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I ran across Nimli.com and just had to share it with you. Nimli is an online retailer that boasts selling products that are not only fashion forward and unique, but also eco-friendly in many different forms. Lots of couples I’ve worked with are looking for ways to be less wasteful and more earth conscious in their planning process, and this site offers another way for couples to express their love for Mother Earth through the gifts they give each other, their wedding party, or even a little something for themselves!

Looking through the sites you’ll find symbols under tons of fabulous items to indicate that they are vegan friendly, made of recycled material, made of natural materials, organic, and so on. The site is perfect for anyone looking to step up their ‘green’ living and also for people looking to give gifts that are completely personal and complimentary to the person receiving them. There is also a wide range of prices, which is helpful for anyone trying to artfully work their wallet.

From the Nimli website:
“Nimli is an online retailer devoted to providing natural, organic, and sustainable lifestyle products while embracing style and aesthetic. Nimli offers clothing, accessories, home décor, beauty products and much more from independent designers who combine their effortless creativity with our environmentally conscious ethics. We offer an array of ecologically friendly products that are natural, organic, recycled, sweatshop-free, and cruelty-free. We are firmly aligned with a lifestyle that cultivates a green conscious mind, body, and soul.”

What’s a good browsing session through a website if I don’t share some of my ‘wish I could buy that” list? Here are just a tiny sampling of the things that I fell in love with:

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If you are like my husband and I were when we got married, the first dance song is a tough one. Our first slow dance was in high school, at the Sadie Hawkins dance*, in our matching flannels to N’Sync’s “God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You.” Our first kiss happened when the song “Back That Thang Up” by Juvenille was playing on the radio. While the second would have been funny to us, it wasn’t quite first dance material for the grandmas. In our 8 years together before we got married we had a lot of slow dances, but none of the songs really spoke to us or who we were at the time we got married. *(i should add this was also our first wedding, officiated by Mr. Kirch, the school’s athletic director, and i’ve got the 25 cent ring and phony vows to prove it!)

So what did we do? Or rather, what did I do with a husband that loves him some rap and hip hop music that would have preferred we dance to some Justin Timberlake song? As a person that loves lyrics to songs and the meanings behind the songs, I made play list with different genres that really felt like ‘us’ and then played it for Jason. He immediately liked The Fray’s “Look After You,” and that is what we did our spin-in-circles-too-nervous-to-try-any-fancy-moves first dance. And it was wonderful.

I thought I’d share my latest favorite song that pairs Colbie Caillat and Jason Mraz (swoon!) singing a song called “Lucky.” I should probably throw out that I love any and all mushy love songs so what I’ll list may not be your style, but that’s just it – pick a song that speaks to you and your sweetie. Find something that means something and you’ll find yourself smirking to if you’re out somewhere and you hear it. Like I did at the McDonald’s at the London airport as I ordered my Egg McMuffin and The Fray serenaded me.

So, here it is: My list of songs that could be great first dance songs!

More Upbeat:

Lucky – Colbie Caillat and Jason Mraz

Be Here Now – Mason Jennings (our #2 pick)

The Way I Am – Ingrid Michaelson (short and definitely sweet!)

Let’s Stay Together – Al Green

New Twists on the Originals:

Make You Feel My Love – Adele
(originally performed by Bob Dylan and a popluar cover by Garth Brooks)
*fell in love with her in London!

That’s All – Michael Bublé
(originally performed by Nat King Cole)

Feels Like Home – Chantel Kreviazuk
(originally performed by Randy Newman)

Such Great Heights – Iron and Wine
(originally performed by The Postal Service)

Personal Fave slow songs:

Forever – Ben Harper (great lyrics)

True Companion – Marc Cohen

The Way You Look Tonight – Tony Bennett

Amazed – Paul McCartney

Another site I like is www.songfacts.com. You can find the artists inspiration and what the songs really mean. I especially liked that our first dance choice, “Look After You” by The Fray, was about the first girl the lead singer “felt 100%” about – who later ended up becoming his wife! Pretty perfect if you ask me!

If you have music to share, send it my way and I can make more music posts. Info@fabyoulousevents.com

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Do a Google image search on ‘Indigo and Plum wedding’ and you’ll come up with this picture (among other things) from the ever inspiring Elizabeth Anne Designs Blog:

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My friend and client, Anita, shared something from Wordle.net with me and I love all the possibilities!

Go to http://www.wordle.net/ and go to ‘create.’ You can paste your own words in the box given or have a link feed into the box to create a word jumble. Play around with it a little (or a lot!) and you can make something like this:

I’ve jumbled the wedding vows I exchanged with my husband and think this could make a cool card, something worthy of framing, putting in an album, or even get printed on the ever handy canvas bag to carry with you every day. OOh… what about putting lyrics to ‘your’ song with your friend or significant other and making it a CD cover for a CD of your favorite songs together?! Maybe a mug for your parents? It’s all about being creative!

You can play with the colors, fonts, and layouts to tailor your ‘wordle’ to suit you best. Anita shared the ‘wordle’ of her vows with me:

Have fun playing around with the site and enjoy making your creations!

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