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Non-traditional bridal shower ideas for a memorable day

December 10, 2020 No Comments

Traditional bridal shower games can be quite overdone. We’ve put together our top 4 bridal shower ideas that will be super helpful for the bride-to-be and also something that she can cherish for a lifetime.

1. DATE-NIGHT JAR

Get a friend to hand out a strip of paper to each guest when they arrive. Ask each guest to write about the best date night they’ve ever had, or a date night idea on the paper. Each guest can drop their idea into a large mason jar and the married couple can pick one out whenever they want to plan a special evening.

2. RECIPE BOX

When you’re sending out the bridal shower invites, attach a blank card to it, for guests to write their favourite family recipe. To avoid duplicate recipes, give each guest a category (snacks, appetizers, mains and desserts). Each guest will bring their recipe card to the shower to compile them all in a cute box. Present it to the bride as a gift.

3. ADVICE/FAVOURITE MOMENT BOOK

Moms and grans will really appreciate this one. Get a scrapbook and ask all of the married women in the family to fill one page of the book with their best marriage advice for the bride; their favourite memory with the bride and groom and their wishes for the bridal couple. Don’t forget to reach out to the groom’s family as well!

4. ANNIVERSARY BOX

You’ll need envelopes and blank cards for this one. Number an envelope for each guest attending the shower. Each guest’s number will represent an anniversary. Ask them to write a happy anniversary note on their card for the bride and groom. Pop them all in a box and let the bride know that they can only open each envelope when they reach the anniversary number on the envelopes!

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Should you sleep with your engagement ring on?

December 7, 2020 No Comments

If you’re newly engaged, you may be so in love with your ring that you never want to take it off. While fully understandable, an engagement ring is not a typical piece of jewellery.

While an engagement ring is designed to be durable, certain activities can cause it to lose its lustre over time. There are obvious moments in time you shouldn’t wear your engagement ring, like while exercising or doing the dishes or any other type of cleaning that involves detergents. But what about when you rest your head at night?

Sleeping is the least active thing you could do, and for some wearing an engagement ring while closing their eyes won’t cause too much of an issue. Experts are divided on whether it helps or harms.

Some experts argue that an engagement ring is a fine piece of jewellery, and should thus be treated as such and not be worn during activities that could affect it. Others, however, believe sleeping in your engagement ring is a smart way to ensure you don’t lose your jewellery because where else would it be but your finger?

However, there is an argument to be made for rough sleepers. Beyond it being precious, your ring can easily get caught in things like your hair or on your sheets if you’re a particularly wild sleeper. This can create friction and may cause the stone to loosen in the setting. If your stone is lower on the Mohs scale of hardness and thus more fragile, sleeping in it could make it more prone to damage.

The best thing to do is to have a dedicated place on your nightstand where you leave your jewellery. Before you go to bed, just pop the ring off and it will be safe for the night. This will also guarantee that you won’t lose or misplace your jewellery.

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Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett is engaged to Jaymes Vaughan

December 1, 2020 No Comments

Actor Jonathan Bennett, best known for his role as Aaron Samuels in the cult-classic film Mean Girls, is engaged! The actor said yes to boyfriend Jaymes Vaughan, who proposed in a truly memorable way.

According to PEOPLE Magazine, Vaughan went down on one knee and proposed with an original song he wrote for Bennett.

“He wrote me a song! We would always hear songs and think, “Oh that would be our song if just this part or that part were different,” so as a result we didn’t have a song that was “ours”, Bennett told PEOPLE.

Jaymes added: “So while he was in Canada filming The Christmas House for Hallmark, I took a melody that up until now had only be accompanied by chopsticks on my voice notes, and got together with my friend Tanzer, who happens to be a really talented producer and my favorite person to write songs with, and said “Let’s make this magical for Jonathan.” ”

Under the guise of taking family Christmas card photos, Vaughan gathered their closest family together to share in the special moment. He held a sign that read: “We never did find our song, so I wrote it for you,” which caused Bennett to burst into tears when he realised what was happening.

