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 [...]
This week we’re heading across the Atlantic to chat with Robyn of The Rental Company who makes it easy for couples to go green on their wedding day…
Name: Robyn Allison
Location: Holland, Michigan, USA
Tell us a bit about yourself and your business
We are an events rental company providing high end products and service to customers in [...]
Well, it’s only a few weeks till the big day, and I’m searching the web for the last few bits and pieces. At the moment I’m looking on ebay for some white umbrellas – it seems that a lot of people sell their white umbrellas on ebay after the wedding, having never taken them out [...]
Posted in Bridalwear, Decorations and tableware, Ethical brides, Ethical gold, Ethical weddings, Flowers, Gift Lists, Green weddings, Invitations, Jewellery and accessories, Real ethical and green weddings, Shoes, Wedding cakes, Wedding dresses, Wedding rings on May 14th, 2008 2 Comments »
I’ve had a long absence from this blog… while I enjoyed my wedding and my month long honeymoon!
Everything was a huge success and Phil and I enjoyed every minute of our day. So here’s a little list of the best and the worst of our green successes and failures, for anyone who is planning to [...]
Posted in Bridalwear, Decorations and tableware, Eco wedding, Ethical brides, Ethical weddings, Flowers, Food and Drink, Green weddings, Invitations, Organic, Real ethical and green weddings, Wedding dresses, Wedding rings, Wedding stationery, Wedding venues on Apr 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
For today’s post, we’re delighted to feature an account from our wonderful web designers, Make Hay, of their preparations for their very soon-to-be-celebrated wedding! Over to Vicky…
As mine and Jez’s big day approaches and most of the preparations are in place I thought I would steal a little time to reflect and share my experience in planning our eco [...]
We get lots of emails at Ethical Weddings from brides and grooms trying to plan a more ethical and green wedding - so we thought it was about time we started to share them with you - especially as you might be able to help us answer them!
So today, we’re Stateside (virtually that is!) with [...]
Fairtrade Fortnight Week Two!
I wonder if you noticed any Fairtrade Fortnight events in town over the weekend? I overheard the words ‘fair trade’ several times as I was out and about. I also found various Sheffield Initiative for Fairtrade (SHIFT) posters, and saw a large Fairtrade banner on the town hall. In fact Sheffield [...]