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Looking for name change advice or some tips for newlywed life? The MissNowMrs experts have created state-specific name change articles and checklists for you. We’ve chronicled our recommendations for how to travel while changing your name AND how to handle voting during the transition.

We’ve also compiled our best guidance for how to handle difficult sister in laws, holidays as newlyweds, the ever-annoying baby questions, and much more. Why? Because, while we are name change experts, we’re also newlywed wives, moms, and sisters.

We hope our name change advice articles help smooth your transition to your new name, and a whole new phase of life. Congratulations and best wishes from the entire MissNowMrs team!

Last Week to Win Our Newlywed Art.com Giveaway!

Are you ready for an Art.com giveaway?! What makes a truly great picture? Some may argue that there needs to be a specific resolution, great lighting and depth of field for a good photo. I beg to differ on this one! Some of my very favorite photos are from my own wedding when the photographer’s lens fogged over due to the humidity. The result was a series of dreamy images of two newlyweds leaving the church and driving off down the road. I believe that a great picture needs to provoke a strong emotion in the viewer.

If your favorite photo shows you and your beloved on the beach, but you elbow is cut off….who cares? Frame that picture and remember all of the fun of that exact moment in your newlywed life!

Do you have a favorite newlywed photo that you’re dying to frame? Great news: Art.com is giving one of our newlywed blog readers the chance win an 18×24 printed canvas image (or 25×31 framed image) valued at $150 to hang in their home! Talk about an inspiring giveaway!

The Photos to Art feature on Art.com will allow our winner to upload an image of her choice (be it wedding, honeymoon or even a favorite family photo) and translate it onto high-quality photographic paper or artist-grade stretched canvas. The result? A high-quality, large-scale, beautifully-finished and ready-to-hang wall art.

Ready to win our awesome November art giveaway? This is the last full week to leave a comment on this, or any of our Newlywed Art Posts on Mondays this month and you’ll be automatically entered to win. Tell us all about the photos from your wedding and honeymoon. We’d love to know what image you’d want to have printed and where you plan to hang it.

The randomly selected contest winner will be announced on November 30th!! If we don’t hear back from the winner within 2 weeks, we will randomly select a new winner to make sure someone ends up with this great goodie!

**If you tweet this giveaway by clicking the green retweet button below, you’ll receive an additional Art.com giveaway contest entry!**

Ode to Thanksgiving Pie

Who doesn’t look forward to Thanksgiving pie?! Thanksgiving is almost upon us and that means getting together with family and celebrating all of the things you are thankful for with a ton of food. Whether it’s pumpkin, chocolate meringue, apple or berry; a fabulous slice of pie is the best way to top off a great meal. As the newlywed addition to your spouse’s family, what better thing to bring to the meal, but a homemade pie?

Here a few recipes to help you make a great impression (and pie) this Thanksgiving as well as show off your personality.

For the Traditionalist: If you love a classic Thanksgiving meal then make a classic dessert to match it. Here are a few great recipes for pumpkin pie, apple pie and berry cobbler. Your new family is certainly in for a treat!

For the Foodie: Are you the gracious gourmet? Flaunt your skills and great taste with a Chocolate Pumpkin Mousse Tart or, if the oven is in over-drive, why not make a delectable frozen treat? You’ll have more than a few family fans after making a Cold Lemon Souffle for dessert.
For the Frazzled: Want to bring something to add to dinner, but are short on time? Here are two great ideas that take an hour or less: whip up a Sweet Potato Pie or try this Pecan Caramel Tart Recipe. These recipes may be short on prep time but they sure aren’t lacking in flavor or presentation. No one needs to know that you made them in a matter of minutes!

For the Innovator: Are you the edgy interesting person that loves a new flavor combination? Show off your taste for adventure with Pumpkin Candy Cups that are not quite pie and not quite candy…but all together scrumptious. You could also make a Banana Rum Cream Pie that will have your in-laws drooling!

Do you have a signature pie recipe that you plan to make this Thanksgiving? Please share it with us!

The Newlywed Golden Rule: Do Unto Others After the Big “I Do”

Are you practicing the newlywed golden rule? If you’ve arrived home from your fabulous honeymoon, unpacked, and started to really feel comfortable in your status as a Mrs. What do you do now? Channel all the energy you used to spend on wedding planning into treating those who worked hard to make your Big Day the best!

Throw a brunch for your bridesmaids. These girls bent over backwards to help you and possibly broke the bank on their dresses, shoes and accessories for your wedding. You’ll be able to show them how thankful you are for all of their help and as a bonus you’ll get to use some of the new serving ware from your registry.

Did your Great Aunt Louise fly across the country to watch you walk down the aisle? What about all the cousins who used vacation days to attend your event? A cute way to show your appreciation is to include a wedding or honeymoon photo in your thank-you notes. You know that it will be proudly displayed on mantels, desks and refrigerators across the country. Also, doting relatives on both sides of the family will discuss how thoughtful you are.

Was your wedding cake outstanding? Did your florist blow your mind and not your budget? Follow the newlywed golden rule! Make the time to review your wedding vendors online. It is incredibly beneficial to their businesses. And, you can feel good knowing you may steer future brides in the right direction. Places for wedding vendor reviews include: WeddingWire.com, ProjectWedding.com, and OneWed.com.

Do You Know The Ultimate Groom?!!

Do you know the ultimate groom? MissNowMrs has teamed up with The Man Registry in search for the Ultimate Groom! Is it you or your fiancé? Grooms: share your best above and beyond wedding planning story through Facebook.com/The Man Registry or Twitter.com: @themanregistry and the expert panel of judges will choose the winner!

Tell them how you stand out from other Grooms so that you may be rewarded for being such a stand-up guy! Brides: you can nominate your fiancé by telling The Man Registry how your man went beyond even your wildest expectations during the wedding planning process. Here’s the perfect chance to thank him for being so helpful (and if he wins, he will be giving you a MissNowMrs.com gift card to assist you with your name change).

There are over $1,100 worth of prizes at stake, so don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Visit: groomsadvice.com for more details about the contest and prizes! The contest runs from March 1, 2010-March 15, 2010 strictly through social networking (Facebook and Twitter) and The Ultimate Groom blog entry page only. Check it out and submit your story today!!!

Get Married Magazine Editor endorses MissNowMrs.com!

We recently received our Spring 2010 copy of Get Married magazine and were elated to see that Stephanie Davis Smith, Editor of the magazine used our service and loved it! She called MissNowMrs a “Life saver” in her Editor’s Note and said, “Someone gave me a gift card to this incredible service called MissNowMrs. You sign up and they take care of all that messy paperwork, tracking down office hours, etc. when it comes time to change your name on your driver’s license, social security and other documents. Genius.” You can get your own copy of Get Married magazine via their website (it’s the perfect guide for savvy brides in need of creative wedding ideas)