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How much should I spend on an engagement ring?

Are 3 stone engagement rings popular?

Which is better round or princess cut?

Royally ravishing. A princess-cut diamond is defined by its symmetrical square shape, pointed corners, and popularity. Princess-cut diamond engagement rings are also beautifully versatile, working alone as a solitaire or in three-stone diamond rings.

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Three stone engagement rings consist on a main stone on the center and two side stones. Even thought the two side stones are traditionally used in smaller size as an accent to the center stone, nowadays people are not as attached to rules when it comes to designing their engagement ring. With that being said, instead of accent side stones, many people end up with 3 stunning large stones – and triple sparkle!

Other ways you can use your creativity to design something unique is playing with gemstones. For example, if your favorite color is blue, why not to throw some sapphires as side stones? Find out what is your brith stone (ruby, emerald, opal?), incorporate that to the ring, and make it yours.

Although round stones are the most common shapes for 3 stone rings, emerald cuts, pear stones or baguette diamonds can provide an incredible unique ring design that will make your engagement ring stand out.

3 Stone Engagement Rings Meaning

Oh, your mind is probably going everywhere right now thinking about how many options you can have with this beautiful ring. But before we show you all the amazing 3 stone engagement ring designs we have rounded up from the web, let’s take a quick look on their beautiful meaning.

Three stone engagement rings are also known as the past, present and future rings. Each stone is there to represent a part of your beautiful journey as a couple, being the main one the present. Engagement rings are a promise of love and forever commitment, but how beautiful would it be to have something on your finger that cherishes your past and everything that brought you two to this point, reminds you about the importance of the present and makes you excited to look forward to the future and everything else you will build together?  Oh! We need tissues!!

Now enjoy these beautiful 3 stone engagement rings we selected just for you and make sure to pin your favorites!

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Not only halo rings look appealing, but they are the easiest way to upgrade a ring. A halo setting can increase the main diamond size appearance by half carat, and they can accomplish this with less money than getting a bigger center stone. Not to mention all the new little diamond facets you will have to reflect light. The result is a dazzling, shiny engagement ring that no one will be able to take their eyes off of.

Browse our favorite halo ring inspirations and pin the ones you love.

Seamless Halo Engagement Rings

For a modern yet traditional jewelry, a simple pavé halo setting will add more sparkle and increase the visual impact of the center stone without competing with it, giving it many more facets to catch and reflect light.

Intricate Vintage Inspired Halo Engagement Rings

Halo engagement rings were first popular on the 1920’s, with vintage style jewelries. With the recent comeback of vintage engagement rings, floral Art Deco style rings are extremely popular, especially in romantic rose gold metal settings.

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Even though your location is the beach, you can still dress up for your photoshoot, like some of these couples did. But if you prefer a more chill vibe, casual outfits are totally ok. Some couples went the extra mile and even thought about some props, like hats, champagne bottles, blankets (which is perfect for fall engagement photos), pillows, bikes, and my favorite: candles. The simple addition of lights to your engagement photos during the sunset time can give you extraordinary results.

Check out these 20 sweet beach engagement photos and start pinning.

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Not only do round engagement rings look timeless and elegant, they also provide more sparkle than any other diamond shape. The reason for its ultra shine is that they have a big surface area with up to 58 facets. These facets reflect light and dispel color like no other shape, in other words: blinding shine and hidden imperfections.

Whether you prefer intricate vintage designs or a modern halo setting, it’s easy to get the style you dream of with a round shaped diamond. A simple solitaire ring is the the perfect choice to showcase the brilliance of your rock without any distractions.

Check out our selection of the most stunning round engagement rings from around the web.

Simple Solitaire Engagement Rings

Round Cut Diamond Ring with Side Stones

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1. Brunch

Every gal loves a good brunch, because brunch food is the best. Assemble a coffee (or mimosa) bar with a statement bagel wall, a yogurt parfait or waffle station, serve some delicious pancakes… you got it. Your guests will thank you.

