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6 Alternative Wedding Bouquets

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

Roses are red, violets are blue. We love flowers, how bout you? A bouquet of flowers is a must when walking down the aisle. And lately, we’ve been seeing tons of unique wedding bouquets. We’re seeing everything from airplants and succulents to DIY flowers from Coke cans. Yes, you can get as creative as you want with your arrangement – flowers or no flowers. Fold up your own origami flowers or bundle up some beautiful feathers. Check out these 6 alternative wedding bouquets for some ideas.

1. Air Plants & Succulents

Indoor plants like air plants and succulents make for a beautiful bouquet. They’re available all-year round and will last longer than any flowers.

Photo from Botanica Events

2. Origami Flowers

Origami flowers are so cute and whimsical. Instead of using regular ol’ white printer paper, opp for pretty floral print paper. Keep the origamis small so they’ll look more like flowers.

Photo from Wondrous Weddings

3. Pinwheel Fun

A summer outdoor wedding calls for pinwheels. Soft pastels are lovely but get the glittery pinwheels and they’ll sparkle in the wind!

Photo from Everything Weddings and More

4. Seashell Fan

And for the beach weddings, decorate your fan with your beach finds. Glue on your collection of seashells, just make sure you clean them first!

Photo from Wondrous Weddings

5. Marshmallow Bouquet

Yummy! A bouquet you can eat – marshmallows. For a fun backyard or carnival themed wedding, this is the perfect accessory to show off while walking down the aisle. Top it off with sprinkles and a cherry and you have the ultimate dessert.

Photo from Just Weddings

6. Coca Cola Cans

Get your creative juices flowing or just crack open a few cans of cola. Here’s a super crafty bouquet you can make from soda cans.

Photo from Kootation

Try a nontraditional bouquet for your wedding. Get crafty and make your own or buy your arrangement online. What other non-floral wedding bouquets have you seen?

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The Loveliest Garden Weddings

Wednesday, May 29th, 2013

 

Picture from Wallcoo

A garden wedding is our kind of wedding. Pre-decorated and eco-friendly, oh yes! Like flowers and plants that come in a variety, so do garden weddings. You can have your ceremony outdoors or indoors, make it dreamy and romantic, or make it rustic and shabby. Get some ideas for your wedding theme from these lovely garden weddings.

1.  A garden wedding is so picturesque – the perfect magazine cover. Take it outside to the wild gardens for a dreamy and romantic wedding. The birds chirping in the tall trees will make you feel like you’re a magical princess.

Picture from Tumblr

 

2. For an indoor wedding with the outdoor feel, there’s botanical gardens. Entertain your guests in the comforts of an enclosed garden space and beautiful setting.

Picture from 100 Layer Cake

 

3. You may be outside but you can still glam it up! Hang up the chandeliers and set out the fine China for a truly elegant garden wedding.

Photo from Pinterest

 

4. A wedding can still be elegant with a mismatch of decorations! Round together a selection of lovely vintage chairs and sofas to seat your guests for the reception.

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5. Or how bout a shabby chic garden wedding? Think English gardens and croquet. People will love dressing to theme in linen suits and suspenders!

Picture from Wedding Wire

 

6. Get creative with decorations! Instead of spring flowers, decorate with fruits and vegetables like carrots, pears and tomatoes.

Picture from Hatunot Wedding

 

7. For the bridesmaids dress, we just adore green flowy dresses. It matches the natural setting and looks so easy, breezy.

Picture from Ruffled Blog

 

8. What a simply beautiful cake! All white on the outside, decorated with pretty flowers and leaves, with matching pink on the inside.

Picture from The Natural Wedding Company

A garden wedding is the best theme for a beautiful and natural wedding. You’ll be surrounded by lovely plants and smell the sweet flowers all day long. Have your wedding in a magical wild garden or keep it indoors at a botanical garden. There are all kinds of gardens to choose from. Which of these garden weddings do you like?

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Vintage & Antique Engagement rings from EraGem Jewelry

Friday, May 6th, 2011

At BravoBride we love vintage and antique jewelry. Not only is it gorgeous, it’s also eco-friendly because you’re choosing to reuse an item instead of buying something brand new. We are very excited to welcome our newest sponsor EraGem Jewelry, who specialize in vintage engagement rings and antique engagement rings. Take a look at some of my favorites below and prepare yourself to see a lot of sparkle!

Whoa! This 1930′s antique crown engagement ring is spectacular! It features a 1.5 carat Old Mine cut diamond and is crafted of solid platinum with ornate filigree. This ring looks like it should cost well over ten thousand dollars but it’s only $7,499. Because this is estate jewelry, it unique and the only one available.

sapphire diamond engagement ringThis sapphire Art Deco antique sapphire engagement ring would make even Kate Middleton jealous! It features a 6 carat checker top natural blue sapphire gemstone with diamond accents and it’s nearly a century old.

