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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Don't settle for a bloop wedding. Hit it out of the park by tying the knot at the 2011 MLB All Star Game.

Want a wedding that will go down as an instant classic? If you and your bride-to-be are passionate about America’s Pastime, we’ve got an opportunity for you to hit your nuptials out of the park. For the first time ever, MLB is staging a wedding during its annual All-Star Week. This year’s festivities take place in Phoenix with the wedding taking place on July 12th at the All-Star Fanfest.

One lucky couple will win the opportunity to be married at the Fanfest as well as a premium wedding package which includes a ceremony, a catered reception for 50 guests by Aventura Catering, a wedding ring package from Molina Fine Jewelers worth no more than $15,000 that will include either an engagement ring or two wedding bands, a wedding dress by Uptown Bridal, roundtrip airfare and two tickets to the 82nd MLB All-Star Game. Score! They’ll also receive items from Major League Baseball partners including a $500 MasterCard® prepaid gift card, beverages for the reception provided by Budweiser, hotel stay provided by InterContinental Hotels Group, and a $500 Newlywed Lawn & Garden Kit donated by Scotts featuring a wide array of Scotts Miracle-Gro products.

Host of NBC’s “The Marriage Ref” Tom Papa will join WE tv’s “My Fair Wedding” celebrity wedding planner David Tutera, MLB All-Star Ambassador Luis Gonzalez and Jenni Croft Badolato from ABC’s “The Bachelor” to assist Major League Baseball in selecting the winning couple.

To learn more and enter the contest, head on over to allstargame.com/fanfestwedding and submit a short video explaining why they should win the All-Star FanFest Wedding. Eligible entries will be reviewed and judged by Major League Baseball and the celebrity judging panel based on criteria including the couple’s connection to Major League Baseball and the creativity and quality of their online submission.

As the writing process for our upcoming book hits the home stretch, finding motivation to sit down and pound out chapters is becoming increasingly difficult. I think this clip from the Seinfeld episode ‘The Virgin‘ really nails what the process is like. (Unfortunately, embedding is disabled for this clip, so you’ll have to click here to view.)

"So the judge decrees that he becomes my butler."

If only I had the help of George Costanza on this project!