And That’s a Wrap

May 23rd, 2009 @ 5:00 pm by Mrs. Peep Toe

Back in November I bought what I thought would be the perfect wraps for the ladies. I was so excited about them, I even bought one for myself to go with my dress.

Here’s the problem—the one I bought to go with my dress is all sorts of wrong. While the wraps are freakin’ gorgeous, they all have a vintage appeal to them. And well, there is nothing vintage about our eco-chic, modern city wedding. I was in denial until Mama Peep suggested just getting simple pashminas for the ladies.

Of course, I couldn’t do simple. I wanted to make them eco-friendly. Finding eco-friendly wraps that were somewhat affordable was relatively easy. Enter: Nimli. I was able to order 6 pashminas—4 for the girls, one for me to go with my rehearsal dinner dress, and one for Mama Peep for under $200 (using a 20% off discount code online, of course).

Unfortunately, the colors online are pretty different from the colors in person, and I was less than impressed by the quality. (Sorry, I didn’t take a pic before I returned them.) I felt defeated. I could’ve ordered a different color online, but I didn’t really have time to order another color and have it be wrong—again. Not to mention, the wraps took forever to arrive.

Enter: Google. Type in: kelly green wraps.

The first site that popped up: La Purse. Again, online they seemed like the perfect color and the price—at $20 per wrap—couldn’t be beat. Would I risk it again???

Wait, what’s that I see?? They are located in San Francisco!???!!

Hallelujah!!!

After a quick phone call, I confirmed that they had four Kelly green wraps and was told that the wraps are cheaper in the store!!! Score.

One quick bus ride later, I had my hands on four Kelly Green pashminas at half the price of the Nimli wraps, and quality was amazing. And I have to say, the color online is identical to the color in person. Unfortunately, I know that these aren’t eco-friendly, and that makes me really sad. But I tried, and sometimes trying is half the battle.

At the end of the day, I’d highly recommend this site for great quality wraps at affordable prices. I can now start wrapping up my bridesmaids’ gifts. They are getting earrings, homemade clutches, and the green pashminas. If I sell the wraps I bought in LA, I think I spent just under $60 per girl. Not too bad, right?

Would you be excited to get this?? What are you gifting your ladies?

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12 Responses to “And That’s a Wrap”

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MelissaB (message) 414 posts, Helper bee

Miss Peep, you’re an angel! I want to give my bridesmaids pashmina wraps as part of their gift, and I was *thisclose* to ordering from Nimli, but La Purse looks so much better. Thanks for passing along this great tip.

5/23/09 @ 5:03 pm (reply)

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laurajane (message) 320 posts, Helper bee

I’m loving the richness of the kelly green!
I’m sure your girls will be thrilled with their gifts!

*your link to the earrings takes you to the clutch, fyi.

5/23/09 @ 5:04 pm (reply)

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ES123 (message) 1,024 posts, Bumble bee

The wrap looks great! And you bought locally, which is sort-of “green” right?
Sell your old wraps on the Weddingbee classifieds so I can buy one pleaaaase!

5/23/09 @ 6:13 pm (reply)

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jellybellyellie

in addition to this store, there is a company called bijoux terner, located mostly in airports though i’ve seen them other random places, and everything (including pashminas in every color) are $10-15. try major airports like atlanta, boston, charlotte, etc. i know those three have them. then there’s always nyc.

5/23/09 @ 6:44 pm (reply)

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mrspaetz (message) 1,707 posts, Bumble bee

you’re so “green” in so many ways, Ms Peep!

agree that by buying locally you’re helping. perhaps wrapping everything in eco-friendly packaging would help too! (i’m sure you would)

5/23/09 @ 10:11 pm (reply)

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xLailax (message) 234 posts, Helper bee

That is a beautiful color Miss PT, so happy you found them for a good price.

5/24/09 @ 4:17 am (reply)

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charlotte

What do you mean by eco anyway? Wouldn’t repurposing something old be far more “eco” (as I understand it), than scampering around to find the perfect shade of kelly green? Yes you tried with the vintage shawls, but “looking wrong” sort of jives with the point of doing what’s right for the environment. Seems like you are just buying a ton of new things with an “eco” label to satisfy a trend than actually doing your part to “save the environment” by reducing consumption (or finding creative ways around it).

Is there something soy-based that I’m missing or have you calculated your wedding’s overall carbon footprint? Looks to me like you’ll be purchasing credits to offset…

5/24/09 @ 12:43 pm (reply)

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LatteLove (message) 4,120 posts, Honey bee

I ordered custom made jewelry rolls from etsy seller jsj121. I can’t wait to give them to my girls!

5/24/09 @ 2:50 pm (reply)

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finallytowed (message) 28 posts, Newbee

I love the green pashminas, Miss Peep. And BTW, I would be interested in buying 3 of the (vintage) BM wraps from you if you wouldn’t mind mailing them! let me know at str84thetop at cox dot net.

5/24/09 @ 4:34 pm (reply)

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MrsSl82be (message) 1,472 posts, Bumble bee

I ended up getting bamboo wraps for my girls and I cant’ think of the name of the site I got them from but I got 5 for $60 with shipping!!! And the quality is really nice too. I’ll have to find the receipt and post which site it was

5/26/09 @ 1:04 pm (reply)

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cookiemonster

great information. searching for pashimna in google gives lots of results but only a few stores offer the best pashminas.

thanks again.

6/12/09 @ 1:03 pm (reply)

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mermaid

the pashmina’a of la purse are great. They have lovely colors and you can change the colors and buy them on their website. isnt’t it great that I can customize the color of the pashmina?

http://www.lapurse.com/

6/17/09 @ 10:08 pm (reply)