Old European Cut DiamondThis stunning engagement ring features a huge conflict free old European cut diamond center stone at 2.69 carats. It’s combines the best of old and new because the stone has been reset in a Beverly K designer halo mounting crafted of ornate solid platinum. People will definitely notice this one sparkle from across the room.

Antique Engagement Rings Bridal Set
This lovely antique engagement ring bridal set is crafted of solid 14k yellow gold with 18k white gold accents. The engagement ring features a 1/3 carat old European cut diamond and single cut accents. For only $1,199 you can get a pretty incredible wedding set.

Tsavorite Garnet & Diamond Engagement RingThis piece is breathtaking! It’s ideal for the bride to be that wants her ring to be unlike any other. The ring features a natural Tsavorite center stone over 3 carats and genuine natural diamonds set in a solid platinum mounting.

This Tiffany & Co. engagement ring has been sold but I had to show it to you! Isn’t it lovely?! It’s is crafted of solid platinum and had a Tiffany & Co appraisal with a stated retail value of $30,100. At BravoBride, we love great deals and Weston Fine Estate Jewelry had it on sale for almost 35% off the retail price!

fine estate jewelryFinally, I just wanted to show you a small sample of the other fine estate jewelry they offer. I could really spend hours (actually I did) on their site looking at all their beautiful, unique and eco-friendly engagement rings. Weston and Michael from EraGem go above and beyond to insure their customers receive the highest quality of customer service. Did you spot a ring, or two or three or four you like? You don’t even have to live in the Seattle area because they offer free shipping and a full 60 day money back guarantee for any reason. When you have a moment take a look around their website, there is some major eye candy on there!

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A Tree for Every Dress

Friday, April 1st, 2011

sell a wedding dressWe’re celebrating Earth Day this year by planting a tree for every wedding gown listed for sale through the month of April by working with The Nature Conservancy! The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important land and water for nature and people.

Re-selling your wedding dress helps the planet in a variety of ways because not only will we plant a tree for every dress listed, but passing your gown on to another bride is an Earth-friendly way to re-use your dress.

It just takes a few minutes to list your gown on BravoBride. To learn how to sell a wedding dress and to get started please click here and to find out more information about The Nature Conservancy and their projects, go to www.nature.org.

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Save Money, Time and Even the Environment

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

When I got married a few years ago I was surprised at the expense of wedding invitations, let alone the postage and the time it took to put them together, address and mail them.  Even with my fiancé’s and bridesmaid’s help it ended up being one of our most daunting wedding tasks.  Which is why I absolutely love this new wedding service, Greenvelope. Greenvelope is a green company that offers a “formal” online wedding invitation service, providing couples an alternative to expensive paper and postage.  Greenvelope’s web-based platform allows couples to send customized wedding invitations to their guests via email with the click of a button.

Greenvelope has a variety of different invitation designs

“People are ready to take advantage of Internet technology during the detailed wedding planning process,” said Sam Franklin, founder and CEO of Greenvelope, which enables users to create guest lists, design invitations, and track responses all electronically.  “Couples are also becoming increasingly aware of the impact large events have on the environment. Paperless invitations are an easy start to a green wedding.”

While one does not open his or her physical mailbox to receive an e-invitation, Greenvelope preserves the hands-on feel by taking advantage of cutting-edge animation technology.  Guests receive a virtual envelope–addressed with calligraphy—in their email inbox.  After being prompted to click, the envelope gracefully opens revealing the invitation components.

Greenvelope is proud to acknowledge other advantages to sending electronic invitations, aside from the cost and environment.  The electronic invitations are far less time consuming and the system allows the user to easily compile a guest list by uploading bulk contacts from an email server.  As invitees RSVP, the guest list will automatically update with the latest response information. For those not ready to make the jump to an electronic invitation, Greenvelope offers an inexpensive electronic “Save the Date” package that showcases the formal animation envelope experience.

Get your green on and save money and a whole lot of time with Greenvelope. Thanks Sam, for helping bring such a valuable service to the wedding industry!

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Environmentally friendly, green wedding garters

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

A lot different resources go into a wedding and these lovely celebrations can leave a big carbon footprint. Which is why we love innovative ideas to make weddings more environmentally friendly and why we were so excited to learn about about Julianne Smith’s ‘green’ wedding garters. Her new garters are made with eco-friendly grosgrain ribbon. The ribbon is woven using yarn made from 100% post consumer polyester, which is made from recycled plastic bottles! And yes, they are still soft, stylish and available in a variety of colors too! For more information and to purchase these gorgeous garters please visit Julianne’s website.

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