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Transforming a barn into a greenhouse wedding: vintage, Victoriana vibes for Becky and Rowley
Picture the scene: you love the look of a greenhouse wedding, but can’t find a venue with those exact features. Instead, you have a gorgeous venue (The Cow Shed Crail, which we’ve mentioned our love for before), and a styling team (that’s us!) who want to move heaven...
How many wedding table candles do I need?: Wedding Styling 101
Photograph - Claire Fleck If windows are the eyes to the soul, then tablescapes are the eyes to, well, Gloam. Planning tablescapes is one of our absolute favourite things to do – which is lucky, really, considering we’ve made it our career – but we totally...
Fiona and James’ Gordon Castle wedding, featuring modern Scandi styling with a wild Scottish flair
Styling is about more than just something pretty to look at (though this day had that in abundance): it’s also about the flow and the experience of the day too. Fiona and James’ gorgeous Gordon Castle wedding is a perfect example of this, and we’re so excited to be...
Pinterest Wedding Planning: a wedding stylist and florist’s guide to getting the most out of your Pinterest boards
Cover Photograph - Claire Fleck Most of us will have used Pinterest at some point or another, whether for interior design inspiration, beauty hacks, or perhaps even DIY ideas, but Pinterest wedding planning is a whole different ball game. Of course, it can be...
Romantic wedding with modern boho style – what happens when a wedding stylist gets married!
We love every wedding we get the privilege to style, but this one was extra special, because the bride was our gorgeous stylist Hazel! Hazel’s been bringing her brilliant eye for design and her infectious enthusiasm to our couples and their weddings for years now, but...
What is a sweetheart table, and why you should consider one for your wedding
One of the reasons we love working in wedding styling so much (and believe us, it is a very, very long list) is that we live in an age where people are really doing it exactly how they want. Now more than ever people are rejecting traditions that don’t resonate, and...
Dunglass Estate wedding ft. luxurious florals and styling to die for: heady romance and soft opulence for Sharon and Alex
If we said “luxury wedding style” to you - what would you envisage? To Sharon and Alex, it meant enchanted romance. Soft opulence. Ethereal beauty with a contemporary, cool edge. And it was with such a great sense of honour that we brought this vision to life for...
How to plan a wedding in the UK: 5 point checklist for stress-free planning
If you’ve reading this, we think huge congratulations are probably in order. Not just for finding us, but much more importantly - for your engagement! What joyous news! We hope you celebrated extensively and basked in the warmth of every second; you deserve...
Romantic Red and Pink Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Wedding
A motto we commonly have at Gloam (alongside “Never too many candles”) is “Get yourself an Ange” - and Amy and Jennifer’s beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Wedding shows you exactly why. We had the absolute pleasure of working with Amy and Jen on their modern,...
5 reasons why you should have a Cambo Estate Wedding
Thanks to its magical feel and incredible history, Cambo Estate is a wedding venue totally unlike any other. This summer, we had the pleasure of being invited to join a Photography Farm shoot, and we jumped at the chance! Being back there reminded us of just how much...