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Diamonds – It is good to know that while diamonds are a girl’s best friend, it is also considered ‘green’. See? Diamond engagement and wedding rings for eco-friendliness? check

Wedding Ceremony & Venue – Go local. Having a destination wedding is obviously not being environment-friendly as it involves flying by plane. If you also choose the locations of the ceremony and venue close to where the majority of your guests are, it also reduces carbon emissions from the use of vehicle transport.

The Gift List – there are a lot of green or eco stores out there where you can register your bridal registry.

The dress – perfect way to be green is to recycle? Why not find a second-hand wedding dress. Good for the earth and good for your budget too.

Wedding invitations, place card holders, thank you cards – You can either make or order your own cards using recycled paper.

Food – try sourcing your food from local produce

Flowers – again, try sourcing your flowers locally.

Favors – you can either choose to have locally produced sweets on recycled carton or giving your guests a plant or seedling. These are environment-friendly options.

The honeymoon – again, if you really want to be ‘green’ then flying to your honeymoon destination is not eco-friendly. Why not re-discover what you have in your region so you don’t have to fly for your honeymoon?

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Vintage wedding dresses are the ‘in thing’ at the moment but here’s one thing you can do if you want to go ‘truly vintage’ — rather than buying a faux vintage wedding gown, why not dig up your mother (or even your grandmother’s!) wedding gown.

There are many ways you can incorporate your mother’s (or auntie’s or nana’s) wedding gown into your own wedding dress.

Wendy Davidson has some great sources of tips to recycling or re-using second-hand wedding gowns!

Most earth-friendly guru’s will agree that when it comes to green living one of the very best ways to do it is to recycle, recycle and recycle. You wouldn’t think this could be applicable to a wedding dress, no matter how special an old gown might be. All the best will in the world might not be able to do something with your mother’s 1960’s wedding dress, or even the Flapper gown your great-grandmother wore.

Time can ravage fabrics and render them absolutely useless. But, rather than sighing regretfully and then putting that special family dress aside, take it to someone who specialises in restoring old gowns. In England, that someone is Heirloom Couture.

Even if the dress seems to be beyond repair, Heirloom Couture will take key components and details from the gown you bring them and make something new from them. It doesn’t, of course, have to be a family heirloom. Any vintage dress you take to them can have new life breathed into it.

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For all couples wanting to have eco-friendly weddings, here’s an eco-friendly wedding favor bag that you can use for your wedding!

Product Description:

Beautify the world on your beautiful day with wildflower wedding favors that will put a bouquet of blooms on all your wedding reception tables! Choose from a number of colorful, biodegradable wedding favor bags with lovely designs, including one that lets you display a favorite photo of the happy couple! Give your guests a wonderful way to remember your wedding every time they step outside. Sold in minimum of 10. Features and facts:Biodegradable, lined paper bags filled with 14 grams of assorted annual wildflower seeds and vermiculite Seeds cover an average of 200 sq. feet Each bag adorned with coordinating, hand-crafted flower made from hand-made paper for an even-more earth-friendly favor Back of every bag hand-stamped with “”Eco-Friendly”" and “”Green Product”" Personalization is freeSend your image to: info@myweddingfavors.com with your order number (after you place your order). Photo image should be in .jpg, .tiff or .pdf file formats, 200 dpi with the smaller edge approximately 4″”.Make sure to enter the text EXACTLY as you want it to appear on the tin.

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