1. With a Shoe:

Ok this one didn’t work out so well in the beginning. And a shoe doesn’t exactly scream romance. On second thought… they were Manolos!

View the proposal here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQEHtGdq1mE

2. With a Fortune Cookie

This proposal requires great skill and luck. What if she doesn’t want to eat the fortune cookie? What if she takes your fortune cookie? Nevertheless, he is awarded an A + for sentiment. There’s nothing wrong with keeping it casual yet romantic.

3. On the Street

Sandra Bullock or “Margaret” proposes to Ryan Reynolds in the middle of a busy street in New York City. Forcing your employee to marry you in order to stay in the country is probably not the most romantic proposal we’ve ever seen.

4. In Front of a Crowd:

Johnny asks June to marry him on stage in front of a crowd. Proposing is nerve racking enough… throw in a few hundred people and it will really put on the pressure. Johnny does it with confidence and poise as he just won’t take no for an answer!

5. On an Airplane
Ok, this one’s a bit cheesy. Adam Sandler serenades his proposal to his bride to be on an airplane on the way to Vegas. On the contrary, the song is definitely one of a kind as it is heart-felt and unique.

6. With a Surprise
This proposal is a personal favorite. It includes the element of surprise, it’s clever, it’s well thought out, it’s sincere and its Ben Affleck. What more is there to say? See for yourself!

View the proposal here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgZQZxmSL5s

View the proposal here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgZQZxmSL5s

The Royal Wedding is rumored to have world-record breaking TV watchers this April 29^th. This will be a monumental day for the Royal Family, and the entire world. Perhaps viewers will only ever see one Royal Wedding in a lifetime! Firefly Occasions has decided to make an entire evening of it. For all wedding-lovers and brides: dress up in your finest, grab your girlfriends and enjoy the Royal Wedding with like minded viewers who will be oooohing and aaaahing along with you over brunch and tea service at the Glencoe Club. We’d love for you to join us in the celebration. The invitation is posted in the previous blog post for more details. As for the Royal Wedding details, they are posted below, courtesy of the Royal Wedding Website and Tres Sugar: www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/ and www.tressugar.com/New-Royal-Wedding-Details-15529683

1. Will and Kate will be staying with Harry in a suite at Clarence House after the honeymoon.

2. The royal couple will have their official first public kiss on the Buckingham Palace balcony.

3. Kate’s mother, Carole Middleton, will arrive at Westminster Abbey’s “VVIP” entrance prior to the royal party.

4. The 1,900 guests will begin arriving at 8:30 a.m., two and a half hours before the ceremony begins.

5. Mobile phones and cameras will be banned from the guests at the ceremony.

6. William’s family members are scheduled to arrive between 10:40 and 10:50 a.m.

7. William will arrive with his best man, Prince Harry.

8. Kate will arrive with her father, Michael, at 11 a.m., possibly in the queen’s ’50s-model car.

9. After the ceremony, the couple will watch a fly-past by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

10. A 600-person champagne and canapé reception will take place before a 300-person buffet dinner and “rather loud disco” at Buckingham Palace.

11. Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton have set up a charitable gift fund for those who very generously may wish to donate to charity to help the couple celebrate their wedding.

12. Trumpeters from the Central Band of the RAF will accolade Prince William and Catherine Middleton.

Bublé, 35, wore a grey suite for the ceremony while Luisana wore a violet dress with silver heels. The couple happily posed for fans and paparazzi after tying the knot. The beautiful bride then threw a bouquet of purple orchids into the crowd of onlookers.

According to People magazine, the wedding continued on Saturday where the couple held a larger ceremony with 300 guests celebrating at a mansion outside of the Buenos Aires. The lovebirds originally became engaged in 2009 when Bublé proposed in front of Lopilato’s family in Argentina. Bublé recalls that when he first met Argentina’s most famous actress, Luisana, it was love at first sight. Both families are also more than happy about the union. -They have met several times!

Did you know that Luisana was in one of Bublé’s music videos? Have a peek in the video below!

