Category: News

Tennis Star Novak Djokovic Engaged

The top-ranked men’s tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, is finally engaged to his girlfriend, Jelena Ristic!

Novak proposed this weekend in Monte Carlo, where he lives, to his longtime girlfriend Jelena, after an 8 year “courtship.”

“We’re engaged!!! Getting used to introducing Jelena as my fiancé and future wife,” Djokovic posted on Instagram accompanied by a picture of his fiancee kissing him on the cheek. “Couldn’t be happier.”

The high school sweethearts plan to be married next year.

Congratulations to this beautiful couple!

Kelly Clarkson Eloping: Celebrity Trend Alert

This week, Kelly Clarkson announced plans to elope with fiancé Brandon Blackstock, canceling their October wedding just one day after telling Ryan Seacrest wedding planning was “overwhelming” and that she’s “so over” it.

We wrote about her engagement here, and her lovely, trendsetting halo engagement ring. A wedding is such a personal choice in every way, we hope that Kelly and Brandon declare their love in a way that feels perfect for them!

Clarkson isn’t the only celebrity to choose privacy and intimacy over a lavish celebration.

Some of our favorite celebrities opted for elopements, like Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, who eloped in a sunset ceremony at her Bahamian estate in April 2008.

Longtime loves Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos eloped in Las Vegas in 1996. Goop style maven Gwyneth Paltrow married Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in Santa Barbara, Calif., in December 2003. The surprise wedding didn’t include any family members.

And famously private couple Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart eloped in a surprise ceremony that included their son Liam, in Santa Fe in June of 2010.
So how do you feel about elopements? We think they can be exquisitely romantic, as long as you don’t cut corners on the ring!
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Bethany Hamilton married Adam Dirks

“Soul Surfer” Bethany Hamilton married Adam Dirks on Sunday in Kauai, Hawaii.

To unwind on the morning of the wedding, the bride “went surfing on the beach where I first surfed with one arm. I caught a few waves and messed around on a longboard.”

Attended by 300 guests, devout Christians Bethany and Adam exchanged vows at a private estate among gorgeous plumeria and orchid blossoms. “When I looked in Adam’s eyes, I almost started crying,” said Bethany.

Staying true to their spirituality, they shared their first dance to Ben Harper’s “The Three of Us,” and served local coffee in lieu of alcohol.

The couple met last year on a blind date where they jumped off a 40 foot cliff! We wrote about Bethany’s incredible story and her engagement here. She’s been an amazing inspiration to us and so many others, with her incredible strength and optimism.

We wish the adorable young couple a happy and exciting life together!

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Our Ring Try-On App & a bow themed party

First, we have to talk about our new app. We announced it here, but we’re getting a bunch of press for it and that makes us really happy.

Centurion jewelry wrote about us here! And thank you very much Diamonds in the Library, for blogging about it here.

The Daily Jewel ran an item on us here, called “Unlimited Access,” which we love! National Jeweler mentioned the app here, along with InStore and PriceScope.

We’re so excited for every bride & groom, everywhere to have the chance to try on our designs! Click here to download it free for iPad and iPhone.

Now that we tooted out new app’s horn a bit, we’re ready to tell you about some cool ideas and inspirations that are intriguing us this week.

We know it’s a kid’s party, but the bow theme is brilliant and we love it.

We like reading about Champagne. Not as much as we like drinking it, but check out the misty picture of the Moet & Chandon Vineyard!

We love Champers with sweets, so we’d especially love Apple Crisp a la Mode, and a bottle of Moet & Chandon’s 2004 Grand Vintage Rose, naturally.

And lastly, a bike on the beach? We know it’s a bit silly, but the picture (featured above) is so amazingly romantic!

Check out this couple’s inspiring love story of a long-distance, long term love!

So what kind of magic do you have up your sleeve this weekend?

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Huge news: our virtual try on app is here!

PriceScope covered the story here, and this is what they had to say:

We love jewelry apps that make engagement ring shopping fun, so when Jeff Cooper shared its new virtual try-on app for the iPad and iPhone, we had to give it a whirl…

As you can see from my screen snaps below, I had some fun trying on rings from Jeff Cooper’s Heirloom collection. And what’s cool is that you can take a photo of your own hand to see what the designs look like on you. 

Our app is available for iPad and iPhone, it’s free, and it makes it ridiculously easy to wear and share your favorite Jeff Cooper rings! Give it a try here.

 

Lindsay Price’s Spanish Destination Wedding

A destination wedding at a resort in Spain? So gorgeous!

Actress Lindsay Price married celebrity chef Curtis Stone at the Hilton Sa Toree Mallora Resort in Mallora, Spain on Saturday.

The bride wore an ivory organza and Italian tulle strapless mermaid wedding dress by Vera Wang. 

Price and Stone were together for three years before getting engaged in 2012, and they have an adorable two year old son named Hudson.

Congratulations to this beautiful family!

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Sean Parker’s Big Sur Wedding

Napster founder, former Facebook president and Spotify billionaire Sean Parker married Alexandra Lenas in a lavish wedding ceremony in Bug Sur on Saturday.

This picture is gorgeous, isn’t it? Best wishes to the happy couple and their young daughter!

Check out some other celebrity wedding news here.

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Aaron Paul and Lauren Parsekian Married

Aaron Paul, the actor who brilliantly plays Jesse Pinkman on “Breaking Bad,” is now a married man.

His wife Lauren is the CEO of “Finding Kind,” the girl power movement and documentary.

They got married in Malibu on Sunday afternoon with a vintage Parisian carnival theme. The ceremony took place at Calamigos Ranch in front of a ferris wheel.

Their wedding singer was John Mayer, who performed “Daughters” as the bride danced with her father.

Aaron proposed on New Year’s Eve 2011 in Paris. Pretty epic, if you ask us.

Congratulations to this adorable couple!

Matt Damon and wife Luciana Renew Vows

This is so sweet!

Matt Damon and his wife Luciana renewed their wedding vows at Sugar Beach in St. Lucia, in an intimate ceremony with a star-studded guest list.

“This isn’t a ‘Hollywood’ wedding,” one insider told Us Magazine. “Matt wanted it to be fun, happy, and private. He felt like Luciana deserves this, first and foremost.”

“They’ve wanted to do it for a long time,” another pal said of the couple, married since December 2005. “They had a tiny ceremony the first time, and wanted to celebrate with family and friends.”

Jimmy Kimmel officiated, while Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt and Chris Hemsworth were there, dressed in white, to celebrate the happy couple.

Luciana wore a flowing, blush-colored Naeem Khan gown with a striking metallic belt straight from the runway, and their daughters Isabella, Gia and Stella wore matching Naeem Khan dresses.

What would our dream ring be for Luciana?

We think a dazzling right hand ring would be just the thing. Henna Rose, with its rose gold detail, would be so incredible with that incredible blush-colored dress.

What say you? Leave us a comment! We’d also adore it if you’d ‘Like’ us on Facebook.

Featued image: Sugar Beach, St. Lucia. Via The Telegraph.

 

 

Nate Berkus Engaged

Celebrity interior designer Nate Berkus is engaged! And the other lucky guy is fellow interior designer Jeremiah Brent, who we love from our guilty pleasure reality show, The Rachel Zoe project. The couple made it official atop Machu Picchu in Peru. Can you think of anything more romantic?

Congrats to the stylish and happy couple!

We really love matching Emmet Wedding Bands for Nate and Jeremiah. The hand-hammered finish gives a tactile, earthy quality to a clean, modern ring. That’s just the kind of understated contrast makes their designs so beautiful.