2. Boho Backyard Picnic

Get cozy on your backyard. Throw some decorative pillows around a pallet table and you have a bohemian style picnic. Use pampas grass, greeneries and macramé to embellish, abuse of earth tone colors, and there you have it: a perfect relaxed boho event.

3. Rosé All Day

Don’t forget to stop and smell the rosés. This posh celebration is the ultimate feminine party and involves everything a girly girl likes: pink flowers, bubbles, rosé, copper tones. We just LOVE it.

4. Kitchen Themed

A kitchen themed bridal shower can be so creative and full of DIY decor ideas. Use kitchen utensils as decorative objects, serve cupcakes and give away personalized wood spoons as favors. We love how this food mixer is being used as a centerpiece with fresh flowers. This is also the best occasion to ask for your friends to share their favorite recipes and get a great conversation going.

5. Donuts

We’ve already showed you some awesome ways to nail the wedding donut trend. So why not incorporate these ideas to your bridal shower as well? Check this post out.

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To help you out with this delightful task, we have rounded up the best engagement announcement photos of instagram that will showcase your engagement ring on a creative way. Check it out and pin this post for further reference.

I woke up like (with) this

Your days of girlfriend are officially over! So let them know you woke up as a fiancée.

Background reaction

Register his or her excitement on the background.

Destination proposal

If he asked you to marry him during a romantic trip, take advantage of your surroundings, pick a gorgeous landmark and take an unforgettable ring selfie.

I said OUI.

Paradise dreams.

Beautiful background

No destination background, no problem. Choose any beautiful background (a sunset, flowers, etc.), place your hand, snap a photo and you’re done. Your engagement ring will shine on.

Best friend approved

When getting your pet’s blessing is just as important as getting your dad’s.

High five!

New family alert.

Spill the tea, sis

Does this ring make me look engaged? – Heck yeah! 

After saying Yes, this mug will pretty much sum up your mood.

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Smoke bomb photography has became one of the most searched trends on Pinterest these days. After seeing these pictures you will totally understand why. They are colorful, eye-catching and will absolutely make a statement on your images.

Get inspired with our hand-picked selection of smoke bomb photos for your engagement session.

Isn’t it pretty? We absolutely think so. Whether you are dressing up or down, taking your pictures at the beach or on the mountains, the most important rule here is: have fun!

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We rounded up Pinterest to bring you only the most exciting and elegant Party in the USA ideas out there, including decorations, DIY crafts, drinks and food (with recipes).

Scroll down and get ready to pin your favorite Fourth of July bash images.

• Backyard Shower

Casual Chic Americana I Do BBQ inspiration.

This elegant brunch shower hints the American flag colors with the dusty blue and soft red details. The wow factor comes from this unique vintage ribbon flag.

• Table Decor

Dusty blue again and red details will put your party on the right Independence Day mood.

If you love vintage style, coca cola glass bottles can be the perfect addition.

Are you loving this drink station as much as we are?

• Centerpieces

Start storing every blue glasses you see.

Mason jars are your friends too. Never throw these babies out.

How lovely and easy to recreate is this floral centerpiece? Just add some red roses and embellish it with a cute polka dot bow.

Get bold and make this DIY statement stars and stripes floral arrangement. Get the Tutorial.

• Patriotic Napkins

Either festive paper napkins or these old known red, white and blue bandanas can be a lovely way to add more details to your Fourth of July party and also a convenient “grab and go” way to display utensils for your guests.

• Cool Drinks

Nothing better than a good drink to cool off on a summer day. Take a look on these creative ways to make your bridal shower party a big success.

Learn here how to make this awesome layered red, white and blue Piña Colada.

These American Flag straws are the cutest DIY addition. Here’s the step by step.

• Food

These American flag donuts are almost too cute to eat! This is how you make them.

Don’t worry about us, we are here just mouthwatering over these patriotic hot fudge cheesecake trifles. If you wanna give this a try on your shower, get the recipe right here.

