Witch's Balls

The Mazel Tov Glass team is bringing out the fright with this glass witch ball that was hand-blown at the Brooklyn Glass Studio in Brooklyn. Hung outdoors, a witch ball was a simple hollow glass sphere made in various colors. It was believed that witches were attracted to its beautiful colors.

Witch Ball created by Mazel Tov Glass in 2013

Once inside they became confused and unable to escape, lending protection and good energy to the household (like a mezuzah!). Sometimes the balls were filled with either herbs, to ward off evil, or string. In the English version, the visiting spirit would become entangled in the string preventing it from escaping or it would become too involved in pulling out the string thus keeping the household safe!

Check out the team creating this spooky hand-blown Witch Ball at Brooklyn Glass: 

Happy Halloween! And don't forget to check out our hand-blown glasses here.

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Wedding Vow Renewals: John & Jessica

Jazz guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli and singer Jessica Molaskey, a well known husband-wife duo, celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary on July 30, 2013 by renewing their vows at the Crocker Estate in St. Helena, CA. Paul Frank of Gemstone Vineyards, officiated the ceremony.

One of the guests, Joe Cosgriff, author of “World on a String,” a book about John Pizzarelli, presented the couple with a Mazel Tov Glass for John to step on at the ceremony.

John and Jessica about to step on the glass

Stepping on the glass!

The shards were returned to the Mazel Tov Glass team to be made into a hand blown bouquet vase for the couple to have and use as a memory of their special day.

Mazel Tov Glass shards

Here is the finished heirloom piece! Visit MazelTovGlass.com for information on how to get your special heirloom.


Photo credit: Steven Freeman 2013

John and Jessica's heirloom piece 

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MTG Celebrates NJ Marriage Equality

Peter and Bob's Ceremony

Congratulations; at last, Marriage Equality arrives in New Jersey! Many couples in New Jersey are rushing to make their wedding plans. 

Why not incorporate a unique Mazel Tov Glass ritual into your wedding ceremony?

Choose two contrasting hand-blown glasses for you each to step on. We combine the colored glass shards and create a keepsake of your marriage moment for you to use and enjoy.

Happy couple Florrie and Barbara prepping to step

The Jewish tradition of stepping on a glass at the wedding ceremony represents the fragility of relationships. This tradition has been incorporated into all types of marriage ceremonies of various denominations and genders.

Holly and Nancy's Turquoise & White Ginger Jar

The Mazel Tov Glass ceremony includes two different colored glasses that brides or grooms step on at the ceremony. The combing of two different colored glasses into one vessel represents intertwining of the lives of two loving people.

In support of NJ we are offering a Mazel Tov Glass Special:

When you buy one glass get one free FREE when you purchase a Something Special package! 

Click here for more information and call us at 212-219-2092 to purchase this special package!

Mazel Tov Glass Memories

MTG Memories: Kelsey and Tommy's Wedding

There's nothing like capturing that special moment as the groom steps on the wedding glass. We shared that moment with friends Kelsey and Tommy at their wedding.

 As the couple made their way out of the church, they paused at the doorway. Tommy  stepped on the green Mazel Tov Glass as the guests joyously shouted "Mazel Tov!"

To top off the celebrations, the bride and her bridesmaids performed a soft shoe dance number for us all to enjoy at the reception!

Photo credits to Max Flatow Photography

The couple’s green wedding shards will be used to create hand-blown wine glasses. Check out more information about our hand-blown wine glasses here.

Beach Weddings!

It's pretty hot out there, especially if you're in the northeast like we are!  Perfect time for a beach wedding, so we thought we'd share some of our favorite examples of really beautiful beach weddings. There are so many ways to create the perfect beach wedding, from classic to exotic…what are some examples you've seen and loved?

Beautiful blue/green theme in Australia:

Little chapel by the Sea…Nautical Themed wedding in Southern California:

Beautiful beach chuppah idea:

This is from a wedding shoot, but we couldn't help including it…why not pose with a surfboard for the photos of your beach wedding? 

The Breaking of the Glass

The "stepping on" or "breaking of" the glass is a well-known and long-standing tradition in Jewish weddings, and the wedding tradition around which the concept for Mazel Tov Glass is built. But, how did the tradition begin and what is the significance behind it?  There are many different answers, and most of them coincide with one another and complement each other.

One of our most favorite explanations can be found on Chabad.com which links the together the remembrance of the destruction of the Holy Temple with the concept that you and your soulmate were connected as one soul before separating into two halves, which found each other and and came back together, never to be apart again.  

What we like best is that the two elements of this explanation both contain the fundamental, and beautiful, concept of unity, and the idea that no matter what you believe in, a wedding is a ceremony of two separate people (and families) coming together to fuse their lives into one.

What are your favorite explanations of the breaking of the glass?

Great Gatsby-Themed Weddings

Have you seen Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby remake yet?  We're huge fans of the book, and the gorgeous 1920s style that absolutely saturates the film.  So it wasn't a surprise to see some Gatsby-themed weddings cropping up…jazz bands, vintage champagne towers, flapper-style hair and dress…we just had to share some of these:

Check out more Gatsby-style weddings here, and check out TheKnot.com for more Gatsby-themed ideas that you can incorporate into your wedding!