It’s always tough searching for the perfect gift to present the bride-to-be, but it can also be pretty tough to splurge on something just for yourself when you are the bride in question.
As the big day approaches, you can get sucked into buying gifts for everyone but yourself. But you’re special too, right?
So, to help you commemorate the day, here are five amazing things to gift yourself because you deserve it!
Journal
While you may not have time to whip out your pen and journal on your wedding day, it can be a great way to journal through your first year of marriage. Make it extra special by engraving it.
Personalised T-shirt
Get cheesy and let the world know you are now a Mrs. Head to your favourite sweater printing shop and get them to add a few custom details, including your wedding date or partner’s name – it’s up to you.
Custom Art
Art can be an incredible way to showcase your love and put it on display for all to see. Well, everyone who enters your home. This US-based artist does an amazing job of capturing a moment on your special day and transforming it into a timeless piece using archival paper and pigment ink. While you may not want something exactly like this, it could serve as some inspiration.
Create a time capsule
Okay, stay with us! While time capsules may be something that’s done to entertain the kids, it can be an incredible way to capture a period of time in an unconventional way. It’s also a great way to include your husband-to-be by adding a letter to your future self and your husband. Place it in a safe place and set a time limit. Perhaps five years or 10, it’s up to you. It can be an adorable way to see how far you’ve come.
Get yourself a glass of wine
Grab your favourite bottle of wine and save it! Creating a custom label can be a great gift to you and your partner, and can include all the nitty-gritty details from your wedding. You can save it for years and open it when a special occasion rolls around (perhaps the birth of your first child?).
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At least once in her life, every little girl dreams of walking down the aisle in the most exquisite wedding dress. Whether you’re dreaming of an elegant slip…
After a year and a half spent publicly professing their love for each other, Machine Gun Kelly went down on one knee and popped the question.
Megan Fox took to Instagram to share a clip of the proposal with a beautiful caption that celebrated their journey together.
“– he asked me to marry him. And just as in every lifetime before this one, and as in every lifetime that will follow it, I said yes,” she posted.
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In the clip, the rapper turned actor proposed under a towering banyan tree as a shocked Fox knelt down beside him.
“In July of 2020 we sat under this banyan tree, we asked for magic …” she wrote.
While the proposal was simple and intimate, the engagement ring was a bit more ostentatious. The breathtaking emerald and diamond engagement ring has a deeply personal meaning as Machine Gun Kelly revealed on his Instagram.
While a traditional sparkler may have one stone that takes centre stage, this one has two and is a custom piece that features Kelly‘s birthstone (diamond) and Fox‘s (emerald).
Also Read: 6 Unique engagement rings that will wow your soon-to-be fiancé!
Check out the gorgeous piece below:
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“Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” Well, not anymore. Let’s be honest, the pandemic has put certain things into perspective. Do we really need to be spending thousands…
Your wedding day is a snapshot to the rest of your life. It goes by in a flash, so capturing the amazing little moments that make the big day is important. There are some incredible photographers that go above and beyond to ensure that they capture these moments as you go about celebrating your nuptials, between getting ready, the first dance, to everything in between.
The International Photography Awards encompasses this very idea. The competition, which is sponsored by Canon Australia, received over 1 500 submissions from eager wedding photographers looking to showcase those tear-jerking moments. However, Fabio Mirulla managed to snag the grand prize and take home the title of Wedding Photographer of the Year.
The winning image shows Fabio snapping a pic of the bride and a carefully placed lamp, providing a silhouette resembling a wedding gown. Talk about crafty!
In second place was photographer duo Andrew and Bec, who managed to snap a couple in formalwear as they crossed mountain peaks.
Here are a few of the other incredible entries that made the finals:
Ken Pak
Dane Tucker
Dylan Kovacevic
Christin Eid
Gaelle Meheut
Dan O’Day
Lucy Spartalis
Natalia Mikalaichyk
Steven Stemmler
Rodolfo Aguirre
COVID-19 has put on damper on many things, including weddings. But what happens when your soon-to-be husband gets sick and he needs to miss your big day? You…
Popping the big question can be a nerve-wracking experience for both the bride and groom-to-be, but there’s no question that it’s an unforgettable moment. Unfortunately, one woman did not get the happy ending she was hoping for as she took to Reddit to share her harrowing story.
The bride-to-be immediately said yes when her partner popped the question, and despite not having a ring, the thought of spending the rest of her life with the man of her dreams was enough. After all, there would be plenty of time to get a ring. However, things took a weird turn when the woman decided to go dress shopping.
“I have been planning my dream wedding for seven months now. When I told him that I was going dress shopping, he looked at me like I had five heads.”
If that’s not enough of a punch to the gut, the woman says that the man then said he never proposed. “He said, ‘why would I propose to a woman I am not even dating?’”
Despite having the wind knocked out of her wedding sails, the woman stated that she’d love to continue with wedding planning.
“I am thinking of tricking him into coming to our wedding and seeing what happens. I am not sure what else to do,” she said.
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While a number of commenters were left shocked, one Redditor could sympathise.
“I was sitting on the couch watching a movie I wanted to see, and my girlfriend of a year was in the other room watching a show she liked because she wasn’t interested in the movie (yeah….I know, one of us should have compromised). I’m not really paying attention to what she was saying, but I hear an inaudible “would you marry me?” Being sarcastic, I responded back with, “of course I’ll marry you, baby.”
According to the poster, his then-girlfriend came running into the room, kissed him, and told him to enjoy watching his movie.
“The next day, while I’m at work, I start getting my phone blown up with phone calls and texts. She had put on Facebook that I proposed to her the night previous! We had a long conversation about the fact that we are not engaged, and to this day, I still don’t know exactly what she said from the other room that I misheard (mostly because she got mad and refused to tell me), but it’s always been a funny story,” he writes.
Despite the twists and turns that this story provides, there’s no question that we’d be left fuming if this ever happened to us.
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