Tory Burch Is Engaged!

Are you having a happy new year so far? Has 2016 been everything you dreamed it would be after the first few weeks? Still going to the gym and keeping up on that New Year’s resolution? Or have you slid back to your old habits? If you have, don’t worry – we’re not judging. In fact, I’m actually writing this on a laptop from a Ben & Jerry’s right now……

Cubic Zirconia Engagement Ring

Seven Holiday Engagement Ideas

Tis the season…the season to get engaged, that is! Thanks to El Nino, the weather has probably been either unseasonably warm or unseasonably cold for you this holiday season. But the holidays have arrived all the same. The lights are up, the gifts have been exchanged and friends and family everywhere have come together to enjoy the holiday spirit, no matter what holiday(s) it is you celebrate. And for some…

Top 15 Celebrity Weddings of 2015

2015 is coming to a close. Hopefully it’s been a great year for you, but even if it wasn’t one of your bests, there’s no need to worry – a new one is right around the corner. As we roll into the holiday season it’s time to take a look back on 2015, particularly at some celebrities who just had what was unquestionably one of their best – maybe the…

Ten Honeymoon Suites Almost Too Luxurious to Believe

After you’ve given your beautiful cubic zirconia engagement ring some company on your hand with a wedding band and after your reception has wound down, what comes next? The honeymoon, of course! But where should you go? If you have the means, here are 10 honeymoon suites courtesy of The Knot that are so incredibly luxurious that you’ll be sure to remember your stay for the rest of your life….

Everything We Know About Joe and Sofia’s Wedding

Engaged on Christmas Day in 2014, Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello are one of Hollywood’s hottest couples, with fans around the world looking forward to their upcoming big day. Now, with their wedding just days away, we figure it’s the perfect time to check up on everything we know about the stars of Modern Family and True Blood. Let’s start back at the beginning, their very first dates and work…

15 Engagement Ring Trends That Are Popular Right Now

Shopping for engagement rings? Want something unique? Something modern? Something classic? Well, we’ve got just what you need.  Take a look at these 15 hot trends in engagement rings according to The Knot. Floral Accents We may be well into fall with leaves on the ground, winter on the horizon and Daylight Savings in the rearview mirror (ugh), but that isn’t stopping things from blooming in the world of jewelry….

Empire’s Grace Gealey and Trai Byers Are Officially Engaged

Two of the stars of Fox’s Empire appear all set to begin a little empire of their own off the screen. Grace Gealey (Anika Calhoun on the show) and Trai Byers (Andre Lyon on the show) are engaged to be wed! Byers, 33, popped the question when he held a surprise birthday bash for his one and only, Gealey, who turned 31. The party was at Chicago restaurant Kinmont, and…

Five Ways to Encourage Your Partner to Propose

They say the waiting is the hardest part. I don’t know that Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers were talking about waiting to get engaged when they wrote The Waiting, but they might as well have been. Because, really, what’s more arduous than waiting for the person you love more to finally ask that one question: will you marry me? You don’t want to wait to officially declare your eternal love…

Top Celebrity Engagement Rings Part II

  Regular readers of the Birkat Elyon blog may remember our post from a few weeks ago highlighting some of the top celebrity engagement rings of the last 15 years. It was a dazzling list of beautiful celebrities with beautiful rings – but it was just the beginning. Today we’re back with part II of our look at dazzling celebrity engagement rings. Heidi Klum Before her seven-year marriage (2005-2012) to…

September’s Birthstone: Sapphire

Labor Day may mark the “unofficial” end of summer in the US, but September babies know how silly that is. Who says your summer fun has to end the first weekend of September? Not us. You’ve got all the way until September 23 to keep enjoying summer, and even then you’ll have the beautiful changing of the seasons over to early autumn to enjoy. For those of you born in…