Back in ‘93 it wasn’t hard to find Mariah Carey’s first marriage all over glossy magazines stacked high and low at the supermarket. I wasn’t very old then but how can a little girl forget a celebrity bride wearing a puffy-shouldered wedding dress, resembling a cream puff, plastered all over magazines? And who could forget hottie, Nick Lachey, from 98*C and singer Jessica Simpson’s wedding photos featured in every teeny bopper magazine in 2002?! (This is one of those couples that I think everyone wishes stayed together.) One of the most memorable wedding features that I can remember is Pam Anderson’s. She flaunted a hot little LA style wedding dress on the cover of OK Magazine. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Victoria and David Beckham, and most recently Carrie Underwood and Hilary Duff who both married NHL stars… the list of publicized celebrity weddings goes on and on. Celebrity wedding photos are so sought after because everyone wants to see who made the dress, who made the cake, who attended with whom, and for us here at Firefly, we love to see what the décor looked like.

So my question is, is it tacky or tasteful when celebs sell their wedding photos to magazines such as OK, PEOPLE and US Weekly? Weddings are sacred and very private and many people strive to keep it that way. Can you really put a price on family milestones such as the birth of a child or a wedding? What if the couple donated the money received to a charity. Would this change your mind or does it make it even tackier?

On the other hand, who can resist two million dollars for selling exclusive rights to wedding photos!? (AHEM not Eva Longoria and Tony Parker.) Also what celebrity could resist all the attention? A-list celeb couples are almost guaranteed to land a cover spot on a magazine with professional wedding photos. Personally, I would jump on this free publicity faster than Spencer Pratt.

Truth be told, if I were a celebrity and finally married Canadian actor, Ryan Reynolds, you would definitely see me on the cover of PEOPLE wearing a custom-made Vera Wang holding a pink bouquet on the beaches of Tahiti.

Xo- JessiFirefly

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Pop princess Hilary Duff and Edmonton Oilers hockey player Mike Comrie tied the knot at the San Ysidro Ranch near Santa Barbara last weekend. The wedding was fairly small and intimate for a celebrity wedding with only 100 guests. Comrie, 29, and Duff, 22, were wed at 8 p.m. under an arch of flowers.
Many celeb weddings get blown out of proportion or end up on the cover of magazines. There will be reports on who made the dress, who wore what, who attended and who was seen talking to who. This was not one of those weddings as it remained very private. The couple wanted it to be an intimate ceremony.
The reception was held at a private estate located just minutes from the San Ysidro Ranch. According to Radar Online, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony chose the same venue to spend their wedding night in 2004. The rates are roughly about $4000 per night, depending on the time of year. After the wedding, the couple held a brunch on Sunday at the Ranch for all of the out-of-town guests. According to an eyewitness from PEOPLE magazine, Mike held his arm around Hilary for most of the romantic, candlelit ceremony, and they both looked extremely happy.

Duff and Comrie had been dating for almost three years before the wedding. Of all places celebrities are spotted, the lovebirds met on a plane flying to Idaho. Ironically they were both staying at the same resort and they ended up spending an entire weekend together. Comrie proposed to his princess in February while the two were vacationing in Hawaii. This was a complete surprise to Duff as well as her entire family.
Reflecting back on the Lizzie McGuire days, Duff has really grown up and finally experienced her own, real life, Cinderella Story! Since Comrie is from Edmonton, all of you fellow Albertan readers can keep your eyes peeled for the new Mr. and Mrs.!

xo- JessiFirefly

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After Chelsea Clinton and Alicia Keys’ weddings we couldn’t help but notice the increasing trend of wearing Grecian-inspired wedding dresses. Clinton wore a Vera Wang, Grecian-inspired gown with a black ribbon belt and a criss-cross back for the wedding reception. (This brings up another trend! -Having two wedding dresses for your wedding day.) Clinton’s wedding attire represented classic American royalty and beauty.

