Green Wedding Planning – Engagement Party & Wedding Invitations Go Digital

You have plenty of wonderful options when it comes to sending your green invitations off. Whether you’re announcing an engagement, the wedding date, or even a bachelor party, there are greener options than tradition paper.

If you really want to be true-blue green all the way, then digital is the way to go. I KNOW! A digital wedding invitation! How weird is that? Not so weird if you’d like to conserve trees and resources. Plus, believe me, there are some pretty cool invite options out there in digital land.

pingg is a great option for beautiful digital cards.  Not only can you create great cards and send them to the masses, but many of the services offered at pingg are FREE. Yup free. Save paper and paper money! You can use one of their design options (of which they have many) or download your own image or photo.

I made a pretend wedding invite so you could see how nice they look. I didn’t really have much to say, seeing as how I’m not really getting married, so my cards are a little sparse. You however, can add addresses, notes, messages and more.

I like this design and colors best – very soothing:

May 18th! I’m getting married quick. Ha. I also like this option…

Care2 eCards also has a selection of fun e-card. For each card you send through Care2 they make a donation to an environmental nonprofit to save a square foot of rainforest. I don’t love any of their wedding specific choices. However, they have a super collection of artsy cards in oddball categories like world, art, and friendship. You just have to look, and you’ll find something nice. Care2 is totally free as well and you can add personalized messages.

Hallmark has oodles of e-cards; some free, some not, but many are adorable. The only problem with Hallmark cards is I don’t think you can change messages. You can add messages though. Their wedding selection is slim, but like any e-card service, you don’t have to use a “wedding” card, you can use a friendship or art-type card with a wedding message added to it.

Yahoo Greetings: This site is in conjunction with American Greetings and you can find great e-cards here. There’s also a special create your own invite section. I found this card:

Next up, options besides digital including paper card products that are more earth friendly than traditional. Now, would you go digital for your wedding?

Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes, and green challenges going on at Tree Hugging Family in May 2008