Don't Be Cruel..

Here are a handful of ideas to help keep your dress selections eco-friendly!

Stay tuned for next week - we will be featuring eco-friendly designers and their gorgeous dress creations!

Trade in the traditional white – your wedding dress wasn't born that white!
Toxic chemicals (and a lot of them!) are used to achieve that blinding brilliance. Dresses made from natural, eco-friendly fabrics like soy, hemp and organic cotton are available to most designers for a fairly similar price point.

Fair is fair – do some research and find out if the manufacturer of your dress supports fair trade. Everyone deserves decent wages, adequate benefits and a healthy work environment!

Don't sweat it – sweatshopwatch.org can help you find out if your dress manufacturer is keeping on the straight and narrow when it comes to fair business practices!

Double the enjoyment - buy dresses (both for yourself and for your bridesmaids) that can be worn again, or altered into a flirty cocktail dress! Or, if you're in the giving mood you can donate your dresses to a local women's shelter and give a hand to those in need.

Clean up the clean up – check with your dry cleaner and see if they offer eco-friendly dry cleaning services. Make sure your gown is wrapped in non-dyed paper (rather than plastic!) and stored in a box that does not contain a viewing window.
Store in a cool, dry area of your home.

These are a few of my favourite things...

As wedding planners, Ash and I are CONSTANTLY 'researching'.
I cannot tell you how many times I have been asked if I was getting married thanks to my 50 pound purchases of bridal magazines!

Ideas, inspiration, and because, dagnabbit, it's FUN!

We are always on the lookout for unique, fresh, fun things to use for the next wedding, event, party we're planning.

The one place we ALWAYS seem to hit a wall with is Groom/Groomsmen attire.

It is incredibly tough to find alternatives to the suit rental!

Especially knowing that not a lot of people actually want to own a tux.

So, in our constant search for great ideas (and, to be honest, for a summer wedding we're planning) we would like to share with you an amazing find.

Ties. Silk. Hand Screened. 'Ties That Don't Suck' By 'toybreaker'.

Be Forewarned boys, these are not your grandfather/thrift store numbers either.

There are so many print and colour options to choose from that they will work for everything from wedding to work to Wednesday.

Not only that, they also make great attendant gifts!

You can get the ties in matching colours and change up the print to suit the guy wearing it or let everyone choose their favourite!
And, if that's not enough, they are priced VERY well.

$40 a pop, shipped in a gift box!

It's about time menswear for weddings got personal.

Enjoy!