Katie at Ethical Weddings's blog

I was reading a little book about weddings the other day (yep, approaching our third wedding anniversary and I still can't tear myself away from them. Incidentally, in case you were wondering, year 3 is celebrated with leather - or leather equivalent!), and I came across this quote by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

'I...chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well.' read more »

After a glorious break in sunny Spain we're back! It was great to completely 'desconectar' (no internet, no computers) for a while...and it's taking a bit of getting used to being plugged in again (that's our excuse for not replying to any emails yet anyway!). read more »

I love going to weddings (as you might imagine!) so I was really excited to be going to the wedding of an old school friend last weekend - especially as all my other school friends were coming along too! read more »

I've been seriously debating what to do with my wedding dress over the last few weeks. read more »

Following on from last week's post about the bridal bouquet, I'd say one of the fun bits about arranging your wedding is the task of making your chosen venue look pretty.

Let your imagination run riot when it comes to centrepieces, place names, table plans and the like; it’s a great opportunity to incorporate some of those eco-friendly and fair trade touches.

Go for vases filled with pebbles and water, or colourful fruit as centrepieces, let shells, pebbles or leaves serve as place names. read more »

Traditionally, wedding flowers have a large and decorative role to play when it comes to weddings.

The bridal bouquet is certainly a much anticipated part of the white wedding, perhaps more for the throwing of it than for its arrangement! If you do decide to go for fresh wedding flowers, why not think about how you can minimise the environmental impact? read more »

Oops! I missed my Newlyweds slot again yesterday - but I had a good excuse! We were filming a short piece about ethical and green weddings for the Sky Channel, Wedding TV. read more »

Following on from last week's post questioning the cleanliness of Canadian diamonds, we have asked Greg Valerio of Cred Jewellery, who are pushing for fair trade diamonds, for his thoughts on the issue. Over to Greg... read more »

Following last week's post about choosing an engagement ring, we have picked up on a thread in the Ethical Weddings Forum (http://www.ethicalweddings.com/forum) suggesting that Canadian diamonds, often seen as the hassle free way to find conflict free diamonds, are perhaps not as clean as they seem. read more »

I'm back! After 2 weeks of tackling the traumas of moving (apparently the most stressful thing you can do...apart from getting married of course!) we are now getting settled into our 1930s mid-terrace in wonderful Worthing - soon to be transformed into a 21st century ecohome! Just as soon as we get the boxes emptied...1 step at a time…

And talking of steps, looking back over my posts, I realise I'd missed out one of the crucial steps that marks the start of most couples' journey up the aisle - the engagement ring. read more »