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Proposals & Engagement

How to propose to your boyfriend, alternative engagement ideas, engagement stories, unique engagement rings, and more!

When outdoorsy isn't you: at-home engagement photos with books, vinyl, and natural black hair

When outdoorsy isn’t you: at-home engagement photos with books, vinyl, and natural black hair

When you think of engagement shoots, you might automatically think of backdrops like local parks, forests, and murals. But what if you’re more of a Netflix-watching, cuddling on the couch type? That’s why I LOVED these casual, loving, and intimate at-home engagement photos of Jordan and David.

Their passions are books, vinyl records, and their awesomely coiffed natural hair. So what better way to celebrate THEM than by having a session at home? Here’s how it came about and why it’s so adorably bright and airy…

There's a geeky engagement ring style to tickle EVERYONE's Spidey senses

There’s a nerdy engagement ring style here to tickle EVERYONE’s Spidey senses

We’ve already schemed with our partners at Joseph Jewelry in the past about fandom-inspired rings and they’ve taken it up another notch to bring us these ideas for nerdy engagement ring styles. If you’ve got a nerd style that you want infused into a custom engagement ring (Star Wars! Disney! LotR! Music! Harry Potter!), bring some ideas to Joseph Jewelry and they will create it for you — made to order, to your specifications (seriously!), and beyond all your geektastic dreams.

That golden snitch ring? Done. A Labyrinth owl wing ring? Owned. Jack Skellington? Ring of Barahir? Cthulhu? Yep yep and yep…

Fall in love with these women at their Chile engagement shoot at La Vega Central Market

Fall in love with these women at their Chilean engagement shoot at La Vega Central Market

Camila is a makeup artist and Pilar is a visual artist who live in Santiago, Chile. Their Chilean engagement shoot was seriously destined to be an exercise in creativity, light, and contrasts. When they got engaged, they wanted to celebrate with gorgeous photos in chic outfits among the bustle of the La Vega Central Market in Santiago. When I saw it? Fireworks, y’all. The suspenders, the hairstyles, and the gritty meets colorful meets slick backdrop made my day. I’m sure it will make yours, too.

This surprise Doctor Who scavenger hunt proposal is worthy of all Time Lords

This surprise Doctor Who scavenger hunt proposal would blow the mind of any Time Lord

This is the story of how my boyfriend proposed at the end of a surprise, Seattle-wide, Doctor Who scavenger hunt proposal. He spent months preparing for this, and his efforts really paid off! Weeks earlier, he’d told me to block out that day in my calendar for a surprise. I’m like a cat (curiosity “kills” me), so when the day finally arrived, I was eager to know what his plans were. Little did I know, they were EPIC.