WELCOME to Your Scottish Wedding

Hello and Happy New Year! We’ve a lot to celebrate here at Your Scottish Wedding. We’re marking our first anniversary since launching our glossy magazine and I hope you’re loving it as much as we love creating it. In fact, YSW is branching out into the world of podcasts with our first one due out this month. We’ll be chatting to wedding experts from across the board so whether you’re struggling to find your perfect caterer or don’t know your duchesse satin from your silk, make sure you tune in.

Back in November we also celebrated the inaugural Your Scottish Wedding Awards. While we’ve caught up with colleagues from the wedding industry at shows and events in the last year, it was lovely to come together to dance and toast the very best in the business. More on that on page 40.

New Year typically means launching into fresh projects and I know you’ll be raring to go with wedding planning. For our columnist and brideto-be Rachel Lawler of Tender Loving Style that means stepping up her pre-wedding wellbeing and beauty prep.

With just nine months to go now till her big day at Cornhill Castle, she’s sharing her tried and tested rituals.

Working in weddings, I have an ever-changing list of “if-Ihad-my-wedding-over” dresses and this season is no different. Check out our beautiful photoshoot from Errol Park on p54 for all the wedding outfit inspo you need. And it’s not just for the girls. We’ve got all the latest groom fashion too (p70), with more from the shoot, alongside recent newlyweds who’ve walked us through their experiences of finding the perfect wedding outfit (p84).

But it’s not all sghian dubhs and sporrans, with a lot of you taking the time now to tackle the nitty gritty of your upcoming wedding. So much of organising your big day will be great fun, but other aspects can be a bit of a headache. On page 133 Jennifer McLaren addresses the age-old complication of just how to have a child-friendly wedding, while we’re also exploring how you can make your big day reflect you as a couple, whoever you are and whatever way you decide to marry.

See you next time,

Katie Katie Bletcher Head of Editorial

DIRECTOR

Lesley Traynor lesley@yourscottishwedding.co.uk

EDITORIAL

HEAD OF EDITORIAL Katie Bletcher katie@yourscottishwedding.co.uk

FEATURES WRITERS Claire Muir claire@yourscottishwedding.co.uk Jennifer McLaren jen@yourscottishwedding.co.uk

SALES

HEAD OF SALES Dawn Stafford dawn@yourscottishwedding.co.uk

PRODUCTION

WEBSITE MANAGER Chris Beaton

SOCIAL MARKETING MANAGER Mallory Reid mallory@yourscottishwedding.co.uk

PODCAST HOST Marlene Lowe marlene@yourscottishwedding.co.uk

DESIGN HEAD OF DESIGN Susan Cruickshank susan@yourscottishwedding.co.uk

DRESS Rosa Clara at Kudos Bridal Edinburgh

FLOWER CROWN

The Greenshed Flower Studio

HAIR

The Bride to Be MAKE-UP

Make up by Leigh Blaney

MODEL

Mallory Reid

STYLING

Peachy Creative Media

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