Category Archives: Gotta Have It

A Groom with Sass Steps on the Glass

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Alison in Featured, Gotta Have It, Jewish Traditions, Planning

Crunch.
Smash.
Stomp.
Boom.
Bang.
Crash.
Crush.

These are the sounds everyone wants to hear when the groom steps on the glass at his Jewish wedding. What a yummy and satisfying sound and it elicits such a hearty “mazel tov!” from all those in attendance. And bookended by kisses? Yeah, what’s not to love about the breaking of the glass?!

The question is: Can breaking the glass become any more exciting than it already is? The answer is YES. Yes, it can.

Thanks to Mazel Tov Stone, the groom has a ceremony memento that provides a sturdy and volume-increasing surface for the glass to break on with a rapid and swift stomp of the foot. Want even more bang for your buck? The pro tip: Use the heel of the foot for maximum crunch.

A Mazel Tov Stone does more than its job under the chuppah during the ceremony. It also serves as a beautiful keepsake of your wedding because it’s personalized with your information. You have a ketubah as a special symbol of your wedding day, right? A Mazel Tov Stone is another artifact from the happiest day of your life that can live in your home for all the years after.

A few weeks ago, I got to hang out with Robb and Lisa — the genius husband-and-wife team behind Mazel Tov Stone — at Bridal Premiere in California.

It’s always so fun to see friends of The Wedding Yentas in person. To all the rest of the fabulous friends in The Wedding Yentas Vendor Directory, let’s plan a big, flashy party so we can all get together and gush about our favorite thing: Jewish weddings!

Anyway, Mazel Tov Stone set up a picture-perfect booth to complement their beautiful stones and offered real demos of glass-breaking galore. They were also offering a bridal show special on their pricing. Teeeeeeechnically, it was an offer for people who were there that day and that day only. But, because you’re a reader of The Wedding Yentas, mention the bridal show special and you might luck out in the savings department. Wink, wink.

It was so fun to watch all kinds of grooms take a shot at breaking the glass. Even when it’s not a real wedding, there’s something so contagiously happy about it!

Free Wedding Dress aka No, This Is Not A Joke

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Alison in Featured, Gotta Have It

What if you’re been there, done that, your wedding is over, and you have a wedding dress you’d like to sell? Sell it on PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com! What if you’re getting married and you’re itching for a designer dress or a specific gown that you can’t afford on the retail circuit and you’re wondering if you can possibly find it with a lower dollar amount attached? Shop on PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com! Okay, here’s another one for you: What if you’re broke and you find yourself looking at the clock when it says 11:11 and no black cats have crossed your path and the cop totally let you go with a wink and a warning when you were driving 60 in a 45? Well, you are a lucky gal and you should definitely be entering for a chance to win a beautiful wedding gown on, you guessed it, PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com.

Okay, so a little background first:

PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com can help any bride find the wedding dress of her dreams – and stay within her budget.

With thousands of new, sample and used wedding dresses by more than 300 different designers, your dream dress is just waiting to be found! Find every silhouette, neckline and style with prices from $100 – $10,000. There is truly a dress for every bride!

Know exactly what you want? Search by Designer, Search by Size and the Advanced Search are great options. For brides looking for inspiration, take a look at our Dresses We Love, Best Dresses for Your Shape and Best Deals pages.

So here’s the lucky part:

PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com is celebrating the New Year by giving away a $2,000 wedding dress! With over 7,000 gowns to choose from, the hardest part about winning might be choosing which wedding gown you’ll want to wear. Just imagine having 2,000 extra dollars in your wedding budget, and wearing your dream dress. If you win this giveaway, you will!

That’s huge money. That could be your flower budget! Or upgraded bells and whistles to your videography purchase! Or, quite a few mai-tais on your Hawaiian honeymoon! I mean, two thousand smackers. That would be s’cool. So you’ve got to enter because, really, how proud would I be if one of our very own Yentas won this phenom prize? I’d kvell like your bubbie did when you chanted the Torah in your half-girly-half-grown-up pubecescent voice at your bat mitzvah.

The contest runs from January 1 through January 31. You still have time. Gooooo! Enter here!

GOTTA HAVE IT: Peacock Wedding

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Alison in Gotta Have It, Inspiration Boards

Maybe it’s the jewel tones or the fun flamboyance of the style, but peacock-themed accessories and accents are super hot right now in the wedding scene. And you know what? Yentas approve!

Artists and merchants on etsy offer a bevy of regal-looking and bird-inspired pieces that will add the right amount of pizazz from the peacock.

So whether it’s hair accessories, bridesmaid gifts, or the groom’s boutonniere, there’s always something to peacock-ify!

peacock-weddings

Peacock Feather Headband: LittleBitsChic

Luxury Indigo Blue Cocktail Dress: yystudio

Bridesmaid Clutches: UpStyle

Snazzy Peacock Tutu Dress: TutuGlamourous

Peacock Blue Glass Earrings: PoetryJewelry

Vibrant Turquoise Ring Pillow: RawStudio

Royal Peacock Mini Guestbook: Scroll

Peacock Teal Shoes: Parisxox

Peacock Boutonniere: Rationale

Peacock Perfection Garter: plainNfancy

GOTTA HAVE IT: Pin It In

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Alison in Gotta Have It

Hair up? Hair down? Maybe you’re still deciding.

Hair sparkly? Now we’re talkin’! No matter what you decide to style your locks on the big day, here’s your opportunity to make a statement with pretty accessories. Headbands are always a classic option. Flowers definitely set your style. But you can’t go wrong with the simplicity and femininity of jeweled hair pins.

You gotta have the Vanessa Hair Pins by One World Designs Bridal Jewelry! The Northern California-based jewelry designer sells her designs on etsy and customizes her pieces for each unique bride. I love her many different kinds of jewelry, but I’m especially attracted to these hair pins and how they complete the bridal look.

Delicate hair jewels like these can be secured to your wedding day hairstyle and glisten perfectly under your veil a you sparkle your way down to the chuppah!

Visit One World Designs via web site, blog, and etsy store!

Photos by Lilia Photography and hair style by Armando Sarabia of Get Your Do Up.

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GOTTA HAVE IT: Colorful Shoes

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Alison in Gotta Have It, Inside Scoop

Nothing screams style like a bride in a colorful pair of shoes. WWCBD? (What Would Carrie Bradshaw Do?) Ask your photographer to snap some photos of just your ankles and shoes so you can pay tribute to your fabulous feet and stylish stems. Love love LOVE colorful tootsies peeking out from under the dress. On a day that’s full of tradition, take a walk on the wild side in some color! Go big or go home. Wear ’em loud and proud. Kick up your heels and smile for the camera: you are one beautiful bride!

colorful-shoes-peeking-through-wedding-dresses!