Pre Wedding

If you desire a wedding in the countryside with a relaxed and laid back atmosphere, then a rustic wedding theme may be the perfect style for you.

The trend has been growing over recent years, but rustic weddings have never looked better. The reflect all of our values and we can imagine nothing better than an eco-rustic wedding on a warm summer evening

So how can you feel inspired to take on such a theme? Here are some of the best ideas to inspire you.

thoughts of a laid-back wedding in the countryside fill your heart with joy then a rustic wedding could be the perfect wedding style for you.

1. Find a rustic barn to feature as your venue.
2. Ditch the barn all together and hire a double tipi for a truly rustic vibe
3. Host your ceremony outside in the woods
4. Hire in or make your own vintage games
5. Create a secret hideaway for your guests
6. Embrace nature in your designs
7. Swap luxury for reused
8. Go boho for your dress
9. Tweed tweed and more tweed
10. Fairy lights everywhere
11. Succulent wedding favours
12. Hessian table runners
13. Embrace the wood
14. Live folk bands

Weddings can create an obscene amount of waste. Research shows that each wedding was responsible for 20kg of waste in the form of single use plastics and a study by Sainsbury’s showed that nearly £500 of food is thrown away after each reception. 

Waste from weddings often starts before the ceremony, and sometimes even before the engagement depending on how far back you wish to trace this. Invitations, RSVPs and other stationary is often single use and heads straight for the bin. As happy couples seek to announce their engagements in style, invitations adorned with embellishments and metallic inks are non easily recyclable and carbon used for personal travel to ceremonies across the country (or globe) is truly staggering.


To reduce the waste associated with stationary, there is always the option of going electronic and E-Invitations are certainly growing, but they lack a personal je ne sais quoi. There is something special about receiving a well decorated card that sets the tone for your whole event. To ensure that your invites and wedding stationary are keeping green it is important to consider the impact non-recyclable paper has on the environment.

We sell a range of stationary, but our Save the Dates and RSVPs in Seed Paper are really magical. Not only do they protect the environment in line with our ethos, but when you are done with them your guests have a ready made flower bed to remember your special day. 

On your special day itself, waste can again rear its ugly head, but you can keep your whole stationary line in range with matching place cards, Order of Service, Menus and other stationary ideas.

If all of that was not enough, when you return form your honeymoon and take stock of the pile of generous gifts your guests have left you (hopefully with eco-friendly wrapping and cards!), you will need to send a thank you card. Of course we supply these as part of our range.

All of our ranges are eco friendly no matter what paper stock you pick, and if you prefer a bespoke design, just let us know, we would be more than happy to help.