These wooden toppers made in your likeness are handmade of sustainably harvested fast growing poplar wood. Each one is custom painted using U.S. made, non-toxic water-based paints according to the artist. The finishing coat consists of a homemade bee’s wax and organic jojoba oil finish.

Simply send your photo to the artist and watch your image, that of your sweetheart (and your furry sweethearts if you have any) transferred onto wood.

We love it!

Whether for way-finding or simple greetings and messages, vintage signs add that much needed personalized finishing touch to any event.

All to often under utilized and overlooked, wedding signs truly warm and welcome your guests.

Visit antique and thrift stores or garage sales and online auctions to find vintage picture frames and mirror frames that can be freshened up with a coat of paint. Get creative with how and where you use them:

• At the entrance to your ceremony and reception venues
• To mark designated areas such as Candy or Dessert Buffets
• Use large full length frames to create chalk boards that your guests can write fun messages on
• Place smaller frames with special messages on washroom counters next to hand towels and hand lotions or anywhere you want to surprise your guests with a special little note.

Get creative and have fun coming up with ways to use vintage frames. Remember, you can always use the frames in your home or office after your wedding.

Check out this fabulous dual use chalkboard mirror being offer by Etsy artisan Revived Vintage.

Each gingerbread cookie is custom engraved with your names and wedding date in your choice of milk or dark chocolate. Cookies measure 2.5” x 3.5” and are individually sealed. 

What a unique and tasty favor for a late December wedding. Your guests are sure to love these and will not soon forget them.

Available through Blow Flower Designs, cookies start at $2.10 (U.S.) per cookie and $2.50 (Canadian) per cookie.

These handmade bridal bouquets, created with vintage enamal and rhinestone flower brooches, are truly one-of-a-kind pieces as unique as the special bride carrying them.

To complement the beautiful flower brooches, vintage rhinestone jewels in coordinated colours along with feathers, ribbons and buttons are used to complete the look.

Linda’s unique designs made of vintage and antique flatware would make wonderful bridesmaid gifts. The spoon and sterling silver bead bracelet would look exquisite worn on your wedding day.

Bracelet: $26
Set of 5 rings: $63 for the set (Excellent bulk buy for bridesmaid gifts)

Ecofficiency, GRN Events and Mon Amie presents…

“Eco Event for the Bride at Mon Amie Bridal Salon”

PURPOSE:
Create a fabulous annual event bringing brides and eco-friendly designers and vendors together to demonstrate how easy it can be to have a green wedding.

When:
Saturday, April, 24^th 2010
9:30am – 5pm

The difference:
This is no ordinary Bridal Expo.Your choices make a difference! When you choose to incorporate green elements in your event you increase the demand for sustainable goods and services, help raise awareness about important environmental issues and reduce your impact on the environment. 

The Events:
“Something Green” will kick off Saturday morning at 9:30 am with a runway fashion show featuring Adele Wechsler Organic gowns.

After the fashion show models will circulate throughout the salon and Eco Event wearing eco-friendly wedding gowns made of organic fabrics and natural trims by Adele Wechsler Organic gowns and Pure by Justin Alexander.

Brides will be invited to visit a special section of the salon set up as a mini bridal show and have the opportunity to meet and buy directly from Green Designers and Exhibitors.

Vendors:
Aveda – Samples and Messages
Barefoot Wine – Champagne
Luscious Desserts – Desserts
Persiano – Rentals/Lighting
Wildflower – Linens
Floral Sense – Florist
Seven4One – Venues
Moore & Cruz – Photography
Wiley Valentine – Invites
Del Lago Trio – Entertainment
GRN Events – Planner
Ecofficiency.org – Non-Profit

Every attendee has the chance to win a sweetheart give-away

For more information regarding the Something Green Eco Event or to book your appointment to try on eco-friendly wedding gowns, please call 714.546.5700.

Mon Amie Bridal Salon is located at 355 Bristol Street in Costa Mesa .

Okomido brings life to recycled precious metals and gemstones through their interpretation of nature’s masterpieces. These distinctive stackable twig rings are a brilliant example of their exquisite artisan pieces handcrafted using 18K rose gold, sterling silver and chocolate shakudo.

What is shakudo you ask? Shakudo is a Japanese metal coloring method of mixing a low gold content alloy with copper that achieves the beautiful chocolate colored metal featured in many of their designs.

Okomido’s commitment to the environment includes “no new mining” practices, instead, metals and gemstones are reinterpreted from vintage jewelry.

If it wasn’t for a well manicured friend who strongly urged me to get my nails done the day before my wedding, I probably would have made my debut with nails au naturale.

Half way through our wedding receiving line I was rather thankful my pushy (or persuasive as she calls it) friend dragged me to the nail salon; almost every female in attendance held up my hand to inspect the modest bling that embellished my perfectly polished fingers.

The next morning I remember thinking as I cleaned my nails with the harsh smelling toxic nail polish remover, “I guess this is the price you pay for wedding day perfection”.

Well today’s bride need not compromise her eco values. There are now many environmentally and health friendly nail products on the market. Water based, low odor formulas free of formaldehyde, toluene, dibutyl phthalate and many other toxic chemicals.

Here are just a few to check out:

http://store.acquarellapolish.com

http://polishedmama.com

http://www.toeshades.com

www.suncoatproducts.com

http://nomiss.com

 Made by Angie herself, this stunning recycled 14k yellow and 14k white gold set shows-off beautiful organic shapes and finishes and is topped off with a stunning conflict-free chocolate diamond.

Angie Star Jewelry’s professional designers specialize in custom jewelry handcrafted from recycled and ethically sourced materials.

I was thrilled to read about their new commitment to creating eco friendly wedding pieces in their February 15^th blog post. Can’t wait to see more of their gorgeous wedding creations.

If you are looking for a well organized, stylish and eco friendly bag to hold your wedding day emergency items, you may want to check out the Ecotex Toiletry Bag from Heys International.

This fab bag made from six recycled water bottles — how cool is that? — has seven generous compartments which can fit full sized bottles, a detachable hanging hook and waterproof liner.

If you are travelling somewhere for your honeymoon, check out Heys full Eco luggage collection.

Available colors: