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 [...]
Just lately I seem to have been getting more impassioned pleas for help with bridesmaid dresses than wedding dresses.
I suppose it is a tricky subject. On the one hand, your bridesmaids should of course be eternally grateful to you for being ‘the chosen ones’, the select few who will guide you through your transition from [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
With just days to go before the big day, I probably shouldn’t even be taking a few minutes to write on here, but I know that if I don’t, it will be a whirlwind and a new surname away before I get around to it!
One thing that this ethical wedding journey has taught me is [...]
The Proposal was a fairly lack-lustre affair. We had both been ill with a vicious flu-style bug, and off work for about two weeks. I was beginning to think I would never be well again, and if Toby whinged about feeling crap one more time I was going to kill him with my snot.
He started [...]
This week’s featured supplier is a dress designer with a mission to celebrate feminine curves in beautiful, unique and, of course, ethical wedding dresses. Over to Joanne of Wholly Jo’s…
Name: Joanne Mackin
Location: West London
A bit about the business:
Wholly Jo’s is the name of my wedding dress design company based in West London which specialises in [...]
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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 [...]