their vows at the Johnston family’s home. Because that’s where their relationship developed.
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“This is where we spent most of our dating lives,” Johnston said, adding that her ceremony symbolized “unity where it all started.”
Less than two months after Johnston and Bolden revealed their pregnancy to People, their 2-year-old daughter Leighton, born on November 3, 2023, served as the flower girl for the ceremony. Johnston has dwarfism due to achondroplasia, but both her husband and daughter are of average height.
Ms. Johnston walked down the aisle as Kina Grannis’ version of “Can’t Help Falling in Love” played. This love ballad was especially performed during the wedding scene in the 2018 romantic comedy “Crazy Rich Asians.”
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The reality TV star wore a Casablanca Bridal wedding dress, and she knew it was based on the emotional reactions of her mother and sisters when they saw her dress for the first time. “The look on (their) faces when they saw me said it all,” she recalls. Her bridesmaids wore Birdie gray dresses.
The ceremony included the lighting of the Unity Candle to signify their lives becoming one, and was officiated by Johnston’s uncle, Jonathan “John” Mills.
For Johnston, marriage means “being able to officially call ourselves a family of three and being a team,” she tells PEOPLE.
After the ceremony and cocktail hour, guests enjoyed a “fun” reception with a DJ, a buffet-style dinner by Oh La La Catering, and a raspberry-flavored white chocolate two-tier bundt cake. A family photo titled “Love Stories Before Ours” was also displayed at the reception.
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The newlyweds had their first dance to Teddy Swims’ cover of Shania Twain’s “You’re Still the One,” and ended their wedding with a sparkler sendoff from their guests.
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Johnston and Bolden, who got engaged on May 25 at the Beach Spot in Pensacola Beach, Florida, are looking forward to “working together” and “having more kids” in the future. However, their honeymoon has been put on hold as they are “not ready to leave Leighton” just yet.
“That’s why we’re waiting until our one-year anniversary,” Johnston said.
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Johnston told PEOPLE in a June 2024 interview that she hopes to give Leighton a sibling in the future.
“I think one day, when Leighton is a little older and closer to school, I can convince him to have just one more baby. I’ll tell him we should try one more time with the little one. Just give it a try, because we’ll definitely be excited to have a regular and a little one one day,” she said at the time, adding, “We have a girl version of Bryce, so it would be fun to have a boy version of me.”
7 Little Johnstons airs Tuesdays at 10pm ET on TLC.
