My Big Fat Engagement – Engagement Advice & Warnings

Many stores now hold Boxing Day sales for a week. Online stores also have sales. This is the perfect opportunity to stock up on all of the things you will need for your wedding. Get a jump start on your wedding planning and save money.

Christmas can be very romantic: perhaps it’s all of the twinkling lights, the music, the good food, the cozy fireplaces… it all adds up to a perfect setting for a wedding proposal! Here are some ideas…
The Brightest Light On The Tree
Preparation: Hang the ring with a round ornament (string it through the hanger so [...]

Fall weddings can be so romantic. Autumn colors are rich and vibrant.

Well, it may not be realistic to expect a man (at least a heterosexual one) to wear a big diamond engagement ring on his finger to keep women away (although I’m sure that would work!). Here are some alternatives:

Dream Girl Update
Here is an update on Jennifer Hudson. Note that this is also a great example of a real-life scenario for last week’s article  “Should Men Wear Engagement Rings?”
Dream Life Turns to Nightmare
Last September we featured Jennifer Hudson’s engagement in the article ‘Dreamgirls Jennifer Hudson is on her way to her dream wedding’. Tragically, the next [...]

An interesting topic was raised on the View today:
Should Men Wear Engagement Rings?
Why do women have to wear a ring to show that they are ‘taken’ when men do not?
It would definitely make it easier for single women out there if men also wore a symbol that they are bound for a walk down the [...]

Chocolate is all-purpose – it’s supposed to be an aphrodisiac and it’s tied up with ideas of romance (first dates, Valentine’s Day, gifts from your sweetheart); but it’s also there to console you after a break-up or on pretty much any day when you feel like you just need to treat yourself (at least, that’s [...]

Who Says It Isn’t Easy Being Green?
Here are some wedding options that are both beautiful and eco-friendly (and often, economical, too!)
A Dress That Won’t Cost the Earth
Your dress doesn’t have to be made out of recycled tin cans to earn it’s green status. Look for dresses made from natural fibers, like the gowns from Tennessee [...]

The last installment in our Wild Wedding feature: this time we’re discovering that weddings can be a real beach!
How Deep Is Your Love?
Let’s start with some wave inspired jewelry for the occasion, like this unique yet under-stated wedding band. It is a stackable white gold wedding band with an S-shaped engraving around it, reminiscent of [...]

Another installment in our Wild Weddings series – this time we’re looking at plants. We’re not talking your common ordinary (boring) houseplants (the more exotic the better!).
Sustainable Centerpieces
A potted plant as a centerpiece is a symbol of enduring love and much more romantic than cut flowers, which fade and die before your honeymoon is even [...]