It’s been a strange 12 months for everyone, and for those in the wedding industry Coronavirus hit just as the traditional wedding season was about to kick off so our usual jam packed summer was thrown off course.
One of the absolute highlights of 2020 though was banding together with a bunch of brilliant Scottish wedding suppliers to offer key workers the chance to win a micro wedding. Cat from Fin Flukra, Sarah from Joy Story and me (Mel from Briar Rose Design) founded Wee Wild Weddings as an easy way for people to just get married already as many people were fed up of postponing their wedding multiple times and wanted to tie the knot now and have a bigger celebration later. Our Wee Wild Wedding competition was our way of saying thank you to people who have worked to keep us all safe and well and the country functioning during the strangest of times.
Our fabulous winners were the lovely Siobhan and Mags and it was such a pleasure to help organise their (mini) big day and give them a little ray of happiness to celebrate in what was otherwise a difficult year for everyone.
They had their micro wedding at a beautiful self catering cottage in the Trossachs and had their mini wedding ceremony outside to comply with government restrictions at the time.
Creating a ceremony space with flowers
We set up an aisle and marked out the ceremony space with jars of beautiful summery wild flowers grown in Scotland. Working with the girl’s colours scheme we used whites, creams and peaches alongside soft minty sage greens to create a romantic and relaxed feel.
After the ceremony the Wee Wild Weddings team repurposed the aisle flowers to decorate tables for their mini picnic provided by Scottish Wild Picnics, and then the jars were given to guests to take home as a memento afterwards.
The bridal bouquets
For Siobhan and Mag’s bridal bouquets I created two beautiful loose and natural styled hand tied posies with seasonal favourites like Dahlia, roses, hydrangea and foxgloves. These soft romantic colours were perfect for the time of year as September flowers have all the great summer blooms but also some autumnal shades start to creep in. The brides attached memory charms to the bouquets to remember family members that had passed away.
Bridesmaids’ posies and buttonholes
Their bridesmaids were in sage green dresses to we created delicate textured posies of whites, greens and sandy colours including things like wheat, grasses and smaller headed flowers to create a frothy lacy texture to the bouquets.
For the buttonholes we stuck with the same colour scheme using succulents, rosemary and spray roses to create relaxed gathered style buttonholes to match the other flowers. They looked great against the greeny grey tweed of the jackets.
The importance of flowers
All these small touches helped give the day an overall theme or style which can be important if you are planning a blank canvas wedding in a space that is not a traditional venue. It really showed that even small numbers of floral designs can have a big impact and make your micro wedding feel extra special. If you’re looking for more micro wedding inspiration take a look at some of our recent blog posts or get in touch. All photos by Joy Story.