Skip diamonds (for the most part) and give eco-friendly jewelry instead.
Serve organic treats, wine, and champagne.
Give organic flowers.
Green that night o’ love and recycle your unmentionables.
Get sexy and stay green.
Make your own cards – more special than store bought and you can reuse supplies you’ve got around the house. Or be sure to buy Valentine’s Day cards made with recycled materials.
For romance light organic soy or beeswax candles.

Looking for kid specific green Valentine’s Day ideas?
Coming up I’ve got some specific examples of the ideas above.
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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:

Engagement Party & Wedding Invitations Go Digital
Perfect Digital Wedding Cards
Alternatives to Reply Cards
Eco …read more

You know, for someone who claims to have nothing to say about wedding cakes, I sure have a lot to say about them. We’re wrapping up green wedding month tomorrow though; so of course all these ideas are popping into my head tonight.

These are a few random tips I was thinking about.
Before I mentioned you could have edible cake toppers – a very green choice. However, I forgot to mention that you could go ahead and make them yourself. We have a post here on making candied flowers, and Linette, over at Mother Earth’s Garden has another option for creating …read more

I wanted to do a green wedding post regarding wedding cakes this month, for our green wedding feature. But after thinking about it, what can I say?
Go organic.
There; two words. That’s not a post. When it comes to the cake, you’ll simply have to make it, or have it made, with organic ingredients. If you have it made, you’ll simply need to search out a local bakery that will go organic.
Since cakes are out, I thought hey, let’s look at cake toppers!
Your best bets for green cake toppers include:

Seek out a company that makes eco toppers (rare).
Buy something for a …read more

Organic drinks, especially wine is an important part of your green wedding. Not only because dancing makes folks thirsty, but also because grapes are one of the big baddies where pesticides are concerned. If you’re having wine, you really need to go organic.
Here are some organic wine companies. Although, I’m not a wine expert – so knowing which the best are is not my bag. If you’re looking to ask a question about a wine you can visit Behind The Vines.
Other resources include:

A nice F&Q about organic wine from the Organic Wine Company. Of course, they also sell wine.
Clearing up …read more

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 …read more

Part of any good green wedding is of course the food. However, food is not so much my thing. I can cook when I want, but I’m pretty dull, and your wedding deserves more creativity than brown rice and raw broccoli. That said, I’ve gathered up some links and ideas that can help you to plan your green wedding food.
Oh, and we’ll discuss cake and wine later.
Planning a Vegetarian Wedding
UK organic caterer search
Co-op America’s organic food providers
‘Green’ Wedding Ideas: Your Menu
San Francisco based, Work of Art has a cool sample menu for an Organic and Sustainable Cocktail Dinner you can …read more

Greener wedding favors should be made with eco sense (i.e. organic) or be something people will use and use; not just toss. Here are a few ideas…
Plantable Petal Cones Kit (for holding flower petals, lavender grains, rice, etc.) from Favor Creative

“The Perfect Pair” Cookie Cutters from the knot wedding shop

Organic Chocolate Bar Wedding Favors from Endangered Species Chocolate

Redwood, Pine, or Spruce trees from the Arbor Day Foundation – each plant ready tree comes in a recyclable container that converts into a bird feeder. You can also personalize your messages on the tree container.

Click here to learn about all the current …read more

You could go a few ways with greener wedding gifts. One, you could forgo gifts and instead ask guests to make a contribution to a favorite green charity. Two, you could ask guests to bring you a nice reuse item that they no longer need. Three, you can register for only earth friendly gifts.

If you need home items then obviously gift registry is the way to go. There are very few whole green stores in most cities. There are actually very few comprehensive green registry places online. That said, you could compile a list of items you’re looking for to …read more

During May, Tree Hugging Family will be covering some green wedding topics. From dresses, to cakes, to invitations and flowers, we’ll look at a little bit of everything. Of course, green weddings is an in depth topic, we won’t be able to cover it all, so we’ll also be locating and posting resources where you can find more information.

In the meantime, if there’s a green wedding issue that you’re dying to learn more about, leave a comment, and I’ll try to prioritize a post on the topic.
Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes, and green challenges going …read more