5 makers for your Made in Scotland Wedding

As a couple that feel more at home in a workshop than a bridal shop, the pastel shades of “wedding” used to fill me, and my (now) wife with horror. 

Determined to make our summer celebration our own we worked with makers and manufacturers in Scotland instead. It wasn’t too complicated, it didn’t break the bank, and it was a wonderful excuse to actually use Make Works. Hooray! 

Here are 5 of the Scottish makers that we worked with to make it happen. 

1. Emily Millichip, Fashion Designer, Edinburgh

First up outfits. Both of our shirts were made by fashion designer, Emily Millichip in Edinburgh, who kindly broke her ‘no wedding’ rule to work with us. Starting with shirts we already loved the fit of, we edited and re-edited the patterns until they felt right. 

2. Be Fab Be Creative, Digital Fabric Printers, Edinburgh

We designed our own fabric which was printed at digital fabric printers, Be Fab Be Creative. For Charlotte, a cotton twill with illustrations of her family. I opted for cotton poplin which was printed with a Ted Nelson Computer-Lib/Dream Machines inspired graphic. 

You can find out more about digital fabric printing here.

3. Flux Laser Studio, Laser Cutting, Glasgow

Instead of bridesmaids and groomsmen, we had an army of ‘Best Humans’ who we made visible to the crowd with black triangle badges. These were laser cut acrylic with a white paint infill, which we made at Flux Laser Studio in Glasgow. 

You can find out more about laser cutting here.

4. Laura Service, Sign Painter, Glasgow

We had painted our own signs to scatter around our venue, the Govanhill Baths, but this one in particular which was hand painted by Laura Service. It now sits pride of place in our home, and we love it!

5. CARVE, Jewellery Workshop, Glasgow

In addition to tattoos, but we were lucky enough to make rings with CARVE . Setting up jewellery workshop in our flat with Kate Pickering of Vanilla Ink, we spent a fantastic evening working in wax, these were then cast in silver and oxidised. 

* 6. Waste of Paint Productions, Cardboard Artist, Glasgow 

All over the venue were cardboard signs, illustrations and flowers made by cardboard artist, Charlotte Duffy-Scott aka Waste of Paint Productions. She is now my wife. 

A huge thank you to everyone we worked with and everyone there on the day. There are so many people and places to make in Scotland we could have gone on and on - but really, a wedding is about the people, not the objects in it. 

You can read tips for working with Scottish manufacturers here.