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Your Green Wedding – Dress

Michelle Smith — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:26:04 +0000

I haven’t written about Your Green Wedding in awhile, but there’s still lots of Summer left to wed in ………

Threadhead Creations, an Etsy shop, carries the lovely Grace gown. The dress features darts for shaping and a full, flaring skirt. The dress fabric has an imprint of a floral design. The front has a scoop neckline and the back is open, with criss-cross straps that tie. (My favorite part, I love a dress that makes the wearer look like a beautiful present).

It’s made from blend of hemp and silk (hemp 85% and silk 15%). The dress is lined with 100% silk. The hemp is chemical and pesticide-free. The silk is wild peace silk. Peace silk is gathered in a way that does not bring harm to the moths, so the silk is a vegan material.

This eco-friendly dress is currently available in sizes 2-14 but the seller can also make the dress in sizes 16 and 18. I love that the dress is full and able to flatter so many different figure types. It’s shown, at the shop website, worn with a little bolero-type jacket, which is very cute, but I’d wear it without and cover. Imagine how adorable those straps and that bow would look walking down the aisle.

Image credit: Threadhead Creationsat Etsy.com

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Your Green Wedding: Fabric Bridal Bouquets

Michelle Smith — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:11:41 +0000

What could be more eco-friendly for your green wedding bouquet than fabric flowers? Allen Company Incat Etsy.com offers fabric rose bouquets that will never fade, never die. Each bouquet is made of cotton starch and is attached to a real branch. They come in bouquets of 24 flowers, but you can request a different amount of color variation from the artist. The roses are 15 inches – top to bottom – with 3 inch flowers and 12 inch stems.

Here’s the same rose bouquet offered in tweed.

For more options and to see what other treasures are offered in the Allen Company Inc shop, click here. To read an interview with the artist, Kristina Franco, click here.

Image credit: Allen Company Inc shop at Etsy.com

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Your Green Wedding: Vintage Dresses Pt 2

Michelle Smith — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:28:17 +0000

Here are a couple more dresses for you to consider for your Green Wedding. They are both vintage dresses, from the Timeless Vixen Vintage shop, just like the dress that I shared with you the other day.

Vintage dresses are a romantic touch, in addition to being green, because they represent the glamour of days gone by, perhaps a simpler time, and traditional values. They are unique and while not cheap, they are priced well below the gowns that are produced today. That’s something to keep in mind when planning your overall wedding budget.

First up is a 1910’s Antique Vintage Breathtaking Edwardian Titanic White Mixed-Lace Couture Sheer Wedding Tea-Dress. The dress has lovely detailed lace and a matching camisole. It’s a tea-length dress. It is in excellent condition.

This next dress is incredible. 1930’s Antique Vintage Beaded Crepe Femme Fatale Bias-Cut Puff-Sleeve Wedding Gown Dress. I would absolutely love to be married in this dress. The feminine cut of the dress, the bead work, the bodice with the darts…Oh, wow. What a dress. The back buttons and has a key-hole opening. It’s made of crepe and the beading is copper sequin and glass in the Art-Deco style.

Image credit: Timeless Vixen Vintage’s shop at Etsy.com

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