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Posted in Food and Drink, Green weddings, Real ethical and green weddings, Wedding cakes on Aug 27th, 2007 3 Comments »
I know we vegans sometimes get a bad rep for being preachy or self-righteous. But I’ve always followed more of the “you catch more flies with honey” school of thought. Or in this case “more flies with plant-derived agave nectar” I suppose.
So my biggest hope with our vegan wedding catering was that we’d maybe make [...]
Posted in Carbon emissions on Aug 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
Once the big day is over, the green bride is often faced with an eco-dilemma, to dry clean or not to dry clean?
The solvents used in dry cleaning sadly aren’t so great for the environment - but when you’re dealing with a posh frock, you often don’t have a lot of choice…until now!
Trend spotting site, [...]
Posted in Green weddings, Wedding cakes on Aug 23rd, 2007 4 Comments »
My jaw nearly hit the floor when we saw the price of wedding cakes in the shops. Phil and I quickly decided that we would make our own – not just cheaper, but much easier to make sure the ingredients are ethically sourced… and most importantly of all, it gives us an excuse for lots [...]
Posted in Honeymoons, Relaxing & pampering, Responsible travel on Aug 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Tim and I have been married for just about a week now, and I still feel like we’re decompressing. Everything was beautiful and far exceeded my expectations. I’m waiting until I get more pictures to start writing about the day itself, but I have plenty of honeymoon pictures, documenting our amazing trip.
We went to the [...]
Posted in Green weddings on Aug 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Ow, my ankle hurts!!
That’ll be from jumping on the bandwagon then… yup, Ethical Weddings has gone and got a Facebook group…
Not entirely sure what we’re going to do with it yet but whatever it is, it’ll be fun! Will you be our Facebook friend?
Katie & Jamie
p.s. We also have a MySpace page with some gypsy jazz from [...]
Posted in Charity, Green weddings, Wedding fairs & wedding shows on Aug 17th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s a common accusation levelled at blushing brides that they think the sparkly ring on their left hand has the magic to make the world revolve around them!
Well, to prove that isn’t always the case, not only is today National Wedding Dress Day where brides and former brides are donning their dresses to raise money [...]
Posted in Charity, Green weddings on Aug 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Did you know that this Friday 17 August is National Wedding Dress Day?
I’m ashamed to say I only just found out - but rest assured I rushed to let you know as soon as I did!
The idea behind the day - organised by Take A Break magazine - is to raise money for charity by [...]
Posted in Green weddings, Wedding vows on Aug 10th, 2007 No Comments »
I love going to weddings (as you might imagine!) so I was really excited to be going to the wedding of an old school friend last weekend - especially as all my other school friends were coming along too!
We had a fantastic time (and the fabulous weather didn’t go amiss after so much rain either!) [...]
Posted in Green weddings on Aug 4th, 2007 4 Comments »
Recently I was reading a forum on another wedding site, wherein someone was criticizing her co-worker’s “supposed” green wedding, pointing out that their ceremony and reception site were over an hour’s drive away from each other. Naturally, this bride was called what I’ve come to find is the dreaded “H” word in environmentalism: “hypocrite.”
I agree [...]
Posted in Green weddings on Aug 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Last weekend I went to watch two of my greenest friends get married. Andy and Jane live on a smallholding with Andy’s parents, and together the family grow their own vegetables, keep sheep and chickens, make their own wine and beer and produce a lip-smackingly good honey with their own bees.
Andy and Jane, keen kayakers, [...]