After the Eco Chic Wedding and Home Show
Mar 9th, 2009 by Katie
We had a wonderful day at the Eco Chic Wedding & Home Show yesterday. The sun shone (most of the time!) and the Birmingham Botanical Gardens provided the most beautiful setting.
What made the Show was the great range of exhibitors who came along and of course the busy buzz of visitors perusing the gorgeous goodies on display, asking lots of questions about their ethical credentials – quite right too!
Fashion dahhling!
Two fabulous fashion shows went off in sustainable style featuring Dirty Pretty’s range of upcycled items, Motasem’s re-wearable wedding gown / cocktail dress range, gorgeous gowns from Worn Once with Love (that were snapped up quick smart by beady-eyed brides after the show) and the stunning eco gown, ‘Remnanta’ by Julie Dutton, created especially for the Show from scraps of fabric in her studio.
Our models were also thrilled to get the chance to wear delightfully delicate tiaras from exhibitors Papillon, Anna Clifton Jewellery and The Scarlet Room.
Talks & practical sessions
We enjoyed two beauty sessions courtesy of Sue at Forever Living Products and Melanie from The Body Shop at Home (see exhibitor list for details). Both left at least some of the audience with smoother skin than they came with!
Meanwhile, Jen Marsden, author of the Green Guide for Weddings gave a talk that covered all the bases on green wedding planning – from options for ethical wedding dresses to the type of confetti to throw at the newlyweds.
Get £2 off the Green Guide for Weddings until 30 April 2009. Just quote GGW09 when ordering online.
Eco hamper competition
The winner of our wonderful Eco Hamper was Ellie Kendall - and our thanks go to all those who contributed to the hamper:
Our thanks also to Wonderfully Relaxed and Angel Scent who provided pamper sessions as prizes for our Show competition, and to Eco My Party for the pretty decorations that fitted perfectly with the venue’s colour scheme.
More thank yous
Finally, we would just like to say a big thank you to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens for providing a fantastic venue, to our amazing volunteer models and helpers, to all our exhibitors who made the show such a success and to all the couples who made the effort to come and see what they had to offer.
We hope to see you all again next year! Watch this space…
Katie & Kate
Organisers of the Eco Chic Wedding & Home Show
Cross-posted from the Eco Chic Wedding & Home Show blog
I’m glad to hear of the success of the Show. Sorry I couldn’t make it – trains from Nottingham were a bit of a nightmare on Sunday as it turned out. Had to give up in the end as it was getting too late.
I think it’s a great thing – and looking forward to hearing about future events! I’m sure they will go from strength to strength!
I was luck enough to go to this event and had a lovely time. My fiance and I have been abel to find the most amazing wedding rings and we got loads of ideas from the event.
I had seen most of the exhibitors websites but it was so nice to meet the people behind the sites.
Great event and I hope there are more to come
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