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Win a personalised framed ‘Our Story Lifemap’, by Illustries worth Â£175!

05/11/2014 by Karen

Anyone who knows me will be aware of how much I’m obsessed with good design and beautiful typography. In fact, in a past life I ran a design consultancy where I lived and breathed graphic design. So I’m totally thrilled to be teaming up with Illustries to give one lucky reader a stunning ‘Our Story Lifemap’ printed on deliciously thick premium paper, and beautifully framed.

So what is a Life Map? It’s essentially a completely bespoke piece of wall art using hand-drawn illustrations, funky and fun notes and designed in your wedding colour scheme, to ensure that the piece is totally personalised for you!

It would make the perfect gift to yourself and your fiancà© (or for another happy couple that you know), and I think it would also make for a really fun reception talking point.

I’m speaking at ‘Brides The Show’ and to celebrate I’m giving away 20 pairs of tickets!

18/09/2014 by Karen

Today I have some very exciting news for all UK Smashing The Glass brides-to-be! I’ve been asked by the wonderful team at Brides The Show to speak at their fabulous super luxe wedding show on Sunday 5th October, and I couldn’t be more thrilled!

I’ll be sharing the sofa with the lovely Charley from London Bride and together we’ll be telling you all our secrets on how to source the best bridal inspiration online, and what the top planning resources on the internet are.

Alongside our On The Sofa chat, you”ll also find an absolute dream line up of exhibitors, an awe-inspiring Imagination Room, and a breathtaking catwalk show. Oh, and you’ll also be able to pamper yourself with bubbles from the Laurent-Perrier Champagne Bar, and test out your big day look with a team of professional make up artists.

Everything’s been carefully curated under one roof to help you plan your perfect wedding, and put it this way, if the show were a department store, it’d be Liberty! It’s so gorgeously curated with an assemblage of brands so carefully edited that it makes for the ultimate wedding “little black book”, and I’m so delighted to be a part of it.

Brides The Show is running from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th October 2014 at Islington’s Business Design Centre in North London, and I’m giving away 20 pairs of tickets for Sunday 5th October (the day I’m speaking!) to you, my lovely readers.

Win a romantic overnight stay at the capital’s hippest new luxury hotel, Rosewood London

01/08/2014 by Karen

I’m the first person to suggest that you try and think outside the (fancy hotel) box when it comes to choosing your wedding venue, but on visiting the sumptuous new Rosewood London, I had a change of heart — I was most definitely wowed.

On entering the Edwardian cobblestoned courtyard (formerly used for horse-drawn carriages) the tone was set, and the more I explored it the more I loved it… British heritage combined with contemporary twists, a hip aesthetic and lots of thoughtful touches. Rosewood London stands out from other luxury hotels in that there isn’t an air of stuffiness or passà© about it — it oozes a breezy, sophisticated vibe and their playful and idiosyncratic details really appealed to my creative side.

The hotel opened nine months ago following an £85million makeover and is already set to be central London’s most in-demand wedding venue for fashionable nuptials, indeed one of their beautiful Jewish weddings has already been featured on the pages of Smashing The Glass!

I’m prone to spoiling my lovely readers and now one of you lucky lot (together with the love of your life) is going to experience the amazing Rosewood London for yourself. Yes, I’m giving you the chance to win an indulgent romantic overnight stay at London’s hippest new luxury hotel!

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Win Â£100 to spend on bridal lingerie with Rose Fulbright, plus a 30% discount for every reader

09/07/2014 by Karen

A few weeks ago Mr STG arrived home and told me that he’d stopped by a very cool pop up shop called ‘WISE Creative’ in Marylebone, packed full of quality, independent British brands. He had been served by a lovely woman called Rose, who is co-founder of WISE, and the owner of the super-chic luxury lingerie label, Rose Fulbright.

My always-entrepreneurial hubby immediately spotted that my readers would love Rose’s exquisite silhouette designs and told me that it might be an idea to contact her about a collaboration. Well I know that wives aren’t known for saying this about their husbands, but he was absolutely right! I’m completely taken with Rose’s gorgeous designs, seaming and finish, and I know that you will be too.

Her lingerie oozes femininity, and what’s more I love the fact that you can personalise the garments for your special day with a bespoke monogramming service. I very much wanted to incorporate my new initials into my wedding day and I did so by putting a necklace on after the ceremony, made up of my new initials, but I have to admit that monogramming my lingerie would have been even sexier!