Welcome to the November issue of the Ethical Weddings newsletter.
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Help your favourite charity through your wedding
Television production company Matchlight is putting together a series of documentaries that looks at how to have an altruistic wedding.
They are looking for brides and grooms who are just beginning to organize their wedding, in which one of the party is keen to go ethical and donate to charity and the other is holding out for the big, expensive wedding.
If that sounds like you and your partner, they’d love to hear from you.
Please email Anne-Claire or call her on 0141 332 0319 to find out more.
If the filming goes ahead they will help you with tips on how best to help your favourite charity!
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Road test the wedding planning manuals
Wedding planning guides are flying onto bookshop shelves but do they deserve a place on your bookshelf?
We've got copies of some of the latest guides (some not yet available to buy) to review and we'd love to get an ethical bride or green groom to cast a practical eye over them.
From 'The Rough Guide to Weddings' to a humorous look at wedding etiquette with 'Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding', we hope you'll find something that takes your fancy.
Find out more about books to review for Ethical Weddings.
Email us to review a book for Ethical Weddings
Diamond Culture - special offer
We are thrilled to bring you another new Ethical Weddings supplier this month. Diamond Culture is the first European online shop dedicated to the sale of cultured diamonds and jewellery set with cultured diamonds - not simulants or imitations.
Produced in the USA and cut and polished by Antwerp's globally renowned craftsmen, cultured diamonds combine the chic of intensely pure colours with the growing demand for reduced ecological impact.
Special offer: Diamond Culture is excited to introduce their new and ultra rare pink, red and lime coloured diamonds, available both as loose stones and set in jewellery. To celebrate these arrivals they are offering a 10% discount off all collections until 31 December 2009 when you quote 'Ethical Weddings'.
Find out more about Diamond Culture and this special offer
Helen's ethical wedding story
Our blogger bride, Helen celebrated her wedding 6 months ago. Now the confetti has settled, she's ready to tell her tale.
From fair trade balloons and borrowed bunting, to a love affair with the wares of Oxfam Bridal and a funky, retro-styled groom, find out what went into this very special day.
Read Helen's ethical wedding story
If you would like to share your wedding plans with other couples on the Ethical Weddings blog, or have already celebrated your nuptials and want to tell your story in our Real Ethical Weddings area, do get in touch.
What to do with your dress after the big day - your tips
In our October newsletter, we asked for your tips on what to do with your wedding dress after the big day.
We had suggestions on where to sell your dress on and of charities in need of your donations.
Read the top wedding dress tips
And that's not all. In the New Year we'll be hearing from Swoon Wedding Gowns about their pre-loved dresses and some of the stories behind them.
Return of the Eco Chic Wedding & Home Show
Last but not least, we have a date for your diaries.
After the fun we had at this year's Eco Chic Wedding & Home Show we've decided to do it all over again next year on Sunday 19th September 2010 back at the beautiful Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Tickets will go on sale soon - so watch this space!
Find out more about the Eco Chic Wedding & Home Show
And that just about wraps things up for our November newsletter. We'll be back in December with all the festive spirit of the season.
Happy planning!
Katie & Jamie
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