Staccato is Approved as a Green Bride Guide Green Wedding Vendor

Online, August 23, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Staccato (www.staccatostationery.com), on-line shopping for eco-friendly wedding invitations, announcements, and social stationery based in Northern Virginia, has been selected by the Green Bride Guide, the #1 green wedding website, for inclusion in their Green Wedding Directory (www.greenbrideguide.com/directory).

The Green Bride Guide is the most comprehensive and credible green wedding resource online. The Directory is like a Yellow Pages for green weddings that provides a centralized resource of green wedding vendors, searchable by geographic area.

This year, almost 50% of couples are looking to include green elements in their events, and 85% are concerned about greenwashing, the passing off of non-green companies as eco-friendly. To address these concerns, the Green Bride Guides screens all vendors in the directory and displays their green practices in their profiles. Staccato received a three leaf rating from the Green Bride Guide.

Staccato (www.staccatostationery.com) was founded in 2008 to help couples be fashionably eco-friendly with their wedding invitations. The site's first offerings were highly customizable handmade stationery pieces created with only recycled or renewable fibers. Since then, the selection has been expanded to include plantable seed paper invitations by Bloomin' and Botanical Paperworks, as well as imprintible invitations by Bella Ink. Unlike most other invitation sites that have a small selection of recycled products, Staccato's entire collection is made from recycled or renewable fibers.

"Being selected as a Green Bride Guide vendor is a great honor," said Kelly Harms, owner of Staccato. "We are striving to show couples that earth-friendly choices can still be fashion forward and high quality and we're proud to be among the select vendors listed in this directory."

"When my husband Barry and I were planning our wedding in 2006-07, we were surprised by how little information was available to help us make eco-friendly choices. That's why I'm excited to be able to offer couple the Green Bride Guide Directory," said Kate Harrison. "By including vendors like Staccato, couples will know that they are working with vetted green vendors who truly value the environment. Since more than 50% of the wedding budget is spent at the local level, the Directory is an essential tool for couples looking to support the local green economy."