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Upon entering, you will automatically be entered to be featured in the 2011 Ritani National Advertising Campaign with an ad appearing in June issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine.  Don’t forget to “Like” Ritani on Facebook and enter your submissions before midnight on March 25, 2011.  The Judging period begins on March 26, 2011 at 9am EST and will end on March 31, 2011 at noon EST.  Photos will be judged on the creativity of the images and how well the emotion is conveyed visually.  Ritani will choose a Grand Prize Winner, who will receive a diamond pendant AND their photo as the Ritani consumer ad in Cosmopolitan magazine.  The Grand Prize, Second Place and Third Place winners will be announced on or around noon EST April 1, 2011.

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In the new millennium, we have evolved in our social networking with a virtual approach, with Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.  Crazy stunts and theme weddings have become a give-in for many.  Possibly they do it for the chance to be immortalized on the internet and create a viral sensation.  Whatever floats their boat right?  They have had months of planning and now it’s time to just have fun!

YouTube has a new hit in the wedding genre, and it really reflects the times we are living in.  Picture a groom, named Dana Hanna, at the altar in his tuxedo, standing next to his bride, Tracy, as they complete their vows and exchange rings in front of the minister.  So far seems like a normal wedding ceremony, right? Until Dana pulls out his cellphone to change his relationship status on Facebook to ‘married’ right there at the altar.  The groom, knowing his bride would be surprised, had her phone ready for her to do the same.

She had no idea this was going to happen, as the groom only included the minister in the plan.  He says that they have a lot of family scattered about the country that couldn’t attend the wedding, so he wanted to make sure they were up to the minute.  The minister, being aware of this trend many  have adopted as a staple in their day-to day lives, was more than happy to play along.  He added, after the couple were done updating their status’,  “If it’s official on Facebook, it’s official in my book”.

While this stunt went over well this time, we wouldn’t recommend everybody to try it.   It takes a special person to find this funny and play along, too.  Dana is a lucky man to have such an easygoing woman like Tracy.  Good luck to this modern couple, with many more fun times ahead!

C. Sparkles

MEGATOUCH: We have all seen these game consoles at bars and restaurants, but how can you incorporate that into a marriage proposal?  Patrick Leonard of Washington DC got the creators of MEGATOUCH to get involved in personalizing one of their games.  His girlfriend loved the WORD DOJO game so he had one of the clues spell out his proposal to her.  That is clever, and i’m sure she wasn’t expecting it!!

CROP CIRCLES: Not circles per se, but Jason Kahle of Ohio was able to spell out his proposal in a wheat field.  He then took Aleasha Decker, his now fiancee, up in a plane to view the his handiwork.

“HAY” HENGE: In Germany, a farmer said it in hay to propose to his girl.  Markus Schmidt used his resources to create a hay version of stone henge asking for  to marry him outside of her window.

I hope this gives you some inspiration to be creative when you finally pop the question!!  Remember this is a story that will be told and re-told for years to come, so make it really remarkable.  Of course the engagement ring is just as important as the story it invokes.

C. Sparkles

Jake is a pilot from Dallas, TX, hence the subtitle of the show, and getting a chance to find love on his own terms.  He says that he’s looking for a girl that is more than just a beauty.  He wants to find someone that is so perfect that he will think she is beautiful regardless of what others may say.  This sounds very nice and sincere, so I hope he gets to choose from some quality girls who have more substance to them aside from looks.

I find it interesting that women still find the bad boys so desirable when they give them more grief than happiness.  Jillian didn’t choose Jake as he was “too nice” and ended up choosing a guy who has been rumored to be in a relationship with someone else.  Jake has set his standards for this next lady to be “compassionate, passionate, romantic, and protective”.  It sounds like he is looking for more than a contestant but a wife.

Good luck Jake in your pursuit of the ‘perfect’ woman.  So as you hand out those roses, I hope you have success and happiness throughout the dramatic reality world.  Maybe this will be his chance to give some lucky lady a RITANI engagement ring!

