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Wedding Dresses

Archive for March, 2018

hill chase wedding

Elsie’s wedding day started off with a hill chase! Elsie and Grant started their wedding day with a hill chase up their local hill. The perfect start to their day! Their venue was The Village Club in Strathblane and this was the perfect setting for their wedding. We loved making Elsie’s dress for her special day. It was made from ivory silk chiffon with a ruched bodice and a sweetheart neckline. It also had lace straps and a skimming full-length skirt with a long train. “I had no idea what style of dress I wanted other than white and long….

Silk crepe for Merchants Hall wedding

Rachel had a lovely silk dress for her wedding. Rachel’s dress was beautiful and made from silk. I was over the moon to hear Rachel wanted us to design and make her wedding dress. She is a well-known face and pretty much all my mum friends have been to Monkey Music Edinburgh. She has created such a wonderful business with the best reputation. Rachel had picked a lovely lot of wedding suppliers, whose work I all adore, so it was a lovely handful of beautiful work delivered to her and Ray’s big day. We used a silk crepe for the softly…

Bespoke Dress for Boat Ceremony

A beautiful bespoke dress for a wedding on the water We thoroughly enjoyed working with Lindsay to create her bespoke wedding dress. it is one of our favourite wedding dresses. Here are some words from her about the dress and about her gorgeous day: “I went to Mette with a vague idea of what I wanted. A Pinterest, a bridesmaid and a friend, and a few hours later had a drawing of a dress that I loved! Mette knew exactly what I wanted. Even before I did! She picked out details that featured several times in the ideas that I…

Borthwick Castle Wedding

Stunning dress at Borthwick Castle Borthwick Castle is a beautiful venue, and so needed a beautiful dress. This beautiful bride came to me with ideas of nude-champagne colours, gold thread, beaded embellishments and silk mesh. This was altogether in a soft layered textured combination for her beautiful wedding dress. We absolutely love the results. I want to show you a little about how the dress was constructed. As it had many layers, we, therefore, had to make the dress in stages. We started with the silk base and then added the beaded lace over the skirt. Then on the dummy,…

Wedding at Dunblane Cathedral

Dunblane Cathedral Wedding Amanda’s wedding took place at the stunning Dunblane Cathedral. They had their wedding reception in the old church’s house and then went for an evening meal at  Cromlix.  She was a wonderful bride to work with, and her beautiful dress was full length with a high neck and long sleeves. It was made from silk crepe, and we hand embroidered the embellishment on the bodice. This, therefore, gave it a really elegant look; Amanda looked stunning on the day. Also, they had an old Volkswagen (courtesy of VW Affection) it was fantastic! Especially considering the care that has gone…

Bridesmaids at Beautiful wedding

When Jamie and Kyle got married, they were always going to have beautiful bridesmaids.. We were delighted when they asked us to make their bridesmaids dresses. It was great fun to make something special for the girls to wear! It’s always fun doing these dresses. If you want something unique and exquisite then its a great option to come to us to create something for you. As well as that, having them all at every appointment makes the fittings a great experience! Their wedding took place at Prestonfield House, which is a truly stunning venue. The bridesmaids’ dresses had varying…

Chantilly lace for church wedding

Chantilly lace dress for a stunning church wedding Lynsey’s wedding took place in Colinton Church, with the reception afterwards at Mansfield Traquair. Her dress was made of beautiful Chantilly lace. Lynsey’s dress had a lovely classic look, because of the Chantilly lace. We also made her bridesmaids’ dresses and her mother’s outfit for the wedding. She had her bridesmaids to match her in pale pink silk crepe with matching lace edges, with different necklines. We made her mum a blue and pearly grey outfit, and she had a headdress to match made by the wonderful Bridget Webster. Lynsey did her own makeup which was stunning,…

Champagne Satin Dress for Wedding

Samantha looked stunning in her champagne dress. Samantha’s dress was truly stunning. It was champagne satin and a silk crepe skirt. It also had a white lace overlay and a low V-shaped front and a low back. A ribbon was used to create a belt, which matched the colour under the lace.  In addition, back of the dress was secured by buttons and loops, with added lovely detail to the back. Her dress also had a small train. Samantha also wore a long veil for part of the day, which looked stunning combined with the train. Some of these photos…

Gorgeous dress for relaxing Highland wedding

Wedding weekend at Achnagairn Estate Stephanie and her husband run their own business and so have very busy schedules and limited time off. Their ideal wedding day was to be a relaxing day in the Highlands at Achnagairn Estate, surrounded by their friends and family. Stephanie’s dress was a definite “Stephanie dress” as described by herself. It was full length with a loosely fitted skirt which was made from French silk chiffon. The top was fitted and made from guipure lace, with long sleeves and a V-neckline. We also made Stephanie’s sister an outfit for the wedding. It was made from…

Autumn wedding inspired by Art Deco

Jayne’s autumn wedding was inspired by geometric shapes an art deco. Her wedding took place in Autumn in Edinburgh, which is where Jayne and her husband John first met while on a work placement in Edinburgh. Jayne’s dress had a ruched bodice with a sweetheart neckline, with embroidered tulle lace coming up to the neck and creating the sleeves.  Here are some words she had to say about us: “Meeting Mette and having her create my dream wedding dress as a fantastic experience. Mette is a fabulous designer who through listening to my ideas and with her design skill created a…

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