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Proposals & Engagement

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

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Engagement ring consultants are a thing: Your search for an engagement ring just got SUPER easy (and more affordable)!

Good news people: There are such a thing as Engagement Ring Consultants, and that fact makes everyone’s life better. Well, you’d hire an Engagement Ring Consultant for the same reason you hire someone to do your taxes or help you buy a house. The world of fine jewelry is complicated, it’s nuanced, and you don’t want to make an expensive mistake. You’d also hire our sponsor A Little Bird Told You as your consultants, diamond hunters and jewelry design experts, because Lia and Danielle are rad. Oh, and also they have a special deal for our readers…

dual proposal

Our dual proposal: How we both proposed to each other

Since we first began dating, Gemma and I have done and faced a lot of things together, from the overwhelmingly fantastic to the seriously challenging, and we have made the absolute best out of all of those things.

We do things together, make decisions together, and create traditions together. So why not propose together?

plan a wedding in a month

We planned our wedding in a month, before announcing our engagement

We wanted to have our wedding completely planned before we made our engagement announcement. Here’s how we were able to plan a wedding in a month, all before even announcing our engagement…

how to look in pictures

How to look (and feel!) amazing in your wedding photos

Wanna know how to look amazing in pictures? I can help you with that! Since I’m a wedding photographer, I photograph a lot of regular people — people that are not used to being photographed, and usually are clueless as to what to do. Hell, even if you aren’t getting married, and you just want to know how to look amazing in pictures, keep reading as this applies to everything…