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We are super excited to announce our 3rd annual new year party, but this time it’s a Leap Year Party! But not just any party, it’s a Remix Party, taking familiar things and giving it a new spin! It’s going to be an epic party that comes every 4 years! And you are all invited! Get your tickets now!

We’re also bringing back the most anticipated Design Challenge for Wedding Professionals for the third time in a row! This year, the teams will be designing for a cause. A portion of the entry fee will go towards emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies via Shelterbox. All the attendees will be voting on their favorite table with their dollar (included in the ticket sale). If you’re ready to take the challenge, contact Lucia at lucia@utterlyengaged.com for application and details. Hurry, space is limited!

The event is also the perfect way to promote your business to the best in the wedding, events and blogging industry. If you’re interested in sponsorship opportunities, please email Henny at henny@utterlyengaged.com for more information.

To see what went down in our last new year party, go to p. 8 in this issue.

Calling all brides and bridesmaids! Wanna look hot on your bachelorette night out? Bridal Babe Boutique, an online retailer of bridal and bachelorette party apparel and accessories has all the right stuff for you! Their recently launched exclusive Bridesbabe™ and Babe of Honor™ clothing line is perfect for the modern bride and her posse. This line of apparel gives brides a fresh, sexy alternative to the traditional ‘Maid of Honor’ and ‘Bridesmaid’ titles (which date back to the Middle Ages! *gasp*). Their unique, fashion-forward tanks are perfect for wedding day, bachelorette parties, bridal showers or bridal party gifts.

And when you’ve rocked their tanks, make sure to enter a picture of you and your girls in their Hall of Babes photo contest on Facebook and claim that coveted spot!

Are you feeling lucky? Enter the Brides and Babes Bachelorette Party Giveaway for a chance to win:

• A complete set of Bridal Babe Boutique’s exclusive Bride, Bridesbabe™ & Babe of Honor™ tanks for ONE lucky bride and her bridal party

• Bachelorette Accessories: Chiffon Bachelorette Party Veil and Marabou “Something Blue” Garter

The winning bride chooses a tank from any of their collections for herself, her maid of honor and bridesmaids*. Note: You do not have to be the bride to enter, family and bridal party members can enter on behalf of the bride as well! The more entries, the better your chances!

*Maximum 10 shirts. No exchanges or returns for cash value. Package will be shipped to a single destination provided by winner.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Like Bridal Babe Boutique on Facebook. Enter using the Utterly Engaged Giveaway Tab.

2. Leave a comment below and let us know that you’ve done so!

FOR AN EXTRA BONUS ENTRY:

1. Follow @BridalBabeShop on Twitter and Tweet: “I just entered to win the Brides & Babes Bachelorette Party Giveaway from @BridalBabeShop on @utterlyengaged blog!”

2. Leave a comment below and let us know that you’ve done so!

We’ll announce the lucky winner on Friday, January 20. Good luck!

Update: Deadline for Tear Jerker submissions have been extended to January  11.

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Photo by Ashley Bee Photography

Calling all brides, grooms, friends, family and wedding professionals! It’s that time again! For the third time in a row, we’re looking for your sweetest, most memorable, so funny it makes you cry, emotion-packed images, video, love letters, stories and vows. We want to see what LOVE IS through your eyes. For submission information, go “LIKE” us on Facebook! Hurry! Deadline to submit is December 23! Good luck!

To see previous Tear Jerker issues, you can go here and here (it’s in the back of Issue 14)

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Update: Deadline for Tear Jerker submissions have been extended to January  11.

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image via Stylelist.com

Are you feeling super creative and ambitious? What about creating a wedding dress out of toilet paper from scratch to win a grand? Roxie, Laura and Susan of Cheap Chic Weddings is hosting their seventh annual “Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest” based on the classic wedding shower game where contestants create a gown made of toilet paper. The contest will run from May 5, 2011 to June 17, 2011. Winners will be announced on July 7, 2011.

The Grand Prize winner will receive $1000, the second place winner will receive $500 and the third place winner will receive $250.

Here’s How to Enter:

1. Plan your design.

2. Enlist a friend’s help (optional)

3. Grab some Toilet Paper, Tape and/or Glue and/or Needle and Thread (that’s all you can use)!

4. Make the dress on your model or mannequin and take some digital photos (front, back and side). Video clips are welcome but not necessary.

All photos and video are to be submitted to Cheap Chic Weddings at TPdresscontest@gmail.com. There is no entry fee. The Official Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Judging Panel at Cheap Chic Weddings will judge the digital photo entries.

Last year’s winner Galit Zeierman found inspiration in nature to come up with the winning design. Check out the other finalists from 2010.

For more details on the contest, go here! We believe we have some super creative readers here, so we’d definitely love to see some of you take this challenge! Good luck! If you do enter, please send us some pics!

Hello there, lovely readers! We, at Utterly Engaged, are always trying to take our magazine to the next level and we want to make sure that we offer our readers – brides, vendors and alike – inspiration and information that are useful to you. So we put together a Utterly Engaged Reader Survey. When you get a chance, would you kindly take a few moments to take this survey, so that we know what you’d like to see from Utterly Engaged this year. We value your feedback and opinions, so we’d like to include all our survey takers in a giveaway for some neat stuff! Please leave a comment below for a chance to win the giveaway!

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TAKE THE SURVEY AND WIN OUR GIVEAWAY!

• The Whimsical Goddess hair accessory by Chinnylulu, featured in Issue No. 014 in the Cloud 9 article. It has beautiful ostrich feathers with different shades of champagne and is adorned with a lovely crystal centerpiece. (a $155.00 value) Please like her on Facebook and show her some love!

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• Organic and Chic book by Sarah Magid, featured in Issue No. 002. It’s a cookbook that balances exquisite flavors, organic ingredients and stunning visuals for creating your own wholesome, sophisticated baked goods. ($27.99 value)

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• Essie 2011 The Wedding Collection nail polish set, featuring 4 new shades perfect for your big day (from left to right): Borrowed Blue, Made to Honor, First Dance and Better Together. ($32 value)

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So go take the survey! You have until April 15, at midnight PST, to take the survey and enter for a chance to win. Make sure to leave a comment below once you’ve taken the survey to be entered. We’ll choose one winner at random. Good luck & thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

xoxo, Utterly Engaged