Tweed, The Town Hall and Lots of DIY ~ A Handmade Vintage Inspired Wedding in Scotland…

*Gorgeous wedding jam packed full of inspirational detail ALERT!*

God I love this wedding! And I wish to thank photographers Dylan and Joanna at Kitchener Photography right this very moment, for submitting these fabulous images.

This lovely couple are Scott and Jen, whose wedding took place on 22nd September at Anstruther Town Hall in Anstruther, Fife.  What isn't to love about these photographs? Scott and Jen's wedding day is absolutely bursting with DIY inspiration, colour and all-round wedding day pretty.  Pretty galore infact…

"We very much wanted a do-it-yourself wedding. This was mainly due to our small budget, but also as I enjoy crafts and making things myself, so treated it as a big art project. We just wanted our big day to be a warm, homely celebration with our friends and family, with lots of personal touches. I love brick-a-brac and vintage finds, so I supposed it was inevitable that our day would be influenced by this.

We also love colour, so didn’t really stick to any limiting single colour theme – instead, we went with bright, pretty colours. I also thought that it would feel more special for our guests if our own blood and sweat went into the day, rather than just paying for someone else to put it together…"

Love My Dress Wedding Blog – Photography Copyright (c) 2012, Kitchener Photography

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Jen looked pretty as a peach on her wedding day, in a second hand dress by designer Lyn Ashworth – a discovery she made via Bliss Studio in Edinburgh, which she accessorised with a sparkly gold belt…

"Bliss Studio
was the first shop I went to and I think the third dress I tried on. I
wanted something shorter for dancing, but also very simple. I fell in
love with this dress straight away.

My gold belt was from Mango, John Lewis in the sale. The dress came with an ivory, silk belt but I wanted something a bit more fun!"

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"We live in Edinburgh but decided to wed in our favourite seaside
town an hour away, where we have spent many summer days together. The
venue itself, Anstruther Town Hall, was a big hall, the perfect blank canvas.

I spent many evenings sewing bunting made from thrift shop
fabric – my friends were amazing and also leapt on the bunting bandwagon
sewing for me. I collected vintage embroisered table clothes handmade a
huge fringed streamer backdrop for the ceremony. I also made our
confetti (mixed with dried rose petals) literally punched out circles
and hearts until my fingers blistered!"

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"We were after simple, pretty, rustic-looking flowers so I went to
my local florist who was very helpful and gave me a big list to choose
from. She ordered them all for me and my friends and  I arranged them in
vases and made the bouquets and button holes…"

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"My shoes were from Anthropologie and purchased in their sale online around a week after we got engaged – a risk that paid off!"

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"Our boy, Noah wore a sailor suit I found on Ebay…"

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"We had a variety of cakes made by friends and family. Carrot cake,
pistachio cake, cocnut and lime, cupcakes and my sister’s famous black
forest gateau. The cake we cut was a simple fruit cake that my mom had
made for us with a picture of us both printed. On the cake table we also
had the cake topper from Scott’s grandmother’s wedding."

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"A friend of a friend made our delicious favours – coconut and
cherry heart shaped tray bakes. I collected vintage buttons and used
them on the name tags for each personalised favour."

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"Our photographers were Dylan and Joanna at Kitchener Photography
These guys were amazing. They were sweet, helpful and discreet –
exactly what we wanted. We really wanted our wedding to be very relaxed
day and for the pictures to reflect that. They totally nailed it."

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding


Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"I wore my Mom’s veil that she wore to her wedding in 1975…"

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding 

"We met five years ago, had our little boy two years ago and Scott
proposed last Christmas day. He got down on one knee and tied a piece of
string around my finger! We were engaged for 9 months before our
wedding day."

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"We aren’t
especially gushy people, so we avoided anything too soppy. We wanted our
vows to reflect our values and the importance of the commitment we were
making to eachother. We chose our vows from a list that was given to us
by our Humanist celebrant and we felt they perfectly reflected how we
felt about marriage.

Our friend M.C. read Foxtrot From a
Play by W.H Auden. It is a lighthearted poem about love and each verse
ends with “you’re my cup of tea.

We also took part in
hand fasting, where we literally tied the knot using two pieces of
ribbon (helped by our celebrant. As we lifted the ribbon together, our
guests read out a well wishing to us. It was lovely."

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"Both my engagement ring and wedding band belonged to my Grandmothers. My wedding band was a simple, thin 22 carot gold band,
which I had hammered by Donna Barry, a local jewellery designer, to give
it a textured surface."

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"My favourite part of the day was walking back down the aisle with
Scott having done the hand fasting, surrounded by our friends and family
throwing confetti. This is closely followed by everyone heading down to
the harbour at midnight with left over bottles of bubbly to set off
Chinese lanterns into the sky – an amazing experience and perfect way to
finish the day."

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

"We cringed at the idea of a first dance, so we shared it with our guests, getting stuck in to the first ceilidh dance, with entertainment provided by Cosmic Ceilidh..."

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Words of Wedded Wisdom… 

"It can be quite
overwhelming sometimes when you start researching ideas for your day and
it can be hard to envisage how everything will look when it’s all boxed
up, sitting in your hallway for the weeks leading up to the big day!
Trust your own taste and judgement, but don’t be afraid to let others
get involved.
 

I think friends and family appreciate and
enjoy being involved with the planning, sewing, glueing etc and
different people have different talents, so milk it! Our friends were
amazing, they helped so much and we really appreciated all their hard
work. Above all, stay relaxed! Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.
At the end of the day, it’s all about the commitment you and your
partner making to each other. No amount of bunting will distract from
that!

We wouldn’t have changed a thing about our wedding day – the
weather was perfect, we ate yummy food and danced the night away in our
finery!"

Handmade DIY vintage inspired village hall wedding

Ram packed full of wedding day inspiration.  Huge thanks to Joanna at Kitchener Photography and a very big warm congratulatory hug to Scott and Jen; Jen, thank you squillions for your lovely words about Love My Dress too, I'm over the moon you found these pages so inspirational when planning your gorgeous wedding day.

Take a peek at the other small budget weddings featured on Love My Dress to be even more inspired on how to save pennies planning your wedding day.

Favourite part of this wedding day? Go on, tell us below…

Annabel


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Photographer – Joanna at Kitchener Photography
Venue – Anstruther Town Hall, Anstruther, Fife
Wedding Dress – second hand Lyn Ashworth dress via Bliss Studios in Edinburgh
Wedding Veil – vintage, belonged to and was worn by the Bride's Mom
Bride's shoes – Anthropologie
Bride's accessories – Gold belt from Mango, John Lewis
Grooms Suit – Vintage Harris Tweed 3-piece suit bought on Ebay and then tailored
Bridesmaids Dresses – Made to measure by Dig For Victory on Etsy + Monsoon shoes
Pageboys – Sailor suit via EBay
Florist – Local florist
Cake Designer – Made by friends and guests
Favours – heart shaped bakes
Entertainment – Cosmic Ceilidh + Billy Anderson on the accordion during the ceremony
Hair Stylist – Muse Hair, Edinburgh

Annabel

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Founder of Love My Dress. Passionate Podcaster and Editor. Annabel lives in rural North Yorkshire with her husband and business partner Philip, their two daughters and menagerie of furry hounds. She loves photography, meditation, walking, being outdoors and star gazing. She is fierce when it comes to championing talent within the wedding industry and when she's not working on Love My Dress, she supports her husband Philip in the running of the family's sustainable flower farm and floral design business, Moonwind Flowers. In 2013, she became a published author.

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