American styled macarons are the cutest dessert you can have. Get the instructions for this cherry cheesecake macaron here.

Cupcake jar? Anybody? Here’s the recipe.

We know putting a party together can be very tough, so if you want an easy and tasty dessert idea, we think this cheesecake stuffed strawberry topped with blueberries will definitely do it for you. And here you have the instructions.

We love the way this berry parfait looks on these cocktail glasses.

We hope you feel very inspired for your Fourth of July celebration after reading this post. Make sure to share and save it on Pinterest so you can come back for reference. 

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Although you can wear this beauty the way your heart desires, most women opt for wearing the pointy end towards their fingernail.

Here are some great news about this gorgeous diamond shape:

• It’s more affordable than the round brilliant cut;
• Because it is a variation of the round cut (a.k.a. the most sparkling diamond cut out there),  it also has 58 facets, which makes the pear shaped engagement ring a very sparkling diamond;
• Its pointy shape elongates your fingers;
• Even though it’s having a coming back, it’s not such a popular cut, so that will give you a more unique engagement ring to call yours;
• It’s extremely versatile: you can dress it up with side stones, a halo, a crown, split shank or upgrade a simple solitaire design with stackable bands and have very different versions of ring with the same cut.

To help you get inspired, today we are bringing you 20 breathtaking pear shaped engagement ring ideas with several gemstones, metals and styles. Enjoy!

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Get inspired.

• 1. Tulips Field

• 2. Lavender Field

• 3. Sunflower Field

• 4. Ranunculus Field

• 5. Cotton Field

• 6. Daffodil Field

• 7. Wildflower Field

Click here to see all the photos of this lovely Tennessee engagement session.

Which one is your favorite flower field engagement session? Leave your thoughts bellow.

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Browse through the 10 stunning images we’ve selected just for you and pin your favorites.

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We are bringing you 30 fantastic Mexican fiesta bridal shower ideas to help you nail your event.

Welcome Sign

Put your guests on the right mood as soon as they arrive at the party with a festive Welcome Sign.

Sign ideas: “Please take a sombrero”; “Fiesta like there’s no mañana”; “Taco bout a party”.

DIY Decorations

Save those tomato sauce tin cans and hack an easy-to-make floral centerpiece. You can either use cactus, natural flowers or bright tissue paper flowers.

Check out more DIY wedding project ideas on this page.

For more decoration options, save Mexican beer bottles and cover them with glitter. They are gonna be so much fun to make in advance and will make your party awesome.

Pair up your decor items with fun signs like these:

“Every kiss begins with queso“; “You had me at Taco Bar”

This easy to copy cactus DIY looks so adorable. Simply use any empty beer or sauce bottle and fill it up with green craft paper and add some glue to the side branches.

Speaking of cactus, this DIY cactus balloon will sure make a statement on your party.

Brunch Fiesta Table Decor

These brunch table decorations are great examples of the different styles your party can have: elegant, rustic, boho and so on.

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Educating yourself is the key so definitely try to gauge from your partner’s existing jewelry collection what they like. This might indicate clearly if they’re more of a rose gold or yellow gold fan or perhaps you see a lot of platinum or silver plated items. Take photos and notes and then discuss with your chosen jeweler who will be happy to assist you. It’s such a precious time in one’s life that you want the moment to be perfect! If you decide not to surprise your partner, there is always the option to choose a “decoy” ring; you can then choose the main ring together which will be fun also!

The guys at Loyes Diamonds have put together this video which details everything you need to know about engagement ring trends this year. Check it out below!

Get inspired with some beauties from Loyes Diamonds:

Pin this image for further reference on this Engagement Ring Trends video:

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Firstly, let’s start by the location: it was shot in the beautiful state of Tennessee, and everything from the bright green trees to the colorful flower fields is just magical.

Secondly: there’s so much love in the air that is impossible not to melt your heart, and you’re gonna really want to take notes on some of these lovely poses for your upcoming engagement session.

