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Decorating my wedding venue with plants is becoming quite a creative project. I’ve been learning loads of new things about growing flowers and ivy… and last week I learned a whole new craft. My Mum and I visited Christine Brewster of www.stripeybasket.co.uk in Englefield, Reading, and learned willow weaving. mayan calendar 2012 I had only [...]

Marrying in March means some of my home-grown decorations will be spring bulbs – daffodils and crocuses to bloom alongside my cyclamen and primroses, along with plenty of foliage and borrowed pot plants. September, I have learned, is the month for planting your spring bulbs. So this weekend I was out buying crocus and daffodil [...]

I am having my wedding  dress made by ethical dressmaker Jo Mackin of Wholly Jo’s… and this week I tried it on for the very first time! Jo has been busy over the last few weeks making my ‘toile’ dress – a mock-up dress made of very cheap fabric bought from a charity shop.  The [...]

Of all the things that I knew would be contentious about my wedding (the absence of meat, the absence of religion…) the last thing I expected to stir people up was my wedding registry. Like many couples, we’ve lived together for some time and instead of registering for household items, opted to register through a [...]

I’ve not posted for a couple of weeks as Phil and I have been away on holiday, visiting one of my cousins who will be a bridesmaid next year, and staying with two of our friends who are also shortly getting married.    One of the things I love most about planning a wedding is [...]

One of my biggest ‘green guilt’ dilemmas is our honeymoon. Phil and I have always desperately wanted to visit China. As soon as we talk about our honeymoon we can imagine it straight away – three weeks backpacking from Hong Kong to Beijing followed by a week in the Phillipines to dive some of the [...]

After much deliberation, our green wedding has gone indoors. Holding our wedding in a field was an idea we originally had when we went to a pagan wedding held by two of our very good friends. They were married outside, by a blacksmith. We all watched them give their vows and they received metal sculptures [...]

In the wake of Leo’s film ‘Blood Diamond’, conflict free diamonds have hit the headlines in a big way.  No longer is the mention of conflict free carbon met with a blank look and a ‘huh?’.  Now it’s a, ‘oh, like in that film…’.  But was the film too little too late? Or have the issues [...]

Weddings can impact the environment in all sorts of mysterious ways. Take tree frogs for example. The other day Phil and I went to watch a presentation all about how the trans-Amazonian highway is changing the rainforest. For the economies of Peru and Brazil to survive in the world market, they need a road to [...]

And finally… To close this challenge I thought it was appropriate to search for fair trade photograph albums and frames… Albums Rose Petal Album from Myakka Wedding Album from Fairly Goods Mother of Pearl Album (also in red) from Ganesha Handmade paper Album from Shared Earth Gold blockprint Album from People Tree Satin & Bamboo [...]