On the same weekend Alicia Keys married record producer Swizz Beatz. The two of them had a Mediterranean themed wedding. The sultry singer also wore a Vera Wang grecian-inspired dress but represented a completely different style than Clinton. She rocked the gown and looked like a true and elegant Greek Goddess. She had jeweled details on her back shoulder with crystal-encrusted flat sandals, matched with a sophisticated headband. 

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It seems as if Vera Wang might be the catalyst for the Grecian-inspired

wedding dress trends! Check out the website for more dress ideas: www.verawang.com 

Nobody said it better than Kate Hudson in Bride Wars. “You don’t alter Vera Wang to fit you. You alter yourself to fit Vera!!”

-xo JessiFirefly

The former First Daughter Chelsea wore a Vera Wang dress and later changed into another Grecian dress for the wedding reception according to PEOPLE. Chelsea and Marc rocked the dance floor and surprised the 400 guests. It was obvious that they took lessons.

Some of the celebrities who attended the wedding included, former President Bill Clinton, current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vernon Jordan, Terry Auliffe, Madeleine Albright, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Steve Bing and Vera Wang. It was rumored that Oprah and Tom Hanks were also invited yet they were nowhere to be seen.

According to Radar Online, Chelsea and Marc were together for five years and were childhood pals. Their wedding planner was Bryan Rafanelli of Boston.

After the wedding the newlyweds jetted off to their honeymoon at an undisclosed location. Rumor has it that guests stayed to party at the wedding until 3 a.m.!  Who knew these prestigious politicians knew how to party? Famous or not, It sounds like the wedding was an absolute success shared with friends and family.

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“Despite the fact that we have had interesting careers, we still consider the most important job we ever had being the parents of Chelsea.” – Bill Clinton.

Pirates of the Caribbean star, Orlando Bloom, 33, and his new wife, Miranda Kerr, 27, are back from the honeymoon in the tropics. The couple vacationed in the Caribbean for four days after the wedding. They stayed at the Viceroy hotel on the luxury island of Anguilla.

According to Radar Online, the wedding was a complete surprise to fans. News about the wedding was leaked after Kerr stated that she was not going to appear at the Australian department store David Jones.

She said: “David Jones very graciously released me during this period so we could celebrate an intimate ceremony and honeymoon together.”

Looking back at their history, the couple wed after only being engaged for a month however they have been dating since late 2007 according to PEOPLE magazine. The couple made their first public appearance back in April of 2008. Last year during Thanksgiving they spent time in Morocco vacationing.

Even celebrities want their own personal space sometimes. The couple deserves their privacy and it’s no shocker that they requested their wedding details be kept a secret. As of yet, not many wedding details have been released. -We wish them the best!

xo-JessiFirefly

Last Saturday Khadijah Haqq and Bobby McCray (former New Orleans Saints football star) tied the knot in Los Angeles. According to Radar Online, Khloe Kardashian is the bride’s best friend and was a bridesmaid in the wedding. Khloe and her husband Lamar Odom seemed to be having a wonderful time together at the reception.

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Khloe also brought her entire family who showed up in style! (As always)

Kim wore a tan and fitted dress with silver studded heels. It’s a small world… Kim’s ex-boyfriend Reggie Bush was one of the groomsmen at the wedding. Awkward. Regardless, Kim kept her cool and glowed with confidence as the ex-couple kept their distances.

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As for Kourtney, her and her boyfriend rolled up in a brand new Lamborghini.

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Their mother Kris and step-dad Bruce Jenner also attended the celeb wedding.

As for the bride and groom? Well, they were stylish as well. Khadijah wore a white layered dress with a sweetheart fitted top and Bobby wore a gorgeous tan tux!

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Lesson to be learned for all you future brides out there: Be prepared to have your thunder stolen when inviting A-List celebs like Kim Kardashian to your wedding. For more info about the celeb wedding day, watch the Keeping Up With the Kardashians TV episode to be aired soon. If you can’t wait, go to www.radaronline.com for more details.

-xo JessiFirefly