Grow your own wedding!
June 3, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Doing it Yourself, Easy Entertainment, Eco Simplicity
There is an awesome series at Telegraph.co.uk about growing your own wedding. From the flowers to the food, if you’ve already got a small plot of land, you can grow it all and you can save BIG bucks. This is also a super choice for an organic green wedding. The series looks at the possibilities of growing your own wedding – is it possible, what you could serve, and how to manage it all.
Some of the cool ideas offered include:
Peach or raspberry Bellinis for guests, made with some fruit picked from the garden.
For canapés with the early drinks, lots of …read more
Ways To Save Money on Your Wedding
May 3, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under marriage
If you’re getting married this summer – or next even, you can save some cash by making some small adjustments to what goes on in traditional weddings.
Adjust your ring: You don’t really need both engagement rings AND wedding rings. That’s a little bit of overkill. You can also save money by greening your wedding ring, which cuts out things like pricey (and earth-hateful) diamonds and gold.
Adjust the invites: Go paperless which saves on stamps and paper costs – not to mention all those trees. Digital invites are so not lame anymore either. There are some totally amazing digital wedding invitations …read more
