My wedding shower was this past Sunday at Cuban Pete's in Montclair, NJ.  It was fabulous!  My sister and my parents did a great job planning this event and they had all of my values in mind.  The seating cards had a dress on them that you can plant and wild flowers will grow!  How cool is that? All the guests were asked to re-use something to wrap our presents and the most creative person would win a prize.  I got gifts wrapped in everything from socks, to...

One of our passions in life is supporting local businesses and artists and our wedding is not an exception to the rule.  Actually it is a way to support even more local vendors and artists.  If you are going to spend a lot of money on an event, why not support the people and community you love?  Here are some of our vendors.

Flowers  Flower Power VT  
http://www.flowerpowervt.com  Flower Power is an organic farm in...

Hey hey guests of the Taradan wedding!  We would like your input on music you would like to shake a tail feather to at our wedding. Yeehaw!!!!

Hi!  This is Taraleigh. So much planning has happened since the last time I wrote.  I got my dress from Kleinfelds thanks to the Bride Whisperer Debbie who is a star on the show "Say Yes to the Dress."  She totally got me and didn't freak out when I busted out my feather boa and said, "My dress has to go with this!"  She understood that I was going to have a green wedding and brought me almost all samples.  To be honest I wasn't planning on getting a dress at...

I am trying on dresses this weekend and I'm so excited!  Oh this is Taraleigh:)  Dan and I are untraditional in many ways, but I will be the one wearing the dress and Dan a suit.  At first I found this awesome dress that was made with organic materials , but  it is made in Seattle, WA and has to be shipped accross the country and is made of new material.  I love love love this dress, but I know that I can be a little greener than that.  So, I am committed to...