Showing posts with label Green Weddings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green Weddings. Show all posts

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Green Weddings Just Make Cents


For over a year now I have been networking with local wedding professionals who may have varying opinions about "global warming", especially as most of the world experiences ridiculously abnormal cold weather. However, whether global warming is a reality or a really great hoax, it just makes sense to be good stewards of our planet.

Why not hope that prudence now, pays off for generations to follow? Why deliberately trash our planet just to see the movie Wall-E turn into reality? We'd be pretty short-sighted and selfish to continue on that path of destruction. So what to do?

One proposal I have is to really think through every decision you make during your wedding planning and to seek out professionals who share the same philosophy as you about wasteful weddings. What are some ways to think green you ask? I'll outline them over the next coming weeks - but let me start with the one which will have the biggest impact - slash your guest list.

Think about it - nothing will reduce your budget more than inviting fewer guests - for every 8 guests attending you add a table, chairs, centerpiece, place settings, linens, food, beverage and other miscellaneous expenses such as favors. That's just for starters.

Can you think of other details impacted by large weddings? I would love to hear your comments.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Saving Green




I spent significant time with two lovely ladies of Adorn Brides, Laura & Amy while attending Engage 09. Adorn Brides rents beautiful jewelry to brides who want to complete their wedding ensemble without breaking the bank. The more I thought about this concept the more I came to realize how timely this is.

With green weddings on the rise, see this article from today's Star Tribune, and the advent of scaled down budgets, see this article from USA Today, Adorn Brides is poised to capture brides from both markets.

Our last night in Cayman we were invited to a stunning soiree and I was offered the chance to wear a necklace for the evening. It truly was a memorable experience wearing diamonds and pearls I could never own. I felt like Cinderella going to the ball.

A friend and colleague Emilie Duncan of Emilie Duncan Event Planning said it best..."we rent linens for weddings, why not jewelry?"