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Published by Vanessa Brunner under Events, Green Living
One of my guilty pleasures is going online and looking at beautiful wedding photos.
I have been known to do this for hours on end.
Even though I’m not planning on getting married anytime soon, there’s something so dreamlike about these photos. I find myself bookmarking images, telling myself “Well. Whenever I do get married…my wedding will look exactly like that.”
What I’ve noticed more and more as I peruse my guilty pleasure, is that the amount of green and DIY weddings have increased exponentially. A combination of the impact of the recession and the growth of the green movement, we’ve all seen the impression that green/recycled/DIY has had on fashion, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see that transfer over to weddings.
Like any celebratory event or party, weddings have a lot of potential to be incredibly wasteful. But making your wedding green can actually be incredibly easy—and so much more meaningful. Handmade touches and thoughtful finishes leave a much more lasting impression.
It’s interesting, most wedding blogs feature interviews with the bride and groom, and over and over again you see couples saying “We didn’t start out trying to make our wedding green, but as we started incorporating things we do on a day to day basis, it just ended up that way.”
And that’s the goal! Green shouldn’t be a huge effort, ideally, it becomes a natural part of daily life.
Making your wedding green can be as simple as re-thinking what is usually thought of as a “must-have.” Little extras can be left out without any impact on the ceremony, and a positive impact on the environment. And of course, things can be borrowed or reused. One of my favorite tips I read is that nothing is truly green when it’s only used once. Buy re-used, or purchase things you KNOW you’ll use again and and again.
Weddings can be meaningful and special without money or THINGS–all that needs to be invested is time and thought.
For some of my favorite pictures, inspirations, and resources, please visit:
Eco-Elegant Wedding, a green wedding show that takes place in Portland, Oregon
100 Layer Cake: A beautiful wedding blog, with great DIY/Green tips
Sarah Seven: Gorgeous, handmade, eco-friendly wedding-wear
Urchin: Re.Design: Portland based wedding dress designs, made entirely out of upcycled old dresses:
The Green Bride Guide: Great resources, and beautiful images from real weddings (my favorite!)
Eco-Guide: How I turned my wedding green (great tips from Feelgoodstyle)
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Thank you for listing our Eco-Elegant Wedding Show!
Thank you for sharing this gorgeous & green wedding! You are so right about how easy it can be to have a green wedding. In fact, we just launched a new section of handmade and organic wedding favors on our eco-wedding boutique. Thanks again!
this was a great article. i got married about 2 months ago and we hated the idea of spending a lot of money on centerpieces for our seated lunch. we decided, instead, to have our flowers delivered to us unarranged and we’d make our own understated focals. we picked out all of our barware and everyday drinking glasses and used those in varying heights for our flowers. it was lovely, minimalistic, and totally green.
[...] out 100 Layer Cake for example, a blog that highlights DIY weddings with vintage and handmade touches. The weddings are beautiful–and all the more meaningful [...]