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20% discount for 2012 weddings at Folly Farm in Bristol

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The beautiful Folly Farm, a green wedding venue in the Chew Valley between Bristol and Bath, is offering a fantastic 20% discount on all 2012 weddings booked before the end of March 2012.

The wedding suites are in a historic farm building that has been sensitively converted, set amongst a 250 acre nature reserve – ideal for wedding photographs.  They are licensed for civil ceremonies and are available for weddings and wedding receptions throughout the year.

Wedding venues that are beautiful in all seasons are always wonderful to find, and Folly Farm Director, Philip Niemand says that you’ll always enjoy something special whether it be “wild winter skies and beautiful frosty mornings [or] flower meadows and summer sunsets.”

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Natural handmade mini soap wedding favours

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Now that looks almost good enough to eat…

These delightful little foil wrapped goodies are in fact handmade soaps and bath melts, made Emily Lucas who runs Green Spirit from her home in Oxfordshire.  I’m a huge supporter of small businesses run by creative individuals, and on top of that Emily has a committment to sourcing eco-friendly ingredients and packaging.

The adorable wedding favours are handcrafted from vegan ingredients and natural essential oils – each one is made to order and wrapped in a tiny square of foil (available in a range of colours).  Not only can you choose the colour of the foil to match your colour scheme, but Emily also lets you choose your own fragrance.

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An eco-friendly beach wedding with natural handmade decorations

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Today I have some beautiful inspiration for anyone planning an eco-friendly, rustic beach wedding.  Lucy Dyer is a wedding planner who has a really hands-on approach, often making table plans and seating cards as well as doing the decor.  She created this castaway, rustic island inspired wedding at a beachside restaurant.

The brief from the couple was lots of natural decor, no plastic and manmade products – they wanted it organic and natural.  Lucy spent months gathering driftwood and shells from the surrounding beaches, which she used to decorate the venue.

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Utterly gorgeous natural flower girl dress

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Why is it you always come across the ideal items after your wedding?  I spent so long searching for lovely flower girl dresses, and now I’m starting to see them everywhere.  This one has the added bonus that it’s made with natural organic cotton and has pretty hand crocheting detail.  I love it – it’s so pretty and everything I was after for my littlest flower girl.

Available from Pure Pixie and costs about £40.

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Exquisitely illustrated eco-friendly wedding stationery

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This post is long over due – I met the lovely Nia of Nia Fiori at the Love My Dress Summer Soiree back in August and I just adore her stunning illustrated cards.  What’s particularly fab, is she’s brought out a range called ‘Friendly Fiori’ which is eco-friendly.

Nia was kind enough to send me one of her cards and they are really lovely – the simple palette of colours, the black text against the brown card, and the odd bit that glistens makes for a beautiful handmade card.

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My top eco chic wedding dresses from Etsy

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What a treat today – I have been scouring the shops of Etsy to find you my top picks when it comes to eco chic wedding dresses.  If you’re not sure about eco wedding dresses, just take a look at these pretty dresses, hopefully I’ve found something for everyone.

Which is your favourite?  Let me know in the comments box.  Next up will be my top vintage wedding dresses from Etsy – there’s some real beauties.

A fun eco wedding dress from Janay A Handmade with a sweetheart neckline, ruffled skirt and modern bow detail at the back.  This dress is made from a mixture of eco silk, hemp fabric and organic cotton voile.  It costs around £1,000.

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This pretty eco wedding dress is made by Kimmi Designs from a selection of reclaimed laces.  It is made out of three pieces, the skirt, a top, and the sash.  Possibly my favourite of all the dresses found here.  It costs just over £400.

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Garden of Eden inspired eco chic wedding dresses made from bamboo

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The fabulous Julie Dutton, who is listed in our directory, has been busy showcasing her eco chic wedding dresses as part of a garden and stand at the Chelsea Flower Show.

These stunning wedding dresses are made from sustainable bamboo, which Julie says “is soft and luxurious to handle and drape.”  For me, these dresses really demonstrate how diverse the choice of ethical fabrics is and that you don’t have to comprise on style.

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A magical woodland wedding venue in the Cornish countryside

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It’s hard to know where to begin telling you about our visit to Cornish Tipi Weddings because you really have to visit to get a feel for what this place is really like.  You need to go and soak it up, all the beautiful photographs will only go so far in showing you what a special place it is.

I’ve supplemented my own photos with those from Cornish Tipi Weddings and Green Photographic as I think that seeing weddings happening on site gives you the best feel for what it would be like, short of visiting yourself.

Following our directions to Cornish Tipi Weddings (also Cornish Tipi Holidays) we pulled off the lane and headed down a bumpy track.  We were greeted by Oggy, the warm and welcoming warden who takes care of the site, before following him down into the woodland towards our tipi.  All the paths were just like this…


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The site is set amongst 16 acres of secret woodland, each tipi nestled amongst its own woodland glade – ours was high up above the lake and aptly named ‘Overlake’.  Cornish Tipi Holidays is just like camping, but you don’t have to take a tent or cooking equipment, these are all provided.  This was our tipi…

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Get natural glowing skin for your wedding

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There can’t be many girls out there who don’t want to look and feel utterly beautiful and healthy on their wedding day.  After all those hours we spend at the laptop searching for wedding inspiration and the nights hand making all the pretty details, it’s not soon before we can start to look like an extra for the Twilight films.

I have fair skin, but I still want to have a healthy glow, especially when summer seems to only last for one month in April these days.  So this fab sounding natural product – Skin Glow Body Cream – from award winning Evolve is right up my street.  Available and on sale from The Natural Works Company it contains a tan boosting sugar extract to give you a natural hint of colour.

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