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Green Weddings

1. Live Simply and Use Less

November 20, 2008 Green Wedding Trends

“A truly green economy means living lightly on the Earth with simple, joyful elegance.” (From Co-op America, first principle) I really love the “simple, joyful elegance” part. Really says love, really says a gathering of friends and family : really says Weddings. (Sorry bridezilla!) Let’s talk about ‘simple’ for a while. What is simple? What [...]

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Co-op America’s 25 Ways to Green the World

November 20, 2008 Green-Weddings-Values

Taking inspiration from Co-op America’s Quarterly Feature, we’re going to apply 25 Ways to Green the World, to Green Weddings and Events. Since weddings are a time for joy, exuberance and being great hosts, we will favor generosity (of spirit AND objects) over, ummm, hyper minimalism.

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Mickey Attends an InviteSite Wedding

November 10, 2008 Invitesite Stationery

What a fun and beautiful event with ears on! InviteSite (and Helen personally) catches special mention at an event attended by Mickey. Thank you, Tim and Melanie.

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Jenna Bush is having a Green Wedding?

May 9, 2008 Green Wedding Trends

MSNBC reported today that Jenna is having an “Organic” Wedding. Wow. Green Weddings are now “Official”.

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Green Weddings and Earth Day

April 14, 2008 Green Wedding Business

Saturday 12th of April was Earth Day on the Promenade in Santa Monica, CA.  I spoke to a few of the organizations that are active, locally, about doing some workshops or getting more listings for Green Wedding vendors in local resources. Well, I was basically told that greening weddings and events (YIkes — in Hollywood!!) [...]

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More Lush

February 22, 2008 Green Wedding Invitations

Okay, back to the lush life – these are some of our garden eco wedding invitations From a recent bridal show — our first after being in business in for 13 years!

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Lush Green Weddings

February 18, 2008 Green Wedding Business

For SoCal green weddings, consider Angelique Weddings, a local green weddings expert. Lush lush lush. This is what Green Weddings can look like:  

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Green Business Conference

November 19, 2007 Green Wedding Business

Last week, I attended the Green Business Conference in San Francisco, run by Co-op America. http://www.coopamerica.org/greenbusiness/ It was fabulous and a completely carbon nuetral. Biodiesel Bus Transportation was provided by http://www.teacherwiththebus.com/ Highly recommend this company for weddings in the Bay area! Really fun. I am going to add Jens-Peter (the owner) to our resources list [...]

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Go Far, Quickly.

October 15, 2007 Green Wedding Business

Al Gore said it well, didn’t he? Congratulations! May this eco activism be more than a trend, more than a fad. We hope our niche as a green wedding supplier becomes obsolete very quickly!!

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The Glory of Hemp

October 3, 2007 Green Wedding Invitations

Timothy posted some great information about hemp oil yesterday. (check out his comment) Both flax and hemp could be considered the printer’s plants. There is more than a little elegance here: Flax oil (linseed oil) for printing and the flax (linen) fiber for papermaking. Hemp is a superior (and the original) fiber for papermaking. Hemp [...]

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