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Archive for July, 2008

My dad came to see me the other week to help with my accounts (interpret: do them for me because I’m lazy) and while he was here I asked if he wanted to see The Venue.
Given the choice of that or a million receipts for 80p which all need logging and filing somewhere - anywhere! [...]

As featured supplier of the week, our ethical wedding stationery expert, Dee of cherrygorgeous, is offering all couples the chance to get 10% off her exquisite ethical invites (and other wedding stationery).
Just quote “ethical08” when placing your order.
All orders must be placed by 31 August to take advantage of this offer.
 
So what are you waiting [...]

For some people, recycled stationery still conjures up images of grainy coarse paper that might be worthy but lacks a little finesse.  Dee, of cherrygorgeous, our featured supplier of the week is thankfully providing proof that things have changed with her - well, the name says it already - gorgeous wedding stationery.
Read on to find [...]

We have not 1 but 2 fantastic offers for all our nothern brides today! Our featured supplier of the week, Butterflies of Blairgowrie, based in Scotland, has very generously put together these special offers for Ethical Weddings readers:
OFFER 1: 10% off!
Get a 10% discount on wedding flowers for all weddings booked by 31 August 2008
OFFER 2: [...]

Today we have the lovely Beatriz of Butterflies of Blairgowrie here to talk to you about her passion for flowers and for the environment…
Name: Beatriz Custodio-Strachan
Location: Blairgowrie - Scotland
Tell us a bit about yourself and your business
I grew up watching the women in my family create beauty with flowers. Photos that are reminders of this have [...]

If you can’t wait for your fix of ethical fashion at the Horsham EcoFair this Sunday, feast your eyes on this tasty confection courtesy of the Urbanites, aka Nicole Da Silva and Phong Nguyen from Hackney Community College - as spotted on SmartPlanet.
 
The pair took an old wedding dress from a charity shop and worked their [...]

Find out what my friends and I are getting up to in the world of ethical fashion!
While Primark reels from Panorama’s high profile attack, 3 ethics girls from Sussex set out to show the fairer face of fashion at the Horsham EcoFair this month.
At 2pm on Sunday 20 July, three ethical businesswomen from Sussex will be striding [...]

The BBC is looking for a UK-based couple who are getting married before the end of 2008 to appear in a well-established fun loving and practical prime time magazine show on BBC2.
They say:
“We would like to find a couple who are holding a green wedding before the end of the year and who would like [...]

This week’s featured supplier, Give It gives the happy couple a chance to share some of that happiness on their wedding day by having a charity wedding gift list.  Here’s Andy to tell you all about it…
Name: Andy Hickey
Location: Hertfordshire
Tell us a bit about yourself and your business
Give It was set up in 2004 by [...]

While it’s not an especially ethical wedding question, we do get a fair few emails asking about where you’re allowed to get married.  It often seems hugely complicated for something that you’d expect to be quite simple! (Read some of our ‘Where can I get married?’ questions and answers)
So I was thrilled to read this [...]

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