Sweet Flower Girls

Rod's cousins Lainey and Catherine have just agreed to be our flower girls (we'll post pictures soon), and we are so excited! They are such cute, sweet little girls. Unfortunately they live very far from us so we don't get to see them often. Because they are so far away, their mothers will be picking out the flower girls dresses. Here are some simple styles that I like.



1. Children's Boutique
2. Cotton Candy Dress - Ivory Shantung 204 (Don't worry the sash and flower are removable)
3. Snippet and Ink
4. Cutie Clothes - Sage Girls Dress
5. Cutie Clothes - Blue Girls Jacqueline
6. Cotton Candy Dress - Ivory and Lilac Victorian (Don't worry, the sash and flower are removable)

It's a nice day for a green wedding

I have become absolutely obsessed with finding ways to make the wedding more environmentally friendly. I know that weddings are inherently wasteful--the entire event is built around extravagance and excess for one day. The penultimate wedding symbol is a ridiculously expensive dress that will only be worn for one day. I know that it will be impossible to avoid all of the excesses, but here are a few suggestions I found on Eco Chic Weddings:




- Print invitations on recycled or recyclable paper
- Reduce your carbon footprint by buying food and beverages locally
- Make sure that venue/caterer recycle bottles
- Buy local/native flowers that are in season (not only does this reduce the use of fuel, but it is also uses less pesticides)
- Let your bridesmaids pick out dresses they will wear again or encourage them to donate the dresses to the Princess Project
- To the extent possible, decorate with items that you already own, or that you can borrow, rent, find, and/or reuse
- Give out favors that people will actually use or, better yet, ones that give back like donations to your favorite charity
- Have your wedding and reception in the same location
- Organize a shuttle for your guests







Please let me know if you have any other ideas!