How to Go Green: Eco-Friendly Wedding Announcements by Rachael Fisher

If you are interested in the care of the environment, your wedding is a great place to express your views and promote eco-friendly living. Your wedding announcement can set the tone for your wedding by being environmentally friendly, as well.

ECO-FRIENDLY PAPER

Paper is a resource that should be conserved and recycled. Many options are available for buying and printing your wedding announcements with this in mind. Look for paper or card stock that is made of
recycled material or from tree-free products.

PAPER-FREE ANNOUNCEMENTS

In today's modern world, some brides are making paper announcements a thing of the past. If you want to do your part to save the trees, consider an alternative to paper announcements. Many brides today are choosing to cut down on paper by communicating electronically. In decades past, formal wedding announcements were the only proper way to announce your good news, but today brides are turning to the internet to spread the news. Consider making a customized wedding website to keep your family and friends up to date. You can add pictures, place links to bridal registries and post shower dates and other wedding festivities on a web calendar. It is convenient, fun and helpful to the environment by reducing waste.

RESOURCES TO HELP YOU GO GREEN


www.baglady-designs.com This site offers great designs that are fun, unique and made from recycled paper only.

www.earthlyaffair.com If you are looking for traditional announcements for a more conservative wedding, this site is for you. Take your pick from several different designs in many styles and colors. Announcements come in either 100% post consumer paper or FSC Certified Cotton Paper.

www.sweetinvitations.com For unique and beautiful wedding announcements consider using flowers. This site offers a gorgeous assortment of handmade invitations that utilize discarded and shredded cloth along with petals, flowers, grass, colors, silk and glitters. Their products are all made acid free and are 100% recycled.


www.invitesite.com Based out of Pasadena, CA, this company provides rich, beautiful paper that is completely tree free. 100% post-consumer recycled papers, archival papers and vellum papers are made from recycled material can also be purchased from this site.

www.twistedlimbpaper.com Make a bold impression with handmade announcements made from 100% recycled post consumer waste. This studio uses over half it's energy by green electricity. All water used in their paper making is recycled from the studio's dehumidifiers & air conditioner, as well, which is unique in itself. As an added incentive, 10% of all their profits are donated to environmental conservation efforts.