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2018/19 Real Blogging Brides: Introducing Rebecca + David: How They Met To The Present Day…

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Today on the blog we’re introducing our 5th gorgeous bride from our crop of 2018 and 2019 Real Jewish Brides! Please give a warm welcome to Rebecca who will be marrying David on 7th October 2018 at a secret location in Israel!

THREE FACTS: (1) Rebecca and David met on JSwipe (so old school we know 😉 (2) They are having a destination wedding in Israel at a secret location! (3) They are getting married on Rebecca’s grandparents wedding anniversary (who have been married for 64 years). We LOVE that!


How We Met

David and I met one year ago, so it really has been a bit of a whirlwind! I had been single for about a year and a half and was pretty happy being single! I was enjoying time with my friends and had recently moved into a flat in West Hampstead. I was turning 30 in the summer and my best friend and I had just booked a huge road trip round the USA ending in Las Vegas. I was dating and of course wanted to meet someone but was being relaxed about it having lots to look forward to!

One night last year in March I was swiping on Jswipe and I came across David. We had lots of mutual friends, one of which being my best friend I had just booked my holiday with, so when we matched I instantly called her and said ‘who’s’ this?!’ to which she replied ‘OMG I love him he’s a really good friend you should definitely go on a date with him – I don’t think he’s THE ONE but I think you will fancy him and he is super tall’.

Being 5ft8 height is a REAL thing for me. I was like ‘how tall’ and she said ‘put it this way, you will be able to wear your highest heels’. To which I was delighted! I am 5ft 8 (my brother is 6ft7 and my sister is 5ft11 — I have no idea where we have come from!).

The struggle is really real for tall Jewish girls to find a tall Jewish man, I was so sick of wearing flats and worrying about how tall someone was — so knowing he was tall I already knew my outfit for the first date!

My friend messaged David saying you have matched with my friend and if he wanted my number — all he said was ‘oh she’s hot and he will have a look’. I wait 1 week and receive NO MESSAGE FROM HIM! I am obviously furious so decide to take matters in my own hand and message him first! #independentwoman (He still to this day said the app was “deleted” which is why he didn’t message me as he didn’t see it!)

We start messaging and we get on like a house on fire and start to arrange a first date. I am originally from Leeds and it was round Peseach last year so was back home for the holiday, so we waited to meet up for a drink after.

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Membership Intake to VIB Club (our Members Club for Jewish and Jew-ish Brides) closes today!

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Are you engaged and planning your Jewish or Jew-ish wedding? If you’re hanging out on Smashing The Glass, chances are you are – yay !!! Well first of all BIG MAZALS(!), and second of all you may very well want IN on my Members Club for Jewish + Jew-ish Brides before the doors close today, Thursday April 26!

If you sometimes feel overwhelmed or stressed by all the decisions to make, or are in any way time-poor whilst planning your W Day, or you just want to take advantage of the 100’s of vendor discounts and gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars (or pounds!), and all handpicked by me to meet my rigorous standards, the VIB Club is for you.

Day or night, pick my brains, receive instant expert advice, personalized vendor recommendations, epic bridal masterclasses and ‘Ask The (non-judgemental) Rabbi’ sessions, plus the unconditional support we all need when organizing the biggest day of our lives (whether or not you’re using a wedding planner).

I have to be honest, I’m absolutely obsessed with VIB Club (VIB stands for Very Important Bride) as I LOVE diving deep with brides and assisting in a more personal way, but don’t just take my word for it, here’s what Catherine, one of our members planning a Jewish wedding in New York City, has to say about how VIB Club has transformed her wedding planning:


And have a listen to another much-loved member, Yael (below) planning her Jew-ish destination wedding to her gorgeous non-Jewish fiancà© this coming summer. Here’s what she has to say about VIB Club and ALL the benefits!


Inside VIB Club you really can say  goodbye to wedding overwhelm and stress. It’s a safe (in-law free!) space where I’m always on hand to advise you personally with your wedding plans — however and whenever you need assistance.

I’m closing the doors tomorrow to ensure a bespoke service and would LOVE to see you in there to empower you to have your wedding your way.

Find out more, and join up here – I can’t wait to help you plan the wedding of your dreams – let’s do it!

PS Every member gets one of these gorgeous Smash Glass Pouches (below) for under the chuppah too… just one of the many VIB perks!

’Smashing Summit’ Full Replay Featuring Mindy Weiss, Monique Lhuillier, Ron Ben-Israel, Galia Lahav’s Chief Designer and many more!

