Inspiration board - Eco-friendly/Green Wedding

One of the rising wedding trends is a "green wedding" or an eco-friendly wedding. Since most people nowadays are getting more concerned about protecting the environment and living a healthy lifestyle, green weddings are being done by more and more couples.

It's not that hard organizing a green wedding. Many wedding suppliers are now offering eco-friendly favors, like cards made from recycled products, potted herbs, or seedling sachets. Or instead of giving favors, donate them to your local charity.

Some designers use hemp for the gowns. Your bridesmaids can wear dresses they could use again. For the food, you can choose organically-grown vegetables and gluten-free food. You can also choose to pick recyclable things for decor or silk flowers for your bouquet. Just remember the ever-famous line "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" and you'll see there are a lot of options you could choose from to create your own green wedding.

Here's an inspiration board that I came up with for an earth-friendly wedding. Hope you like it:1st column, from top: Alabaster Tea Rose Bouquet from MarthaStewartWeddings.com; Gluten-free Vegan Wedding Cake from DecadenceWeddingCakes.com; Garden Salad from EarthenFeast.com; Seedling Wedding Invitation from InviteSite.com.

2nd column, from top: Two Lovers and an Acorn Oak Wood Ring Set from SimplyWoodRings.com; Carmen gown made of hemp and silk from NaturalBridals.com; Bamboo Trinket Box from LittleThingsFavors.com.

3rd column, from top: Lavender Wedding Rice from Beau-Coup.com; Recycled Glass Terrarium from VivaTerra.com; Organic Cowel-Back Dress made of hempsilk from MyCorset.com.

Free fonts for your DIY invitations

If you're doing DIY projects for your wedding, such as invitations, thank you cards, place cards, and the like, then the Font Squirrel will surely be a big help to you.

Font Squirrel is a site that offers free font downloads for commercial use. It has loads of fonts ranging from sans serifs to calligraphy. It also has some dingbats, decorative fonts that can be used as images.

There are some fonts there you could use on your wedding projects. The ever-famous Scriptina is on the list, but you could also use Beautiful ES (which hubby used for our DIY invitation), Chopin Script, or Windsong. Dingbats like IM Fell Flowers and Kfon are great decorations for your cards as well.

I tried to make a mock-up of a monogram using the downloaded fonts in Font Squirrel. It was a quick one, so I didn't get to change the colors. I used Renaissance as the font for the initials, and Kfon (birds) and Nymphette (curls) as decorations:
If you want to have free fonts you could use for your DIY wedding projects, you can visit the Font Squirrel website.

Dessy's 2010 Bridesmaid eBook

The Dessy Group site has just released its Bridesmaid Collection flip book for 2010. Its got loads of beautiful dresses from designers such as Alfred Sung, Lela Rose, and more.

For brides-to-be (and bridesmaids as well) who are looking for great bridesmaid dress designs, take a look at Dessy's latest collection, which also includes wedding gowns and flower girl dresses, and get inspired.

Inspiration board - Christmas

December is a month of merriment. Here in the Philippines, it's also the month when so many weddings are held (compared to June). That's why I chose to make an inspiration board revolving around this theme.

I used the festive colors of red and green, as opposed to the winter-y white Christmas. I think its a very lively color combination, and when done right, it truly evokes a sense of cheer. Hope you like it.

1st row, from left: Sophia Style Burgundy Christmas Dress from SophiaStyle.com;Red Snowflake Ornament Place Card Holder from FavorIdeas.com; Janie Medley Flora Design Bridal Bouquet from JMFlora.com.

2nd row, from left: Frosty the Wedding Cake from ColettesCakes.com; Groom's Boutonniere with White Lily and Berries from EveryBloomingThing.cc; Fernanda Wedding Gown from PattisBridal.com; Maine Kissing Ball from WhitneyWreath.com.

3rd row, from left: Deck the Halls Centerpiece from ProFlowers.com; Christmas Holly Wedding Invitation from Invitations4Less.com; Red Marabou Shrug from AdvantageBridal.com; Tara #380 from JennyYoo.com.