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Green Wedding Round Up

Jennifer — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:00:44 +0000

This being the last day of June, we’re closing out our green wedding feature. In case you missed something essential, I rounded up all the posts we did so far related to green weddings. I also made this green wedding guide a permanent fixture in our sidebar page section (to your right). Although green wedding month is over, as we do other posts that relate, we’ll be adding to the sidebar guide.

Here’s what we covered in May…

Basics:

Green Wedding Planner: Helpful Links for Wedding Planning

Announcements & Invitations:

Wedding Dresses, Wedding Party Clothing & Accessories:

Cake:

Food & Beverages:

Gifts:

Special Touches:

Extreme Green Weddings:

I hope you enjoyed this special feature – we sure did. Don’t forget to look for a new feature in June.

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Green Wedding Planner: Helpful Links for Wedding Planning

Jennifer — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:00:05 +0000

All May we’ve been talking about green weddings. In June, of course, we’ll be focusing on another feature, but good news – here at b5 we’re not the only blog talking weddings though.

We have a wedding planning blog here at b5 – Our One Heart, and although, the ideas are not green exclusive, you can draw ideas from the blog, and adapt them to your choosing. Then we also have Marriage Actually – a fun read written by Cory and Kerri. And yes, they’re an actual married couple. Now you can see what life might be like after the big event.

We also have an extensive travel section here at b5 where you can learn about place to go on your honeymoon. Some examples:

Then there’s She Knows Parties. This blog is written by two of my favorite bloggers and covers a wide range of topics that will interest anyone getting married.

Should You Hire a Party Planner?
5 Things You Will Need for Any Type of Party
Should You Have an Engagement Party?
Simple Summer Cupcakes
Lighted Punch Fountain
Party Punch Decorative Ice Ring – with little flowers and the right ice mold shape, it’s perfect for a wedding!
Adventure Bachelor Party – Stepping Away from the Traditional Route
And more – visit for plenty of party helpful ideas.

Now you know where to go when our wedding feature is over, and you’re having withdrawals.

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

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Green Wedding Tip: Alternatives to Reply Cards

Peggy — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:00:36 +0000

Did you catch Jennifer’s post on digital wedding invitations? She followed it up with another one as well.

The invitation is a difficult decision. You may really want to be all green and digital, but just can’t get rid of that craving for a traditional paper invite. That’s understandable.

But there’s one tradition you can easily do without — the reply card. Nixing the reply card will save an additional piece of paper, another envelope and a stamp.

So, how would your guests let you know if they’re attending?

It’s easy, and there are a number of options:

•Get your own wedding website with an RSVP function. You can do a free trial at wedding tracker (features an RSVP manager).

•Use a wedding RSVP service that provides a phone number and website for your guests. Some services even follow up with guests who don’t respond. Just do a search for “wedding RSVP service” to find the one that’s right for you.

•If you don’t have the budget for a wedding website or RSVP service, simply include an email address. I’d recommend a free Google e-mail named something like peggy.wedding@gmail.com.

•In any event, give guests the option to phone. Not everyone is down with the Internet.

Just include a small line at the end of your invite:
“Please RSVP by June 10 at www.mygreenwedding-rowland.com or call 453-989-9893.”

Wouldn’t that be much easier than stamping a bunch of reply cards? Of course, the folks who sell wedding invites aren’t going to tell you to do this, but it’s gaining in popularity among the eco-conscious brides! Try it out.

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

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Green Wedding Planner: Perfect Digital Wedding Cards

Jennifer — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:38:36 +0000

In my post Green Wedding Planning – Engagement Party & Wedding Invitations Go Digital I showed you some options for digital wedding invites. I missed a really nice option though, so I’m doing a follow up.

I got a comment and email about one very cool digital invitation service. I took a look and honestly, I think that this digital service trumps all others where digital weddings invites are concerned.

The service, My Invitation Link, offers digital wedding save the date cards, invitations, announcements , thank you cards, and much more. All of which are beautiful, custom, and well-priced. John, an individual from My Invitation Link, showed me some examples of a Christmas card and birthday card as well, so you could handle other events with this service as well. BUT we’re talking about weddings so… let’s see some wedding designs! Now remember, you really have to visit the site to see how this works. The designs below are just snippets of a single slide card.

Blackbird:

Bronze:

Here are two different slides from the Snow Forest card, to give you an idea of layout…

These digital cards are much more than a simple card, they can be entire slide shows; like a tiny movie. You can fit up to 20 slides in a card, music licensed by My Invitation Link, and is fully text customizable.

Pricing includes a subscription time of three, six, or twelve months. During that time your invitations and announcements are hosted and My Invitation Link notes, “During this time, users can come on to the site and change pictures, music, templates, etc. You can send to as many people as you would like, as many times as you like. You can use the templates for Save the Date Cards, Invitations, Thank You Notes, Birthday Cards, Shower Invitations, Christmas cards, Birth Announcements, Etc.”

Pricing is a much better deal than paper cards and stamps (and for trees!):

3 months – $39
6 months – $59
1 year – $75

Visit My Invitation Link to see some cards in action and to learn more.

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

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