Written by: Renee Ferguson
Many couples today have been more interested in having a beautiful wedding without putting much weight on their carbon footprint. Here are 5 easy-to-do tips to incorporate more green in your wedding.
1. Use locally produced vendors and products. When looking into the vendors you will choose for your big day, use vendors that can supply to you from a local source. A great example is a caterer who uses locally farmed produce and meat.
2. Go Vintage. Vintage weddings are very "in". What's great about vintage weddings is a lot of the items bought or found are hand-me-downs. Your mother's old wedding dress, a borrowed jewellery item, a veil made from an old lace tablecloth. It's produces stunning results and leaves your guest with endless memories.
3. Charitable Wedding Favours. Couples tend to have a hard time searching for a favour that guest will take home, use, and love. Now you don't have to, simply find a charitable organization of which cause you support and make a donation in your guest's honour. Most charitable organizations will provide you with a card, and a small pin that you can give to you guests.
4. Use eco-friendly paper for your invitations and thank you cards. Recycled paper has come a long way. You can find gorgeous designs and textures for your invitations. To embellish them look into a great calligraphy vendor.
5. Use organic or silk flowers. The advancements in silk flowers have come to a point where the average eye can no longer tell. Even the greatest wedding decorators incorporate both silk and real flowers in their designs. One other great thing about silk flowers is they are very budget friendly. Some will always prefer real over artificial, if that's you look into florist that use organically produced and maintained flowers.
These are just 5 simple ways to having a "greener" wedding. These tips aren't just for the eco-friendly couple; all couples can benefit from these tips. Here's to your eco-friendly wedding!
