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Our Festive Edit 2021: Cosy Winter Gifts That Everyone Will Love
Can you hear that? That tinkling of bells? No, it’s not jingle bells - not quite yet, anyway - but the big ol’ creaky door to our festive edit bursting open again. After a roaring success last year, we’re thrilled to say we’ve brought back our seasonal gift shop...
Coos Cathedral Wedding with Autumnal Flowers & Styling
It’s been a challenging 18 months for the whole industry, suppliers and couples alike, but days like this one are an excellent reminder of why it’s all so worthwhile. We had the absolute pleasure of working on Georgie and Michael’s Coos Cathedral wedding last month,...
Wintery Wonderment Workshops
Are you looking for a moment of calm, the chance to escape the spirling noise around us? Place yourself in our care for a few hours, and we will gently guide you through the joy to be found by enjoying restorative festive crafting. Firstly, we are delighted to have...
Aswanley Wedding With A Romantic Outdoors Ceremony and Intimate Boho Reception
In the iconic words of S Club 7: ain’t no wedding like an Aswanley wedding. We know we say this all the time - there are so many beautiful Scottish wedding venues, so sue us! - but Aswanley is definitely one of our favourites. You have a 17th century fortified house,...
A moody, magical, romantic Highlands wedding at Glen Etive
There’s a reason that the idea of a Highlands wedding has achieved almost legend status: and that’s because they are, in short, legendary. It was exactly this mythical, whimsical quality that we played on for Chelsea and Matt’s Highlands wedding; paying homage to...
Modern Wedding Stationery: What’s the difference between customised and bespoke stationery?
If you’re up to date on your Gloam goings on, then you’ll know we launched our modern wedding stationery collections a couple of weeks ago (and if you’re not, please don’t worry - it’s not like there’s not been other stuff going on...) Either way, we’re just grateful...
What is wedding styling? 25 things wedding stylists can do for you
A lot of people’s first thoughts when they hear the term wedding styling is bridal styling, to do with wedding dresses and outfits. When they realise that’s not what we do, their next question is usually “Ok, so - what is wedding styling, then?!” And that, friends, is...
On-the-day wedding stationery advice from Mercedes of Scarlett and Bell
We asked our go-to Scottish wedding planner, Mercedes of Scarlett and Bell, to share her thoughts on on-the-day wedding stationery. She is wise. Stationery: Gloam, Photograph: Eric Rene-Penoy One of the biggest (and most overlooked) design and...
5 of our favourite unique wedding place settings
One of the many reasons we love our job so much is that we get to focus on beautiful wedding aesthetics - literally the dream, right?! But another key part of our role, which often gets overlooked, is the client experience. Now, we know that sounds like some rubbishy...
Modern Wedding Stationery: our ultimate guide
Pals, we’ve got something really exciting to announce - WE’RE LAUNCHING GLOAM STATIONERY. WEEE! We’re really really thrilled to finally be offering modern wedding stationery in house via The Gloam Stationery Department. This department compliments our styling,...