As their song played in the background, Vaughan got down on one knee to propose.

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Congratulations to the happy couple!

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Sweet marriage proposal bowls fans over during Cricket match

November 30, 2020 No Comments

A couple emerged victorious at a recent Cricket match in Australia this past weekend, when their proposal went viral.

During the Australia-India second ODI at Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday [November 29], a man in the stands went down on one knee to pop the question.

The man, wearing an Indian supporter t-shirt, proposed to his Australia-supporting girlfriend. Fellow sports-watchers cheered him on, and commentators also got into the action and narrated the entire proposal.

Of course she said yes, which lead to cheers all around. Even one of the cricket players on the field, Glenn Maxwell, applauded the pair.

Watch the sweet moment here:

Where dreams come true ? ❤️#LoveOurSCG #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/MqS3XZMaig

— Sydney Cricket Ground (@scg) November 29, 2020

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Royal rings: Megan Markle’s marvelous design

November 27, 2020 No Comments

Actress Megan Markle shocked the world when she announced her engagement to Prince Harry. The style icon opted for an unusal ring design that stands in stark contrast to sister-in-law Kate Middleton’s sapphire sparkler.

The couple announced their engagement at the Sunken Gardens of Kensington Palace on November 27, 2017, about a year after they went public with their relationship.

Wearing a white overcoat and nude heels, the actress went understated with her outfit to allow the focus to be on her engagement ring. The design did not disappoint.

Decorating her ring finger was a three-stone stunner, set on a gold band featuring a cushion-cut centre diamond from Botswana, a country close to Prince Harry’s heart. Surrounding the centre stone are two round diamonds that once belonged to his mother, the late Princess Diana. The ring was made by royal jeweler Cleave and Company.

Come wedding day, the Duchess of Sessex was presented with her wedding ring, an elegant yellow gold band. The ring was a gift from Queen Elizabeth and, following tradition, was made from rare Welsh gold.

Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Princess Anne, and Princess Diana’s wedding rings were all fashioned from the same nugget of Welsh gold which came from a Welsh mine, Clogau St David’s at Bontddu. This gold is more valuable than gold from Australia or South Africa.

While there is only a sliver of the original gold left over, the Queen owns a large nugget of 21 carat Welsh gold which is held by the Crown Jewellers to be used for the royal wedding rings of today. Sarah, Duchess of York, Duchess Kate, and Duchess Meghan Markle all sport wedding bands made from this nugget.

Markle’s marvelous ring underwent a redesign during her pregnancy. Celebrity jeweler Lorraine Schwartz resized and reset the ring to replace the gold band with a thin, yellow gold band set with micro-pavè diamonds.

After son Archie was born, Prince Harry gifted Megan with an eternity ring designed by Lorraine Schwartz. It features a channel setting with gold trim flanking each side of the ring. In another sweet addition, the birthstones of the young family (peridot, emerald, and sapphire) are inlaid on the underside of the ring.

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Matthew Perry is engaged to Molly Hurwitz

November 27, 2020 No Comments

Matthew Perry is engaged to be married. The actor recently popped the question to longterm girlfriend Molly Hurwitz.

The pair have been together since 2018. Speaking to PEOPLE, The FRIENDS star gushed about his partner.

“I decided to get engaged,” he told PEOPLE. “Luckily, I happened to be dating the greatest woman on the face of the planet at this time.”

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Hurwits (29), who works as a literary manager, announced their relationship back on Valentine’s Day.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

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Gabourey Sidibe and Brandon Frankel are engaged

November 26, 2020 No Comments

Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe has announced that she isengaged to her branding and marketing expert boyfriend Brandon Frankel.

Sidibe, famous for her role in the acclaimed film Precious, took to Instagram to show her followers her beautiful ring.

She captioned her post: “It’s weird that people think we’re already married but I guess our hearts and intentions for each other are just that clear to see, My BFF proposed and now I get to hold him forever. The funniest man I’ve ever met. The sweetest human to exist. @brandontour made up a song for when i put my bonnet on at night. The second I look a bit stressed and overwhelmed, he jumps into action to take over what he can for me. Every moment with him is a joy.”

