Blog and articles to help you make your wedding a little more eco friendly.
It’s Plastic Free July. If you’re not sure what all that is about I’ll pop a link a the bottom of this blog. In a nutshell it’s an initiative launched by the Plastic Free Foundation in 2011 to challenge people to give up single use plastic for July. And hopefully, form some longer term habits …
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It’s no secret that I think plantable wedding invites are the best thing since, well, recycled wedding invitations actually – but that’s another blog. Made from recycled materials and filled with seeds that grow when you plant them, what’s not to love!? I get it though, you might need a little more convincing, so here …
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I create beautiful, sustainable wedding invitations and stationery. I do this using a whole range of recycled and eco friendly materials. Now often, when I mention eco friendly and sustainable wedding stationery, it conjures up an image of brown paper and string, a very rustic look. Well here’s the thing, while brown paper and string …
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Eco wedding confetti – what’s that I hear you ask? Well, it’s wedding confetti that is biodegradable and eco friendly. My personal favourite is natural dried flower petal confetti and this is what I use in my personalised confetti cones and bags. It’s natural, sustainable and has very little impact on the environment. Of course, …
Wedding favours are a token of thanks from the happy couple to thank their guests for sharing their special day. Traditionally wedding favours were five sugared almonds wrapped in layers of organza and tied with ribbon. The sugared almonds represented health, wealth, happiness, children and long life. These days just about anything goes, from sweets …
Plantable seed paper is a fabulous, eco friendly material embedded with thousands of seeds that, when planted, will grow into gorgeous, bee-friendly flowers or herbs. It prints beautifully and makes a perfect alternative to recycled card for making eco friendly, sustainable wedding invites and stationery. But how exactly can you incorporate plantable seed paper into …
Looking for eco friendly wedding ideas? You’re in the right place. Let’s face it, weddings aren’t generally the most sustainable of occasions. Single use decorations, outfits worn for just one day and the inevitable food waste all contribute to making a wedding celebration not very eco friendly. Now, I won’t for one minute suggest that …
Plantable seed paper wedding invitations and stationery, what’s that? I hear you ask, and why would you want them for your wedding? Well, the clue is in the name. It is wedding invites and stationery made from plantable paper. That is paper embedded with hundreds of seeds that, when planted, will grow into wildflowers or …
Plantable seed paper wedding invitations and stationery – 4 things you need to know Read More »
Zero waste wedding stationery. What is it and is it actually even possible? Well, to start, let’s have a little look at the concept of ‘zero waste’ and what it actually means. Zero waste is a term being used more and more by those adopting an eco conscious lifestyle. It essentially means that you aim …
Zero waste wedding stationery: 6 ways to do it (nearly) Read More »
A recycled paper wedding invite is becoming an ever more popular choice. Awareness of climate change issues and a growing consciousness of the environment around us is driving many couples to make their wedding day more sustainable and eco friendly. Choosing recycled paper wedding invites is just one of the ways to help achieve this. …
