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Posted in Vintage weddings on Aug 31st, 2008 No Comments »
This week we welcome Ruth Singer of Ruth Singer Bridal as our featured supplier. If you want to introduce a touch of vintage style to your wedding, Ruth has it all sewn up (excuse the pun!) as you shall discover…
Name: Ruth Singer
Location: Leicester, Midlands
Tell us a bit about yourself and your business [...]
Posted in Real ethical and green weddings on Aug 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
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You’ve got your head screwed on properly (always a good thing I think), you’re down-to-earth, no nonsense… this wedding m’larkey is not going to freak you out. You will not – repeat NOT – become the next bridezilla.
After all, you’re here at Ethical Weddings, you’re thinking about the impact your wedding will have on the [...]
Posted in Special offers on Aug 27th, 2008 No Comments »
This week’s featured supplier, Fruto del Espiritu, is delighted to offer couples ordering a Taster Pack – 6-Bottle Mixed Case – by 30 September 2008 and quoting “Ethical Weddings” when asked for delivery instructions, 10% off the cost of fruit ordered for weddings celebrated by 30 September 2009.
Alternatively, if you prefer, we will put the [...]
Posted in Food and Drink on Aug 25th, 2008 No Comments »
This week’s featured supplier has a great story to tell. Fruto del Espiritu offer exotic fruit purées from Colombia that make heavenly cocktails and have earned a place in leading cocktail bars such as that of The Dorchester Hotel.
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At the same time, they’re making a real difference back in Colombia. [...]
Posted in Green weddings on Aug 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
The Fair Trade Wedding List company – and Ethical Weddings supplier - Fairgift®, is offering help to any Wrapit customers worried about their wedding list. They are also offering advice for couples thinking about setting up an online wedding list for the first time.
With the recent announcement that the wedding list company Wrapit has gone into [...]
Posted in Food and Drink, Wedding venues on Aug 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Green wedding venue, Gants Mill has had a wonderful summer for weddings this year with pretty much every Saturday getting snapped up!
And little wonder when you see what a beautiful setting the old (still working!) mill makes. Greg at Gants Mill has put together a little video of some of their summer weddings this [...]
Posted in Green weddings on Aug 17th, 2008 No Comments »
We had a fantastic time at the Sussex EcoFair last month. Not only did I get the chance to get up on the catwalk and strut my stuff but we showed the good people of Sussex that fair can well and truly be fashionable!
The fashion show was split into 3 different themes with our Ethical [...]
Posted in Weddings on Aug 15th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve revealed the slow progress we came up with beforehand. Now it’s relieving for me that we have the month fixed (and we’re still rummaging around for the date).
It’s kind of funny how it was pretty much convoluted earlier to talk about the ‘when’ with my family, in particular my father and my older brother, [...]
Posted in Gift Lists on Aug 13th, 2008 No Comments »
So you don’t want toasters and tea towels for your wedding presents… you’ve got quite enough of those (thank you very much for asking). But how about something a little different… a Village Vet Starter Kit? Or a Primary School Tree Nursery?
Intrigued? It’s time to introduce you to our featured supplier for the next [...]
Posted in Green weddings on Aug 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
In late July, I attended my brother’s sister-in-law’s ‘mainstream’ wedding reception. As my family and her family are now a big family (since my brother married her older sister), her mother asked my stepmom and I to dress alike in kebayas—Indonesian typical ‘formal’ dress for women (she even gave us the fabric for the dress)—for [...]