Birthday Surprise

...were there to celebrate his 40th birthday and it was my first weekend away from work in months. At this point, we had already been together for 4 years. Over the course of our relationship, I had dropped all sorts of not-so-subtle hints about wanting to get married, but they never seemed to register. A proposal was..." 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/engagementstories/engaged-a-collection-of-proposal-stories

Want me to finish the story? I know! Me too! So pony up the pledge and let's make this book happen!

Featured in Get the Gown

This is such exciting news!  Our Kickstarter project is mentioned in a bridal blog.

Get the Gown blog

Meet Jeff and Tracy

Here's another happy couple who will share their story in our book.

Tracy was completely surprised by this proposal. Jeff remained completely composed even though Tracy kept trying to end the boat ride early because... Want more details? Share the love and back the project!   

Engaged: A Collection of Proposal Stories

Feed the Fund - raised $585

Hello my wonderful friends and backers.  We had a great turn out for the Feed the Fund event at The Weekender.  We raised $585 in pledges and are that much closer to our goal.  Thank you to everyone who pledged that evening and thank you to everyone who came out and weren't deterred by the weather.  Keep sharing the love and tell everyone you know about this happy little project.

xo,
Jen

Want to find out more about this project?

Click here, yes.  Right here.

Working on an Article

Delivering Happiness has invited me to write something for their blog.  This is very exciting and has been one of my top 3 daily items to work on.  I'll be finished with the article on Monday, September 22.  I'll start posting daily updates again once I've submitted the article.

Thank you for your constant encouragement and support.

$125 in Pledges Today

During every day of this campaign, we've received pledges.  Today was a great day.  We received a total of $125.  Thank you for backing this project!  

Do You Have a Great Proposal Story?

I still need a handful of happy couples for this book.  If you have a great proposal story, please let me know.  I'd love to hear it!

Progress Report

It's been one week since I launched my project on Kickstarter.  So far, we've received $550 in pledges and have $6,950 to go.  If we reach this number in 24 days, the project is alive and it looks like I'll be writing the book.

Let's keep the ball rolling, gather some excitement, and spread the love.  We all know the world needs some great love stories.  

We can do it!!!

Jake and Reda photo by Heartspun Imagery

Goodies from Flavorish!

I just got some exciting news.  The light bites for our Kickstarter party are coming from Flavorish!  In case you haven't been there, here's what they are all about:

"Feed the Fund"

One week from today, we are hosting a little "Feed the Fund" gathering for this project.  Here are the details:

If you have any questions, please email: greencoconut@gmail.com

Here's the 1:17 minute video

29 Days to Go

We launched last night and already got one $100 pledge.  Thanks, Mom and Dad.  Just kidding, the pledge actually came from a very dear friend.  Thank you Dave!

If you think this book is a great idea, please help me spread the word by sharing my kickstarter page, sharing theFacebook page on your timeline, or  by making a $2 pledge.

Let's show the world that we all love a sweet proposal story!

Stick figure couple

Kickstarter Page is LIVE

Here we go.  I've got 30 days to fully fund this project, so please help me spread the word.

Thank you!
xoxoxox,
Jen

Click here to go to the Kickstarter Page

Book - Proposed Layout

This is the first draft of my layout:

Here's our First Couple

The Engagement of M&M - photo by Kevin Mai

Let's Write A Book

We all love a happy love story. Why not collect a whole bunch of them in one book? That's my current crazy (but happy) idea. Who doesn't enjoy a good love story?