We customized our chuppah structure to fit the stage that the Westin provides for the outside terrace at the Westin Grand this past weekend.  The structure was loosely based on a photo that the bride brought in from a magazine.  She wanted a natural outdoorsy look and she got it.
Here is a photo from Mary [...]

There has been a wave of fresh new wedding gown designers across the country.  Now we have a local one that we can brag about!
Love their website and love their style.  Check it out!  Punk Rock Bride! Support local designers!

When choosing wines for your wedding, consider looking into local wineries!  What a great way to spend time with your fiance!  Check out local wineries and then pick the ones you love for your wedding day. Serving local wines supports your local community and economy.  Not to mention that you are creating a smaller footprint [...]

One of the recurring complaints brides tend to face when planning an eco-friendly wedding is finding eco-friendly solutions for what they are wearing. First and foremost, please know that this is the LEAST of your worries.  Your biggest footprint of the wedding day is your transportation (getting all your guests to your wedding from around [...]

I love Elizabeth Ann Design’s Blog!  Such an enormous amount of information on it!!!!
Check it out! They have us on one of their love links for event planning!  Thanks ladies!

If you have not become addicted to the Sugar Blogs – now is the time to start!  They just posted one our bouquets on their casasugar.com webites!
Check out the post here!
They posted our wonderful artichoke bouquet from my upcoming book about eco-friendly weddings!  They sourced the photo back to one of our earlier posts – [...]

Hi Mothers of the Brides (MOBS) -
I am sending out a request to all of the MOBS out there that would like to tell me what they have learned throughout the wedding planning process!
If you are at the beginning stages:

What frightens you most?
Are you wanting more or less control over the bride or grooms choices?
What [...]

Things I think are wonderful…
Things that a bride or bridesmaid should have…

Oh – the Kate Spade ring and bangle – love the color!!!!!!!!!!

And since I can’t wear high heels at weddings while I work – all my purple bound brides should have their rehearsal dinner dress complete with these Kate Spade shoes or have the [...]

Yesterday was such an amazing day for a wedding.  Woodend was the place, purple and eco-friendly was the theme!
Amanda with Occasions helped to create a beautiful eco-friendly wedding buffet for the couple.  All left-over food scraps were placed into compost bins and the food was amazing!
Here are a few photos from the day:

The chuppah was [...]

Katie Martin has been invited to speak locally at the Green Festival 2009 in Washington, DC in regards to eco-friendly/green weddings! Green America (formerly called Coop America) hosts the Green Festivals all over the country.  The festival will be held October 10th & 11th in the DC area at different venues and centralizing at the [...]