Breaking through misconceptions about what it means to have a green wedding, Katie Martin and Robin Fisher would never have imagined a year ago that their magazine and blog—guides showing that a green wedding can be every bit as glamorous and beautiful as any other, would be on the road to becoming a highly sought out sensation by the environmentally conscious bride.
Through a beautiful online magazine and informative blog, Martin and Fisher show today’s bride how to plan her fairytale wedding, without compromising style and by incorporating green elements from the dress to the cake along the way.
In just under one year since the launch of the first issue, Martin, who is editor-in-chief, and Fisher, the style editor, are becoming experts on green weddings, with followers growing every day around the world.
Owner of Elegance and Simplicity, a wedding and events firm based in Washington D.C., Martin had been doing green weddings and floral design for years. With a scarcity of information on the topic, she was prompted to write a book on eco-beautiful weddings to help brides understand that having a green wedding is not just about wearing a vintage dress and having vegan food.
“We wanted to show people that you can have a really stylish wedding, just like all the other weddings,” says Martin.
Martin notes there are all sort of decisions made throughout the wedding planning process that can be made green, either dark green or light green, as she calls it. “At least you’re making some decisions to make your wedding greener,” says Martin. “It makes a huge difference.”
Martin followed her publicist’s advice and launched a magazine as a platform for her book, and so the Eco-Beautiful Weddings magazine was born.
“It was kind of a big undertaking, [and] I wasn’t really sure what I was getting into,” says Martin, who has been surprised by the overwhelmingly warm response the free online magazine and blog have received throughout the world.
The magazine certainly achieves the intended goal; it delivers by providing both elegant and informative content with a ton of inspiring ideas and spectacular photography to boot.
Martin says catering is one area with big potential for reducing the ecological footprint. For instance, instead of having filet mignon at the wedding—a highly energy-inefficient meat—by just switching to chicken, you’re saving a lot of carbon emissions. She also suggests getting in touch with a caterer that is green restaurant certified, and likely to get its products from a local source.
While catering and travel are areas where many people are already looking to reduce waste, according to Martin, everything from the cake to the dress can be made green while still being stylish. “There are different levels you can go to in each and everything you do for your wedding,” she notes.
The magazine helps to break away from the misconceptions that green weddings need to be very minimalistic and that you have to sacrifice many things, especially style.
Through a beautiful online magazine and informative blog, Martin and Fisher show today’s bride how to plan her fairytale wedding, without compromising style and by incorporating green elements from the dress to the cake along the way.
In just under one year since the launch of the first issue, Martin, who is editor-in-chief, and Fisher, the style editor, are becoming experts on green weddings, with followers growing every day around the world.
Owner of Elegance and Simplicity, a wedding and events firm based in Washington D.C., Martin had been doing green weddings and floral design for years. With a scarcity of information on the topic, she was prompted to write a book on eco-beautiful weddings to help brides understand that having a green wedding is not just about wearing a vintage dress and having vegan food.
“We wanted to show people that you can have a really stylish wedding, just like all the other weddings,” says Martin.
Martin notes there are all sort of decisions made throughout the wedding planning process that can be made green, either dark green or light green, as she calls it. “At least you’re making some decisions to make your wedding greener,” says Martin. “It makes a huge difference.”
Martin followed her publicist’s advice and launched a magazine as a platform for her book, and so the Eco-Beautiful Weddings magazine was born.
“It was kind of a big undertaking, [and] I wasn’t really sure what I was getting into,” says Martin, who has been surprised by the overwhelmingly warm response the free online magazine and blog have received throughout the world.
The magazine certainly achieves the intended goal; it delivers by providing both elegant and informative content with a ton of inspiring ideas and spectacular photography to boot.
Martin says catering is one area with big potential for reducing the ecological footprint. For instance, instead of having filet mignon at the wedding—a highly energy-inefficient meat—by just switching to chicken, you’re saving a lot of carbon emissions. She also suggests getting in touch with a caterer that is green restaurant certified, and likely to get its products from a local source.
While catering and travel are areas where many people are already looking to reduce waste, according to Martin, everything from the cake to the dress can be made green while still being stylish. “There are different levels you can go to in each and everything you do for your wedding,” she notes.
The magazine helps to break away from the misconceptions that green weddings need to be very minimalistic and that you have to sacrifice many things, especially style.
