Green Weddings

" You know wedding to be the most joyful celebration of your life but if you're not careful it can really have a negative impact on the environment. -- Harrison is the author of the green bride guide how to create an earth friendly wedding on any budget to -- your show eco conscious couples. How throw an economical and eco friendly wedding but in style at the same time welcome to the showcase how much -- me can you really -- allow."

" Out of money by that you can save up to 40% on your wedding by going green which I think in this economy is. There's a lot is a little hot yes yes I take a lot of effort though is it's you know it's not and actually that's one of the things I really worked hard to do in the book -- just make it as. Easy as possible who can run through every part of a wedding. It breaks it down offers you know you -- accessible -- in the backing Casey can't find something you're looking -- can -- to local vendors. Flores to -- is. You know just. 100% of what you need in one but one -- steady getting out what."

" Anything you say that we can do is use local seasonal flowers instead of conventional flowers are taking a look at some pictures now by doing this. He's -- can save almost 2000 dollars X 16100 dollars bitterness."

" Yes so that average couples and about 2000 dollars just on the flat irons and for our wedding we went to to a local far from New York has tons of five times. -- beautiful seasonal flowers and for just a couple hundred dollars you can buy everything you need and you know than just hire someone to arrange ask friends and family to arrange them. Okay in the dress I know a lot of women would probably say I'm not too sure about this but there's good reason to use of recycled dress them as opposed to going out and buying new. Yeah how well first follow up that address again has about 2000 dollars and use stresses somewhere between four and 600 dollars okay. And you're getting the same exact tracks especially I encourage people to go China on -- those stresses -- address shopping. Betting on site like. -- market or eBay and get -- exact -- want once sworn in here in the form of recycling so nothing new is used and you're saving almost 2000 I'm assuming."

" 2000 dollars come lot of money to and then we also have a picture. Through your wedding as well -- he made a bridal -- all from a damaged wedding dress training you'll also blocked -- and she was on eBay for yeah dollars did. And then work corals that we're apart and seemingly careless yeah you don't work yeah."

" And I thought those she's on eBay from Vera Wang and I resold the money based I actually spent zero dollars on my beautiful harrowing she is it the -- can we save money on the -- Gap again going -- is a great way they're beautiful pieces you could have been recast you can use recycled metals. I can I have a Canadian diamond I think -- cost about. Somewhere between five and 6000 -- initially but if you -- stone used and you know just something -- heirloom piece you can say about I think 3000 dollars. -- three top of the cost of your -- okay let's talk about the disposable accessories everyone's -- the weddings you say skip them all together them imagine nearly -- that I mean weddings produce an amazing amount of trash there are 2.5 million weddings a year if you think about that I easy sample of the -- runner. Yes it every wedding had an aisle runner and threw them away it would rap brown earth twice -- just I'll runners for one year for the United States OK so there -- huge amount garbage involves music once you're done that you're he'll get kind -- is is that it's known that. Right no that's just get access and use simple substitutions and again for our wedding we used to beautiful -- rug from my mother's house of disparity we put it on grass than -- went back and -- you guys also use -- real flowers on top of the -- post photos online as well you -- it about 600 dollars by doing this -- you're going. It was your route one I was planning my wedding that's I think you so much K we appreciate you being here thanks so much I have and you guys to pick up a copy of the green bride guide how to create an earth friendly wedding on a budget if you want more from me."

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