Posted in Wedding rings on Oct 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Our recycled gold rings from GreenKarat.com, which I have talked about a couple of times on this blog now, arrived this week. Beautiful Dreamer move 2012 dvd They are absolutely beautiful! I can really recommend them. We went for the simplest recycled gold rings that GreenKarat do, in white gold with what they call a [...]
Posted in Press on Oct 28th, 2007 No Comments »
I can’t quite believe I’m telling you this but I did an interview last week about the popularity of ethical weddings in the UK … in French! Yep, I dragged my university French out of the cupboard (hey, it was only 7 years ago!) and agreed to do an interview for Europe 1. I admit, [...]
Woman’s Own Dream Weddings are on the lookout for a bride who has already celebrated her glorious green day in an ethical way ideally this year but 2006 would be great too. Their perfect match is a sophisticated woman of 35 plus who managed to maintain both ethics and glamour while tying the knot. If [...]
Posted in Wedding dresses on Oct 19th, 2007 3 Comments »
There was a recent discussion on one of my favorite wedding blogs regarding the wastefulness of the trendy “Trash the Dress” photos. I completely agree, except for the notion that sealing up and saving your dress is equally wasteful. I proudly wore my Mother’s dress from 1978 and it made for an eco-friendly, and meaningful [...]
After our post on ethical weddings in Europe The Killing dvdrip the other day, we were chuffed to receive an email from a Norwegian bride, happy to share her ethical wedding experience with us. Over to Torhild… “I’m Norwegian and have been subscribing to your newsletter since spring. I got married August 11th, and it was [...]
Posted in Charity on Oct 16th, 2007 No Comments »
I just spotted this and couldn’t resist a quick post… even though I’m supposed to be working on the new Ethical Weddings website! According to the Peterborough Telegraph, Wood Green Animal Shelters has been granted a licence to perform Civil Marriage, Civil Partnerships and Naming Ceremonies at their Godmanchester site – they think the first [...]
Posted in Eco living on Oct 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Sometimes I have a hard time writing for this blog because I don’t know whether certain terms I use are uniquely American, or understood abroad. Then again my husband didn’t know the what the phrase “nesting” meant either, though once I explained it, he realized that’s exactly what we’re going through. Now that the wedding’s [...]
Posted in Weddings on Oct 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Decorating my wedding venue with plants is becoming quite a creative project. I’ve been learning loads of new things about growing flowers and ivy… and last week I learned a whole new craft. My Mum and I visited Christine Brewster of www.stripeybasket.co.uk in Englefield, Reading, and learned willow weaving. mayan calendar 2012 I had only [...]
Growing Op A month ago, or so, I posted about the entry deadline to feature your vegan wedding in VegNews magazine. Today I’m excited to announce, that Tim and I were chosen to be featured along with seven other couples! The issue won’t be out until next spring (it’s the May/June 2008 issue), but we [...]