I’ve been inspired… by my new blog friend A Little Birdie! Go visit her at her blog A Little Birdie Weds. We spoke briefly about being blogging buddies from Canada. While blogs allow us all to communicate from all corners of the world, it is safe to say that most blogging brides are from the U.S.

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I have 4 bridesmaids, all with different opinions, tastes, and bodies! And ever since I got engaged I have been pondering on what would be the best way to go about their dresses. Picking the color was easy: emerald green, representative of Colombia where my wedding will be held. But the next step was not easy at all… How would I find a dress that looked good in that color, on 4 different bodies?

Initially I thought of having 4 girls wearing different dresses, all with either different shades of that green or different patterns etc… such as this:

Photo from davidsbridal.com

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Gerber Daisy Dude and I made a decision that turned us into an eco-friendly couple without us even realizing it…until now! This decision was creating our website through WeddingWire. I checked out many different websites and even though I’m sure it’s impossible to check out every single option, I found their features to be the best and reasonably priced – FREE! Other websites would offer basic things like posting your story, wedding info and a limited about of pictures, but if you wanted more (RSVP capabilities, guest book, links, more pictures and videos) you needed to pay more.

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Hydrangea Dude and I decided a while back that we would not send out response cards with our invitations, and instead, would ask people to RSVP online. We have our wedding website through WeddingWire, and they have a great tool that lets people RSVP directly through our website. Not only does this help the environment by reducing paper and envelopes, it saves us money on that paper and stamps. Also, since we are both very tech-savvy and do almost everything online, it reflects our personalities.

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We’re in the middle of designing (with the help of a graphic designer friend) our Save the Date post cards. When we got engaged, I read all of the “rules” on save the dates, i.e. originally intended for destination weddings, to be sent out 6 months in advance. We’re not exactly having a destination wedding (we live in NYC, and are getting married in Madison, WI—and I wouldn’t call Wisconsin in October a destination…) but since many of our friends and family would be traveling, we decided that we were going to “Save the Date”.
Part of me didn’t want to waste the paper, because this is the first thing, in what I perceive to be a waste of resources for wedding planning. I wanted to email it out. But, then I found Greener Printers.

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