You've heard of something blue for your wedding, now let us introduce something green! Sustainability trends have become increasingly popular in recent years—and for good reason! These trends tend to be unique, adorable, and good for the environment. If you're taking a more sustainable approach when planning your wedding, we've got some great eco-friendly tips to help you out!
Here at Wedding and Party Network we want to give you inspiration for your wedding details. The details are what sets your wedding apart from anyone else. The colors, theme, detailing and style all creates your wedding day style. So, today's Inspirational Friday will focus on eco-friendly party ideas. Going green is definitely a huge trend that is here to stay. Therefore, why not incorporate green items into your party that you host.
Having an eco-friendly party is a great way to go green. There are many ways that you can do this with any party. First off, shop locally for your food and flowers. Visit your local farmer's market to stock up on fresh fruit and a variety of food for your party. You can even buy flowers there, or just visit your local florist for fresh flowers. You can reuse them as a dinner centerpiece for your family. Also, don't forget to use eco-friendly paper for your party invitations.
Every Friday, Wedding and Party Network will be choosing a theme or color and give you inspirational photos. We want to help give you inspiration for your next event, wedding or party. So, take a look and we hope to give you a bit of inspiration when planning your wedding or party. Our inspirational board will give everyone inspiration for going green. When you think green, you may think of the color or being environmentally friendly. Whatever you think of, there are great ways to incorporate them into your wedding or next party.
When you think of March, you think St. Patrick's Day or the beginning of beautiful weather. March is the color for green with all the blooming flowers and St. Patrick's Day. So, incorporate that into your wedding or party. You can make green floral arrangements and pair it with pink, white or purple accents to make it pop even more. Create a green candy bar, use green party food or add green to your wedding cake or party cake. However, if you interpret "going green" into environmentally friendly you can use all the right resources to make sure you have a Eco-friendly party. E-vites, recyclable invitations, recyclable paper, reusable plates or Eco-friendly party favors will be great for a "green" wedding. So, incorporate green into your next event.
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Throwing an Eco-friendly party is truly ideal for this time of year. The flowers are blooming, green is peaking through and the sun is shining down on everyone. Planning a party during this time of year will help get everyone out of the house to beat the winter blues. So, why not throw an environmentally friendly themed party? What a perfect time to throw this party! It helps get the idea of "going green" out there and is a great theme for a springtime party. So, Wedding and Party Network is here to offer a few tips and ideas that will get you started.
Party Invitations: Start saving trees with your invitations by sending e-vites. Sending e-vites doesn't need paper at all. Your guests will just need a computer and the internet. If you don't want to go that route, make sure your invites are recyclable.
Tableware: Of course, your party will include a table full of delicious food. However, this is one of the biggest waste of your party. Plates, napkins, bowls, table linens and utensils all are extremely wasteful and not very Eco-friendly.
Instead of the paper plates, use reusable tableware. Mix and match fun glass plates that you will be able to reuse throughout your everyday life. Or, find recycled plastic plates that you can reuse. However, if you must go with paper, remember to recycle!
Party Decorations: Find party decorations that are reusable and recyclable. Fun party lanterns, felt banners, Chinese lanterns and colorful glass would look great at any party. Stick with something that can be reused again for other parties. Mainly, stay away from balloons. These are harmful to the environment, since they are not biodegradable.
Get creative and find fun party decorations that you have around the house or something that can be reused throughout the home or for another party. As part of your decor, you should place recyclable bins out to stress the importance of "going green".
Party Favors: Remember, think Eco-friendly party favors. Which means, let them take something home that they can use again. A fun canvas bag customized towards the recipient. If it's a child's birthday party, fill their gift bag up with color pages printed on recycled paper, felt birthday crowns, recycled rainbow crayons and organic raisins. However, if you are wanting to create a thank you gift for an adult party you may want to stick with organic gourmet foods or soy candles.
There are lots of ways to keep your party environmental friendly. Like, keep your food organic. Always think of ways that you can reuse that item for the party. Whether it be a party decoration that you can reuse again for another party, a party favor that the guests will truly use at home or how that item can be recycled. Definitely emphasize the importance of recycling and what it does for our environment.
If you want to do more than just incorporate Eco-friendly items into your party, go with a theme that will help cut down on supplies and will offer ever lasting memories.
Star Gazing Party: If there is a meteor shower or on a clear night, grab some sleeping bags and lawn chairs and host a star-gazing party. Provide telescopes, binoculars, and constellation maps for your guests. Also, offer some warming hot chocolate, smores or fruits and vegetables. Just remember to keep it organic.
Camp & Cookout Party: Provide an outdoor experience with a camping party. Pitch tents and roll out sleeping bags for a party experience your guests won't forget. Roast marshmallows, serve drinks in reusable glasses and sit around and tell fun stories.
Craft Party: Have left over scrap paper, stickers and craft supplies? Throw a craft party for your little one or friends. Make candles, melt down candles to make rainbow candles, create jewelry, bird houses out of plastic bottles or anything else that might be unique. You're reusing items that you and your guests will be able to use everyday.
Helping out with the environment is a huge trend now. So plan your next party to make sure you are helping out the environment. Throwing an Eco-chic party will help spread the word to your guests and teach you kids the importance of being environmentally friendly. These party tips will help you along the way in throwing a successful party!
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A popular trend still going strong in weddings is "going green". Everyone is doing their part in keeping things environmentally friendly, especially now. They want to make the world a better place to live. Brides are no exception is doing their part. "Green" weddings are a huge trend and are help saving our environment through all the wedding details. Wedding and Party Network is here to give you some helpful pointers to throwing a "go green" wedding. You'll have an environmentally chic wedding.
