I'm starting this week with a wedding all the way from bonny Scotland - the 'House for an Art Lover' in Glasgow, to be precise. Mhoraig and Iain tied the knot to on 4 January this year. Mhoraig's dress was the 'Jennifer' design by Alan Hannah...
"I originally had my heart set on a slinky Jenny Packham style number, but with a bit of a tummy and an aversion to gyms and control underwear I quickly decided it probably wasn’t the best idea! With its a-line skirt my dress was the opposite of that, but the minute I put it on I fell in love. I loved the simplicity of it, and the fact it was beautifully made in the most gorgeous fabric. I loved the beading around the neckline, and particularly the beautiful v-shape at the back.
I also really appreciated the fact that it was designed and made in the UK. I know it was the right dress, because just nine months on I can’t really remember anything else that I tried on!"
Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography Copyright (c) 2013, Zoë Campbell, assisted by Zoe Barrie
"Because the neckline of the dress had so much detail I hadn’t found a necklace I was happy wearing with it until the morning of the wedding when I spotted it around the neck of my best friend and bridesmaid Joan! The beautiful white gold and diamond pendant (which was given to her by her husband as a present for their wedding) became my something borrowed.
My birdcage veil was by Lily Bella Bridal and purchased from Melle Cloche in Glasgow..."
"My shoes were Tilly in Silver by Rachel Simpson..."
"My faux fur jacket was from Monsoon and I wore it with a 1950s brooch I’d found at a stall at Sloans Market in Glasgow."
"We didn’t have a theme for the wedding (whenever I was asked I always said the theme was ‘getting married’). Every decision on styling was inspired by our beautiful venue which was built in the 1990s to a design that the famous Glasgow architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh submitted to a competition in 1901.
Mackintosh’s style was Art Nouveau, but we didn’t stick rigidly to that, or to that period in which it was designed. Instead we were guided by what we thought would complement the wonderful backdrop. There was a bit of art deco, and a bit of the 1920's, 30's and 40's. I think we ended up with a wonderful mish-mash of vintagey loveliness!"
"The bridesmaid dresses were made by the wonderfully talented Wendy of Flossy and Dossy. They were one of my favourite things about the wedding, and one of the most commented upon. When I was having problems with the alterations of my own dress my back up plan was to wear the teal bridesmaid dress! I spent ages researching dress styles from the early twentieth century and sticking ones I liked up in Pinterest.
I had a chat with Wendy about what I liked about the various styles and she came up with a sketch that was exactly what I wanted. The colours I chose were inspired by the beautiful stained glass panels on the doors inside House for an Art Lover."
"Our florist was the incredibly talented Sophie of I Heart Flowers. I met her at a Glasgow Wedding Collective fair just after we were engaged and was blown away by her beautiful portfolio. I loved the way she used bright colours and unusual bits and bobs in her arrangements. Since the wedding was in January I wanted something wintery looking with berries and frosty looking foliage like eucalyptus plus lots of my favourite colour – purple! We went for seasonal flowers as far as is possible in January hence the beautiful anemones, ranunculus, amaryllis and ornamental cabbage.
She did the bouquets, buttonholes, a wand for the flower girl and two gorgeous arrangements in vases for the ceremony, which were then moved into the dining room and then downstairs for the evening reception."
"Our cake was made by the Little Cake Parlour in Glasgow (our local cake shop) using fresh, organic ingredients. The design was inspired by a visit to the Hill House in Helensburgh which was another Rennie Mackintosh commission. The stripes and squares and roses on the cake are based on the wallpaper design in the drawing room there! We decided that since we were getting married so soon after Christmas that everyone would be sick of fruit cake, so we had a layer of chocolate fudge cake, a layer of lemon drizzle and a layer of cherry and amaretto. It was beautifully made and tasted delicious. We’re just sad it’s all gone!"
"We found out about Zoë Campbell via a styled shoot that she’d done at House for an Art Lover which was featured on Love My Dress (that’s also how we found Flossy and Dossy the dress designer, and Sophie the florist was also involved).
We are so pleased that we picked Zoë to do our wedding photos. When we first met her over coffee before we booked her, we both knew very quickly that we’d be really happy to have her around on our wedding day – she was lovely and friendly and had a really positive approach. The whole process of working with Zoë was an absolute joy, and we were delighted with the outcome. The images she created are brilliant – they really capture the warmth and loveliness of the day. They also include so many of the beautiful features of the venue and little details of what happened on the day that brought back many happy memories as we look through them."
