Sabah Karimi writes about wedding trends, fashion and style for several online and offline publications. Read more about Top Wedding Trends for Spring 2009 in this Spring 2009 wedding trends article.

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The talent folks over at True Love Logos have agreed to help us help you plan your wedding by creating a custom wedding monogram for one of our lucky readers!

True Love Logos was created by the mother-daughter team at Firefly Creatives, LLC.

Alyson Stringer Steakley (the daughter) is the graphic designer at True Love Logos and Cheri Stringer (the mom) provides web design. Together they have almost 60 years of experience in graphic, print and web design.

They have a lovely selection of monogram selections.

True Love Logos has great Ideas For Using Your Custom Wedding Monogram

HOW TO ENTER

So, you’re probably wondering what you need to do to win a beautifully custom designed wedding monogram all your own, right?

To enter - join the Dream Weddings eNewsletter list below! One random subscriber will be picked to receive this fabulous prize!

CONTEST DATES

You will be able to enter this contest until Tuesday, September 30, 2008. The winner will be randomly chosen on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. The winner will have 3 days to respond or another winner will be chosen. Please make sure to include a valid email address or your entry will be disqualified.

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This UK couple could - Bride Katie Hodgson, 23, took to the skies Tuesday in a full bridal gown on the top wing of red-and-white plane operated by Team Guinot, a group of stunt pilots.

Groom Darren McWalters, 24, flew by her side on an identical plane, while Rev. George Bringham — flying ahead of the couple — married them over an airborne communications system.
London (AP)

Have a crazy wedding idea to share?  Leave us a comment below.

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As we come upon great bargains, cool contests & giveaways or free stuff related to weddings we’ll share them with you.

This one’s worth $1,235

One Modern Bride reader will win the supercool gift bag we gave away at this year’s 25 Trendsetters Awards Dinner. We filled a Vera Bradley tote with $1,235 worth of fun goodies—including makeup by Bobbi Brown, a Flip Video Mino camera, pantyhose by Spanx, a Thomas O’Brien frame from Reed & Barton and more!

CLICK HERE TO ENTER

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Most of us can’t afford to hire a wedding planner like Mindy Weiss - her services were behind some of hollywoods gorgeous weddings including Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey, Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale and Heidi Klum and Seal. Fortunately for us, Mindy Weiss has decided to publish her own wedding planning book, called The Wedding Book: The Big Book for your Big Day!

The book includes planning ideas, tips, worksheets, terms to know, and plenty more. SO - you can have a “mindy weiss” wedding without the “mindy weiss” price tag. This great book is available at bookstores, or online through Amazon.com for about $14!.  There are also book tour dates coming up, check out the schedule here.

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It so easy, in the midst of all this planning, to get really distracted with the “wedding” and forgot to plan for the “marriage.” Unfortunately - the reality is that many couples enter marriage with very little planning and many marriages end within a matter of years. Of course, that’s not always the case.

Clarence Vail and his wife, Mayme - were married in 1925. Today, they celebrate 83 years of marriage and have earned a place in the Guniness Book of World Records! The couple were 16 and 18 when they were married. Now, at 101 and 99, they have 6 children, 39 grandchildren, 101 great grandchildren and 40 great-great grandchildren.

When asked why their marriage has lasted so long, Mayme’s answer was simple:

“You take your vows, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer,” Mayme said. “I guess you just stick to it, come what may.”

You can read more about this amazing couple here - it’s a great inspiration and a reminder to spend some time reflecting on those vows and on your future as well:)

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Okay - so a red carpet wedding isn’t everyone’s idea of a “dream wedding” but it is definitely unique and memorable:) In honor of the release of Made To Honor, Sony Pictures is having a contest to give away a wedding to one lucky couple. The couple will actually wed on the red carpet at the premiere of the movie!

The grand prize includes:

• a trip for four to the premiere, where the wedding will take place
• the wedding gown
• tuxedo rental
• rings for the bride and the groom
• the bouquet
• $10,000
• a $3,000 shopping spree
• a European honeymoon package including three nights in Paris and Venice!

Contest ends March 17 - click here to enter

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I was unbelievable excited when I discovered this company! Traditional ring engravers will do one or two lines, with a limited amount of characters. Jerry Beirn of Wedding Vow Rings has taken engraving to a whole new level, perfecting an engraving method that allows him to engrave entire wedding vows inside your man’s (or your) wedding ring!! You could also have a peom, song lyrics, verse or other special moment engraved!

They have more then 200 different ring styles you can pick from, both traditional and comtemporary including white gold, yellow gold, titanium, platinum and sterling silver. If you already have a band you love, they can engrave your existing band as well!

If you’re looking to make your man’s wedding band really special, here is an article from Jerry Biern that you should find quite interesting.

Engraving Your Wedding Bands? New Technology Creates Romantic Possibilities.

What is more romantic than looking inside of your wedding band and seeing a personalized engraving with special meaning for the you and your spouse? There are a few ways to accomplish this task that your jeweler will recommend and now some new processes available that increase the limits of the message that can be created.

Let us review the traditional methods most currently being used in the marketplace - First, there is hand engraving done by an artisan engraver using a hand tool called a graver. It is not a perfect process and the results will depend on the quality and skill of the craftsman doing the work. Also commonly used is machine engraving which is much more precise but usually limited to one row of words using up to 20 characters.

Now, a specialty process adapted to a not so new technology, called laser engraving, has opened up a whole new realm of possibilities for wedding couples who are thinking of engraving their rings. Wedding bands are now being created with entire messages that are clearly readable and up to 225 character long. This allows the ability to write whole passages, even entire wedding vows, on the inside of the wedding bands. Currently , bridal couples are engraving civil vows, religious vows, love poetry, even Shakesperean sonnets. This sentimental and romantic addition to your wedding bands can forever be a reminder of the commitments made, and add a special and unique touch to your wedding day.

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Did you get married in 2007? Do you think your wedding is magazine-worthy? Starting February 14, The Knot is launching their first ever Real Wedding Awards. Couples and wedding professionals will be able to submit photos of their 2007 weddings and the winning weddings will be featured in a future issue and on a Knot TV episode!

The categories include: Best Overall, Best Photo, Best Video, Best Ideas,  Best Webpages and Best Blooper/Disaster!

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Yeah, I thought that would get your attention, lol. Brides is giving away a free wedding cake - to enter, check out their selection of wedding cakes and vote for your favorite!  Sounds easy right? Well - here are just 2 of the 50 you have to pick from. Easy? I think not!

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