Recycled Bride: Eco-Style For Your Honeymoon!

by Azure

About Recycled Bride Pack a (small & sustainable) bag and get ready for the eco-chic honeymoon of a lifetime! Would you believe that your entire honeymoon wardrobe can be Earth-friendly, fit in one small bag, and keep you looking beautiful for at least a week? Stylish green gals know that the secret to looking hip is having a few well-chosen, sustainable pieces. Here's all the clothing and accessories you'll need for the green honeymoon of a lifetime: 1. Pretty eco luggage- All...

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Recycled Bride: A Budget-Friendly Green Bridal Shower

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About Recycled Bride Reduce, reuse, and recycle for an amazing and affordable bridal shower celebration! Whether you're a bride who's involved in planning your own shower, or a friend/relative throwing the party for your favorite engaged lady, you can create a fabulous green celebration for next to nothing. The key is to remember the 3 R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) with these tips: 1. Forget about wasteful disposable plates, cups and cutlery. You can set a beautiful and stylish table...

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Recycled Bride: Four Fabulous Green Hair Accessories for Eco-Chic Brides

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About Recycled Bride Make a Statement with these Eco-Friendly Bridal Hair Accessories! Pairing a unique hair accessory with your perfect wedding dress can be just the thing to complete your dream bridal look. Whether you choose to wear a traditional veil or not, the addition of a hair accessory like a jeweled comb, a fabric flower, or a feather fascinator will give you style for miles. You can even switch out hair accessories (or bridal hairdos!) when you remove your veil after the...

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Bride Chic: Stalking The Bridal Look Books- Elizabeth St. John Couture

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About Bride Chic While Green is proliferating everywhere on the bridal scene, where can you find eco-friendly and chic all in one wedding dress? Typically green dresses have that tattered Issey Miyaki look which is fine but not for everyone. Enter Elizabeth St. John. Her bridal collection pieces premiered this season and have editors and retailers drooling. She's one of a few designers knowing how to fashion sustainable fabrics into haute couture masterpieces with detailed touches...

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The Greenest Wedding Around: Couple Collects 400,000 Recyclable Cans To Fund July Nuptials

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On a scale from 1 to 10, how green are you?? And to what lengths would you go to make your wedding happen? A couple from Spokane, Washington set a July 31, 2010 wedding date, and because of their non-existent wedding budget, they got creative in an eco-friendly way. They didn't auction off their nuptials on E Bay, or hit up a big brand like Dr. Pepper to sponsor their wedding... Instead, they took to the streets and started collecting cans! Recyclable aluminum cans that is. ...

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Recycled Bride: Top 4 Eco-Chic Summer Bridesmaids Dresses For Less

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About Recycled Bride Etsy finds for green bridesmaids that won't break the bank! Your summer wedding should be easy, breezy, beautiful and green. And it's easy to outfit your bridesmaids in sustainable dresses that are adorable and affordable without harming the environment. Etsy is one of the best places to find these styles, and here are 4 of my favorite Etsy shops for the hottest bridesmaids styles of summer: 1.Gina Michele Vintage makes eco-friendly bamboo jersey dresses in...

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Recycled Bride: Eco-Friendly Wedding Shoes

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About Recycled Bride Green shoes (in every color!) for the green bride and her bridesmaids! Wedding-day shoes come in all different colors and styles, from sparkly stilettos to hip multi-hued Mary Janes. And while there are plenty of conventional sources for your bridal heels and bridesmaids' shoes, today I'm going to introduce you some of the best new styles in a growing market for eco-friendly shoes. What makes a shoe eco-friendly? Most green shoes are made of sustainable or...

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Recycled Bride: Wedding Bands For Your Groom

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About Recycled Bride A green wedding band is a man's best friend A wedding ring can symbolize not only your commitment to your partner, but your vow to help create a better, healthier world. So shouldn't you and your man be sporting wedding jewelry that's kind to the Earth and the workers who mine and create your gorgeous jewels? If you purchase a wedding band without knowing where its materials come from, you could be contributing to one of the most destructive industrial...

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Recycled Bride: 5 Fabulous Eco-Chic Bridesmaids Gifts

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About Recycled Bride Five unique and eco-chic gift ideas for your girls! Unlike most of the guests attending your wedding, bridesmaids actually have a job to do. So how will you thank them for all of the rehearsing and planning, the moral support and hugs, the dress fittings and hours of photos and train bustling and holding your dress up while you make a big-day bathroom run? With bridesmaids gifts! And the very best presents are the ones that nurture the planet while making your...

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Wedding Flower Friday: Moss, for an Eco-Friendly Wedding Feel

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Moss is usually thought of as something to walk over, or get rid of, not as part of a decoration plan for a wedding. But as backyard chic takes center stage in weddings this summer, moss is being seen more and more often in decorations, centerpieces and even boutonnieres. What do you think? Does moss have a place at your wedding table? By the way, the first picture is from an engagement shoot by Studio B Photography, the boutonierre pictured here was created by Stylish Blooms...

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