Brides to be, you all know that I am very fond of earth-friendly and green alternatives when it comes to your wedding. I have written many updates about the ways to help save the environment, keep your marriage planning as ecological as possible, and to use only the most harmless materials in your wedding invitation sets.

But today I am here to offer a different perspective. While tree free paper, soy oil inks and printers that use renewable energy sources are always a plus, when is going digital as a means to save resources not the best idea?

Your wedding day is a once in a lifetime event. It is something that you look forward to all your life, and probably have been planning for years already (even if you were not yet officially engaged). While creating websites for RSVP information, details and directions can be an easy way to go green,  the impression that a physical invitation set creates when opened cannot be understated.

When sorting through your mail, how much of a greater impression does a personalized, beautiful, textured letterpress invitation make when compared to a small piece of paper directing you toward a website for further instructions? Likewise when was the last time you printed out an e-vite and displayed it somewhere in your home or kept it for a keepsake?

Formal printed letterpress wedding invitations are not only a timeless artisan creation that will never be ‘deleted,’ but they express an emotion and deliver a message in a way that no other method can compare to.

In our digital age, the electronic world can be a great help in reducing our carbon footprint, though sometimes we have to ask ourselves when the traditional methods of communication are still the best. For this one day event, ask yourself where the most efficient means of reducing your environmental impact truly are.

Good luck!

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Written by Nick

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