Windy City Grooms: on October 20th, take a break from complaining about the Bears’ offensive line and join us at John Allan’s for the first ever Groom Service Show. This show, designed with the male in mind, will feature some of Chicago’s top groom-friendly wedding vendors. The guest speaker will be none other than our own co-founder Chris Easter. He’ll be there to provide some sage groom advice direct from his upcoming groom book: “Be the Man.”

Vendors in attendance will be: Cage + Aquarium, Carasco Photography, Erickson Design, Haberdash Men’s Shop, Nicholas Joseph Custom Suits & Tuxedos, Rodan & Fields, ShutterBooth, Smoque BBQ, SQN Events, theBrideScoop, TipsyCake, Topiarius, Truffle Truffle & W Hotels. Additionally, Dan Bernstein of WSCR-AM, 670 “The Score” will be on hand for a special appearance.

To get a special ticket price of $10, use the code TMR when buying tickets. We hope to see you there!

The glorious day has finally arrived! Say goodbye to those boring Saturday afternoons because college football season is back. The action kicks off tonight with UNLV/Wisconsin on ESPN.

We’ve teamed up with our friends over at Effing Gear to offer up our conference and national champion predictions. Check out our picks and be sure to leave a comment with your guess at this year’s national champion. We’ll award one lucky commenter with his or her choice of any Effing Gear t-shirt offered on The Man Registry. (more info below).

BCS Conference Champion Predictions

SEC – Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1)

Big 10 – Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-2)

Big 12 – Oklahoma Sooners (12-0)

Pac 12 – Stanford Cardinal (10-2)

ACC -Florida State Seminoles (10-2)

Big East – West Virginia Mountaineers (9-3)

National Championship Game

Oklahoma over Alabama

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Austin Effing Texas T-Shirt

Now for the fun part. Leave a comment below with your national championship prediction (Team A over Team B). At the end of the day on Friday (9/2/11), we’ll select one entry at random and that person will win their choice of any Effing Gear t-shirt that we offer.

Effing Gear is an ingeniously awesome new company that offers a college-inspired, playful clothing line that puts an emphasis on fun. We recently partnered with them to carry their line of campus tees. The winner of our giveaway will receive the Effing shirt of their choice from one of the following schools/teams: Iowa State, Texas, LSU, Mizzou, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Colorado, TCU, Kansas State, Syracuse and Baylor. Good luck!

Did you give your bride a platinum engagement ring? If so, you’re about to score big time with OneWed’s “Show Us Your Platinum” promotion. Brides who received, (and grooms who gave), platinum engagement rings can enter to win a gorgeous platinum wedding band set courtesy of Platinum Guild International. To enter to win the platinum wedding bands worth nearly $3,000, brides & grooms simply:

1. Submit the entry form on the “WIN Platinum Bands” tab of our Facebook fan page
2. Upload a photo of their platinum engagement ring to OneWed’s Facebook wall, along with a caption explaining why their love will never fade & always endure.

Enter or share to win before September 12, 2011.

With wedding season in full swing, who doesn’t want to win a little something extra for their big day? At The Man Registry, we’ve joined forces with Gigmasters, Greenvelope, SmartBride Boutique and Wishpot to provide one lucky groom or bride with a $1500 Wedding Luxuries Prize Pack!

Behold the loot you could take home:

Invitation Luxury: One (1) 6-month Platinum Membership from Greenvelope E-Invitations (Retail Value: $300) Feel like you’re planning a million different parties for your wedding? If you’ve got engagement, rehearsal and bachelorette parties on your schedule, Greenvelope’s Platinum Membership lets you send unlimited Greenvelope Save the Dates, Invitations, Response Cards, and Thank You Notes for any special occasion.

Musical Luxury: One (1) harpist to play you down the aisle in style from Gigmasters (Retail Value: $300) What could be more luxurious or romantic than walking down the aisle to live music? GigMasters has hundreds of harpists and other ceremony soloists located throughout the country to add a special musical touch to your big day. Don’t worry! If your idea of entertainment luxury is something different, like an elegant dance band, live dancers, a strolling magician, or a rockin’ DJ, you’ll receive a $300 credit toward any GigMasters’ wedding performer.

