Your Scottish Wedding

Your Scottish

Wedding

So, you've decided you want to have a Scottish Wedding. Congratulations! Whether you simply want a kilted groom and bagpipes for the processional, or a full Highland Dress wedding party with pipes, tartan, and a ceilidh reception, we will do our best to provide you with what you might need.
SCOTTISH TARTAN WEDDINGS
A Practical Guidebook
by Eric Merrill Budd
HPB1 $22.50
hardback, 198 pages.

This unique volume is a must-have for brides- and grooms-to-be, interweaving Scottish customs and traditions with every step of the wedding process. Appendices include: Clan and Family Reference, Dividing Expenses and Responsibilities, Glossary of Terms, and Scottish Baby Names. A References and Resources section provides additional guidance for planning the wedding and beyond. Photos and illustrations throughout.

The perfect guide for brides and grooms wishing to plan a Scottish-themed tartan wedding!

Sections include: Courtship & Engagement, Luckenbooth & Wedding Ring, Bring Forrit the Tartan!, Invitations and Other Printing, What to Wear: The Lasses, What to Wear: The Lads, Wedding Luck, Paying the Piper, At Last! The Ceremony . . . , . . . And the Reception, A Highland Honeymoon.

Formal Highland Dress For the bride, the traditional white wedding dress can suffice (with a possible tartan sash over the shoulder). But for the groom (and any kilted groomsmen) certain accessories are preferred with the kilt. Depending on the formality of the wedding ceremony, the Prince Charlie Coatee or the Argyll Jacket may be worn. Complete packages are available for purchase. We also offer kilt outfits for rent. Please click here for details.
The Scottish Tartan Wedding book above has some wonderful information on formal Highland Dress. If you wish to know more about your kilt and how to wear it, however, no resource is more handy than So You're Going To Wear The Kilt! by J. Charles Thompson, F.S.T.S. This is a very readable and very reliable handbook on Scottish dress that answers most all of your possible questions.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR THE KILT!
All You Want to Know About Tartan Dress
by J. Charles Thompson
BOBD114 $12.95
paperback, 120 pages.

When ordering a custom-made kilt, please remember that it takes a minimum of 8 weeks to receive your kilt. Each kilt we sell is tailored to the specific measurements of the customer in Scotland. The time it takes for our tailors to build your kilt, and then have it shipped to the United States, is usually about 8 weeks, but it can take longer. If you let us know the date of your wedding, we will do all we can to have it for you in time. However, you don't want to take risks with this important date. Please order your kilt as soon as possible.

The Rings . . . The Celtic knotwork ring has become very popular for Scottish weddings both in the United States and in the UK. These consist of rings with two or more strands woven together in an intertwining, continuous pattern. Ancient celtic artists frequently used the knotwork motif in their metalwork, stone carvings, and manuscript illuminations. The interlocking patterns symbolized continuity and eternity. Each of our rings is custom made at the time of purchase and laser cut with the knotwork design, assuring a quality that is rarely seen elsewhere. Click here to see our Celtic band collection.

Suggested Engravings
If you wish to have your rings engraved, the following Gaelic suggestions come from Scottish Tartan Weddings.
(the Scottish Tartans Museum does not engrave rings, but your local jeweler should offer this service at a low cost.)

Is gradhaich leam thu -- "I love you"
Is thu m'annsachd -- "Thou art my most beloved"
Mo ghaol ort -- "My love with you"
Mo ghr'adh bithbhuan -- "My love forever"
Mo r'un geal dileas -- "My faithful fair one"
Tha gaol agam ort -- "[My] love is with you"

TARTAN RIBBON!
LCRIB $29.95 per roll
Polyester Tartan Ribbon, 1" wide.
Sold in rolls of 22 yards. If you need less than one roll, please call to inquire about current stock.

Available in the following tartans only:
Black Watch, Buchanan, Cameron of Erracht, Campbell of Argyll, Douglas, Flower of Scotland, Fraser, Lindsay, MacDonald, MacGregor, MacKenzie, Dress Stewart, Royal Stewart

Tartan

What is a Scottish wedding reception without
Canned Haggis!
Click for details.

The Piper The two things that are most recognizable as Scottish are the kilt and the bagpipes. Whether you want a single piper to pipe your bride down the aisle, or you want pipes throughout the service and at the reception, you will need to hire the services of a piper for your wedding. If you are getting married in the Western North Carolina / Northern Georgia area, please contact Piper Jean Hayes at jewelmtn@dnet.net for information. If you need assistance in locating a piper or pipe band near your area, please contact us at the museum and we will be happy to consult our listing.

Have Fun! This is your day. Enjoy it! If there is anything we can do to help you out in your preparations, let us know and we will do our best. If you need tartan ribbons, extra material, thistle or piper napkins, or shortbread for receptions, please give us a call and we will see what we can find for you.