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Britney’s Engagement Bling Details!

Photo by Denise Truscello/WireImage/Getty Images

The holiday engagements have officially begun! Jason Trawick proposed to his pop princess Britney Spears last week and this time Brit’s mister-to-be bought the ring (if you remember, Britney bought her own ring with K-Fed). Props to Trawick for presenting Ms. Brit with a gorgeous dazzler that is just blingy enough, but not too showy. According to People, Trawick worked with jeweller-to-the-stars Neil Lane to create the perfect piece for his lady love. Lane tells People that Trawick wanted a ring fit for his “everyday princess,” so that was the theme the designer went with in creating the piece. Lane custom-created a tiara-motif sparkler with a round, perfect white diamond in a handmade platinum setting that “looks like a mini crown.” He also added 90 small round diamonds around the eternity band. “Jason didn’t want an over-the-top ring with a giant stone,” Lane said.

Now let’s start the guessing games as to what Brit Brit will wear? For her first (and 55-hour) marriage to Jason Alexander, it was a ballcap and crop top; to K-Fed she went with Monique Lhuillier. What do you think for this one, hopefully her third-time-lucky wedding?

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The Most Iconic Weddings Of 2011

2011 was a HUGE year for celebrity weddings. Two of the biggest belonged to British Kates and three of our other favourites included another former Brit wild-child rocker, and two of American southern sweethearts. Check out our picks for most iconic celebrations of the year and why we loved them!

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Celebrate Your Engagement With A Party Featuring These Recipes from Laura Calder’s New Cookbook

Entertaining is part of the fun of engagement and newlywed life. Parties don’t have to be complicated, but great nibbles to accompany your spirits are essential. Canadian chef Laura Calder has some mouth-watering appetizer recipes featured in her awesome new book Dinner Chez Moi (HarperCollins, $27 at Chapters). We love Calder’s new release which, as always, features recipes in her typical French flavor. Calder kindly shared four of her favourite appy recipes with us so we could share them with you: spicy baked shrimp, roasted pepper crostini, mushroom cups and endive spoons. Yum!! Now, it’s time to get cooking!

*All recipes from Dinner Chez Moi by Laura Calder. Text and hand-drawn illustrations copyright 2011 by Laura Calder. All rights reserved. Published in Canada by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

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Weekend Reading List: The Top Stories From Around Our Offices

Now that December has arrived we’ve started getting into the holiday spirit here at St. Joseph Media. Celebrate chilly winter weather with sweet treats from Canadian Family and 20 Minute Supper Club and take a look at the holiday gift guides from Toronto Life, Where and Ottawa Magazine. If you’re looking to start planning your winter getaway honeymoon, Quill and Quire lists five of the must-read travel books of the year, sure to keep you busy this chilly December weekend.

Where.ca: 50 Gifts For Travel Lovers [Where]

Torontolife.com: Holiday Gift Guide 2011 [Toronto Life]

Fashionmagazine.com: Introducing Nail Corner: Your guide to the DIY manicures we’re currently wearing [Fashion]

Canadianfamily.ca: Celebrate the Arrival of December with Marshmallow Reindeer Treats [Canadian Family]

20minutesupperclub.com: 6 Charming Christmas Treats  [20 Minute Supper Club]

Quillandquire.com: Booksellers’ picks of the year: travel  [Quill and Quire]

Ottawamagazine.com: SUPER SHOPPER: Ottawa Magazine food editor Shawna Wagman kick-starts your holiday shopping with her wishlist [Ottawa Magazine]

Torontoist.com: Photoist Frames… Decking the Halls, Walls, Roof, and Lawn [Torontoist]



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Weekend Reading List: The Top Stories From Around Our Offices

Take a break from wedding planning this weekend and check out the top stories from our sister sites. Whether you’re looking for new beauty picks from M.A.C’s latest collection or a great book to add to your reading list we’re sure you’ll love these stories from around our offices at St. Joseph Media.

Where.ca: 12 Inspiring Canadian Helicopter Tours [Where]

Fashionmagazine.com: Sea foam nail polish! See all our top picks from the Daphne Guinness for M.A.C collection [Fashion]

Canadianfamily.ca: How To Survive a Reno With Kids [Canadian Family]

20minutesupperclub.com: Food lover holiday gift idea #1: Ruhlman’s Twenty  [20 Minute Supper Club]

Torontoist.com: “Creating kindness” with gifts for strangers [Torontoist]

Quillandquire.com: Margaret Atwood illustrates In Other Worlds e-book  [Quill and Quire]

Ottawamagazine.com: ARTFUL BLOGGER: New biography explores battles and heartbreaks of Celia Franca [Ottawa Magazine]

Torontolife.com: Introducing: The Men’s Shop at Club Monaco, Bloor Street’s answer to “what if I don’t want to shop at Harry Rosen?” [Toronto Life]


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Top 10 TV Weddings Of All Time

Want a sure-fire way to get into wedding planning spirit? Take a look back at some of the most buzzed-about TV weddings of all time. From Chandler and Monica’s tear-jerking “I dos” on Friends to Jim and Pam’s comedic nuptials in Niagara Falls on The Office we count down our favourite TV wedding moments from the past five decades. Click on each couple’s names to reminisce.

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Weekend Reading List: The Top Stories From Around Our Offices

This weekend cook your hubby-to-be a quick and easy meal as you make plans for after the wedding.  Our sister sites bring you everything you need for your honeymoon planning from resort collections at Holt Refrew to the secrets behind preferred seating on airlines.

Canadianfamily.ca: Got Five Minutes? Here’s How to Make Chocolate Cake in a Mug [Canadian Family]

Where.ca: Preferred Seating on Airlines: The Joke’s on the Customer [Where]

20minutesupperclub.com: 1 Skillet, 4 Easy Meals (+ 1 Dessert!)  [20 Minute Supper Club]

Torontolife.com: GALLERY: Holt Renfrew has begun rolling out resort collections from Marni, Lanvin, Stella McCartney and more [Toronto Life]

Fashionmagazine.com: Rooney Mara does Lisbeth Salander on the red carpet. We show you how to get her beauty look [Fashion]

Quillandquire.com: Slideshow: Theytus Books celebrates 30 years  [Quill and Quire]

Ottawamagazine.com: IN DIGESTION: Top food trends spotted at Gold Medal Plates 2011 [Ottawa Magazine]

Torontoist.com: Freshness in Frosty Times [Torontoist]

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Inside the Twilight Wedding

If you’re a fan of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, the wedding of Bella and Edward is the event of the year (besides your own wedding, of course), and all the juicy details will be revealed on screen in Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which hits theatres today! We’re dying to see Bella’s wedding dress (designed by none other than Carolina Herrera), but no pictures have surfaced on the Internet—yet. In the mean time, here’s what we could find—a closer look at the incredible setting for the ceremony and some of the celebration’s elegant details. We hope this gets you in the mood for movie night (and wedding planning, for that matter!).

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