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This week we give a warm welcome to Deborah of Swoon Wedding Gowns.  Find out how Deborah started Swoon after her own personal search for a once worn wedding dress…
Name: Deborah Kidd
Location:Surrey
Tell us a bit about yourself and your business
Swoon is a Once Worn designer wedding dress agency which came about when I was looking [...]

We’re thrilled to welcome back Wenona Napolitano, author of The Everything Green Wedding Book (out in December) who follows up her feature on vintage wedding gowns with an exploration of wooden wedding rings.  Over to Wenona…
Has the truth about dirty gold and blood diamonds made you afraid to even consider purchasing a new engagement ring [...]

This week’s featured supplier is one to make your mouth water. The Organic Chocolate Cake Company’s creations are scrumptious sculptures which it seems a shame to eat… but believe me, you should! I shall now hand you over to the enthusiastic and frenetic founder, Dominic, to tell you more…
Your name: Dominic Vyvyan-Jones
Location: Bristol
Tell us a [...]

Has your world gone wedding mad? Maybe it’s time to TAWC about it!
TAWC - The Authentic Wedding Connection - is back in Brighton next Thursday 23 October at 7.30pm.

It’s a chance for you to meet up with other soon-to-be-weds and newlyweds to swap ideas and advice, both practical and emotional, clear your head, scream with [...]

If you want your wedding stationery to reflect your values, look no further than Vinati’s Paper whose Indian, Tibetan, Persian, Oriental and European textiles and motifs on handmade paper using traditional printing methods will leave your guests in no doubt that sustainable can be stylish…
Your name: Vinati Gupta de Souza
Location: Studio One, 7 Chalcot Road, [...]

If the big day has come and gone and your green bride conscience won’t let you leave that dress hanging on the hook, why not redo ‘I do’… for charity?

The Big I DO REDO is a charity ball that lets you squeeze into THAT dress and slip into THOSE heels again, to re-celebrate your marriage [...]

Jo Lawbuary and Purnendu Roy set up Ganesha back in 1995. A fair trade partnership with shops on London’s South Bank and in Covent Garden, Ganesha’s gorgeous goodies are also available online with their fair trade gift list a particuarly tempting proposition for fair-minded couples!
Over to Jo and Purnendu…
Name: Jo Lawbuary + Purnendu Roy
Location: [...]

I left the National Wedding Show last week - at which I tried but failed to talk convincingly on flower colour schemes and how to hold your bouquet - with mixed feelings.
On the one hand, it was encouraging to see a growing number of green-minded exhibitors, from tree wedding favours to charity gift lists, wedding [...]