{"id":188,"date":"2009-04-22T11:27:23","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/?p=188"},"modified":"2010-08-23T17:16:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T00:16:11","slug":"happy-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/04\/happy-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Earth Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn&#8217;t have to be Earth Day for us to think about making less of an impact on our environment.\u00a0 Many of couples have been asking for advice on how to make their weddings green.\u00a0 Here are some of the tips we like to share with all our clients:<\/p>\n<p>1) Use green invitations.\u00a0 Believe me the quality of recycled paper has come a long way from the 80&#8217;s.\u00a0 This elegant invite gives you the chance to change the world one simple choice at a time.\u00a0 The paper is made with 100% post-consumer fibers and created without the use of chlorine compounds.\u00a0 The manufacturer uses a significant amount of renewable energy resources and responsible forest management practices.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mystylishwedding.com\/store\/invitations-c-1\/go-green-green-seal-certified-recycled-invitation-p-813\">http:\/\/mystylishwedding.com\/store\/invitations-c-1\/go-green-green-seal-certified-recycled-invitation-p-813<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/2009\/04\/go-green-invitation_02_lrg.jpg\" alt=\"go-green-invitation_02_lrg\" width=\"248\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/2009\/04\/go-green-invitation_lrg.jpg\" alt=\"go-green-invitation_lrg\" width=\"257\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">2) Instead of cut flowers (which can be full of pesticides) there are several stunning rentals that can be used as centerpieces.\u00a0 Take our bronze trees for example &#8230; you can&#8217;t make more of an impact in a room.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/2009\/04\/august-2008-063.jpg\" alt=\"august-2008-063\" width=\"215\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3) Banish disposable water bottles!\u00a0 Hand out these gorgeous re-usable water bottles as favours instead.\u00a0 These sturdy metal bottles can be personalized any way you like and will help encourage your guest to kick the plastic habit as well!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/2009\/04\/seating-charts-021.jpg\" alt=\"seating-charts-021\" width=\"216\" height=\"258\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4) Use a\u00a0beautiful seating chart instead of placecards.\u00a0 We love seating charts because they don&#8217;t waste all that cardstock and are made using post-consumer material.\u00a0 The best part is that they are 100% customizable.\u00a0 Our brides love them so much that they often hang them in their home after the wedding.\u00a0 Check them out at <a href=\"http:\/\/mystylishwedding.com\/store\/wedding-day-printing-c-30\/seating-charts-p-650\">http:\/\/mystylishwedding.com\/store\/wedding-day-printing-c-30\/seating-charts-p-650<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/2009\/04\/seating-charts-024.jpg\" alt=\"seating-charts-024\" width=\"206\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5) We love, love, LOVE these organic favour boxes.\u00a0 Need I say more?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/2009\/04\/august-2008-274.jpg\" alt=\"august-2008-274\" width=\"290\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/2009\/04\/august-2008-274.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/2009\/04\/august-2008-274-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mystylishwedding.com\/store\/favor-boxes-stickers-tags-c-21\/organic-green-2-piece-woven-favor-boxes-p-105\">http:\/\/mystylishwedding.com\/store\/favor-boxes-stickers-tags-c-21\/organic-green-2-piece-woven-favor-boxes-p-105<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn&#8217;t have to be Earth Day for us to think about making less of an impact on our environment.\u00a0 Many of couples have been asking for advice on how to make their weddings green.\u00a0 Here are some of the tips we like to share with all our clients: 1) Use green invitations.\u00a0 Believe me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[72,71,73],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trends","category-weddings","tag-environmentally-friendly-wedding","tag-green-wedding","tag-organic-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askaweddingplanner.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}