Your last hurrah as a single lady should be fun, fierce and fabulous. Fine, maybe a little outlandish, too (exactly how much is up to you).
Barbie's Bachelorette Bash in Ocean City, Maryland
Guest blogger: Kate Harrison, creator of greenbrideguide.com.
After planning her own green wedding in 2007, Kate wrote the best-selling green wedding book, The Green Bride Guide: How to Plan an Earth-Friendly Wedding on Any Budget (Sourcebooks, 2008). In 2009, she founded greenbrideguide.com to help couples use their weddings to promote social and environmental change while supporting the local green economy. Kate has a JD in Environmental Law and a Master's from Yale in Environmental Policy.
I got really excited about the cake topper at my wedding. I searched high and low for the perfect vintage piece, from local boutiques to eBay to my grandmother’s antique-filled attic. I was looking for something timeless and sweet, something that embodied our style and attitude. The topper I decided on was porcelain. It was from the 1920s, and the bride and groom were dressed as dapper flappers. Our whole wedding was vintage, and the cake topper was the perfect finishing touch.
Photo Credit: Redbreastedbird.blogspot.com
Put the finishing touch on your eco-friendly wedding with these cute and responsible cake toppers.
Guest blogger: Kate Harrison, creator of greenbrideguide.com.
After planning her own green wedding in 2007, Kate wrote the best-selling green wedding book, The Green Bride Guide: How to Plan an Earth-Friendly Wedding on Any Budget (Sourcebooks, 2008). In 2009, she founded greenbrideguide.com to help couples use their weddings to promote social and environmental change while supporting the local green economy. Kate has a JD in Environmental Law and a Master's from Yale in Environmental Policy.
Once upon a time, a letterpress stamped our crests into rich paper, ecru or eggshell. We wrote in calligraphy, each letter a work of art. A wedding required a forest of trees that were felled, ground to a pulp, pressed on a screen, and dried in the sun. Today, the paper making process is industrial and includes cutting machines, duplex board machines, hydraulic head boxes, and pressurized screens. Smoke billows from tall chimneys and from the exhaust pipes of tractor-trailer delivery trucks bound to all four corners of the lower 48. We drive to buy the paper, choosing boxes from piles of boxes stacked to the ceilings of office supply superstores. Then we send it back out on another truck, to another destination. All of this energy — the fossil fuels, the man-hours — turns a wedding into a giant carbon footprint.
Photo by: Jessica Monnich Photography on Bridal Musings via Lover.ly
Tip of the Day: Ask your DJ or band to create a mash-up of theme songs from your favorite television shows from your growing-up years! Guests will immediately recognize the hit tunes and it'll bring back great memories for them. This fun song collection shares a little more about you and your groom's personalities, too.
Plus, check out The Complete Guide to Wedding Music. Visit sharonnaylor.net for more great tips and advice.
Guest blogger: Kate Harrison, creator of greenbrideguide.com.
After planning her own green wedding in 2007, Kate wrote the best-selling green wedding book, The Green Bride Guide: How to Plan an Earth-Friendly Wedding on Any Budget (Sourcebooks, 2008). In 2009, she founded greenbrideguide.com to help couples use their weddings to promote social and environmental change while supporting the local green economy. Kate has a JD in Environmental Law and a Master's from Yale in Environmental Policy.
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There is nothing more fun than frolicking through a cloud of celebratory confetti. Launching things in the air is a timeless staple of any celebration. There is something so exciting about letting loose – hurling something into the wide blue sky to express the deepest joy. But there is a downside to all that hurling: waste. Traditional confetti falls everywhere: in your hair, on your clothes, and on the ground. All of those tiny pieces can be a real mess, especially if they aren’t environmentally safe. Protect nature and have fun with these great eco-friendly confetti options. Hurray!
Snowflakes
Photo Credit: Fletcher & Fletcher Photography
Tip of the Day: When designing or purchasing your table number cards, make sure that they're easy to read; in some fonts, a 1 can look like a 7, and a 3 can look like an 8. Review every numeral in your chosen font to prevent guests from getting confused and embarrassed if they sit down at the wrong table.
Plus, check out these creative table number ideas!
Guest blogger: Ms. Herringbone, polkadotbride.com.
Ms Herringbone writes for Polka Dot Bride, Australia’s premier wedding blog dedicated to anything and everything wedding related that may be useful to today’s bride — style, unique finds, fabulous suppliers, real wedding inspiration — and a little bit of fun thrown in!
Due to its impressive size, Australia has a hugely diverse landscape that encompasses pristine beaches, red deserts, tropical rainforests and mountain ranges. It’s no surprise then that Australian brides are just as varied, with a fantastic wealth of advice to share from their wedding day. Here are the top five tips from newlyweds featured on Polka-Dot Bride in the last year; even though we're worlds apart from BG readers in the United States, we share these universal wedding truths in common!
1. First and foremost, stay true to yourselves as a couple.
"We made the decision to elope and were scared of hurting our families; however, we weren't going to be able to have the wedding that we wanted any other way. It was getting too big and out of hand otherwise. People might be disappointed if you choose to elope, but they'll also understand. Take the pressure off yourself, no one else is going to notice so-called 'imperfections.' The most important thing is who is standing up there at the altar with you, pledging their life and love to you." — Celeste and Cristian
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We love this sweet way to include lost loved ones — the bride attached photos of her father and grandfather to her shoes so that they could walk her down the aisle!
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