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- Bumper 10th Anniversary Edition
- Features three very different weddings
- Plus over 200 pages of wedding advice
- And over 500 listings of wedding suppliers
Updates
The Tor Na Coille hotel, Banchory is now owned by Drumtochty Castle. The florists Dolce Vita have moved to No 35 Summerhill Drive, Aberdeen. Perfect Bridal Rooms are now the exclusive Scottish stockists of the French range Cymbeline and the Spanish range Rosa Clare. They also now stock Ian Stuart of London mother-of-the-bride outfits. Perfect Bridal Rooms have designer days with Suzanne Neville, Jenny Packham and Hollywood Dreams in January and February 2010.
Cover Story A/W 2009
Photography by Maggie Miller Photography at House of Dun, a NTS property in Montrose. Make up by Rae Mathieson. Bride model is Abigail and mother-of-the-bride model is Keri from Premiere Productions Scotland. Bridal dresses and accessories and Mother of bride dresses from Brides Delight, Our Day and Perfect Bridal Rooms. Male model is Adam from Premiere Productions Scotland. Kilts and accessories from Georgian Dress Hire and Slanj.
New for you
Susan Evans, who has been running Thank Evans for a number of years, has opened a new lingerie shop in Inverurie. De-Zire has a wide range of lingerie including specific bridal sets. Slanj are now hiring as well as selling kilts, hires start at £49. Bonnie Balloons has become Bonnie Events offering a wider range of services and accessories, such as chair covers.
Family Portraits
Photographer Philip Stewart may be doing more family portraits having just become a father. Philip’s partner, Kerrie, gave birth to Ellen-Belle on 12th August. Congratulations to them both.
Inagural Awards
At the inaugural “Trend” magazine awards, there were three “GWD” winners. The B’s Knees boutiques won the award for Fashion Retailer of the Year, Sandy Menzies the Creative Minds award, and Preen Beauty the Excellence in Beauty Provision category.
Competition Winners Issue 21
Caption competition winner is Natalie Alexander who is getting married to Andrew Whitelaw on 12th June 2012. The winning caption: "I see you reached a compromise on the castle wedding then" The £500 cash prize was won by Pamela Campbell getting married to Simon Whyte on 15th May 2010. The £1,000 Sandy Menzies wedding bands were won by Morag Reid, getting married to Colin Beedie on 24th April 2010.
Competitions
Thanks to Belmont Bridal in Banchory, one lucky bride will win bridesmaid dresses up to the value of £600...... ... (more)
Win £500 towards the cost of your wedding from GWD ... ... (more)
Win dinner, bed, breakfast and champagne at the 4 star Norwood Hall hotel .... ... (more)In This Issue
We spoke with Annabel Sall, director of ThinkPR, who married Mike Bain, director of the Aberdeen IT firm Escape Business Technologies ... (more)
Catherine Stott spoke with Michelle Cobbin who married Steven Ross at Drum Castle on Saturday 15th August 2009 with the reception at Palm Court Hotel........ ... (more)
We learned all about Elaine Cowe’s wedding from proud Auntie Alison Taylor. Elaine married Russell Cruickshank at St Machar’s Cathedral on 6th June 2009...... ... (more)
Who would have thought that a wedding publication, which, to be honest, in its first incarnation felt and looked more like a pamphlet than a directory, would be celebrating in 2009, and in the midst of a recession to boot, its tenth anniversary? ... (more)
