This past Saturday, Shawn Lippert of Ontario, Canada, surprised his long-term girlfriend, Colleen, by getting down on one knee and proposing. And then he surprised her with the entire wedding.

The couple had been living together for seven years and had discussed plans to elope to Las Vegas next month, so Colleen had already picked out a dress. Shawn managed to get everything in place for the wedding in secret by sneakily asking Colleen questions over the past year to collect all the details of her dream wedding. "I asked her, you know, what kind of cake would you like at your wedding? She said, 'I want a cherry chip cake.' Centerpieces? 'I want this,'" Shawn has said.

On Saturday, Colleen thought she was arriving at the Beach Bar and Grill for a retirement party, but when she got there, Shawn was waiting with a ring and red carpet. He proposed then informed her that their wedding would take place that day. Colleen was then whisked to a private room in the restaurant where Shawn had set up her entire bedroom for her to get ready along with the wedding dress she had chosen for her big day. Over 200 guests attended the surprise wedding.

"I complain all the time about him not being romantic and apparently he is," Colleen has said. "Nothing else will ever compare to this. It was just perfect."

So what do you think, BG brides? Is the stunt Shawn pulled super romantic? Or would you be upset to find out that you had been excluded from planning your own wedding? Tell us!

—Kelsie Allen

Renee Armstrong wasn't able to make the trip from Virginia to Colorado for her best friend's wedding this past Saturday, but she was still able to be a bridesmaid on the big day—thanks to the iPad's FaceTime app.

“She got to see the whole ceremony. She got to meet everybody and be here for the reception,” the bride, Jamie Alberico, told ABC News.

A groomsman even walked Renee down the aisle by carrying the tablet device, and the bridal party held up the device to include Renee in the wedding photos.

“Renee called dibs to be my bridesmaid many, many moons ago and, unfortunately, she couldn’t really make it out here,” Alberico said. “But thank you technology, here is Renee.”

A few months ago, another couple was married via Skype when the groom came down with a lung infection prior to the wedding. And more recently, a military couple was married over the phone while he was deployed.

We love seeing how technology is changing the wedding world. What do you think of these tech-savvy weddings?

—Kristen O'Gorman Klein

In the latest episode of Four Weddings, Jaclyn's offbeat wedding in a zoo ranked highest and earned her and her new husband a free honeymoon to Bali. The highlight of Jaclyn's wedding, according to the other brides: The choreographed dance involving not just the bride and groom but the entire bridal party—with props!

Choreographed first dances are nothing new, but involving the entire bridal party is an unexpected twist. Jaclyn is a professional choreographer, so creating a dance for her bridal party added a nice personal touch to her wedding day. We love how the bridal party really got into it and looked like they were having a blast!

Take a look at the video below:

What do you think—is involving your bridal party in a choreographed dance a do or a don't?

—Kristen O'Gorman Klein

I have a major budget crush on Kimberly Foley—once you see her whimsical, yet elegant Real Wedding to husband Raymond Sanicki, I guarantee you will too. She saved thousands of dollars on decor, thanks to the creative DIY projects that she tackled with her mega-talented mama. Everything from her dress (which she scored for only $500, marked down from $3,000 at Running of the Brides) to her stamped guest book (one of our all-time editors' favorites) is steal-worthy. However, there's one detail that I thought was particularly applicable to Budget Guru readers, which is her one-of-a-kind brooch bouquet. Kim is right on-trend: country singer Miranda Lambert carried one down the aisle from The Ritzy Rose at her May wedding.

Kimberly stumbled across a brooch bouquet online, and immediately fell in love. However, she realized she couldn't swing the $600 price tag, so she showed her mother a photo, who said "No problem!" (Gotta love that.) "I loved everything about my bouquet! I am eternally grateful to my mom, because my bouquet will never wilt or die—I will have it forever. It will always have a special place in my house and my heart!" said Foley.

Here are step-by-step instructions for making your own brooch bouquet:

Earlier this week, we had some fun around the BG office making sample video entries for our Kohl's contest. If you haven't entered yet, be sure to check it out! All you need to do is make a quick video (or write a 200-word essay and include photos) telling us which item on your registry you want most (and why), and start a registry at Kohl's. You could win a ton of great prizes from Kohl's, plus a 7-night luxury honeymoon to any Now Resort & Spa in Riviera Cancun, including airfare on JetBlue!

Need some inspiration? Check out our fun samples!