Comments for ethicalweddings.com http://ethicalweddings.com/blog ethical weddings blog Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:45:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Bridesmaid dresses you can wear again…and again and again! by rachel http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/bridesmaid-dresses-you-can-wear-againand-again-and-again#comment-49559 rachel Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:18:32 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=672#comment-49559 Hi I am getting my bridesmaid dresses from Conscious Elegance. I am having a summer wedding so the dresses are cocktail length which is certainly easier for the girls to wear again (like to another wedding!) Beautiful silk based fabrics and made-to-measure for £164 each, not bad for ethical! www.consciouselegance.com , go to party frocks section and look at Amber style. Mine will be one colour in soft green. Hi

I am getting my bridesmaid dresses from Conscious Elegance. I am having a summer wedding so the dresses are cocktail length which is certainly easier for the girls to wear again (like to another wedding!) Beautiful silk based fabrics and made-to-measure for £164 each, not bad for ethical! http://www.consciouselegance.com , go to party frocks section and look at Amber style. Mine will be one colour in soft green.

]]> Comment on Overwhelmed by weddings by Waveney http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/overwhelmed-by-weddings#comment-49169 Waveney Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:19:42 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=815#comment-49169 What about just not going to wedding fairs ;) ? Do we really NEED to after all? They exist for the purpose of pushing 'stuff' at you. Websites like this are all you need at the end of the day - the info is there on what is out there, but without the in-your-face pressure to buy into anything and everything, and noone there to be critical of your less 'mainstream' decisions. I'm steering well clear! :D What about just not going to wedding fairs ;) ? Do we really NEED to after all? They exist for the purpose of pushing ’stuff’ at you. Websites like this are all you need at the end of the day - the info is there on what is out there, but without the in-your-face pressure to buy into anything and everything, and noone there to be critical of your less ‘mainstream’ decisions. I’m steering well clear!
:D

]]> Comment on Overwhelmed by weddings by Katherine http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/overwhelmed-by-weddings#comment-49164 Katherine Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:29:31 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=815#comment-49164 I went to one wedding fair, a relatively small one at that, and just ended up feeling stupid as people looked at me in shock when I said I wasn't having a DJ, I wasn't sure about the price of the dresses, or said they had never heard of my wedding venue. I'm strong enough to not buy into the whole wedding business too much, but other people aren't and they are ending up spending money they don't have on things they don't need that end up going to waste. Maybe you could start green wedding fairs? (and bring one to Edinburgh of course!) I went to one wedding fair, a relatively small one at that, and just ended up feeling stupid as people looked at me in shock when I said I wasn’t having a DJ, I wasn’t sure about the price of the dresses, or said they had never heard of my wedding venue. I’m strong enough to not buy into the whole wedding business too much, but other people aren’t and they are ending up spending money they don’t have on things they don’t need that end up going to waste.

Maybe you could start green wedding fairs? (and bring one to Edinburgh of course!)

]]> Comment on Ethical wedding dress dilemmas by Katie http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/ethical-wedding-dress-dilemmas#comment-48441 Katie Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:54:10 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=788#comment-48441 I think leaving a letter with the dress for the next bride is a wonderful idea... pass the love on! :) I think leaving a letter with the dress for the next bride is a wonderful idea… pass the love on! :)

]]> Comment on Ethical wedding dress dilemmas by Waveney http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/ethical-wedding-dress-dilemmas#comment-48436 Waveney Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:41:13 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=788#comment-48436 Ah, I don't buy into all this stuff about having to have the 'perfect' dress (/hair/flowers/venue/weather....) - enjoy the gorgeous dress you have! There'll always be something better out there but at the end of the day, does it really matter as long as you are really happy with what you have? :) Oxfam Bridal is amazing, I'd recommend it to anyone! :) Ah, I don’t buy into all this stuff about having to have the ‘perfect’ dress (/hair/flowers/venue/weather….) - enjoy the gorgeous dress you have! There’ll always be something better out there but at the end of the day, does it really matter as long as you are really happy with what you have? :)
Oxfam Bridal is amazing, I’d recommend it to anyone!
:)

