Eco-Friendly Bridesmaids
There’s more to being eco-friendly than dressing your wedding party in green frocks. Equally important is the burning question:
“Will they wear it again?”
“Reuse, recycle” isn’t an eco-mantra for nothing!
So, select dresses not only made from sustainable textiles using ethical practices, but also consider who’s wearing it.
What style and color is likely to look best on everyone? Or think about mixing it up; choose a color, and allow each woman to find a dress that works for her. Finally, the best idea of all is a convertible frock, customizable to suit every silhouette!
image credits clockwise from upper left:
Terra Amore by Jessica Charles
Wrapture Collection by Seams
Convertible Wrap dress by Isadora Clothing
Reversible Convertible Wrap Dress by Isadora Clothing
Bamboo dress, Gina Michele Eco
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More Green Contests!
We were so excited to hear about Earthly Affair’s grand re-opening and their Kindle giveaway! Click below to see their “bribe” and how to win:
Then….PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com is having an amazing giveaway….
They are giving away a $2,000 wedding dress - but hurry - their contest ends on 1/31! Click on the dresses here to learn how to win!
Let us know if you won!
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Shabby Chic Bride
Webster’s Dictionary defines ‘shabby chic’ as a “style using deliberately worn and deteriorated items to achieve an elegant overall effect.” We’d add romantic, feminine, and dreamy to the description! Shabby chic can be interpreted lots of ways, allowing room to reflect personal style.
A woman who envisions a wedding day look reflecting her shabby chic style and eco-friendly sensibility is in luck! Often utilizing organic fabrics and found, vintage, or salvaged details, shabby chic and eco-friendly go together like peas and carrots…Here are just a few shabby chic details for an eco-shabby chic that caught our eye!
Image credits clockwise from upper left:
Adey, by The Cotton Bride
Upcycled shabby chic necklace
Rustic “Here comes the bride” sign
Shabby chic bracelet with vintage clasp
Eco-friendly veil
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Eco-Beautiful Weddings Magazine in Print!
We are now able to provide a print version of every single issue we have produced “on demand”! Being on-demand helps us reduce the amount of printing by thousands of magazines for no waste! All of our issues are printed on FSC Certified recycled paper and we will be carbon-offsetting all of the printing.
All of our issues are available for $35 per issue plus shipping and handling. All shipping and handling will be $3.95 per issue for shipping and handling within the United States. All shipping and handling outside of the United States will be billed separately.
Due to the nature of our on-demand printing process, each issue will take approximately 3-5 weeks for delivery in order to accommodate the on-demand process.
Click below each cover to buy the issue of your choice!
If you are located outside of the US, we will bill additional postage once your issue is ready to ship!
Currently, we will only be accepting paypal payments for each issue online. If you would like to make a special request for paying by check or credit card - please email us at [email protected].
We are excited about this new way to serve all of our vendors, brides, grooms and bloggers to spread the word about going green!
Buy your issue today!
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Nico Cervantes Paper Wedding Design
Nico Cervantes does it again with this amazing paper wedding photo shoot! Since paper is perfectly aligned with our 1st Anniversary (ok - so it was not our wedding anniversary - but we are a wedding magazine!)
The vases and flowers were made completely from the pages of old books. Coffee filters and recycled paper fill in the gaps! And don’t take your eyes of that those cute as pie glasses.
Something like this would be perfect for decorating your escort card table!
Shredded paper can be reused for almost any type of decor as shown above! Hopefully Nico has inspired you to reuse paper from what is lying around your house to create unique and adorable decor for your wedding. Let us know what you come up with and thanks to Nico for the inspiration!
Photography by Anna and Michael Costa
Venue - Santa Barbara Public Library on 40 East Anapamu Street
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Anniversary Party + The Cotton Bride
On Wednesday we celebrated our Anniversary with Style!
Chris Kole unveiled his new Fireflies Collection from The Cotton Bride at our party! The new collection is amazing and complete with airy designs that truly let a woman be herself on her wedding day! This particular dress is one that really stole the show!
With so many dresses and eco-style, we had a veritable who’s who from Washington, DC & New York! From the folks over at the National Wildlife Federation to the Executives of Chevrolet rolling the new Volt and Cruze over for our guests to ride in - there is simply way too much to talk about! We plan on doing a juicy recap of the event in our Spring Issue of Eco-Beautiful!
A special thanks to Chris Kole and Fikre Ayele of The Cotton Bride. Chris created Katie’s (our Editor-in-Chief) chocolate gown for the evening and she (in her own words) “has never felt more glamorous”!
Our new managing editor Robin Fisher was the glue for the entire fashion show! Working closely with Chris Kole and Fikre Ayele to make sure the models and the dresses shined! Washington, DC has never seen such a beautiful fashion show!
We also want to send out a very special thanks to our friends at Cotton Incorporated (The Fabric of Our Lives®) and Chevrolet for making this event so special. Stay tuned for a special recap from Cotton Incorporated!
Take a look at all of our wonderful sponsors:
(Left to Right, Row by Row: The Fabric of Our Lives, The Cotton Bride, Chevrolet, Honest Tea, Elegance & Simplicity, Inc., Polished Image & Style, Sugarplum Tent Co., Design Cuisine, DC Rental, Kendall’s Cakes, MarcParc Valet, Documentary Associates, a little bit of whimsy photography, Disc Jockeys on Call, Decatur House, Hair by Giselle, Make-up by Jeff Enriquez, Zinnia Films, Polka Dot Bride, Ampa Events, United With Love)
*Photos by a little bit of whimsy photography
