From the start, I knew I wanted pink and red to be the colors woven throughout our wedding—I’ve always loved those two together! We worked with Dani from Maple & Rae to create our stationery, and her work was incredible. It was important to me that these elements had personality, felt pretty and playful, and Dani delivered just that!
For the tablescape, I wanted something elegant and striking yet colourful and warm at the same time. We worked with Duchess & Butler to bring our place settings to life—adding elegance with gold-rimmed glasses and gold cutlery, while touches of color and warmth came through in the pink botanical placemats and napkins. Lizzy, our florist, created a gorgeous display of bud vases and helped me source pink and red dinner candles to add pops of color throughout.
Since we were getting married in England, I wanted to incorporate little touches of my Scottish heritage throughout the day. For instance, we had a piper play as guests arrived and again as we walked down the aisle, served haggis as part of our canapés, and used a tartan ring cushion that matched James’s kilt.
As we met in New York, it was also important to weave details into the day that paid tribute to that. Our welcome sign was a play on the Frank Sinatra lyric New York, New York, and a very dear friend—whom we met on the same day in New York—delivered our story during the ceremony. For the evening, we served pizzas with New York-inspired names; our table names were all places we had visited together during our year there, and the final song our band played was Empire State of Mind. Every little detail tied back to our story, which meant so much to us.
