Sunday, December 30, 2007

Manolo for the Brides thinks I'm funny!














As a little holiday stress reliever, I started submitting to Manolo for the Brides funniest caption of the week contest - and I won! As a girl who's greatest win streak is two consecutive stuffed animals at a street fair water pistol booth, (I actually rock at that game - don't ask me how) I'm pleased as punch.

Thursday, December 27, 2007

For Fun...

A peak at Jessica Alba's new engagement ring:


Tis the Season...

So, my sweetie and I are about to finally sit down and talk about setting the all-important wedding date. This is a lot more daunting than I ever imagined. In the movies, the guy gets down on his knees, holds out a ring, and the girl (cue swelling John Williams orchestra) burst into tears (no streaking mascara btw) and...cut scene...we're at a perfectly arranged wedding...


















Yet, in reality, trying to figure out a date that doesn't conflict with jobs, graduations, possible re-locations, as well as possible conflicting graduations/births/other weddings/alien abductions of every other immediate family and friend on both sides of the aisle can lead a blushing bride to more resemble this:




















Adding to the fun is trying to decide on a winter, spring, summer or fall wedding with all it's accompanied advantages and disadvantages - more on that later...

Saturday, December 22, 2007

A Few Wedding Dresses...







I was looking at some of the Vera Wang dresses today and was wondering what you think of them. Most of them are either a little over the top for my taste or too nightgownish - however, I do like the unique detailing on the first one...tell me what YOU think...

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Good Bridal Sites?

Ok, seriously, where are any good sites for brides and wedding planning? Until I got engaged, I was never the kind of girl who started planning every last detail of her wedding from the age of 8. I has a vague notion of the kind of ring I wanted, but knew nothing of oval vs round brilliants, micro pave, halo vs. solitaire, or the almighty importance of understanding the 4 C's, yada, yada...but when I got the hint from my beloved to start seriously thinking of what I might want, I did what any web savvy young thang would do (or so I thought!) and hit the online surfosphere. Surely there would be tons of organized and informative sites on such a pricey product as engagement rings, I thunk to myself! But instead, I spent countless hours slogging through crap and more crap. The high end sites like Cartier, Tiffany et al., show you all of ten or so rings, every one of them overly designed with their anally specific trademark settings to prevent - god-forbid - anyone from mistaking that you were not indeed wearing a Harry Winston every time you flutter your hand across your face!

There are also a number of online stores that seem catered for those seeking to emulate a ring Paris Hilton might wear after she lost the last ounce of good taste that clings to her soul. All in all, a very frustrating project. The only really handy site I found was Pricescope - not very pretty to look at, but their, "Show Me The Ring" section in forums was a great way to look and talk about tons of rings.

I'm just beginning to look at the wedding planning sites, and again, not very much to shout about frankly. Besides the biggies such as The Knot and Brides.Com , I haven't come across a really well organized, fun site to use. Any suggestions out there?

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Monday, December 10, 2007

Heidi Klum's 10 Carat Canary


Heidi Klum
Originally uploaded by sheilamay44

Nicole Richie


Nicole Richie
Originally uploaded by sheilamay44

Tom Cruise gave this to his...ahem...true love Katie Holmes


Katie Holmes
Originally uploaded by sheilamay44

Celebrity Engagement Rings!

Just for fun, I will be adding photo's of celebrity engagement rings, just for us to simply gawk at or maybe provide some inspiration for those shopping around for a ring - Have Fun!

Friday, November 30, 2007

First Post!

Welcome to my new blog on all things bridal! As a newly engaged girl myself beginning the daunting task of planning a wedding in New York City, I'd like this to be a place for us girls to post their stories, advice or to just plain rant about their wedding planning experience!