And lastly but not least, my favorite part: their outfits! I’ll apologize for all the guys reading this, but let’s go straight to hers, lol. This scallops dress is definitely a hit! Just like the bow heels and coral (scallops again) cami top.

Ok. Time to see it for yourself.

Fun fact:

Can you believe this shooting is from 2014? I love how they still look so trendy even after all these years.

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Photography: Tessa Barton

More engagement session ideas for you:

Engagement Session Theme Idea: Cooking Class;

Fall Engagement Photo Ideas;

Romantic Rio Engagement Session;

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Did you know rose gold is the result of the mixing of gold and a little bit of copper? Yeah, thank copper for those magic pink hues!

Enough said, let’s get inspired by browsing this beautiful rose gold engagement ring photo selection. Get ready to pin away and hopefully one of these will end up on your finger real soon! yay!

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Make some pina coladas, grab some pineapples, find some cute flamingos, bring some palm tree leaves and pretty all up with hibiscus flowers and stripes. Let’s get ready to flamingle!

1. Party like a pineapple!

Stripes and pineapples will make an irresistible and fun photo backdrop

2. DIY pineapple flower arrangement

Add some fresh and colorful flowers to a pineapple and you instantly have a wow factor floral arrangement – oh, and if you love DIY projects, check out this page!

3. Tropical bridal shower welcome sign

Make your guests feel welcomed but also let them know right away that this is not your average bridal shower

4. Pink flamingo donuts

Two things we will always obsess over: flamingos and donuts!

5. Tropical jungle photo backdrop

But how cute is this tho? I wanna take a million selfies right now.

6. Throw a relaxed brunch party

Just relax and enjoy the breeze

7. Refreshing snacks

Cut a watermelon on slices, put it on a lollipop stick and there you have a healthy summer treat (that happens to match your party color scheme)

8. Make a tropical cocktails station

9. Pink lemonade

You might wanna add some vodka to that (just sayin’!)

10. Table setting perfection

For a small party crowd, setting up a nice table could be all you need

11. Floating flamingos and tiki bars

Two words: MUST HAVE!

12. Picture perfect photo frame

Aloha!

13. Tropical island vibes bar

14. Don’t forget the cake

Loving this stripes and palm leaves combo

15. Peacock chair

No comments needed for this beauty!

16. Charming tiki bar

17. Get yo mimosa on pink sign

18. Tropics meet chic

19. Bridal Shower Game Idea

Keep your friends entertained with a flamingo ring toss game

20. Watercolor cake with hibiscus flowers

This watercolor cake will instantly transport your friends to a magical sunset on a tropical island

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Fall is undoubtedly a great time in the year to enjoy the outdoors. After all that summer heat, the temperature starts getting cozy – perfect for outdoor activities and cuddling up. The leaves start losing their predominant green pigment to a stunning mixing of warm tones, ranging from yellow to red, and slowly fall to the ground, changing everything around. All this romance in the air might be the reason why so many couples choose to shoot their engagement photos during this lovely season.

Let’s get inspired with these gorgeous fall engagement photoshoot ideas!

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We’ve rounded up the best simple engagement rings on instagram and pinterest that are going to make you swoon. As always: Pin, pin, pin!

1. This round gold solitaire ring and this diamond eternity band are an absolute perfect match

2.

3. Forever a classic

4. Breathtaking oval engagement ring with gold band and matching wedding ring

5.

6. Classic gold solitaire engagement ring with 6 prongs

7. Half carat of pure love with all the rose-gold-romance on this double claw prong solitaire

8.

9. Look at that bling!

10.

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With that being said, we also know budget is an issue, but thank God for the internet! There are tons of incredible DIY ideas out there that not only can help you save a few bucks but also guarantee you some fun during the process and that will make you party look like a million bucks and, of course, sooo instagramable!

