Green Wedding Gift Registry in France

A new, eco-friendly wedding gift registry site has recently been launched in France.  Mariage des Mondes has partnered with ethical companies around the world to bring together a beautiful collection of  gifts, housewares and travel packages which are all 100% equitable.  Through this site, guests can choose from a liste verte of items like a delicate, hand-embroidered tablecloth from Madagascar, a set of acacia wooden bowls made from sustainably managed forests, or a cooking week-end on an organic farm in Auvergne- all with the knowledge that their gifts are completely ecologically responsible.

eco weddings in paris, www.mariagedesmondes.fr

diy gift giving

Super-sweet & easy way to dress up bridesmaids gifts from Design Sponge (and perfect for our current gift giving season too!). The bride bought earrings for her maids and wanted a way to make them feel a bit more special. She used vintage wallpaper but fun scrapbooking cardstock would work just as well. Old Christmas cards would be perfect paper background for little holiday gifts. (I save my Christmas cards to make gift tags for the following year. Just cut out the festive parts with paper punches and write on the back.) And brown kraft paper rocks. Easy to dress up or down and recyclable unlike all of the shiny wrapping paper they push everywhere. The how-to's for these charming gifts are here.