Eco Friendly Weddings, Décor and Registry

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No eco-friendly holiday wedding is complete without creative cocktails made with organic spirits. Take some time in the weeks leading up to your wedding to experiment with these recipes, transforming them into your own personal concoctions. Collect some interesting glasses from thrift stores or relatives to add a little old-fashioned class or kitsch to your tables. And don’t worry if the stemware is mismatched. There’s something incredibly charming and lovely about an eclectic collection of glasses. Plus, it will help guests keep track of their drinks. If you like, you can offer the stemware as favors, and each guest can choose his or her favorite to use for the night and then take home.

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Nothing makes a party like a piñata. When I was a kid, I begged my parents for a piñata for my birthday party. I couldn’t imagine anything more fun: an awesome cartoon-like character you get to smash with a bat until candy flies out. It’s every kid’s dream. Scratch that: it’s every human being’s dream! My parents came through. They brought me to a party store and let me have my pick. There were piñatas of every size and shape, from giant ice cream cones to Daffy Duck. I chose spider man (I was a comic book nerd even then) and delighted in helping my dad hang him from the tree in our front yard. Last year I went to my best friend’s wedding expecting something stuffy and serious. Instead, she had a homemade moose piñata! She said it was my gigantic spider man piñata birthday party...

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Admit it; you’re a little stressed out. You’ve got a million things to think about: decorations, vendors, mothers-in-law, seating charts, vows, rings, travel plans… it’s enough to drive even the most stalwart of women completely insane. Before my wedding, I was a complete lunatic. I hadn’t stopped moving in weeks and I certainly hadn’t taken any time for myself. Before I knew it, the wedding was descending, in all its flowery glory, and I didn’t feel ready—not by a long shot. If only I’d taken a day to unwind, to reflect on how much I’d accomplished and on what was about to happen, I think I would have enjoyed the day a whole lot more. Don’t get me wrong, it was magnificent, but I didn’t pay enough attention to my state of mind. Don’t make the same mistake. Take some time to treat yourself to some quiet you time before the wedding. After all, your happiness is the most...