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  Top Your Cake with Art Etsy has so many great gifts and decor ideas for green weddings.  They have a ton of handmade items. Handmade can be sustainable because...

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...

A Re-Share of Some Green Registry Tips I posted a blog on The Knot's green wedding website a few weeks ago about greening your wedding registry.  I think that it's...

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...

For the Green Festival this past weekend in San Francisco, I (Gorgeous and Green Events) donated some large arrangements for their speaker stages.  I used all locally grown flowers and...

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...

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"...

The work that goes into those lovely flowers... Over the summer, things got so busy with green weddings for Gorgeous and Green Events, that I asked my good friend and...

Going Green at the University Club, San Francisco First of all, I want to thank the bride: Kelly, for her openness to green and sustainable options and flexibility in finding...

Non-toxic and Biodegradable Floral Foam, Where are You? I wrote a post a few months ago about the toxins found in floral foam and that it's essentially made of plastic...

Eco and Family-Fun Wedding A few weekends ago, Gorgeous and Green Events created the flowers, event design and helped coordinate the day for Meredith and Ben's wedding at the Kensington Community...

Reusing Vintage Vases in Weddings and Events I've started collecting vases for Gorgeous and Green customers interested in renting vintage collections of vases for their wedding or event.  It takes...