Gorgeous & Green Does California Tropical for Preservation Park Wedding

Gorgeous & Green Does California Tropical for Preservation Park Wedding

We had such an awesome time putting together a refined take on a tropical theme for Bonnie and Dylan’s nuptials at Preservation Park in Oakland.  The bridal party looked super...
November 16, 2021

Recycled Silver Jewelry at Gorgeous and Green

At the Gorgeous and Green Boutique we are offering some recycled silver jewelry from Licky Drake.  Her pieces are vintage and rustic, and of course eco-friendly.  She uses 100% recycled...
March 14, 2011

Green Wedding Photography

An interview with a green photographer A few weeks ago I posted an interview I did with a local sustainable  photographer here in the Bay Area.  Her name is Kira...
January 08, 2010

The Story behind Invite Site

Invite Site offers DIY packages and printed invitations, cards, programs and thank you's made from recycled paper and tree-free paper.  I recently asked Helen Driscoll of Invitesite to share some...
December 07, 2009

A Bay Area Certified Green Business

Gorgeous and Green Events is a certified green business! It took a few months, well quite a few, mostly because I've been so busy.  But we're certified.  I hope to...
November 19, 2009

Green and Sustainability at the SF Green Festival

Useful Vendor Connections and Mounds of Trash This Weekend I participated in the Green Festival in San Francisco.  I donated some local floral designs, bridal bouquets, attended the event and...
November 16, 2009

More Local FLowers

A chocolate and peach fall wedding I love the fall months when chocolate cosmos are locally available in the Bay Area.  Although they are not really "brown", they are as...
November 10, 2009

The Green Festival, San Francisco

Green Weddings and Green People in San Francisco www.greenfestivals.org And no, we're not all eating granola.  I like granola like everyone else, but I definitely don't see myself as "granola"...
November 09, 2009

Green Invitation Options

Tasha's Designs I've slowly been coming across more green and sustainable invitation options out there in the sustainable event and wedding world.  I am always impressed by small business owners...
July 19, 2009

Floral Display Donation for the UC Botanical Gardens Gala

A Festive and Fruitful Event I don't want to spoil it by posting some not-so-great photos of the event, so I'll stick to some of the floral displays I created...
July 07, 2009

Earthly Affairs and Invites

An Interview with Earthly Affair A fellow blogger, and one of the go-to gals I have listed on GorgeousandGreen for green event inspiration, is Jennifer from Earth Friendly Weddings.  Apart...
June 15, 2009

An Interview with Edith Meyer

Sustainable and Organic Cakes in Santa Cruz I love finding sustainable and organic vendors who are local.  It brightens my day to know that there are vendors that people can...
June 13, 2009