We have put together a list of 10 DIY bridal shower ideas that will make you girlfriends obsessed:

1. Floral Ice cubes

2. Flowers and Fruits Ice Bucket

3. Gold Spray Paint Bottles

4. Glitter Flower Arrangement

5. Floral Naked Cake

6. Oreo Cake Tower

7. Donut Tower

8. Donut Diamond Rings

9. Mini Gold Glitter Champagne Bottle Favors

10. Happy Wishes Balloons

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With unique designs and rich Art Deco details, vintage engagement rings bring back all that 1920s glamour and carry with them the idea of something very special passed down through generations with lots of history behind it. In other words: fairytale romance!

To help you get inspired, we’ve selected 19 gorgeous and unique ideas of vintage engagement rings. So go on, Pin away!!

Isn’t this rose gold ring just dazzling? For more rose gold engagement ring inspiration, check out this post.

These round engagement rings are the proof of how versatile round stones can be.

How stunning is this emerald green gemstone ring? If you love this color and are thinking about using it on your wedding palette, take a look on these posts: Emerald Green Wedding Decor Ideas / Emerald Green Bridesmaid Dresses.

Now press play to see this beauty in every angle!
 

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Pin away!

Jana Williams Photography

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The photos were taken at the famous Copacabana boardwalk, with the Sugarloaf as backdrop, and at the beautiful Park Lage, located inside the Botanical Garden.

We promise you will fall in love with the romance and simplicity of these photos.

I hope you have liked this post. Stay tuned for more engagement and wedding inspirations. For daily beauty, follow us on Instagram and Pinterest. 

Photos: Melqui Zago ‌• Location: Rio de Janeiro

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Amanda and Felipe met each other during an event in beautiful San Francisco where Felipe was DJing and they fell in love. So what could be more appropriate then bringing Felipe’s DJ equipments and records to use as props on the engagement session?

Save the Date: Mr. and Mrs. Gutierrez are coming May 2017!

Photography: Anna Perevertaylo • Location: San Francisco

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Naturally, you want to look your best, but are you stuck browsing through hundreds of Pinterest pins trying to find the right vibe for your photo shoot? Wedding Paper Divas recently created a helpful engagement photo ideas tool for couples looking for some inspiration. It even includes useful filters like casual or formal and props or pets so you can find the perfect ideas for your personal style.

You will easily find the perfect inspiration of style and poses to your upcoming engagement session!

To use this free tool and start browsing through their awesome selection, just click here.

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Fernanda is Brazilian and Richard is British, they both live in London. They met when Fernanda was living abroad and she found love overseas and never more went back home.

Fernanda and Richard love traveling to Italy whenever is possible, and in one of their trips, they visited Puglia for a weekend and fell so in love with the simplicity and the white washed walls of the region, that they decided to get married there next year.

To help them with their Destination Wedding mission, they found Anna (In The Mood For Love), who is also based in London. For their engagement session, they decided to fly the talented photographer Francesco Gravina, from Italy to meet them in a small corner of Puglia, a bistro in London called Pulia, where you literally feel transported to the region of Puglia.

“We spent the whole afternoon at this lovely bistro, where Fernanda and Richard had a cooking lesson with the manager Gianni and his team, and cooked orecchiette – a typical pasta from Puglia (shape of an ear). For the evening, a change of dress for Fernanda and a romantic walk along the river Thames. The evening ended with a delicious dinner back in the bistro.”

Anna

I’m seriously in love with the photos and the whole idea. But hold your breath, the next portraits are to die for:

What do you think of having a cooking class for your engagement photoshoot? Leave your thoughts below and don’t forget to share it to inspire other people and pin your favorite images!

Photography: Francesco Gravina • Creative Direction & Styling: In The Mood For Love • Location: Pulia • Succulent dress: Lavish Alice • Black Dress: Vintage Dress 1950 • Fernanda’s shoes: Office • Engagement ring: Thomas Sabo • Makeup and Hair: Da Silva Beauty 

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