THE BARN WEDDING OF DREAMS AT COMRIE CROFT
FEATURING
Jordan + Jamie embraced the Scottish rain and a created a picture perfect Comrie Croft wedding in the Perthshire countryside
“It’s over in the blink of an eye, so really just take in every stage of the day and be present and intentional about soaking it all in.”
~ Jordan + Jamie
We Fell In Love With…
Stunning styling, dreamy florals, and the ever so romantic setting of Comrie Croft.
Jordan and Jamie created the Scottish barn celebration of dreams at their Comrie Croft wedding. With planning assistance by our very own Cat at Fin Flükra, expertly styled by Gloam and uniquely captured by Caro Weiss.
If you’re dreaming of creating a fairytale wedding in the Scottish countryside, you need to see this. Hang around to the end to get some solid advice from this lovely pair.
TELL US ABOUT YOU TWO + YOUR WEDDING JOURNEY
Jamie and I met in London in 2020, in the peak of COVID. About six weeks later, he invited me to come to Edinburgh for a few days and see where he grew up. We ended up getting locked down with his family in his childhood home for about six weeks. From then on, we just wanted to spend every minute together.
We stayed in London until August when I had to move back to New York for law school. We dated long distance for a year, with frequent visits across the Atlantic whenever we could. After a year of long distance, Jamie’s company was able to transfer him across to the New York office and we moved in together.
Jamie planned a weekend away in New Hampshire and took me on one of my favorite hikes. On the final peak of the hike, Jamie proposed. He and my mom had conspired to hire a local photographer to meet us at the top of the mountain and capture the moment.
We didn’t want to rush into planning a wedding but kind of knew we wanted to get married at Comrie Croft, as Jamie’s aunt and uncle live nearby and we had visited many times.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR OUTFITS
I got my dress at Amsale in Soho, NYC and had the most incredible experience. The team there is incredibly kind and helpful and the space is unbelievably beautiful. After all my fittings and picking up the dress, I was so bummed out that I didn’t have any more reason to go there. I would absolutely recommend Amsale to other brides who are in NYC or visiting.
I felt like my dress embodied both me and the venue so well. Going into dress shopping, I always imagined myself in something sleek and simple. After six dress shops and trying on a wide range of options, I felt the most me in a soft A-line dress. The florals and sequin detail on the dress are what sold me though. I loved how the under layers were a subtle ivory while the top floral layer was white, which made a perfectly gentile contrast to feature the flowers. I never had the “THIS IS THE ONE” moment though, I went back three times to try it on because I couldn’t stop thinking about it.
I think it is hard when there are millions of dress choices out there and everyone talks about the moment they just knew. I didn’t have that moment, but I loved my dress so much!
My veil matched my dress (also from Amsale). My shoes were by Kailee P. I got a targeted ad on Instagram for them and they were SO comfortable with extra padding in the ball of the foot. Shoes were something for the wedding that I was much more focused on comfort than brand, style, etc.
I ordered some pearl hairpins from Etsy! I wanted to have something in my hair after the veil came out and these kind of fit perfectly under the veil and then were ready to go when the veil came off.
As a part of my “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue,” my friends took me to a place in New York called Olfactory, where you can make your own scent. We named it after an inside joke of ours.
All of the jewelry I wore was family jewelry, including my wedding band. My earrings were my mom’s, my watch was my grandmother’s, my bracelet was my nana’s. I am lucky enough to have three grandmothers and having one piece of jewellery from each of them plus from my mom was such a special way to incorporate all of the most important women in my life into the wedding.
For Jamie’s outfit, he wore a family kilt.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CEREMONY
We did not have an indoor ceremony space that would have fit all of our guests in the case of rain, so a marquee of some sort was necessary. I was really adamant about still wanting to feel like we were outside, so wanted a full clear top marquee with no sides.
Both of my parents walked me down to the aisle, which is custom for Jewish weddings. The wedding party walked down the aisle to Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap and Somewhere Only We Know by Keane. I walked down to Dreams by the Cranberries.
Our friend Gavin officiated our ceremony. We had a chuppah! Gloam had it custom built. I wanted the chuppah to be very simple. We framed it with flowers on both sides and a simple white cloth was draped over the top.
We decided to write our own vows, using things that were personal to us. We always enjoy other couples’ vows at their weddings and knew we wanted to do that. My maid of honor read Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman and Jamie’s brother read Sonnet 116, Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds by William Shakespeare.
The ceremony and in fact the whole day was amazing. I must say though, after an incredibly rainy morning (I later learned that all trains out of Edinburgh were cancelled) I was pretty nervous about the logistics of the day, as we really wanted to be outside as much as possible.
It downpoured all morning, even as we were walking to the ceremony. It downpoured through most of the ceremony. I had kind of accepted at that point that it would rain all day and was just focused on enjoying the ceremony and living in the moment. Then, all of a sudden, as we were saying our vows, the sky cleared and turned blue. I truly could not believe it. It was the most spectacular thing I had ever seen.
TELL US ABOUT THE RECEPTION
Our caterers, Wild Rover, did an astonishing job. We got so many compliments on the food at our wedding and people are still telling us how much they loved the sticky toffee pudding. Choosing the menu was hard, because so many of their options looked so good. They were incredibly flexible in terms of switching things out and dietary restrictions. Everything was so fresh and unique. Could not have picked a better caterer.
For the evening we had DJ Scott Linton from Tartan Entertainment. We also had a Ceilidh which Jamie’s cousins, Sarah and Scott provided. DJ Scott and Tartan were incredible to work with. The dance floor was packed all night and we had a blast. Our first dance was to “Real Love Baby” by Father John Misty. We struggled to choose a song but knew that we wanted something upbeat and happy.
Gloam did our flowers and styling, and we worked together through a few concepts to get to the colours and combinations of the floral installments we would need. After the wedding, they sent me a list of everything they used, which I really loved. Maybe one day I will try to recreate it! I could not believe how beautiful all of the florals were, especially my bouquet. We also chose Gloam because they had worked with Comrie Croft before and knew how to work within their sustainability requirements.
Our wedding favours were custom coasters that my grandpa made out of wood. He is a really talented woodworker and it was so special to recognise him at the wedding.
WHICH SUPPLIERS ROCKED YOUR DAY?
Caro Weiss our photographer stood out to me immediately as we were looking at wedding photographers. I loved her style and that she focused on capturing candid moments, as both Jamie and I struggle to pose in front of a camera. She was such a pleasure to work with on the day. Caro’s photos just have the most effortless, nostalgic, and documentary vibe. I feel like when I look through the photo gallery, I am transported right back to this special day.
Brooke Lilias was absolutely the perfect choice for makeup. I do not wear makeup on the day to day, so feeling bridal but still looking like myself was so important to me. Brooke is incredibly good at what she does!
ANY LESSONS LEARNED OR ADVICE YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE?
I would not change anything about the day itself, in retrospect. Things were not exactly how I imagined them and things definitely didn’t go according to plan, but I wouldn’t change a thing.
If I had to choose one thing, it would have been to get start getting ready a little earlier, even earlier than I thought was really early already.
My advice would be to trust your vendors! There were lots of times that I could not picture how everything was going to all come together and even in the days before the wedding I was unsure of whether I had planned enough, whether the décor would be sufficient, whether it all would look cohesive. As I saw Gloam and the rest of the vendors setting up, I truly was just in awe of how incredible it all looked and I wish that I just trusted the amazing people I picked to help execute the vision.
On another note, and I am sure this is said all the time, the day just goes by SO fast and then in a blink of an eye, it’s all over forever. So really just take in every stage of the day and be present and intentional about soaking it all in.
