Why spend hundreds of dollars on a dress that you will most likely only wear once? Now you can wear styles straight off the runway, save loads of money and be green.

From summer weddings and garden parties to cocktail parties to girl's night out, Rent the Runway has the perfect designer dress and matching accessories for any devoted fashionista. And the best part is, you can wear the new Proenza Schouler or Vena Cava cocktail dress to your next special event for as little as $50. Rent the Runway rents designer dresses from over 50 high-fashion designers for a 4 day stretch or, for an extra fee, 8 days. You can reserve your designer dress and accessories up to 6 months in advance, and Rent the Runway will even send you a second size for free, just to be safe.

Using Rent the Runway is easy - Just find a dress you love, select your sizes, select when you’d like it delivered, and it’ll appear on your doorstep. When you're done, you mail it back in a pre-paid envelope and they take care of the dry cleaning at an eco-friendly cleaner. You must become a member for which there is a waiting list, but Ecomodish readers can cut the line here.

Speesees - Free Shipping

A mix of fun colors, animals and organic materials serve as the foundation for all Speesees products – from their fair trade and organic baby clothing and accessories to their cuddly animal friends made from organic sherpa cotton and stuffed with lavender + lentils.



Free Shipping (domestic usps) thru 04/22 on orders over $75! Code: earthship

Nubius Organics - 10% Off

Want to minimize your impact on the planet? Nubius Organics is the perfect place to start – with hundreds of ideas from reusable bags, bottles, and lunch kits to green jewelry to eco baby toys.



10% off your order thru 5/1! Coupon Code: EARTHDAY

Gaiam - 10% Off or .99 cent Shipping

Discover tools and products for health & wellness and green living at Gaiam. They have thousands of green products including organic fair trade apparel, beauty and fitness products as well as natural products for your entire home, including the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and garden.



10% off any order thru 4/22! Code: AFGREEN1.
.99 cent shipping any order over $75 thru 4/22! Code: AFEARTHD.

Dream Green Weddings - Save 10%

In celebration of Greener Weddings Awareness month and Earth day, all Dream Green Weddings' eco-friendly wedding favors, organic wedding decorations and earth friendly invitations are eligible for their 10% off promotion.



SAVE 10% on your order thru 4/23! Coupon Code: EarthDay10.
Enter to win 40 free seeded wedding favors. Entries will be accepted until midnight 4/22.

Numi Organic Tea - Save 20%

Numi partners with tea growers around the world to create high quality, premium organic and fair trade tea with no artificial oils or flavorings. Numi's assortment includes teabags, tea gift sets, iced tea, bottled tea, loose tea, and teaware.



Save 20% on your order 4/22! Coupon code: EDay40.

It's exciting to see so many eco friendly wedding invitations available in beautiful designs and colors. With the choice of paper going beyond seed-embedded handcrafted sheets to reclaimed cotton, bamboo and 100% post consumer recycled premium stock. Choosing eco wedding invitations is an easy decision for all brides. Below are some of my favorites from Jayda Wedding, Minted and Bella Figura:

All wedding invitations are digitally printed on 100% post consumer recycled stock:
1} Corner Blooms, 2} Star Fish, 3} Damask, and 4} Deco from Jayda Wedding

All wedding invitations are digitally printed on 100% recycled stock:
1} Fling, 2} Destination, 3} Pocket Full Of Posies, and 4} Winter Birch from Minted.com

All wedding invitations are letterpress printed on reclaimed fiber cotton paper:
1} Mimosa, 2} Joy, and 3} Barcelona from Bella Figura

If you are getting married and are in the process of planning your wedding, then you have to check out a great wedding planning tool from The Dessy Group & PANTONE. You can create inspiration styleboards, like the ones shown here, using a free wedding plannning tool on the dessy.com website. Its easy to pull together your favorite colors and inspirational photos to create styleboards that represent the desired look-n-feel for your wedding.

You can mix-n-match colors to easily create wedding palettes, browse hundreds of photos from real weddings to get great ideas and color inspiration or upload your own photos to use in your inspiration styleboards. Then, its easy to share your wedding ideas with your friends and family just by sending them a link to your boards.

