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Real Green Weddings

About the Couple

Laura could not help but look in Matt's direction during her Design 101 class; he was her instructor!  Though Matt says he'll remember that first day of school forever, their story did not really begin until four years down the road, when they met by chance at a coffee shop in Buffalo.  The two fell in love immediately.  A year later they were living together and publishing an online arts magazine, The Artery, which focuses on the local arts scene that brought them together.  Two years after that coffee date, Laura and Matt founded a creative studio called 12 Grain, where they design, animate, illustrate, and write.  

The Decision to Go Green

Aside from cost effectiveness and loving the vintage spirit, Laura and Matt incorporated green elements into their wedding because this way small pieces of their friends and families would be included in their special day.

"Matt and I are both just drawn to people who want to better their lives, their community and their environment," Laura muses, "and it's all centered around love."  

The couple gathered as much as they could from those close to them before hitting the thrift stores, and truly brought new meaning to the term "DIY."

Photo Credit: Justin Lowe and Kristin Shumway