Green Options

Are you planning a wedding in Michigan and you are hoping your big day will be a shade of green?

Then look no further than the Traverse City area which boasts beautiful resorts, wineries, and bed and breakfasts-many that have gone green.

Silver Moon is a wonderful Chicago-based vintage store with an online presence. Silver Moon features gorgeous perfectly in tact vintage bridal. By investing in a vintage garment, you are helping to extend the life of a fine hand-tailored luxury item that may end up in a museum costume collection one day (if it is cared for).

Paige Donner’s Greening Hollywood column can be found on The Huffington Post. She writes on all things green that intersect with Style, Fashion and Entertainment. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paige-donner

So you want to be a green bride but your local bridal shops don’t have any bamboo, hemp, organic cotton or peace silk gowns? Check out these eco-couture bridal designers for fabulous green wedding gowns. Several designers have online stores while others have links to bridal shops that carry their dresses.

You may think that eco-conscious designers are way out of your price range but that’s not true. Several eco-friendly designers offer simple and sustainable wedding gowns for very reasonable prices. These beautifully green bridal gowns won’t bust your budget or break the bank. And the best thing…you’ll look gorgeous while being green.

Unbridaled is the new thing in bridal expos. The focus is on going green and shopping local for all your wedding needs.

On January 10, 2009 the second Unbridaled event will take place at the Crane Arts Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 10 am to 4 pm.

There’s a new photo sharing site on the web, The Wedding Lens.

The Wedding Lens is a photo sharing site specifically designed for weddings. They are relatively new and are trying to help couples make their weddings a bit greener while collecting their photo memories.

The Wedding Lens is meant to be used as a replacement for the plastic disposable wedding cameras that so many people have been using at weddings over the years.

Buying vintage is trendy and very eco-hip. If you are planning a green wedding, vintage wedding gowns are very popular. Many cost a fortune at specialty vintage stores and vintage wedding gown sites but I just found a couple on Etsy.com that are super reasonably priced. They are simple and elegant and might be perfect for the bride planning a simple and sustainable wedding.

How to Get Married in Green: Have an Eco-Friendly Wedding Without Compromising on Style by Suzan St. Maur is a fabulous, comprehensive guide for any bride (and groom) who are interested in planning a green wedding, especially if they are in the UK.

One of the hardest things about planning my upcoming wedding is figuring out what to serve - we want to offer a full bar and local fare, but how far do we have to go to ensure that it’s organic, free range, local and so on…as if we didn’t have enough details to handle in the first place?

Mother and daughter created company, Botanical Paperworks in Winnepeg, Canada, offer beautiful Garden Greetings for your wedding; products made from plantable handmade seed paper that are both stylish and earth friendly.

Invitations, response cards, favors, guest books and more. They have what your need for your green wedding.

Botanical Paperworks stationery is made from 100% post consumer waste recycled paper and tree free cotton fibers. The seeds are North American wildflower seeds placed by hand into the paper pulp.