SPOTLIGHT ON...

We shine the spotlight on an aspect of wedding planning to give you ideas and help as you plan your big day. From winter to wine, second time to stationery and relatives to rings this page is not be missed for any bride planning her wedding. Visit this page again soon for new information as we turn the spotlight on a different aspect of your wedding.

GREEN - THE NEW WHITE

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something green...

The 2010 bride is always looking out for things old, borrowed and green to sit stylishly alongside the beautiful new choices she has made. Good for the environment and good for the pocket, we don't need convincing but we may be glad of a few ideas.

GO LOCAL

The first thing you can do is use service local to your wedding - you travel fewer miles to the dress shop and jeweller on your high street, your photographer, venue stylist and DJ travel less distances and that means fewer CO2 emissions for your wedding day. This site gives you the best local companies on the local high street and we have over 30 similar online wedding guides - all saving print and paper with magazines and making sure that brides across the UK can ease the strain their big day places on the environment.

A wedding in Barbados is one thing, a bride in Barbados while her groom is at Heathrow is quite another - no airline worries for couples getting married in the UK!

GO ETHICAL

You will want to be sure that your beautiful dress and jewellery was beautifully made - is that diamond responsibly sourced, what conditions was the person working in who sewed all those tiny crystals onto your dress? Local suppliers and locally made products are more accountable and enable you to make sure that your bargain price isn't at the expense of someone else.

GO VINTAGE

A great trend for 2010 and 2011 is the hiring of vintage crockery, cutlery, glassware and other items. Big on style and small on waste, visit our Harrogate, Pickering, Windermere and Keswick sites for companies who decorate venues across the north of England and set the scene for an Alice in Wonderland style tea party.

GO FOR GREAT SERVICE

Local companies often give a better service - the beautiful quality of cakes, stationery, dress fabrics and more are best appreciated by speaking to your designer and seeing and touching the product. Most companies know that striking up a good rapport with the bride and groom is an important part of giving you the best service and design that you want and the best way to achieve this is to meet.

GO ONLINE

Check our fabulous collection of wedding websites by visiting www.ontheday.co.uk or using the link from the homepage of this site. This idea puts a stylish tick in the 'something new' box in a way that is efficient for your purse and the environment.

AND FINALLY

Let us know your ideas for saving paper, plastic and other materials and making our weddings kind to the environment and fair to all those involved in creating your dream.