Wedding Wednesday // Sustainable style - Invites and Decor

Evening lovelies, it's Wednesday again! Time for some Wedding style inspiration... We've been majorly busy pinning the last few days trying to find some fab ideas and style tips to keep your wedding eco friendly and sustainable!

With the 'Rustic Wedding' in such demand for this summer - there's no easier time than to keep your wedding sustainable. The rustic look is all about the recycling and the vintage quirkiness and of course some DIY (time to rope in those creative bridesmaids!)

With some good research - you can literally make EVERY part of your wedding ethical, from stationery to THE dress, decor to rings and all the lovely bits in between. Here's our favorite ethical Stationery and decor ideas for your day...

The Invitation...

These super cool plantable invites are available Forever Fiances and you can choose from a selection of plantable papers on which to have your invites printed. All are printed with natural soy inks onto 100% recycled paper embedded with wildflower seeds! Our favorite is this cute mason jar invite!

The Decor...

Burlap is a great fabric and fits in so nicely with the rustic wedding look. Burlap is woven from a mix of vegetable fibers, namely Jute. Jute only needs rainwater to grow and grows in a short period of time making it an easy renewable source. Jute can also be recycled and is 100% bio degradable!

You can use Burlap for a lot of things in your wedding, but we just LOVE these chair sashes!

We're also a bit of a sucker for odds and ends here at E&W. Bottles being our top favourite.

You can pick bottles up from a lot of places, charity shops, flea markets, car boots and once you have a collection - they look wonderful together (and are a lot cheaper than most decor items!)

Mix them up and plant with wild flowers to add some color to your day!

(Read more about this ethical styled shoot on Green Wedding Shoes)

For more Ethical Wedding inspiration visit our Pinterest board and we will post part 2 soon ♥

xoxo

Ethical Outfit Inspiration: Spring Edition

Howdy folks, Sarah here again! :)

Hands up if you're looking forward to spring? *waves hands wildly in the air* I know I'm probably not the only person who's ready to see the back of all this miserable weather we've been having - it's starting to get silly now, I'm half expecting to see an ark appear overnight...

With that in mind I've put together a couple of ethical spring fashion inspiration boards - as I stare out of the window at the relentless downpour - to try and bring a bit of sunshine back into our lives!

All of these items are ethically sourced, proving that you can be fashionable while still being kind to the environment :) Phew! First up, we've got the spring in the sun board...

watch | striped top | raincoat | mittens | floral trousers | shoes | bag | scarf 

How beautiful is that wooden watch, by the way? I'm totally in love. Spring to me means layers, comfortable (closed toe!) shoes and a bit of warmth that you can take off when the sun unexpectedly shows it face (plus a sturdy bag to carry everything in). I'm digging these floral trousers - enough to keep you warm without feeling too hot and sweaty (no jeans here, thank you).

But because I know the weather is very rarely perfect in the UK (and definitely hardly ever perfect in Wales!) I've also put together a spring in the rain board! :) Much as I'd like to believe it, I really don't think we've seen the last of the wet weather just yet...

dress | mittens | raincoat | bag | socks | wellies | tights | cardigan | bobble hat

Secretly this is my favourite of the two (you all know how I feel about yellow so that shouldn't be a surprise) - I mean, how adorable are those socks, right? 

If you're looking at this and thinking "a dress? In the rain?!" hear me out: what's worse to be wet and cold in - a pair of jeans that instantly adhere themselves to your legs or a pair of tights that you can whip off and replace quickly? (Just keep a spare pair in your bag and you're on you're way to instant cosiness should you get drenched).

Layers are great for the rain, too - so pull on your cardigan over the top and a nice waterproof raincoat to seal the deal. Now all you need is wellies and you can splash about in all the puddles with no fear of getting your sock wet - yay! :)

If you need more inspiration you can always check out the Hubbards Cupboard ethical fashion board on Pinterest! :)

Love

Sarah

Vegan Friendly Shoes: Our 5 Favourite Pairs!

Hello lovely people! It's Sarah here again, bringing you more ethical fashion ideas for you to mull over, hurrah! :)

Have you started trying to incorporate more ethically minded pieces into your wardrobe yet? I know I have - my Primark spending has gone way down and my Etsy spending has gone way up! :) I've been trying to shop smarter decisions when it comes to my purchases - better to spend a little more and get something great that will last, right? :)

There are, however, a few things that are harder to find ethical versions of, especially on the high street. I think some of the more difficult things to source are underwear, sportswear and shoes, so in honour of that I've put together a round up of my five favourite vegan friendly pairs of shoes - no more hunting! :)

First up we've got some wonderful shoes courtesy of Etsy. I love these gorgeous, black and white Oxford Creepers from the Goodbye Folk store. They're available in regular or vegan leather (obviously the vegan leather is the more ethical choice!). 

Etsy is a great place to hunt for ethical additions to your wardrobe so make sure you have a nosey over there if you're looking for something new! :)

The Melissa brand is probably most well known for their collaboration with Vivianne Westwood (everyone remembers those shiny hearts, right?). What you might not realise is that they're a vegan shoe brand in their own right. I particularly love these chunky, smooth look boots - perfect for stomping around in all the puddles we've got right now!

Did you know that Doc Martens had a whole range of vegan shoes? These hot pink lovelies are only £50 (a complete bargain for a pair of Doc Martens). According to the website the standard of construction is every bit as high for their vegan collection as their regular shoes, which is good to know! :)

There's something about these Beyond Skin block heels that makes me feel sassy just looking at them. I love the height, I love the print, I love the gold - I love it all! :) They might be a touch on the expensive side, so these might be more of an investment piece to go with the rest of your wardrobe, but totally worth it I think! :)

I am unashamedly in love with these cheery yellow vegan flats from Beyond Skin. Sigh. Look at them - how happy would your feet be walking around in those beauties all day long? One of my favourite colours is yellow so that's probably helping, but I still think these shoes are flat out gorgeous. Time to get saving! :)

Would you wear any of these? Are there any other places I should be checking out for pieces to add to my ever growing ethical wardrobe? :) Let me know in the comments!

Love

Sarah