If you are looking for blue diamonds, you will have to decide which type you are going to get: natural or man-made. Natural blue diamonds are extremely rare and therefore extremely expensive. The blue color in the diamond is caused by chemical impurities, usually, boron, or hydrogen. The diamonds range in color from a very light blue tint, to a deep royal blue. This is due to varying amounts of the chemicals in the diamond.

The most expensive diamonds are the deepest colored ones. Most of the colored stones are uneven or multicolored. These are worth much less.

A blue diamond engagement ring will cost you much more than a traditional diamond ring-try ten to fifty times for the same quality stone! This is why most normal people cannot afford a natural blue diamond.

This is the reason why so many people prefer man-made color diamonds. They can look very similar to the natural ones, so most people (except your jeweler!) would know the difference. A normal natural diamond can be color treated with irradiation and intense heat. This process makes the diamond an even blue, beautiful, and affordable to many more people.

After finding homemade anniversary gift ideas was a lacking resource online, I did some research. I found there were endless choices when it comes to homemade gift ideas around. However although there are a lot of ideas – not all are suitable as wedding anniversary gifts.

Aren’t homemade anniversary gifts overly complicated? Or even tacky? No. You should make your anniversary gift at home because homemade gifts truly are a gift from the heart. Even if you are “craft challenged” there are still some presents you can make at home successfully!

After all – you were promised homemade anniversary gifts that you can actually make! I will share with you my two favorites. They are both easy to make and you most likely will have all the needed ingredients and bits and pieces at home.

Both of my favorites fall under the “gifts in a jar” category. They are so easy and simple to make, and I am positive you have the needed ingredients in your pantry and study right now! What are they? Yummy smelling bath salts and 365 love messages in a jar. Come on, even you can do it – no special skills needed!

For some suggestions and ideas on how to propose marriage, take a look at the following tips:

1. You should be almost certain that when you ask she’ll say “yes!” If you’re not entirely certain, then you probably haven’t been seeing each other long enough!

2. Try and surprise her, so be careful who you tell! If she knows you’ve got expensive reservations at a fancy restaurant and it’s something you’ve never done before then she’s going to suspect your plans!

3. You’re thinking of proposing at the Football game? You need to be extra sure she’ll say yes otherwise it’s going to be a humiliating experience! You don’t want her to say yes simply to spare your blushes only to say no later!

4. Make your proposal personal, you know her better than anybody else after all! Never completely carbon copy an idea or she’ll feel cheated!

5. Guard the ring with your life! Never even think about giving it to the Waiter to bring over with desert or go burying it in sand for her to find!

Weddings are fun, but anyone who has ever planned a wedding might be happy to tell you about the horror stories of everything that went wrong. Unfortunately, this happens all too often no matter how well you plan or how experienced your resources might be. Planning the wedding doesn’t have to be like that, though.

One of the most important aspects to consider when planning is to try to match the type of wedding to the length of time you have to make the plans.

Any formal affair that entails hundreds of guests, designer gowns, destination travel plans, a celebrity style caterer, and additional custom touches, will take at least a year of virtual full time planning. For a smaller wedding of perhaps ‘family and friends’ ‘ under 50 people ‘ you’re still looking at two months, although a month (with lots of help) might be reasonable.

Finding the perfect dress can take a month if not more. Many women are finding that this time honored tradition simply isn’t worth the money, time and effort involved. School, careers, and even single moms with families are opting for less all consuming alternatives that include renting a wedding dress or even wearing something that is closer to a cocktail dress. For bridal attendants, the same options are available. Make it easy ‘ let them figure it out!

I’m glad its unique marriage proposals you want and not copied ones. You won’t mind me saying that the best marriage proposals are ones that are personal to your own relationship!

So make sure you put your own twist and stamp on the following unique marriage proposals!

1. Take her to a fancy restaurant and surprise her by being collected in a horse drawn carriage. Drink champagne while you ride around town, cuddle and propose under the stars.

2. Create a candlelit pathway while she’s away and have it lead up to her front door! The path then carries on into her bedroom where she finds you down on one knee wearing a tux with a ring in your hand.

