Of course, I love anything ec0-friendly that can be incorporated into a wedding. It’s a fantastic way to decrease your carbon footprint.
Julianne Smith via Budget Savvy Bride
The Budget Savvy Bride recently featured eco-friendly garters by Julianne Smith. Julianne creates a wide array of grosgrain ribbon garters to match your style and colors. But she recently added four new garters to her collection, which happen to be green (as in eco-friendly). The material is made from recycled plastic bottles! And they look just as chic as the rest of her collection!
Julianne Smith via Budget Savvy Bride
Plus, she swears they are just as soft as her regular garters! Just think, the next time you toss that soda or water bottle, you could be contributing to a bride-to-be’s garter!
Are you looking for something fun and different to incorporate into your wedding? How about custom-designed fabrics!
Enter Spoonflower.
At this site, you can upload your design and they will have it printed for you. This comes in handy if you are looking to do something like this, that Cheree Berry did at her own wedding, which was featured in the Summer issue of Martha Stewart Weddings.
Martha Stewart Weddings
For $15-$32 a yard, you can have a custom designed napkin or handkerchief to hand out to guests, your wedding party or family. And, some of the great features are that there is no minimum needed to order, and it is all eco-friendly textile printing.
You can even incorporate this great site into a wedding shower or bachelorette party!
I’m going to get a bit off topic for this post and discuss make-up (which, I guess, isn’t all that off topic). I’ll admit it. I don’t have a ton of make-up knowledge, but I do know what I like.
I’ve been wearing Bare Escentuals for nearly three years now and cannot imagine wearing anything else. It has not only helped to clear up my skin, but is so light and non-irritating.
But my intention is to talk about mascara. I have a really hard time find a a mascara that does not irritate my eyes. I don’t have sensitive eyes, but because I wear contacts, bits and pieces of mascara fall into my eye and by about mid-day, my eyes are irritated and my mascara has rubbed off from rubbing my eyes. My last trip into Bare Escentuals, I was on a mission to buy the new Matte foundation. Since I have somewhat oily skin, I’ve heard that this new version of their traditional foundation is perfect for that (And, as a side note, it is. I love it).
While I was in the store, I let one of the sales women talk me into buying their mascara. She assured me it is all natural (which is uber important to me) and that it separates your lashes wonderfully. I bought it (since I’m a sucker for someone who tells me that their mascara will work wonders). The particular mascara I’m talking about is their bareMinerals Flawless Definition Mascara.
I take it home, and use it once, and I’m sold. The stuff coats all of my lashes, even the little ones that traditional brushes normally miss, and it really makes them stand out.
Bare Escentuals
So, if you’re looking for a good mascara, and one that is all natural (Woot for eco-friendly!), I recommend you go out and buy it. Only downside? They don’t make a waterproof version (which is bad news for you brides-to-be). However, they do have another mascara product that is waterproof….for you Bare Escentuals fans out there.
In keeping with the dress talk from earlier today, I’m gonig to show you some fab gowns, which happen to be eco-friendly (bonus!). And, in the next few weeks, I will be sharing some great gowns from other designers that happen to be eco-friendly, too. It’s just a ltitle way I want to encourage you all to live a more earth conscious life, and know that being green can be stylish!
Our first designer spotlight is Justin Alexander and the new Pure collection. Each of these gowns is made from organic fabrics featuring natural accents. You can completely feel great about wearing these dresses, and feel great in them! All of the gowns featured in today’s post are part of the Spring 2010 collection.
This is a great dress for that “short dress” bride, or even as a getaway dress.
Justin Alexander via Chatterberries
This next one is a great classic, yet simple gown. Has a beautiful sweetheart neckline, with some simple beading detail just below the bust.
Justin Alexander via Chatterberries
The last featured dress is a great option for a beach or summer wedding. It has great beading detail around the neck, so much so in fact, that the bride would not have to wear a necklace at all. It is very similar to the first dress above.
Justin Alexander via Chatterberries
Have you thought about purchasing an eco-friendly gown? Or, even just incorporating little green/eco-friendly ideas?
Stay tuned next week for the next featured eco-friendly bridal gown designer.
Are you making cupcakes for your own wedding (more power to you)? Maybe your just making them for a shower. At any rate, I love to bake, which is no secret to those who know me well. So, it is no surprise that when I found this kit, I just had to buy it.
Bake It Pretty
This kit comes with four large piping tips (round, star, closed star and french), plus a 14 inch reusable pastry bag.
There are many reasons why I love this kit. But the biggest reason is that the pastry bag is reusable (hello eco-friendly). I have a bunch of disposable pastry bags at home and they are a pain in the but. So, I highly recommend, that if you are baking your own anything (cookies, cupcakes, etc.), that you invest in a good resuable pastry bag. They are so much more sturdy/reliable.
Needless to say, Bake It Pretty is out of that kit, but you can find similar kits at Michael’s, Hobby Lobby and even Sur La Table (a favoriate of mine).
And, no, this is no post about the adorable Kermit the Frog.
I’m always on a mission to find ways and ideas to incorporate green and eco-friendly concepts into our daily lives and our wedding. I love coming across new websites and blog posts about anything eco-friendly. They get added to my Google Reader and bookmarked right away.
That’s beside the point. Our initial idea was to come up with an ec0-friendly favor for the guests. The first idea was plantable trees, but that can be costly, especially for a large wedding. The second idea was to use plantable seed paper for our invitations or menus. Something the guests can plant, rather than throw away. Nothing seemed to be coming together.
These are the plantable tree favors:
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Today, I found these. Albeit, they are cute, but really, what is the purpose? Would you really want to have it dangling around on your phone all of the time? And, what about the guys?
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Yes, they are real plants.
So, we’ve been struggling with green favors. We have an idea for a different favor in mind, which we will share at a later date once the details are finalized.
Did any of you have a hard time deciding on a favor for your guests? Did you keep the environment in mind when deciding?
