Not in the cake. Never the cake.

Putting your engagement ring in a cake at some point for a proposal might seem like a good idea, but it’s apparently been confirmed. Not a good idea.

Photo Frenzy: May 3, 2008 - Proposal Edition

Today’s Photo Frenzy features wedding proposals and thereabouts, so enjoy!

• Texas A&M’s mattcvs shares a fantastic photoset of Ross & Julian’s engagement at Kyle Field at that university.
• I’m not sure, but this proposal on Taco Bell’s Fire sauce might not be received as well as something with two carats [orb360]
• Here’s a stellar location, on bended knee at the Cliffs of Moher, from ryanjacquot.
• Maybe you could just use crayons, like this one that NomadicEntrepreneur found.
• Of course, you could just propose via Twitter, like prettygeek’s fiancee did.

Proposal segment on Rachael Ray

On April 30, Rachael Ray had a segment on Spectacular Wedding Proposals that might be worth watching, whether you dig RR or not. It featured a wedding planner, Jenifour Jones, whose Go Get It! can help you put together a “spectacular” event or proposal.

Here’s the YouTube version, but the link to Rachael Ray’s show site carries the links mentioned in the segment.

Proposals for the techie

Okay, so AOL/Engadget’s Switched.com has rounded up the top eight (dunno) “techie marriage proposals,” and you should head on over there and check them out. Unlike us, who didn’t think that the whole “I reprogrammed Bejeweled to propose to my girl” thing was the hottest thing ever, they dropped it on the list. As far as the rest, there’s some kind of interesting ones, in reality.

Not sure if any of those are for you? Well, howabout snagging some of the ideas that the Modesto Bee’s Marijke Rowland shared for use on Valentine’s Day options and tweak them slightly, such as the scavenger hunt, or jacking into the Juno mindset and creating a “location” a la the front lawn easy chair?

Because you needed a reminder

The fine folks at The Knot are looking to get your bride to be to remind you, if you hadn’t already asked her to be said bride-to-be, about the items on this proposal checklist. Kind of ruins the surprise of it all, if you ask me, but I guess if you’re *really* trying to get someone to ask you to marry them, this is one way of doing it. A big, fat, obvious, blatant way to do it.

My favorite item on the list is “Share the News.” I mean, I’m super psyched to be engaged and getting married, and have told pretty much anyone I thought would care to know, but that should come with the additional “and make sure you have a REALLY detailed story on the responses that people had when you told them.” If your voice doesn’t change when you’re describing responses, especially those from people of the female persuasion, then you fail. Miserably.

Next time, I’ll tell you how I really feel.

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