In honor of my third anniversary with my super amazing (and paper-appreciative) husband, Dave, I wanted to share a wedding invite debate with you, that Dave sent me, courtesy of Slate.
The question posed by Slate's ethical gurus is whether it's acceptable to send wedding invitations by email. Manjoo doesn't seem to appreciate the power of the invitation to set the tone for a wedding, arguing that it's a waste of energy and money and should be left to personal preference. But Yoffe made some compelling arguments in favor of keeping up the tradition of sending paper invitations.
To those who hail electronics invites as a way to save the planet from invitation paper waste, Yoffe says: "The really seriously green are not gonna have weddings. Think of the gas it takes to get there, the waste in packaging gifts." And in the grand scheme of things, she adds, the waste created by paper invitations is minimal."Right now an Evite says 'Come to my barbeque," Yoffe goes on, "I do think you want to set a tone for your wedding. That doesn't mean each invitation has to cost $5 dollars. You can do it economically."
What do you think? Have you gotten Evites in your inbox (or your junk box - shudder!) this season? Would you one day use them for your own big day?
For kicks....a peak at our own invitation.....