3. Take her blindfolded to an idyllic location that is special to the two of you! When you uncover her eyes, she finds that you’ve made a picnic with all her favourite food. You could have planted some champagne in some nearby water! Propose while you listen to your special song!

Take a look at some of my best wedding proposals below! I hope you find some inspiration for when your big moment arrives!

Just make sure that you never actually carbon copy an idea you read somewhere else as the best wedding proposals are always the ones that are special and unique to the two of you!

1. Go digging for sea shells at the beach. Suddenly you “stumble” upon an old bottle which contains a love poem inside! It should begin quite vague and then gradually appear to be about the two of you. She will love it! You can propose after you’ve read it to her!

2. Consider an instant wedding if you have a mature relationship and you’re certain she’ll say yes. You’ll need to have all her friends and family involved and ideally have it in Hawaii where the laws are more lenient. After she accepts your proposal, you should begin the wedding at once!

3. Get her three roses! The first represents the past! The second represents the present! And the third, with the ring attached represents the future!

Before i give you a few engagement proposal ideas, I need to suggest that you don’t simply copy an idea word for word!

Any idea you use, you need to take some of your shared experiences in order to make the proposal personal to the two of you!

I hope these engagement proposal ideas give you some inspiration:

1. Mail her a photo of you on one knee with a special love poem. Wait outside her house for the post to arrive and when you hear her scream, knock on the door and propose in person.

2. Say that you’re going to be away on business during a special anniversary. Go 1 week without seeing her then surprise her with a knock on the door on your anniversary. Propose there and then!

3. Go on a hot air balloon ride at night time. Go over the city and looking down on the light and under the stars, you can propose to her.

4. Go digging for shells at the beach. You can “find” a bottle with a love poem inside. Read her the poem, it will become clear it is about her, then propose.

Hopefully, proposing to your girlfriend is something you’ll only get to do once! Hopefully!!! Increase your chances to make that so by reading these tips on how to propose to your girlfriend.

1. Only ask the question if you know the answer, just like a good lawyer! If you think she might say no, then you really haven’t been seeing her long enough!

2. If you’re considering a public proposal ie in front of her family or at a ball game then you need to be extra sure she’ll say “yes!” You don’t want her to accept only to change her mind when you’re alone!

3. Make sure you surprise her, or you risk turning the proposal into a huge anti-climax for her! Only tell who you need to and only then that’s if you need help!

4. If you’ve got your proposal idea from the internet, a book or from someone you know, then make sure you personalize it to your own experiences! Never carbon copy a proposal!

5. Always take a knee! It’s old, corny and cliche but its how she always imagined her proposal would be since she was a little girl so don’t disappoint her!

Before you look at the following romantic marriage proposals, I must advise that you don’t simply carbon copy an idea you read from the web or a magazine. The best marriage proposals are always the ones that are unique to your relationship.

That being said, I hope these romantic marriage proposals give you inspiration for when your lady’s big moment arrives.

1. Arrange for a day at the spa for the two of you then change into your best outfits before heading off to a photo shoot. While you’re being photographed go down on one knee and propose. You’ll have the moment forever. After, you can go for a nice meal followed by a night at a 5 star hotel.

2. Tell her to meet you in the park for lunch, then turn up late on horseback wearing a suit of armour. Swing off the horse and offer to be her prince. A nearby friend could play Holsts “Jupiter” as you approach.

3. Hire a limo and pick her up from work. Hand her a red rose and have her best outfit to hand. Drive down to the best restaurant in town and have them serve you in the limo. Play romantic music and propose for desert.

The following are some marriage proposal ideas you could consider!

The important thing to remember is that you should never copy somebody elses idea word for word but to make it special and unique to the two of you!

1. Arrange for a nice day at a health spa followed by a photo shoot! While you’re getting photographed, go down on one knee and propose! You’ll have photos of the moment forever! Afterwards you could go for a meal followed by a night at a 5 star hotel!

2. Go digging for sea shells and sand castle building at the beach! When you suddenly “find” an old bottle with a love poem inside! Read it to her and watch her reaction as she slowly realizes it’s about her! When you’re done, propose!

3. Recreate your first date together by taking a walk past where you first met! Eat where you had your first picnic with the first meal you ever cooked for her, while listening to your first ever music! You could watch the first movie you watched together before proposing!