Here is a list of the fabulous vendors that helped make the day green and beautiful:

Decatur House - Historic Property

Elegance & Simplicity – Planning, Floral designs, repurposed wood stage, photo wall, guest book wall

Polished Image & Style – Color Analysis, Bride, Groom, Bridesmaid Styling

Occasions Catering – Organic and locally sustainable catering

Ampa Events – LED Lighting, furniture rental

The Observatory – Eco-photography

Documentary Associates – Eco-photography

Jessica Piscitelli - Eco-Videography

Disc Jockeys on Call - Eco-DJ

Jim Burch – Local Officiant

Cakes by Design – Organic and local ingredients cake

Tables Manners – Local Linens

Giselle – Eco-Hair Styling

Carola Myers – Eco-make-up

Julianne Smith – Green Garter

Marry Me Live – Live video streaming

To see more images - be sure to check out each of these vendor’s blog and the Eco-Beautiful Weddings Blog!

Win this $2,500 The Cotton Bride Convertible Gown!

Click on the photos above to register for the bridal show.  Get a 25% discount off the $25 entrance fee by entering DCCWC25 for the discount code!

Some of our green members will be showcasing at the DCCWC Bridal Show at the Decatur House along with some of the top bloggers from the east coast!  Come to the Washington DC Couture Wedding Consortium’s 2nd Annual Luxury Bridal Show at theDecatur House Museum on 2.6.2010!

Featuring Dresses from Punk Rock Bride & The Cotton Bride! Get an up close look at the dress on the cover of our magazine Eco-Beautiful Weddings!

Meet Emily Newman from the amazing Once Wed blog:

Nole Garey from O So Beautiful Paper Blog:

Danielle Freedman & Devon Pearce from District Weddings:

Amy Jean Chung from Weddzilla & The Relentless Bride (who is getting married herself in March):

Custom Garter Gal Julianne Smith will be there!

Valet Parking will be provided by Marc Parc!

We have an amazing set of gifts to giveaway – stay tuned for that blog post!!!

Register today and get 25% off the registration fee by entering the discount code “DCCWC25″ in the discount code area.

The following vendors from the DC Couture Wedding Consortium will be present:

Wedding Planners

Elegance & Simplicity, Inc.

Bella Notte

Something Fabulous

Caterers

Occasions Caterers

Photographers

Documentary Associates

Baltazar Photography

The Observatory

Cake Designers

Cake by Design

Kendall’s Cakes

Mallowdrama

Music & Entertainment

MSE Productions

Disc Jockeys On Call

Bialek’s Music

Videography

Jessica Pi Productions

Blue Sky Films

Marry Me Live

Rental Companies

Ampa Events

Sugar Plum Tent Company

Table Manners

Hair & Make-up

Elegant Hair by Giselle

Carola Myers

Wedding Style Consultants

Polished Image & Style

Invitations

Presentations

We had such a tough time choosing as all of the finalists were nothing but amazing!  Take a look  below at what they have won from the members:

Design Consulting Package from Elegance & Simplicity Wedding & Event Designers, Inc. worth $7,500

Floral Design & Décor Package from Elegance & Simplicity Wedding & Event Designers, Inc. worth $2,500

Event/Venue Space Rental of the Stephen Decatur House Museum worth $6,500

Event cuisine by Occasions Caterers worth $5,000

Music services by Disc Jockeys On Call worth $2,500

Lighting, fabric draping, furniture rentals from Ampa Events worth $9,000

Bridal Styling by Polished Image & Style worth $1,000

Linen Rentals from Table Manners worth up to $1,000

Photography services from Tom Van Veen of  Documentary Associates worth $5,000

Photography services from Andrea Jacobson of The Observatory worth $5,000

Videography services from Jessica Pi Productions worth $3,500

Wedding Cake from Cakes by Design worth $650

Make-up Artistry from Carola Myers worth $250

On-site hair services by Elegant Hair by Giselle worth $250

Officiating Services from Jim Burch worth $350

Congratulations Virdina and Kevin!

We have partnered with Weddzilla to make sure you can follow updates instantly about the application process and follow the winning couple throughout the wedding planning process!

Click here to fill out the application!  The application will be taken down on October 21st!  Hurry and get your application in!

Click on the Weddzilla logo below to follow the blog!

I spoke Michelle Licht briefly about their green initiatives.  Take a look at their amazing initiatives!

Ballroom at National Press Club

NPC Green Initiatives
The Press Club launched its latest initiative on October 1, 2007 with an agreement to purchase renewable energy credits matching 100% of electrical use. In an agreement with Good Energy, LP, and Sterling Planet, the club has purchased Green-e certified wind-generated energy to meet 100% of its annual electrical demand.

The club will purchase annually 1,200,000 kWh of clean, emissions-free wind energy, avoiding 5,428,800 pounds of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere over the course of the 39 month contract. This commitment, in terms of percentage of annual demand and in terms of raw volume, earns the club membership in EPA’s Green Power Leadership Club.

This is the latest, and most significant, initiative on the part of the club.

The longest-running initiative is the use of locally-grown organic produce, which we have used to the fullest extent possible for over 12 years. We purchase through the Tuscarora Organic Cooperative, which works with farmers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This has two environmental benefits. The first is local sourcing, which reduces the carbon load of moving the goods from point of origin to point of use. The second is that organic farming eliminates the negative impact of chemical runoff that pollutes the Chesapeake Bay.

Most of the club’s facility was retrofit in 2004 to increase its lighting efficiency. We traded out 60 watt incandescent bulbs for 20 watt compact fluorescent and dimmable compact fluorescent bulbs and traded out 20 year-old magnetic ballasts with efficiency of less than 70% and 40 watt linear fluorescent bulbs for electronic ballasts with 90% efficiency and T8 - 28 watt fluorescent bulbs. All done with a net increase in the amount of light available.

We needed to replace the badly damaged Holeman Lounge oak parquet floor in 2005 and chose to replace it with bamboo. Bamboo has not only a beautiful grain, but is essentially a weed, and therefore an endlessly renewable resource. We also would have had to refinish the floor 3 or 4 times in the interim if it was an oak floor but we have not had to refinish it since it was installed.

Dyson AirBlade hand dryers were installed in August to reduce our dependence on approximately 250,000 paper towels each year and to reduce the environmental impacts of use the raw material and the output of solid waste.

Ceremony at National Press Club

(photos by Documentary Associates)

Contact them today to schedule a walk-through!