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Green Wedding Tips

Green Book Review: Eco-Chic Weddings

May 27, 2010

Review summary: There aren’t too many green wedding books on the market. Eco-Chic Weddings is one of the better green wedding books though. There are many pros and very few cons packed into this small, but very useful green wedding manual – although the cover of this book managed to hurl me and my significant [...]

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Wacky Non-Green Wedding Tradition – Bridesmaids Paying for Dresses

May 17, 2010

My sister has been in oh, about 27 weddings over the last ten or so years (that estimate might be low). She’s recently started complaining about how she’s had to buy all these bridesmaid dresses costing anywhere from $150-$300+, not to mention shoes and worst of all, most of them she’ll NEVER wear again. It [...]

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Grow Your Own Green Wedding

May 3, 2010

There is an amazing older, but perfect for the season series at Telegraph.co.uk about growing your own wedding. From the flowers to the food, if you’ve already got a small plot of land, you can grow it all organically and save BIG bucks while keeping your wedding eco-friendly. The series from start to finish looks [...]

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DIY Green Wedding: Pyramid Love Box

January 10, 2010

The super talented and crafty Jeanne Winters made this sweet little pyramid box for her hubs on Valentine’s day, but it would also make a fantastic small wedding favor box, wedding card, or wedding table place marker. Winters’ notes that it was really easy to make with a simple template. You could hand write the [...]

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Five DIY Eco-Friendly Wedding Ideas

November 5, 2009

If you want a unique decor item, are short on cash, or just want to use resources responsibly for your green wedding, one of the best ways to do all three is to do some of your wedding yourself. Here are five DIY decor ideas that aren’t too hard, and all would work well for [...]

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Green Product Review – Scandle Body Candle

October 29, 2009

Today a product review of Scandle Candles for you – this could make a great wedding shower favor and it’d be excellent as a honeymoon gift. PRODUCT: Scandle Essentials 4oz Travel Tin in Uplifting Blend – Pink grapefruit & spearmint essential oils create the uplifting blend – this Scandle comes in a square lightweight travel [...]

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Organic Candied Flowers – DIY Edible Crystallized Flowers for Your Green Wedding

October 28, 2009

I’ve been a fan of candied flowers since the third grade when my teacher (who btw was never nice) did one nice thing – she held a candied flower workshop. We made candied lilacs, and ever since I’ve been into them. Candied flowers are perfect for a green wedding too; with many uses and eco-perks… [...]