After the hussle and bustle of the holiday season is over things seem to settle down for the winter months, which gives brides the time they need to get their wedding planning a good start. You’ll have more time to sit down and plan out your wedding.

There are usually quite a few bridal shows during the winter months, take advantage of these to talk with possible vendors for your cake, flowers, photography, catering, and venue without driving all over town.

If you’re newly engaged this winter, take advantage of winters slower pace to get your wedding plans off to a good start. Then you can have most of your wedding planning complete before spring and summers busy schedules take up all your time.

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Whether you’re announcing your engagement, or thanking your guests for attending your wedding these unique cards called fill-in-the blank greetings, are the “mad libs” of greeting cards.

The sender sends the card and the recipient fills in when asked fun questions. The cards are personalized, interactive cards! This is the only card of its kind.

They also have other types of cards including cards for birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, parties, and just because. You can go to the Fill In The Blank website to check out the entire line of Fill In The Blank Cards.

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My friend actually thinks that New York is one of the most romantic cities in the world. It’s on her list next to Paris and Rome. And Central Park in New York is one of her must-see places in the world. When I asked her what she thought of the idea of her guy popping the question on Bow Bridge, she went ballistic and claimed that she wouldn’t mind it one bit!

That’s one of the many reactions I’ve observed from people when it comes to wedding proposals and the Bow Bridge. It’s that well-loved.

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It must be that the idea of including certain elements of nature in a momentous event makes the act of offering the promise of a lifelong commitment and love more meaningful. The event makes the proposal “one with the universe” and somewhat a combination of a private personal exchange and a public announcement.

Bow Bridge is one of the most handsomely designed cast iron bridges in the world. It spans sixty feet across the Lake, linking the cultivated and flowering landscape of Cherry Hill with the rustic and sprawling woods of the Ramble. Its proportions and sinuous length inspired one visitor to remark that the bridge looked “poured” over the Lake.

Bow Bridge owes its existence to Commissioner Dillon’s desire for a suspension bridge; the designers compromised with a low-lying bridge. Named for its resemblance to an archer’s bow, it immediately became one of Central Park’s most cherished bridges. It continues to be the romantic setting for wedding proposals, classic film shoots, and the choice of many photographers who want to capture one of the signature design features of Central Park. (Source)

How many wedding proposals have you seen happen on Bow Bridge? Would you consider getting engaged on it? If you got asked on the Bow Bridge, let us know!

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One of the somewhat unique finds is this wedding proposal — with the acceptance, nonetheless — which utilized a popular table game, Scrabble. It reminds me of this one scene in the movie The Wedding Planner wherein Jennifer Lopez used Scrabble tiles to spell out the word YES in response to Justin Chamber’s character Mossimo’s wedding proposal. I think they’re onto something.

Anyway, like how Bjorn’s computer skills lead to a Dashboard Widget wedding proposal, a mutual love for the game paved a way for the couple to share in a Scrabble wedding proposal experience. Each has its own attractive factors which called out to personalized proposals making the memory unique to the couple and romantic in a way that only spontaneity can bring.

Before I go, I want to make sure that you’d take the time to take a snap or two after or better if the guy includes the documenting bit into the overall plan.

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I have to say that this is one of the most geekiest wedding proposals I’ve ever come across. What started out as a random search on wedding proposals turned into this delightful journey on how one guy charmed his way into getting his girlfriend to agree that marrying him is a good thing — in his own special way.

He popped the question via a Dashboard Widget. Here’s a screen shot of how the dashboard widget wedding proposal looked like.

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You can check out what the girl, Jenny, had to say about her computer man and the events that lead to the wedding proposal.

And what better way to recognise this geeky effort than making it to Digg’s Top 10?

This ought to inspire you men to get a little creative in popping out one of the most important questions you will have to ask in your life. Bjorn used his computer skills to his advantage. What about you? Any skill you can use to make your own wedding proposal unique?

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On top of the engagement photo session, if the people you hired offer this service, it’ll be a good thing to consider. Include a pre-wedding/engagement cinematography session, too.

Mike & Juli’s Engagement Session from Creative Proposal on Vimeo.

I understand it can be a bit troublesome especially for couples who aren’t used to being in front of the camera a lot. The idea of “acting” or posing while a video of them is being shot can be intimidating but think of what it can do for you, your wedding and the rest of your life — a memory in stills (photos) and moving pictures.

While this particular video was used as an intro to the couple’s wedding, it also can be used as part of the celebratory program set during the wedding reception or perhaps to get the word out that you folks are getting married, part of the invitation or show it during your engagement or pre-wedding parties.

Have any of you done something like this on your own wedding?

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Two engagement rings in the grounds by the English Bay. I believe that you know that they’re sculptures by now. Made by Dennis Oppenheim out of glass, steel and aluminum. I’m curious about what inspired him to do it and why put it in that particular location.

Romantic guess would be that there’s a love story behind it. And I wouldn’t be surprised if the location is now a popular place for couples to get engaged. I wonder just how many engagements has this sculpture witnessed?

Though I still find it strange that two giant engagement rings exist but I also see it as a good thing, too. There are people who still believe in romance and see the importance of celebrating marriage.

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In some countries, these are called engagement shoots since the photo shoot is scheduled after the couple gets engaged. Others simply call it pre-nup (pre-nuptial) shoots since it’s just one of the pre-wedding activities that couple needs to get out of the way.

Today, to ease the men’s possible reservation with the idea of spending a day in front of the camera away, I’d like to say that’s quite painless.

Message to the groom: Not only will it be an opportunity get some decent non-tuxedo clad photos for yourself, it’ll be a great chance to get fantastic looking photos, dressed in a more casual attire and in a (probably) gorgeous location, with your future wife. I assure you, it’s something you may appreciate having done at least once in your life.

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But not to trivialize an important symbol of matrimony, the wedding bands are indeed important. Beautiful, romantic and, yes, can be expensive. But wouldn’t you want the freedom to choose the perfect wedding ring that you will wear for as long as you both shall be married live? Yes, it’s the symbol of commitment, a tangible source of reminder that you are bound to each other, that you belong with one another for the rest of your life every single day. I’m sure a lot of you can add on to what wedding rings mean to you as a person and as a couple so feel free to share them.

Meanwhile, I asked an unmarried friend to share her engagement and wedding ring preference and top of mind answer was a classic choice from Tiffany’s.

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The century-old design, The Tiffany Setting, to be exact. She loves it due to its timeless quality, elegance and clean lines; for its fancy, intricate and sophisticated design. She thinks that this is the perfect ring to match her personality and personal style. I do think that its a fabulous choice. If some lucky guy snags her, I hope he’s clever enough to find out that this is the exact sort of ring that will make her his future wife. I’ll be keeping tabs on this friend to see if she ends up with the very engagement ring she wishes for, the wedding ring too!

How about you? Are you wishing for a particular type of engagement ring? Men, do you know your lady love’s preferred ring? For couples, have you shopped for that perfect wedding ring? I’d love to know what sort of ring designs you would choose.

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