Verragio Debuts New Wedding Jewelry iPhone App

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Jewelry designer Verragio has just announced the debut of their new engagement and wedding ring application for the iPhone, billed as a mobile extension to their existing website. The app allows you to browse their engagement and wedding band collections while you’re on the go, as well as see instant product and pricing information. There [...]

Top 11 Holiday Gift Tips from GetMarried.com

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Well, the countdown is on with just five more days to Christmas. For budget-conscious shoppers, giving a combined holiday-engagement gift can be a practical way to celebrate the season. Today’s post–covering some great gift ideas for the Holidays–is brought to us by GetMarried.com, the popular online wedding planning resource and provider of the Get Married TV [...]

David’s Bridal Online Now Shipping Internationally

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David’s Bridal announced this month that their online store, davidsbridal.com, will now begin shipping to 30 international destinations, including Canada and the United Kingdom. Their checkout process is also internationally friendly; they state that “customers’ total costs are calculated to guarantee the lowest possible order total in the preferred currency.” This includes shipping as well [...]

Bravo Bride: Buy or Sell New & Pre-Owned Wedding Items

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Well, I hope everyone survived their Monday. I was out reluctantly doing some shopping this past weekend and really had to battle the crowds for both aisle space and parking space. Not fun. Just goes to show how much more convenient online shopping can be, and how much of a time- and sanity-saver. If you’re [...]

Diamond Try-Ons? There’s An App For That

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It’s a little known fact that over 70% of all engagements take place over the holidays. Since ’tis the season, I thought I’d introduce some engagement-appropriate tech that you might find helpful or at least interesting to play with. Anyone who’s followed my posts knows that I’m a big iPhone fan, and here’s another wedding [...]

New Photobook Software for Windows 7

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I’m not a big Microsoft fan…in fact, I approach Windows and all Microsoft products with the motto “use sparingly, and avoid whenever possible.” But I know that alternatives aren’t always easy to come by: Macs are pricey, Linux can be unfriendly to the average Joe (although Ubuntu was designed to turn that around) and neither [...]

Tons of Cake Topper Ideas at ThatsMyTopper.com

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Came across this great online resource recently: thatsmycaketopper.com, an online vendor specializing in a wide variety of wedding cake toppers. And when I say variety, I do mean it. These guys have a cake topper in just about every kind of style and theme you can imagine. If you’re looking for that perfect cake embellishment [...]

Apparel Designer Bill Levkoff, Inc’s Hi-Tech Approach

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Happy Monday, everyone. Well, it’s back to the grind, but at least we have a short week ahead of us. Some tech news came up today I wanted to share that can hopefully assist those looking into bridesmaid dress styles/colors. I think this can be a really helpful tool to visualize and play with various [...]

Finding Average Wedding Costs in Your Area

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In my neck of the woods–San Jose, California–the average cost of a wedding today is between $28,914 and $48,190. That’s not including honeymoon and engagement ring, by the way. In San Francisco, it’s between $33,963 and $56,604…yipes…and in El Paso, Texas it’s $11,780 to $19,633. Here in the Golden state–where our average wedding cost, like [...]

Handmade Wedding Favors and Accessories at Etsy.com

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In case you haven’t already heard about Etsy.com, you definitely want to check it out if you’re in the market for wedding accessories or favors. Etsy’s mission is “to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers.” It’s is a marketplace for handmade crafts of all sorts, and includes an [...]