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Serena Williams in the public eye

By now everyone has caught wind of the meltdown by tennis superstar Serena Williams at this year’s U.S. Open.

Williams outburst toward the line judge over a foot violation resulted in her being fined $10,000 for her Sunday rant and was penalized the final point in her semifinal match against Kim Clijsters.

“At that point I had really just lost control,” she said, noting that the call was over a mistake she hadn’t made all year. “I just thought, ‘What’s going on?’”

Williams said she especially felt sorry for the judge who was obviously taken aback by Williams’ harsh words and aggressive stance.

A few days later I caught up with the Tennis star at the release party for her new book, “On The Line”. When Williams finally arrived she was met by a throng of reporters and fans eager to speak with her and get pictures and autographs.

Coming from the jewelry business where my day to day at RITANI is spent marketing engagement rings I was mildly overwhelmed by the media fan fare and the remarkable scene surrounding Serena’s entrance into the club which was to mark the launch of her new book.

She handled it very well and she even spent time talking with fans and media reporters. It was good to see her in calm spirits; outside of her element in a maw public coddling. I found her to be a truly warm and approachable athlete who obviously values her fans. And now, as she faces possible additional punishment for her U.S. Open outburst, Williams said she may have to add a new chapter to her book.

“I love my fans. I love the kids. I feel honored to have people look at me and be like, ‘I want to be Serena Williams,’” she said, adding that she never expected to be in such a position. “It’s greater than the sport.”

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Announce Your Engagement

I want to share this story of a couple from Poughkeepsie New York who discovered the Announce Your Engagement video ecard on the knot.com and decided to get creative with it. Well, he proposed and gave her a gorgeous three stone engagement ring and the couple was off and running. Time, they thought, to start planning for the big day!

So, they jumped on the knot and began looking up all sorts of wedding day resources, eventually coming across the Announce Your Engagement video ecard. “Why not?!” they thought. So she got started right away. She put their faces on the dancers, chose the beach scene, plugged in 10 email address and shot it off! Seems very sweet doesn’t it? It gets better! HER best friend didn’t receive a video announcing the couples recent engagement, and HIS brother didn’t get one either. Seems a little strange until you know that the newly engaged couple had been trying to hook the two of them up for quite some time and after using the ecard they decided to have a little fun with it.

They dug up pictures of the brother and the best friend, scanned them in and made a video ecard of the two and sent it to everyone BUT them! Imagine the rest of the respective family’s surprise! Kind of pranky I thought after receiving one of the “prank” ecards myself. As it turned out word immediately got back to the brother and the best friend. Some had questions and others were just plain shocked, namely his mother on account of the fact that she had no clue and felt entirely left out of the loop.

But the best friend and the brother were undoubtedly the most surprised by the prank. Neither one apparently was in tune to the power of the forces at work behind their backs. When the newly engaged couple finally broke the news and confessed it seemed that a change had occurred. The brother and the best friend were planning to get together as a result of all the attention! Not sure what will happen next, but who knew a prank could have such an exciting result!

Twoheartedriver

Uhmmmmmmm, WHAT?!! After only a Month! They only knew each other ONE WHOLE DINKY LITTLE MONTH!

True love you ask? An honest engagement you query? Well, it sure did turn out to be just that, because two years later they got married and they are still together to this day. So ladies and gentlemen I guess the point I am trying to get at is that it really doesn’t matter how long you know that special person in your life, when it’s right– it’s right! And when it is right where can you go to find the engagement ring that says everything and even more than he will ever be able to express in word or deed? Frankly there is only one place that offers the finest selection of designer engagement rings and wedding bands and that is at www.ritani.com. Visit the RITANI website and browse through our various collections. When you find something that you like click on the retailer tab to find a local dealer in your area.

You may not have met each other on the set of some hit TV show, but you directed your True Love story and now you have something unique and incredible, let RITANI help to make it a sweet REALITY!

-J.A. Roe