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Brandon posted his own pictures showing their engagement, he also showed a glimpse of how he proposed.

He put a ‘Will you marry my daddy’ around their cat Ronald’s neck.

“I asked my best friend to marry me, and she said “YES”! So excited to spend the rest of my life with the most amazing, hilarious, beautiful, and inspiring woman I’ve ever known. I couldn’t imagine a life without you. We make the best team, and we make everything fun and memorable. I liked it, so I put a ? on it. Love you to the moon and back,” he wrote.

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The beautiful ring has a round centre diamond on a delicate white gold, pavé band. According to Brilliant Earth’s SVP of Merchandising and Retail Expansion, Kathryn Money, it appears to be a 1.5-to-2-carat diamond. It is estimated to cost between approximately $15,000 to $40,000. ( R 227 606,25 – R 607 306,00).

The two started dating around May of 2019, and have been inseparable ever since. They have been quarantining together since the pandemic forced a shutdown this year.

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Amber Riley and Desean Black announce their engagement

November 25, 2020 No Comments

Glee star Amber Riley and her boyfriend Desean Black are newly engaged! The pair took to Instagram to announce the big news, which is extra special as the couple met through the social networking app.

In a video posted to her page, Amber showed off sparkling engagement ring. She captioned it, “There was a time when I thought I didn’t want or deserve this kind of love.I’m looking at a man who changed my mind. My time by myself, loving on myself, getting comfortable with myself, prepared me for you, and prepared me for this.”

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Desean also went on Instagram and wrote a beautiful caption with a picture of the duo.

“Fellas, when a woman looks at you like this, it’s a clear indication that you’re doing the right thing, Now, when she delivers unconditional love that you’ve never experienced, it’s another clear indication that you’ve found the one.”

“”Only a fool would let someone as special as this slip away. So I did what any wise man would do and put a ring on it. I love you to pieces @msamberpriley, or should I say the future Mrs. Black,” he continued.

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The pair met through Instagram DMs and the Glee star was the one that approached Desean. She inboxed him asking how he was.

While the couple have never been public about their personal life and romance, Amber went public with their relationship on October 12 by posting the ‘how it started vs how it’s going’ challenge.

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Actor Jordan Fisher marries Ellie Woods

November 24, 2020 No Comments

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before actor Jordan Fisher and fiancé Ellie Woods have been engaged for almost two years. The couple planned on getting married this year in July but the pandemic put a hold on their plans, forcing them to postpone by more than three months.

To honour their initial wedding date, the pair enjoyed a five-course meal in their backyard on July 24 and looked forward to the rescheduled ceremony in November.

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They got married on Saturday, November 21 in front of a few friends and family. To confirm the wedding, Ellie changed her Instagram handle to @EllieFischer over the weekend.

They went on honeymoon together in Florida and Jordan posted a picture of them together and captioned it:

‘Throwwwwwwback to the first getaway with my love. Couple years later, I would propose here,’ he captioned the photo of the pair near her parent’s beach house in Sandestin. ‘And a year and half later, we’ll be spending our first turkey day here as HUSBAND AND WIFE’

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Woman jokingly smacks partner during Disneyland proposal

November 23, 2020 No Comments

Proposals are romantic occasions, and usually don’t involve a physical response. However, this bride misunderstood the moment and ended up slapping her partner as he popped the question.

In a video posted to TikTok, Gracie O’Neill shared a throwback video from her husband’s Disneyland proposal years ago. The pair pose for pictures in front of Disney’s castle before her husband, or boyfriend at the time, goes down on one knee to propose.

As he does, his bride-to-be jokingly slaps him on top of the head, believing the moment to be a fake proposal. Her husband has reportedly “fake proposed” to her before.

“This time I’m not kidding,” her groom-to-be says in the video. Gracie appears shocked and breaks down in tears of happiness before accepting the proposal.

@hgoneillseriously the happiest day of my life!!♬ original sound – Gracie

The original TikTok video has since gone viral, earning over a 5.6million views.

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