Wedding Dress Luxury: Get a little closer to the wedding dress of your dreams with one (1) $300 gift certificate from SmartBrideBoutique.com (Retail Value: $300) Have you found the dress of your dreams, only to discover it’s a bit out of your budget? SmartBride Boutiqueis providing a $300 gift certificate that you can put towards any wedding dress available on SmartBrideBoutique.com. Choose from thousands of sample, new and pre-owned designer wedding dresses and get luxurious style without the luxurious price tag!

Groomsmen Luxury: Dress your groomsmen for success with five (5) Cufflinks and five (5) Money Clips from The Man Registry (Retail Value: $274.70) For the groom and groomsmen, The Man Registry is contributing FIVE Silver Round Beaded CuffLink Sets as well as FIVE “Millionaire” Money Clips. These pieces can be engraved with the recipient’s initials adding a personalized and unique touch to the wedding. These are certainly two items that no modern guy should live without.

Veiled Luxury: Put the finishing touch on your bridal look with one (1) MayRey Veil from Wishpot (Retail Value: $220) Add a touch of vintage luxury to your wedding with this small birdcage veil in French netting and embellished with Swarovski crystals in the center of each flower and Ostrich feathers for extra style.

How to Enter This Contest:

Entering to win is easy! Just “like” one of the participating companies on Facebook. Like more prize sponsors for additional entries!

Like Gigmasters on Facebook
Like Greenvelope on Facebook
Like SmartBride Boutique on Facebook
Like The Man Registry on Facebook
Like Wishpot on Facebook

Earn Extra Entries:

Want to increase your chances of winning? Of course you do! Here’s what you can do:

1. Earn 1 extra entry: Answer this question on one of the sponsor’s facebook page: “What is your wedding luxury?” or tweet your wedding luxury using hashtag #wedlux. Everyone who provides an answer will receive an additional entry.
2. Earn up to 5 entries: Like each sponsor on facebook. You’ll receive 1 entry for each prize sponsor you like.
3. Earn multiple entries: Tweet about the contest using the hashtag #wedlux. EVERY TIME you tweet using this hashtag, you’ll receive an entry.

Contest Information and Regulations:

1. Contest is live from June 22, 2011 to July 13, 2011
2. Entry deadline is July 13, 2011 at 11:59 pm EST
3. One (1) winner will be randomly drawn and announced Jul 15, 2011. Winner will be notified via Facebook
4. The Wedding Luxuries Prize Pack is open to residents of the USA and Canada (excluding Quebec), who are 18 years of age or older.

From Top left to bottom right: You could win: a Platinum Package from Greenvelope, a MayRey Veil from Wishpot, Five Money clip and five cufflinks from The Man Registry, a $300 gift certificate to SmartBride Boutique, and a Harpist for your ceremony from Gigmasters

Postcards, apart from it’s normal marketing use, can also serve as your wedding’s  save-the-date cards. Yes, a must have for your big day! To make sure  everyone reserves your special day, it will be lovely to help your  future wife to get some postcards for your event. Or if not, maybe you can have it as Thank You cards, or invitations maybe. Postcards can be  really useful for your wedding, right?

The Man Registry, in partner with UPrinting, an online printing company who offers high quality prints at affordable prices will give away a set of postcards to five (5) lucky winners!

100 Postcards for each winner

5″ x 7″

14pt Cardstock Gloss

No Folding

Front and Back Printing

2 Business Days Print Turnaround Time

So here’s how you can join:
Tell us how you’re going to use the postcards by leaving a comment here. On June 24th, we will choose randomly the five (5) lucky winners who will get a set of postcards each.

Plus, these postcards are customized, so you can pretty do much anything with it for your big day. Check the postcards designs available if you need some help or inspiration. Join now and make your bride-to-be smile!

Restriction: Open to all US Residents and 18+. Note that you’ll receive the postcards within 30 days upon winning.

Disclaimer: This postcard giveaway is sponsored by UPrinting, an online printing company. See more information about postcards and available postcard designs on UPrinting.com.

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Leave your comment below to become eligible!