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Seriously, how AMAZING was January’s Smashing Summit?

Four hours worth of wedding industry superstars (we’re talking Mindy Weiss, Monique Lhuillier, Ron Ben-Israel, Galia Lahav‘s Chief Designer, Duke Photography, Bruce Russell, Blake Ezra, Food Story, and host of other icons expertly  answering ALL your Jewish (and Jew-ish) wedding questions.

The Summit celebrated our brand new (and already very in demand!) Members Club where brides save time, save money (hello 10% vendor discount!), get matched with their perfect wedding vendors, receive the coolest Smash Glass Pouch ever, AND get advised directly by me and a community of sophisticated fellow brides

 

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Talking with Bruce Russell about ‘How to create a wedding that reflects who you are and what is important to you’ at the Smashing SummitSmashing Summit Smashing The Glass
Showing off the Smash Glass Pouch at the Smashing Summit!Smashing The Glass Smashing SummitReal Bride and Groom, Caroline and Robbie (and Bruce Russell in the background!) enjoying the music of Jonny Mosesson at the Summit

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Our Valentine’s Day Gift to You!

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Happy Valentine’s Day! What are you up to today? I’ll be having a cosy, intimate dinner at home with Mr STG this evening which I’m really looking forward to, but before that there’s some very exciting business to attend to!

You see, this Valentine’s morning I’m opening the doors to our shiny new private Facebook community for our Members Club Brides (a.k.a. known as VIB’s — Very Important Brides) where ALL the community action goes on, and it’s going to be ALL-SORTS-OF-FABULOUS!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last two weeks, you’ll have heard of (and many of you are already signed up to!) our fabulous new Members Club for Jewish and Jew-ish Brides — the VIB Club — that we launched two weeks ago at our epic Smashing Summit.

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Smash Glass Pouches (as above – gorgeous, right?!) have been posted out to VIB’s, and Wedding Vendor discounts have been claimed, but it’s only today that we are opening the doors to the VIB Club Facebook community where SO much of the action is happening!

What goes on inside the Members Club Facebook Community?

There’ll be ‘Ask The Rabbi’ sessions, Wedding Hashtag Masterminds, live interactive bridal masterclasses with Jewish wedding experts who ‘get it’, Bride’s Hot Seat (where I go split screen inside the group with one Bride and solve all her wedding planning issues live), a community of brides all over the world seeking advice and helping one another other, and SO much more!

And with today being the official day of love, I couldn’t let it pass by without giving YOU a gift with love from STG:

Here’s your 10 day access-all-areas pass inside the private VIB Club Facebook Community — just for you!

Just be aware though, that your 10 day access pass will not entitle you to any VIB discounts, gifts, or the limited-edition Smash Glass Pouch.

Next Sunday February 25th, should you not choose to sign up to become a VIB, you will lose access to the group and all the action, experts, advice, challenges, discussions, and community inside.

But should you choose to sign up I will:

  1. Be jumping for joy that I can get hands-on and help plan your wedding with you. YAY!
  2. Post you your limited edition Smash Glass Pouch
  3. Unlock you access to 100’s of handpicked wedding vendor discounts and gifts covering all budgets, locations and styles of wedding. These are vendors handpicked by me that I know well and personally recommend. The best in the business — who are just as emotionally invested in your wedding day as you are. 

I would SO love you to make this relationship official and have you sign up as a VIB  as there is SO much more to being a VIB then just the Facebook community. But for starters, experience everything the community has to offer with our 10 day access-all-areas pass. Just click here! 

I can’t wait to see you inside!

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Introducing Smashing The Glass’s VIB Club – Our Brand New Members Club for Jewish (and Jew-ish!) Brides

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OMG — the day has arrived! At last night’s AMAZING Smashing Summit I revealed details of our brand new VIB Club (VIB stands for Very Important Bride), our brand new private members club for Jewish (and Jew-ish!) brides, where you’ll have fun, save time and money, and be advised and inspired directly by me and your own personal team of world-class wedding experts.

Oh… and you’ll also receive a limited edition Smash Glass Pouch (below) which you cannot buy  anywhere for love nor money — they’re totally exclusive to VIB Club members! 

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Get ready to smash your wedding planning with me, my team, the industry’s biggest names AND a private club of Jewish brides-to-be all around the world. 

We’re talking FULL SUPPORT here ladies. 

Let’s plan the biggest day of your life TOGETHER inside the VIB Club (and there’s a discounted founding members price for the first 100 members, so be sure to get in there quick!)

Find out more about the VIB Club here

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