Photo: Courtesy of Facebook

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg surprised 100 of his closest friends and family on Saturday when he and longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan exchanged vows at a surprise wedding in their own backyard, according to People.com. Guests thought they were coming over to toast Chan, who had recently graduated from UCSF medical school, but the pair had other plans. Zuckerberg and Chan had been planning an intimate backyard wedding, which included a family-style meal from two of the couple's favorite restaurants, for more than four months, according to a source authorized by the couple.

In a photo posted on both Zuckerberg and Chan's Facebook timelines, the newly-married duo pose against a lush backdrop of foliage and a string of lights. The bride wears a stunning sleeveless wedding gown with lace overlay and the groom, who is notorious for favoring hoodies over haute couture, wears a black suit and tie.

The bride's ring, which was rumored to have been designed by the groom, features a single ruby stone. The ruby is the July birthstone and is traditionally associated with the values of love, success, integrity, passion, and promise.

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Our 31 Days of Giveaways continues with a set of 6 Fiesta Dinnerware place settings you can mix and match in colors of your choice.

After the wedding is said and done, it's important to instill some normalcy into your new routine of husband and wife. The dinner table is the perfect place to start! We are excited to be giving two lucky winners 6 table settings from Fiesta, one of the leaders in American chinaware. The everyday setting includes: a salad plate, a dinner plate and a bowl, as well as a cup and saucer. We love that you can mix and match each item with fun colors like Peacock, Shamrock, Tangerine and Sunflower (there are 12 more shades where that came from). Did we mention it's oven-proof, safe to use in the microwave and made with industrial strength ceramic? Two words: Bon appetit!

Photo: Courtesy of Fiesta

Entering to win is a snap! Just follow these simple steps:

1. Check with Brides.com every morning to hear about the amazing prize up for grabs that day.
2. Head over to our Win page to sign up. It only takes 30 seconds, tops (we timed it).
3. Wait to hear back if you're a lucky winner. Don't worry, we won't make you twiddle your thumbs too long! (Winners will be alerted via email no later than June 15th.)
4. Repeat the next day and the day after that, so on and so forth...

You can follow Fiesta on and Facebook and Flickr!

*Just remember, you can sign up to win each day's dedicated prize (that's 31 separate giveaway items!), but you have to keep coming back to sign up. Limit 1 person per entry per day. Winners will be selected at random.

—Gray MacDonald

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"It was an out-of-body experience." —Cydney, on walking down the aisle with her father.

To see more of Cydney and Bennett's Jackson Hole wedding, visit our Real Weddings Gallery.

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Our 31 Days of Giveaways continues with the gorgeous coffee table book, At Home With Wedgwood: The Art of The Table.

Wedgwood, the English company best known for creating some of the most stunning chinaware options and topping wedding registries far and wide, recently celebrated their 250 year anniversary. To honor the simple elegance of the age-old brand, interior designer Tricia Foley put together a beautiful coffee table book, bringing readers into the homes of today's most revered designers and taste makers (Vera Wang, Thomas O'Brien and Martha Stewart to name a few). At Home With Wedgwood is excellent inspiration for those nestling your new home, and once there, it's the perfect addition to a newlywed book collection!

Photo: Courtesy of Wedgwood

Enter to win one of 20 copies of At Home With Wedgwood by following these simple steps:

1. Check with Brides.com every morning to hear about the amazing prize up for grabs that day.
2. Head over to our Win page to sign up. It only takes 30 seconds, tops (we timed it).
3. Wait to hear back if you're a lucky winner. Don't worry, we won't make you twiddle your thumbs too long! (Winners will be alerted via email no later than June 15th.)
4. Repeat the next day and the day after that, so on and so forth...

You can follow Wedgwood on Twitter and Facebook!

*Just remember, you can sign up to win each day's dedicated prize (that's 31 separate giveaway items!), but you have to keep coming back to sign up. Limit 1 person per entry per day. Winners will be selected at random.

—Gray MacDonald

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Photo: Corbin Gurkin

"Our jobs are our jobs. We wanted to show off who we are and what we're really about." —Ruth

To see more of Ruth and Edward's colorful barn wedding, visit our Real Weddings Gallery.

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You've gotta hand it to Gwyneth Paltrow—she doesn't shy from a fashion risk. It was a gamble, certainly, at the 2002 Oscars to wear a sheer Alexander McQueen top (nipples, anyone?) with a full silk skirt. And risky again to bare her belly at the 2011 Emmy Awards in a black, beaded two-piece Pucci ensemble. But no look to date has risen to the same hemline height as Paltrow's silvered-lilac Prada number at this years's Met Ball, which honored the Italian surrealist Elsa Schiaparelli along with the star's designer of choice.

Schiaparelli's playful influence was obvious not only throughout the exhibit (and on Anna Wintour's lobster-claw dress) but on Paltrow's high-low frock as well, particularly in the whimsical paillettes embellished on pockets along the sides—much to the same effect as another Italian designer's high-low bridal look this season. Ines Di Santo adorned her sleeveless, high-neck Spring 2013 design in glittering detail, embellished as a symmetrical pattern of paillettes down both the front and back. If you're a daring bride searching for an alternative to the traditional white dress, what more could you want than a wedding-day look that's clearly Paltrow-approved?

Bijoux, $6,200, Ines Di Santo

—Phillip B. Crook

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Photo: Yasu + Junko

There is nothing wrong with a simple wedding band—but for brides who want a little nontraditional sparkle, we love rings that boast intriguing details and pretty pops of color.

