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Welcome to our latest installment of "Ask the Experts," where our contributor team of wedding planners solves readers' most pressing wedding-planning dilemmas! This week, Kate Whelan from Kate Whelan Events and Joni Scalzo from Your Special Day by Joni weigh in on how to repurpose ceremony décor. Do you have a question that you'd like to submit?

Are you hoping to find an engagement ring underneath your Christmas tree this year? Then you may want to add one of these gorgeous new rings by Zac Posen for Blue Nile to your wish list!

Finding your wedding dress is a big deal. You probably did a lot of research to find the perfect store, the perfect style, and the perfect look. So what will become of it after the last dance has ended and all your guests have gone home? Don't just leave it to collect dust under your bed. Here are 6 clever things to do with your dress once the big day is over.

Solange Knowles may have kept her engagement hush-hush, but her wedding was a full-blown family affair! The 28-year-old singer-songwriter married 51-year-old video director Alan Ferguson at Holy Trinity Church in New Orleans on November 16 with 100 loved ones in attendance, including big sis Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy.

Sergeant Joey Johnson is paralyzed from the chest down, but that didn't stop him from having the dance of a lifetime with his wife Michelle at their wedding on June 28, 2014. The bride — a professional wedding planner in their hometown of Indianapolis — was shocked to find her 27-year-old groom waiting for her on the dance floor. He was strapped to a special harness that their friends had created for the special occasion, which allowed him to stand upright and embrace his bride as they swayed to "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri.

Getting engaged is an incredibly joyful milestone but many couples can get overwhelmed by wedding checklists and all of the decisions that lie ahead of them. Jess Levin, the creator of Carats & Cake, took her own vow to help better the bridal market industry after discovering that her engaged friends were challenged by the planning process. She created a site to help brides organize their momentous occasion by providing not only gorgeous real wedding photos but also links to recommended vendors.

The Queen of Pop still knows how to create a fashion frenzy, 31 years after releasing her debut album!

Items from Madonna's personal and professional wardrobe were auctioned off this past weekend as part of Julien's Auctions' Icons & Idols: Roll n' Roll bidding event in Beverly Hills. Items up for grabs included dresses from her "Material Girl" music video and the film Evita. However, the wedding dress that she wore to marry actor Sean Pean in 1985 nabbed the highest price: $81,250. (Fun fact: The couple got married in Malibu on the bride's birthday.)

Here’s a great new item to include on your registry list: The Dedica Stainless Steel Pump espresso and cappuccino machine ($299.99) from De’Longhi.