You'll also want to stop by the inspiration gallery where you can view styleboards created by other brides. And if you are looking for some more feedback on your wedding inspiration boards, you can post yours in the gallery for others to view, comment on and vote for. It's totally fun and addictive!

I recently was introduced to Blumebox on twitter and and wanted to share their unique alternative to glass vases that are perfect for wedding reception flower arrangements.

Blumebox offers a greener option to the ususal glass vase that will reflect your personal style, complement your flowers and is environmentally friendly. Their green design allows the blumebox to be shipped and stored flat, easily snapped together for assembly, and folded back down to be stored between uses. And the eco friendly materials used to make the blumeboxes is 100% recyclable.

Blumeboxes come in 16 colors and 4 different shapes/sizes making them perfect for green-ing weddings, baby showers, birthday parties, everyday bouquets and even your houseplants. The 4" cube is a great option for traditional wedding centerpieces as well as living plant centerpieces. The 6" blumebox is the perfect height for below eye-level centerpieces. The 8" blumebox makes a stylish holder for bridesmaid and bridal bouquets at the reception. And blumebuds double as place card holders / bud vases.

And if you are the DIY type, blumebox also offers coordinating ribbons and boas to spice things up. Check out their blog for fun, creative design ideas.

The blume box featured above was used in a real wedding - check out the amazing photos by photographer Christina Carroll.

Are you planning a green wedding? Then you have to check out Dream Green Weddings, an online eco wedding boutique. They feature a large collection of eco-friendly wedding invitations, earth-friendly wedding decor and green wedding favors. Dream Green Weddings recently launched a new collection of organic and handcrafted wedding favors that you have to see - plantable flower seed favors, heart-shaped bird seed favors, organic soaps, candles and even organic chocolate truffles - and you can personalize some of them with names and a date for free!

Eco-conscious couples can shop with confidence with featured suppliers’ environmental commitments, social responsibility and charitable practices listed right on their product pages. And a percentage of Dream Green Weddings' annual net profits are donated to the National Wildlife Federation each year. Let Dream Green Weddings help you to make a few eco-friendly choices, like selecting handcrafted eco wedding favors instead of mass-produced favors, and make a difference on your big day.

I recently came across Minted.com when searching for eco friendly cards and was impressed by their offering of chic, modern holiday cards, party invitations and complementary party menus. They offer dozens of designs that are fully customizable with your favorite colors, photos and personalized greetings - and if choosing one photo is too difficult, you can opt for Minted's Yearline holiday card to tell the story of your family's year with a series of photos. And the best part is that all are printed on 100% recycled paper. I know it may be a little early to be thinking about holiday cards, but Minted is offering an early bird special of 10% off all holiday items.


Holiday Photo Cards by Minted


Holiday Cards by Minted


Holiday Party Invitations by Minted

Minted also offers modern, eco wedding invitations, save the date cards, shower invitations, birth announcements, stationary and thank you cards designed exclusively for Minted by independent designers and printed on 100% recycled paper.

MINTED DEALS: 10% Off Minted Holiday Cards, Invitations & more, 5% Off Any Purchase at Minted: Use Code AFF09

Etsy Favs: Mini Bridal Bouquet hair clip - handcrafted using a combination of ivory and white recycled fabrics, grass green painted filigrees and sparkling reclaimed rhinestones. Created by Cultivar. Custom color requests accepted.

Etsy Favs: Handcrafted clutches and wristlets by EmmaGordonLondon - offers discounts for bridesmaid orders, custom color combinations and free shipping worldwide.

If you are looking for a unique and green wedding gift, a handblown vase is an excellent choice. This Multi Sommerso Handblown Art Glass Vase is one of many stunning handcrafted vases from Blown Art Glass Studio. This sommerso design features amber and green glass layers that are overlapped and framed with a clear crystal glass layer. Each handcrafted art vase is mouth-blown by an experienced artist, leaving no two exactly the same. Check out the full Blown Art Glass Studio handblown glass art collection.