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7 Simple Tips To ‘Green Up’ Your Wedding Day
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Did you know that an Ann Arbor couple ‘greened’ up their wedding event and you could do it too?
It was in August 2010, the Ann Arbor couple (Engel and Dyer) were married in a “green” outdoor ceremony and reception near the Huron River fit to pay homage to their shared passion of the ecosystem and the outdoors.
The trend toward green weddings certainly isn’t new, but experts say it has evolved to allow husbands and wifes to incorporate their particular personal preferences and still afford their big day.
Most people would like to try a green wedding and when they hear about what it entails, they turn out going a different route. Our heroes Engel and Dyer determined they wouldn’t be able to keep everything perfectly green, but were going to try their hardest. And the most essential element was to make the day educative as well as fun for guests.
They projected the marriage at a science and nature center where tours were offered to guests in the hour before they walked down the aisle. The tour featured different water and energy conservation systems used at the center like the solar-panel arrays for electricity, solar-powered heating and water heater systems and no-flush compost toilets.
The couple also focused on little details they said make a big difference.
- Dyer wore an heirloom – a vintage green dress that had been her great-grandmother’s in the 1930′s.
- Her ring was made with recycled gold and had a beryl stone instead of a diamond.
- Her makeup was certified organic.
- Guests were given local lavender buds – rather than sachets of rice – to throw in celebration.
- Tables were covered with local wildflowers and locally sourced foods.
- Leftovers and unused food were recycled (by sending to local farms) or reused.
- They found a generator which was solar powered and able to make enough power to run the lights and the sound system they needed for the band.
For all their efforts, they still made some choices they knew weren’t the most eco-friendly options.
While they served Michigan white wine beverages and a Michigan sparkling cider, they couldn’t find a red from the state they liked. So they decided to have a burgandy or merlot wine from the U.S. for that option. And they could’ve gone with Internet invites rather than printing and mailing invitations, but Dyer said she felt paper invitations were important – on recycled paper, of course.
So you? What can You do to ‘green up’ your wedding day?
While green weddings are becoming more trendy, planning and pulling off the event is not as easy as one might imagine.
Sorting through claims of environmentally friendliness when shopping in the modern marketplace is a big enough challenge for ordinary purchases, let alone for such an emotionally charged and personal event as a wedding.
The best way to reduce the impact of an event is to participate in a life cycle analysis on different elements of the ceremony. For instance, where is that food coming from, how much energy is expended to produce it, how does it get to your plate and where do the leftovers go?
While meat typically takes more energy to produce than fruits and vegetables, considering how far some fruit and veggies have to travel might let them have a larger carbon footprint.
The best way to minimize an event’s carbon footprint is to cut back on the number of guests invited. Fewer guests mean fewer meals, fewer needs for centerpieces and other decor and fewer miles traveled to reach the ceremony.
About the writer – Lucy E. Thomason writes articles for the event planning careers blog, her personal hobby blog focused on ideas to help people discover ways to organize a green event to spend less energy and reduce carbon footprints.
P.S. If you want to utilize a photo of the science and nature center I suggest you employ this:
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Distinctive Ideas For Wedding Favors
Posted by: | CommentsWedding Favor Ideas by Marquee Hire Melbourne
There are many different options available for wedding favors as you can purchase them or even create your own. There is proper etiquette to follow for giving wedding favors but on the whole they are difficult to mess up. Some of the more traditional or common favors include goblets, pens, vases, wedding cameras, trinket, boxes, picture frames and even key chains.
A disposable wedding camera had become quite popular as a favor because this allows everyone to have fun taking pictures at the reception. These cameras can be decorated and personalized to match your wedding theme and you can allow individuals to take pictures and then post them online. Just make sure the cameras are numbered to match the table numbers so you know who posted which picture.
Another fun personalization step is to have candy wrappers printed with your wedding date and name son it. You can have this done on any type of wrapper whether it is a fancy chocolate bar or your favorite candy pieces. You can even go all out and have a gum bride and groom with your information on it. You can also create candy wreaths and even candy bouquets if you want to give out more than just pieces of candy.
You also do not have to go traditional and can make your own wedding favors. Many people love doing this as it is a memorable experience. If your wedding marquee hire is small then it is entirely feasible to make your own favors. However if you are not overly hands on then now is not the time to discover your creative streak. Also may take too much time to make all the favors if you are having a large wedding.
There is nothing that says you have to go very fancy as simple favors are also very popular as many people will sue these rather than just leave it I n the closet. Candles and flowers are always appreciated and many times you can also give away the table setting. These items are available in any color and you can wrap or package them anyway that you want.
One of the more unique wedding favors in seeds. These seeds can be to flowers that are found in your wedding bouquet or arrangements or a flower or plant that blooms during the period that you had your wedding. Every time they look at that plant they will be reminded of your wedding.
If your budget is tight than you can change from the traditional one favor per person to one favor per person. This decreases the number of favors you need. But you also do need to have a few extra just in case something breaks or someone not expected shows ups. You want the theme to be incorporated in the favors and you can display them in a group in the middle of the table with a note for everyone to take one.
A quirky way to give the Melbourne wedding favors is by leaving them on everyones car or by having them near the exit so individuals can pick them up before they leave.
Wedding favors can be almost anything including Wedding Candle Favors and you can purchase your own favors at The Wedding Printer. The wedding favor should exactly match the theme of the wedding.
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