Senior Product Owner Ellie and pilot Michael’s October wedding at Crear in Scotland, was captured by the super talented Caro Weiss, who’s gorgeous photography we’ve been sharing since 2009. And frankly, that’s because it’s bloody brilliant.
The couple wanted to keep things simple in an effort not to distract from the venue’s glorious views They were inspired by their favourite things or ideas that cheered them up during ‘pandemic-gloom’ and in bringing their wedding day vision to life, they used a mix of autumnal colours and lots of botanical elements, inspired by the natural colours around Crear.
Seeking something non traditional, Ellie looked knockout in her house of Ollichon jumpsuit and cape.
Shoes, Accessories & Bridal Beauty
We did our own hair and make up on the day which was a really nice, relaxed way to get started – I even had time to have a little lie down with a facemask! My scent was Chanel ‘s Gabrielle.My main shoes were by Esska, I also wore a pair of very old H&M to sacrifice to the puddles on the beach.
My headpiece from Around The Bee was so beautiful – it was a chance Instagram find by my mum and I absolutely loved it. It was made from dried ruscus and Jenna really kindly made some matching clips for my sisters to wear.
I wore my grandmother’s antique pearl earrings – they are really special to our family and my sister also wore them when she got married.
Photography by Caro Weiss
We found our amazing photographer, Caro Weiss, through Love My Dress.
As soon as we saw Caro Weiss’ photographs, we fell in love with them – they were so beautiful, relaxed and natural.
You can just feel the joy emanating from them and we knew she would capture the day perfectly!
She was so brilliant in both the lead up and during the day – she was such fun to be around, really calming, and put us all totally at ease.
The photos are incredible, we couldn’t be happier with them, and would absolutely recommend Caro to any other couples – she is amazing!
Caro Weiss is a Love My Dress recommended supplier. Find out more here!
Planning in a Pandemic
We were originally meant to get married on the 20th March 2021 and when the pandemic first hit, we naively thought that things might be back to normal by the time that date came around (how wrong we were!). So for a while, we continued planning as normal (although that became more stressful as things remained so uncertain).
By October, it was clear that wasn’t going to be the case and so we rearranged with our venue to make it a small wedding of 15 in the hope that we could still go ahead with getting married, which was the most important part for us.
In the end, we were back in Lockdown by March and so we postponed to October, and eventually increased the numbers back up (although not fully). Our venue and all our suppliers were incredibly helpful when we were making these decisions and going through all the different variations we went through – we felt so lucky to be supported by such an amazing group of people.
In the lead up, all our guests were really careful and took tests before they arrived to be on the safe side. On the day, we were lucky that the weather was amazing so we could have the ceremony outside meaning that our guests didn’t have to wear masks. Otherwise, there were requirements to wear masks on the bus and at the bar.
The best advice we can give for dealing with the impact of the pandemic on your wedding is to try and keep focused on what is most important to you and using that to guide your decisions – for us, getting married was the most important part and we wanted to have our immediate family there as a minimum. That kept us positive when things were changing and meant we were open-minded to different options. And be kind – everyone is doing their best.
Reception
My incredibly talented sister of Big Day Bakes made our cake and it was SO good! It was 3 layers of Chocolate Salted Caramel and Lemon and Raspberry Curd, and all our guests couldn’t stop talking about it. We wanted something colourful and abstract and she nailed it.
Crear Kitchens provided the food, which was delicious (we’re still dreaming about it now and it is a frequent topic of conversation among our friends!) – we had beef wellington and an incredible sticky toffee pudding. They were brilliant at catering to all our dietary requirements and the gluten-free pudding has been awarded the best GF pudding ever tasted!
We used postcards as place cards for each guest as we wanted to write a message to each person thanking them for coming – each one included a fun fact for the dinner table, in honour of Michael’s love of general knowledge! We also made our table plan – again we tried to keep the designs simple and just bring a bit of autumnal colour to the venue.
Our wedding favours were little parcels of Percy Pigs from M&S – our favourite sweets!
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Credits & Thanks
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Annabel is the founder of Love My Dress. She has a passion for photography, walking, yoga, nature, and loves to support talented artists and creative businesses. In 2013, she became a published author. Annabel lives in rural North Yorkshire with her husband and business partner Philip, their two daughters Eska and Leanora and menagerie of furry hounds. Annabel supports Philip in the running of the family flower farm at at Moonwind Flowers. She is also co-founder of What About Weddings.