Five Steps to Green Wedding
When you think of a green wedding, don’t think that you have to throw all your wedding plans out the window and settle for a less than perfect day. Here are 5 ways that you can include subtle or big ideas in your wedding day and be green!
1. Think first about your wedding site. Choose a wedding site that can also accommodate your reception. When looking for these venue sites consider ones that will be able to recycle glass, aluminum and other recyclable materials.
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Wedding Do-Overs
In the October/November issue of Modern Bride, Berit Thorkelson writes about her wedding do-over. I wonder how many people wish they could do this, too. It really is unfortunate. It turns out Berit and her then fiancé decided to skimp on their wedding photos. They reasoned that the photos would just gather dust and so they chose a cheap, aspiring wedding photographer. They instructed her to get a few posed family photos. They got exactly that. However, after the wedding & the honeymoon came the regrets for them. The images were not great and lacked “the day’s emotion”. They did not order any photos, and family members were left with empty frames.
Bridal Shower Ideas
A friend recently told me about a shower she hosted for her sister. Since her sister has a well-established household, she was not needing the usual cheese graters and tea kettles. But she still wanted to host a get-together for her sister and close friends and relatives. So, they decided to throw a (surprise) shower and requested that the guests bring a gift centered around a favorite food recipe. Each person was supposed to bring that recipe, and the dry ingredients to make this dish. Some gave a casserole dish, baking pan or pretty kitchen towels along with their gift.
You may want to assign categories to evenly distribute the types of recipes that are brought. This bride loved the gifts, but ended up with a lot of dessert recipes and ingredients. She may have to host several parties to try out all her dessert recipes.
Another shower twist is to center around an alternate theme such as a home-improvements, outdoor barbeque, beach, gardening, lingerie, or holidays (that the couple will celebrate together).
A shower could be all about pampering. Have a spa party complete with a manicurist and a masseuse. Take turns getting your nails done, and having a wonderful back massage.
Another idea for the bride and groom who have everything they need is to host a charity shower. This could be in the form of donating the money that would have been spent on a shower gift to a favorite charity or cause of the couple. You could ask each guest to bring appropriate gifts for a local women’s shelter or other local worthy cause.
The bridal shower should be about getting together with friends and family and having fun before the big wedding day arrives. The gifts should be thoughtful, useful and welcomed by the bride and groom.
A Wedding Candy Buffet
Are you thinking about having a candy buffet at your reception? This idea is becoming popular and we know why — everyone has a sweet tooth, well almost! A candy buffet will add a unique and memorable touch to your guests’ experience at your wedding.
Theme
Your candy buffet should reflect you — your personality and/or wedding theme. You can plan your candy around your wedding colors, wedding theme, favorite candy, retro candy or other interests.
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Wedding Cake Designs
There are so many choices for wedding cakes. The options are as daunting (almost) as those for choosing your gown. Some brides are even having their cake fashioned after their gown, invitation or wedding theme.
Cake Flavors
The choices here could be endless. It’s more than just plain white — there are yellow, yellow marble, white, white marble, chocolate, Red Velvet, plain pound, lemon pound, cream cheese pound. Consider having two flavors to please any picky guests.
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The Father and Bride Dance
When choosing songs for your wedding reception, you will want to choose a special song for your father and bride dance. There are many options for songs - new and old.
Cinderella
I’d like to introduce you to a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that began playing on our local Christian radio station this year. I think it would make a wonderful song for you to dance with your father.
“Cinderella” starts with a young girl dancing with her Daddy. The song then chronicles her wanting to dance with Dad as she prepares for the prom, then as she plans for her wedding. The chorus is so sweet:
Have a Photobooth at your Reception
Do you remember going to the boardwalk or fair and entering a photobooth? You sit in the booth and make funny faces and get a photo strip printed as a memento of your visit. Want something unique and different at your wedding reception? Skip the disposable cameras and rent a photobooth. Your guests will have fun getting their picture taken in the booth and you can often have duplicates or digital pictures of what was taken in the booth as your own keepsake of your wedding reception. More..
Include your Beloved Pet in your Wedding!
Your pet is part of your family, so why not part of your wedding? Some couples are agreeing and involving their pets somehow in their wedding. For practical reasons, dogs are the best choice. You may have your Labrador Retriever walk down the aisle instead of a flower girl. More..
Alternatives to Throwing Rice after your Wedding
The tradition of throwing rice at couples after their wedding dates back to ancient Rome. It is intended to give the couple good luck, fertility and abundance. While the tradition is still alive and well, it has taken many twists and turns over the last few years.
Rice has been said to be harmful to birds when left on the sidewalk and driveways. In actuality, this is a myth according to this website. However, because of this reason, couples began opting to throw birdseed. More..
Green Wedding Favors
Since everyone is looking for ways to be green these days, even on their wedding day, I think I’ve found a really unique way to be green.
Botanical Paperworks offers paper that blooms into flowers. The paper contains wildflower seeds that will grow when planted. More..