Flourish Magazine

Winter 2013

Flourish Magazine, the North Bay's Guide to Sustainable Living. Serving Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties and sharing the stories of local people working towards sustainable living, organic foods and eco-conscious lifestyles.

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High quality recycled paper and eco-inks are available at many local printers for traditional, yet eco-friendly, invitations. rings or find antique rings at Pave Fine Family owned and operated in St. Helena, Woodhouse Chocolates offer hand-crafted confections made from quality local ingredients. Green Gifts and Favors of Kollar Chocolates, Woodhouse Choco- Edible favors are a favorite with both lates, pots of organic honey from Marshall ley, or Brilliant Earth (brilliantearth. Twomey and Donaldson. Donaldson rec- Farms, biodynamic wines or local artisanal com) or Lang Antiques (langantiques. ommends Sacred Chocolate, a Novato firm products such as Napa Valley Soap. com) in San Francisco, for example. that specializes in local artisan chocolates Jewelry (pavefinejewelry.com) in Berke- Online sites, such as Blue Nile (bluenile.com) Leber Jeweler (leberjeweler. com), greenKarat (greenkarat.com), or Laurelton Diamonds (laureltondia- But, she adds, many green couples are and offers custom labels. She also likes the opting to give – and get - gifts that support idea of handing out vintage handkerchiefs favorite charities and it's not at all uncom- at the ceremony for a thoughtful green mon to request "no gift wrapping". gesture. Still others request no gifts. After all, the Twomey suggests wine country gifts best present is the presence of guests. monds.com), are other choices for green or antique rings. Sustainable Stationary "Etsy is a great place to look for af- You'll never make a bigger impact. (Or have a smaller chair.) fordable custom design work on recycled paper," Donaldson suggests. "Minted (minted.com) also offers an eco-friendly line or design your own and have them printed locally at Greener Printer (greenerprinter.com). Bella Figura is another stylish and eco-friendly choice bridal favorite. Twomey likes the idea of avoiding paper altogether, sending out "Save The Date" notices by Email, and creating wedding websites. "Couples are able to post directions to the wedding venue, links to their bridal registry, and all the other pertinent information." Website templates can be found at weddingwire. com, ewedding.com, or mywedding. com. 44 FLOURISH • WINTER 2013  Tutor one hour per week in Marin's Public Schools. mcsv.org ▪ 415-499-5896

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