Wedding Venue: So you've picked a time and date, now you must pick your wedding venue. When you think of a venue, you may imagine a ballroom, hotel or banquet hall. However, these can eat up electricity and gas. So, choose something that is more environmentally friendly. You can go with an outside setting or a rustic barn.
These places would be ideal and absolutely breathtaking. Imagine getting married on the hilltops, beautiful botanical gardens or even in your backyard. These sound so amazing and there are so many things that you can do to make them truly stand out for your wedding.
Eco-Friendly Wedding Invitations: Trees are cut down everyday to offer paper for you and everyone else. If you're really big on throwing a "green" wedding, choose online invitations. Most everyone are tech savvy during this time, so sending a wedding invitation to their email or setting up a website would be ideal.
You can get really creative with this by creating a personalized wedding video. How fun would that be? This way, you get to show off your personalities and guests will think it's a treat to watch this. However, if this isn't your style or you still want a formal invitation, use recyclable wedding invitations. That way you are using recyclable paper and your guests can do the same with your invitation.
The Wedding Flowers:Are you thinking, how can flowers be "green"? Well, they can. Many flowers have harmful chemicals that in turn can harm the environment and insects. Why would we want that? Some florists buy from their local farmers market who like to grow theirs naturally or who are certified that they don't drench their flowers in chemicals, therefore, you can check with your local florist to make sure they do so. Stick to in season blooms so you'll be able to get them locally and they won't have to be ordered. You can also use potted flowers that can serve as centerpieces and favors; the flowers won't just be thrown away.
Another tip you can try is to create your own from recyclable paper or brooches. Some brides are creating their bridal bouquets out of something personal, family brooches. While others are sticking with recyclable paper to create their boutonnieres or even bouquets. Again, lots of ideas on how you can stay environmentally friendly with your wedding flowers.
Environmentally Friendly Food: Simple, stick with organic grown food. Just like flowers, vegetables and fruits can be drenched with chemicals. Like paper, trees have to be cut down to help process and house animals for meat. Stick with an organic meal and a vegan cake. Or go all vegan and stay away from dairy, meats and eggs.
If that doesn't suit you or your budget, find a wedding caterer who uses locally grown fruit, vegetables and meats. Make sure that these items aren't exposed to any harmful chemicals. Think about it, if you choose locally, you'll be saving on gas and electricity for shipping and storage. Serve what's in season, that way you won't have to find it elsewhere and have it shipped. Plus, in season is always better.
Wedding Favors: Stick with anything recyclable or organic. A great favor for this type of wedding would be flowering seeds or plants. A favor that your guests can take home and reuse again. Choose organic coffee, honey or chocolate that they'll be able to use at home. Donate an amount in their name to a local charity. There are all sorts of things that you can do for Eco-friendly wedding favors.
A Lovely Wedding Dress: Finding an environmentally friendly wedding dress maybe hard, but have you been eying your mother's wedding gown? Reuse it. It would make your mother wonderfully happy and you'll get to wear a personal wedding gown. If you're not crazy about the style, you can always redesign it to fit you and your style.
Find old wedding dresses where you can mix and match the styles and create a unique piece of your own. You will be saving on fabrics, since wedding dresses take a lot of fabric and has a lot of leftover fabrics as well. So finding one that has been worn will help save on this and will leave you with a truly unique bridal gown.
When planning your Eco, chic wedding; you'll find lots of ideas that will help save the environment. Let your wedding be amazingly beautiful, while saving the environment one wedding at a time. Starting with yours.
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Birthday parties, backyard barbeques, block parties, family reunions…summer is filled with parties of every kind. It's the perfect time of year to get outside, cool off with a cold beverage, and enjoy some great summer food. But with all the focus on "going green," the economy downsizing, and many people in need of everyday basics, I think gatherings of any kind are a perfect opportunity to do good for your community and the environment.
Are you passionate about the environment? At your next barbeque, take a few minutes to plant a tree with your guests or give a seedling tree as a party favor for your guests to plant in their yards. Do you volunteer at the local food bank? Ask your family members to bring a canned good or other non-perishable item to donate. Do you have a children's hospital nearby? Ask guests at your child's birthday party to bring pennies to fill up a container to take to the hospital. Does your family volunteer at the homeless shelter? Ask neighbors to bring gently-used clothing to the next block party to help out those less fortunate.
There are many ways you can incorporate "community service" with all your summertime gatherings–and year-round for that matter. This is a great way to keep people focused on needs in the community, teach children to think about others, and to encourage everyone to do a little something–which adds up to a whole lot.
There are two ways you can go about planning an eco-friendly wedding. You can go the extremist route and go as "green" as possible (the ultimate), or you can compromise and "go green" where it counts the most (the moderate). For starters, pick a team (ultimate or moderate) and decide how eco-friendly your wedding will be.
When planning an eco-friendly wedding, keep "minimal," "maximize," and "trade-off" in mind. The ultimate eco-bride will maximize the efficiency of her wedding. She will keep energy expenses to a minimum, and understands that "trade-offs" are great ways to compromise without sacrificing the eco-friendly goal of her wedding. With that in mind, here are a few tips for planning an eco-friendly wedding that everyone will rave about.
It all starts with where your nuptials are set to take place. The wedding venue is the foundation of a "green" wedding.
The Ultimate: Get outside! Saving money on utilities is as "green" as it gets. Live up the joys of an outdoor wedding ceremony. Choose from a friend's large backyard, local botanical gardens, a boat or yacht, a special pavilion in the park or other great outdoor wedding venues. After the vows are swapped, dance the night away under the stars (or a tent).The Moderate: Compromise is key. You want a "green" wedding, but you're not going to sweat off your $100 hair and make-up job for it. No problem. Say the vows inside and switch to a tent reception later. Another Continue reading "Planning An Eco-friendly Wedding Without Sacrificing Luxury" »
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