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For our June cover, we completely indulged our feminine side with pearls, ruffles and pops of pink. Reem Acra's ivory tulle pearl-beaded gown with a sweetheart neckline and organza ruffled skirt makes a dramatic statement (if you think it looks amazing on the cover, wait until you see the skirt in movement). We swept the hair in a loose chignon and paired it with classic makeup, including a Posy Pink lipstick, to keep the look fresh. Last but certainly not least, Livia Cetti for The Green Vase created a bouquet of sweet peas, ranunculus, anemones and peonies. What bride wouldn't want to look this sweet on her wedding day?

—Elizabeth Swanson

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If you don't know Jessica Paré as the aspiring actress turned executive wife in the current season of Mad Men, you will soon enough, retro-TV fan or not. Paré covers this week's New York magazine and just two weeks ago ascended the carpeted stairs of the Metropolitan Museum to join Anna Wintour, Tom Ford and the like for fashion's biggest night of the year—two signs that Paré's star is fast on the rise.

As one of many stars blanketing the museum gala that night in honor of Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, Paré donned a gold L'Wren Scott design that hugged her slender figure and framed her décollage with a low-cut square neckline. Monique Lhuillier offered a similar bridal look in her Spring 2013 collection with an embroidered chiffon sheath accented at the waist by an embellished tulle bow.

In both gold and white, the look evokes a nuanced glamour beyond the scope of just another ingénue. If this is any indication of Paré's signature style, this may only be the beginning of many wedding-day inspirations to come from the star. Jessica Chastain made quite the splash at this year's Oscars, if you recall. So perhaps it'll be time for another Jessica's turn next year?

Luxe, $8,500, Monique Lhuillier

—Phillip B. Crook

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Our 31 Days of Giveaways continues with today's prize: 102 bottles of nail polish from OPI's NYC Ballet Collection.

We're really excited to be giving away over 100 OPI nail polishes from the beautiful NYC Ballet Collection. We're crazy about the soft shades (see below, clockwise from top left): 'Barre My Soul,' 'You Callin' Me a Lyre,' 'Don't Touch My Tutu!,' 'Pirouette My Whistle,' 'My Pointe Exactly' and 'Care to Danse?' Whatever color you decide, it's definitely a way you can show a little personality! (Just make sure you give that electric blue a test drive first.)

Photo: Courtesy of OPI

We're sending 102 lucky winners one of these 6 OPI shades. Follow these simple steps to enter:

1. Check with Brides.com every morning to hear about the amazing prize up for grabs that day.
2. Head over to our Win page to sign up. It only takes 30 seconds, tops (we timed it).
3. Wait to hear back if you're a lucky winner. Don't worry, we won't make you twiddle your thumbs too long! (Winners will be alerted via email no later than June 15th.)
4. Repeat the next day and the day after that, so on and so forth...

You can follow OPI on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube!

*Just remember, you can sign up to win each day's dedicated prize (that's 31 separate giveaway items!), but you have to keep coming back to sign up. Limit 1 person per entry per day. Winners will be selected at random.

—Gray MacDonald

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"As Justin was making everyone laugh, I realized that not only is this the happiest day of my life, but the best is yet to come." —Brittany

To see more of Brittany and Justin's autumn nuptuals, visit our Real Wedding Gallery.

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Photo: Courtesy Tammy Carmona

Above, a sophisticated reception takes centerpieces to a chic new level. The creative force behind this stylish, modern setting is world-class event, floral, food, and dinnerware designer Tammy Carmona, who recently launched her own line of dishes, Carmona New York & Co.

Carmona created this dramatic spread for a fashionista bride with a passion for Emilio Pucci prints. Featuring a custom-made, black lampshade, glass candelabras, hanging crystals, sumptuous floral arrangements, and a Pucci runner, the table created the avant garde look the bride was after. "We wanted to rent lampshades, but the ones we found were so small and generic," says Carmona, who also designed Edward and Bella's whimsical forest wedding in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1. "Ultimately we decided to custom-create the lampshades in order to get the size we were looking for. We chose the fabrics, the ribbons, and the end-result was amazing—beyond what even I thought it would be!"

—Alyssa Wells

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For a refreshing and seasonal drink, follow this simple recipe for lavender Champagne.

RECIPE

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon dried culinary lavender
4 bottles (750 ml) dry Champagne or sparkling wine, chilled
Fresh lavender sprigs, for garnish

DIRECTIONS
Bring sugar and 1/2 cup water to a boil in a saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar
Stir in dried lavender
Remove from heat. Let cool completely. Strain out lavender
Refrigerate syrup until ready to serve
Pour about 6 ounces Champagne and 1 1/2 teaspoons syrup into each flute
Garnish each with a lavender sprig

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Predicting what Angelina Jolie will wear to marry Brad Pitt later this year begins with first deciding what Angelina Jolie we're talking about. We asked some of our favorite designers to dream up fantasy gowns for the megastar's nuptials, and she offers no shortage of inspiring personas for them to choose from, be it the tattooed rebel with bleach blonde locks, the ultra-sexy movie star slinking down the red carpet, or the global activist balancing work with motherhood. See how nine designers—including Lela Rose, Watters, and Angel Sanchez—interpreted Jolie's style into wedding-day looks fit for Hollywood royalty.

—Phillip B. Crook

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