Eco-Vintage Weddings

Featured Site: Dream Green Weddings

Written by Sara on November 3, 2009 – 9:00 am -

Happy Tuesday, readers!

I wanted to call your attention to a WONDERFUL resource for all of you eco-conscious “green” brides out there. After all, my blog is devoted to weddings of two sorts: eco-friendly weddings and vintage-inspired weddings. Sometimes they intersect (as J and I hope to create for our big day), but today, the focus is all on you eco-conscious couples!

Dream Green Weddings exists as a one-stop shop for brides looking for everything from eco-friendly/handmade wedding favors (seriously, you have to check out these tree favors; I would LOVE to give these away to our guests!) to wedding invitations made from recycled materials. And, get this, budget-conscious brides: favors start at just $0.99 cents! I know that you can’t find something as beautiful and environmentally conscious at such a low price anywhere else.

But, Dream Green Weddings goes one step further and provides each vendor’s “Eco-Commitment/Social Responsibility” pledge right on the product page, so brides don’t have to wonder if the companies they’re supporting are doing business ethically and responsibly. (Click here for Dream Green Weddings’ own vow to support eco-friendly commerce.)

Dream Green Weddings also has a Green Wedding Eco-Blog that is literally full of inspiration for eco-conscious, budget-savvy brides. This post on green wedding garters has me drooling! And this post on cute little chapels in the Great Smoky Mountains has me begging J for a destination wedding; how cute are these eco-friendly churches!

The best part about Heather, blogger extraordinaire, is this simple statement on the Dream Green Weddings Eco-Blog:

By making just a few earth-friendly choices, you can lessen the environmental footprint of your special day and truly make a difference.

That’s EXACTLY the mindset that I had in starting my own blog. Why wouldn’t brides want to reduce our impact on the environment by making smarter choices in what we purchase for our wedding day? That’s why the vintage-inspired theme is so wonderful, because it allows me to go thrift-store and flea-market diving with my girls, because it allows me to utilize my mother’s birdhouse collection as centerpieces, and because vintage-inspired literally means “old,” reducing my need to purchase all things new!

Thanks to Heather at Dream Green Weddings for sharing her site with me; go visit the eco-friendly favors shop, and check out her fair trade jewelry…AMAZING stuff.

Have a wonderful day, readers! More to come from me this week.

All photos from Dream Green Weddings

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