tree-free paper plates

These WASARA plates (designed in Japan, obv) are what I was looking for two years ago when we did our rehearsal picnic-on-the-beach.

They're not cheap, but they are made of 100% tree-free renewable materials (sugar cane fiber, bamboo, and reed pulp). Biodegradable and compostable.

Available at Branch, where you can also get these bamboo Bambu utensils in bulk packs of 250.

Via wit + delight via graphic exchange

krafty picnic wedding

Check out Michelle & Noah's picnic wedding on The Bride's Cafe here and here. I'm especially obsessed with these details -- blankets Michelle and her sister made, disposable cups prettified with kraft paper (I am now a complete sucker for kraft paper) and wooden forks bought on ebay.

The invites are also super cool, although the reply card inside a little paper bag may have crossed the cutesy line.

I'm heading straight to ebay to look for the forks. (Um, as soon as I address our invites.)

I had been dying to order these customized wooden utensils for our rehearsal picnic-on-the-beach ever since I saw them on Brooklyn Bride. But they're not cheap. I think Kathryn put 'em in her fabulous beach cookout post on {frolic!} today just to torment me....

(Photos by Liz Banfield)