]]> Comment on Furore over fair trade gold by waveney http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/furore-over-fair-trade-gold#comment-48236 waveney Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:55:08 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/furore-over-fair-trade-gold#comment-48236 Grr, I hate the attitude that if a problem is big and widespread then we shouldn't do anything about it even if we can - Ghandi (apparently) said we should be the change we want to see! I also heard a story that someone once accused Mother Teresa's work of being just a drop in the ocean - and she responded 'yes, but the ocean is made up of many drops'! No excuses! :D Grr, I hate the attitude that if a problem is big and widespread then we shouldn’t do anything about it even if we can - Ghandi (apparently) said we should be the change we want to see! I also heard a story that someone once accused Mother Teresa’s work of being just a drop in the ocean - and she responded ‘yes, but the ocean is made up of many drops’! No excuses! :D

]]> Comment on Andrew Sansom - ethical wedding photography by Suzan St Maur http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/featured-supplier-andrew-sansom-ethical-wedding-photography#comment-48220 Suzan St Maur Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:33:33 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=781#comment-48220 I'm so glad to see that Andrew's green initiatives are being appreciated! He kindly contributed some incredibly useful information to my book, "How To Get Married In Green" - and it's worth mentioning that his approach is relevant to all photography, not just the wedding variety. All good wishes ... Suze I’m so glad to see that Andrew’s green initiatives are being appreciated! He kindly contributed some incredibly useful information to my book, “How To Get Married In Green” - and it’s worth mentioning that his approach is relevant to all photography, not just the wedding variety.

All good wishes … Suze

]]> Comment on Andrew Sansom - ethical wedding photography by James http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/featured-supplier-andrew-sansom-ethical-wedding-photography#comment-48216 James Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:51:22 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=781#comment-48216 Hi, I'd just like to back up Andrews advice of always going for a professional wedding photographer. You only get one chance to have your wedding photographs done and leaving it to chance is a big risk which isn't worth taking for a couple of hundred pounds. My sister got married and hired a friend of a friend who "was really good at photography". He was a nightmare. He could take photos, but he couldn't organise people, didn't know which shot would look the best, so spent ages arranging people, then moving them, then moving them again. Pretty soon everyone lost patience and while it didn't ruin the day, it did upset a few people. Being a wedding photographer isn't just pointing a camera and clicking away. You need to know which photos work, how the lighting affects the shots and how to direct people (which comes with experience, not with reading a photography magazine). Always choose a professional where possible Hi,

I’d just like to back up Andrews advice of always going for a professional wedding photographer. You only get one chance to have your wedding photographs done and leaving it to chance is a big risk which isn’t worth taking for a couple of hundred pounds.

My sister got married and hired a friend of a friend who “was really good at photography”. He was a nightmare. He could take photos, but he couldn’t organise people, didn’t know which shot would look the best, so spent ages arranging people, then moving them, then moving them again. Pretty soon everyone lost patience and while it didn’t ruin the day, it did upset a few people.

Being a wedding photographer isn’t just pointing a camera and clicking away. You need to know which photos work, how the lighting affects the shots and how to direct people (which comes with experience, not with reading a photography magazine).

Always choose a professional where possible

]]> Comment on Bridesmaid dresses you can wear again…and again and again! by Hairstyle http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/bridesmaid-dresses-you-can-wear-againand-again-and-again#comment-47881 Hairstyle Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:13:22 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=672#comment-47881 What beautiful dresses. I really want the lavender one, so cute !! What beautiful dresses. I really want the lavender one, so cute !!

]]> Comment on The heartfelt project - ethical wedding favours by christine@wishpot http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/the-heartfelt-project-ethical-wedding-favours#comment-47746 christine@wishpot Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:29:49 +0000 http://ethicalweddings.com/blog/?p=774#comment-47746 Katie these rock! Homemade lovely and heartfelt Katie these rock! Homemade lovely and heartfelt

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