Valerie Schneider's Blog – July 2009 Archive (8)

Eco Friendly or Green Weddings - Go Green or Go Home!

Going green is the “now” trend in many areas of lie and is also dribblig over into the wedding arena.



It is now fashionable for couples to choose organic fabrics, flowers, food and invitations made out of recycled paper. Couples are even using natural polished… Continue

Who knew it'd be so easy to propose to Cameron Diaz?

"Will you marry me?" the unidentified man shouted from the crowd of thousands in San Diego on Friday.

"Yes!" she said jokingly. "Where are you? Why not?" Her only stipulation? "Can we get married in Vegas? I always wanted to get married in Vegas."

Is nothing female sacred?



The notion of a man slipping a ring on his loved one’s finger may date back in legend to the Austrian Archduke Maximillian, who gave Mary of Burgundy a diamond ring to celebrate their forthcoming marriage in 1477, but it was only in the last century that the De Beers company made the gesture truly mainstream.



Is an engagement… Continue

A fun new twist on a wedding entrance.

Check out what this bride & groom did to "shake" things up!

Bachelorette Jillian Harris down-to-earth wedding dreams

Even though we don’t even know which eligible bachelor Jillian will choose on the Bachelorette finale next week, Jillian already has her dream wedding in mind and that is “simplicity”.



She dreams of a very romantic wedding somewhere in the Canadian Rockies with gingham tablecloths and a good ole country band playing in the background. She wants nothing fancy and… Continue

The Millionaire Matchmaker has found her match!



Bravo reality star Patti Stanger who owns the Millionaire Matchmaker announced she is engaged to long time boyfriend Andy Friedman, and is kind of shocked.



Andy Friedman is a 51-year-old real estate executive whom she met through a matchmaker five and a half years ago. It was an on-going joke that the matchmaker herself was not married. He popped the question in Maui, Hawaii, on her May 31 birthday.



She received a… Continue

R & B singer and actress Christina Milian has confirmed she will be walking down the aisle with her music producer fiancé "The Dream".



She confirmed that they do not have a set date or any plans but does know she wants a small and intimate wedding with family and close friends.



Milian got presented with a 6-carat diamond ring from Ivanka Trumps jewelry line and wants to have a "sparking" wedding.



Any bride can have their own celebrity "sparking" wedding with… Continue

On July 16th Ivanka Trump, Donald Trumps successful and only daughter, announced her engagement to business mogul Jared Kushner.



If Ivanka's soon to be wedding is anything like her Fathers wedding, Donald Trump married Italian model-actor Rossano Rubicondi on April 12, 2008 at Donald Trump's estate, Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, it will be a Platinum Wedding like no other.



With the general population of couples getting married, having a Platinum Wedding would be every… Continue