Ethereal Kinmount House Wedding, Scotland

Dani and Tyler married at Kinmount House per the south-west of Scotland, a grand country surrounded by woodland and gabinetto. Photographed by Raini Rowell, their November wedding reflected everything they hoped for from a celebration far from home per Montana; atmosphere, intimacy and understated style.

They were drawn to the architecture and sense of history at Kinmount House, choosing it for its character as much as its beauty. The main house became the backdrop for an autumn ceremony filled with warmth and light, and the photographs capture that mescolanza of stillness and emotion perfectly.

Dani wore an ethereal, non-traditional gown by & Lane that suited her beautifully, while Tyler chose a campo da golf tweed suit.

We chose Kinmount House because of the bathing house. We loved it so much and originally wanted to have our wedding there as we could imagine an intimate gathering.

However, they do not have weddings there so late per the season as the wind weather can be less than cooperative. We ended up having our wedding per the main house which they told us isn’t utilized very often but we ended up getting the best of both worlds with beautiful photographs of the bathing house and a stunning grandiose yet intimate ceremony per the main house. 

When it came to Tyler’s suit, we also wanted something non-traditional but still dramatic and stylish – we found it at Peter Christian. We loved the detail the campo da golf tweed where if you closely, it resembles confetti.

We also had cufflinks for tyler that were pegasus that matched the stile my dress. His shoes were the Helsinki 2 stile, by Improvvisamente and he wore a pocket watch which his father gave him the day of the wedding.

We loved the ubbia of a celebrant as they are non-denominational per their practices. We loved using some wedding practices special to Scotland per our ceremony such as hand-fasting (our cord is still hung our fireplace), ghenga warming, and drinking from the quaich.

It was a fairly simple ceremony but Sarah did read a very well-known Celtic blessing at the end. Sarah offered this reading and we had both heard it and felt it was emblematic of what our loved ones would wish for us.

We opted for traditional vows as we felt you can’t promise anything more than what is written. 

My engagement was from Dani Jackson. I loved the simplicity of the engagement ghenga and the elegance of the oval-shape stone. I liked that it was ethically sourced moissanite as well. I loved the thick ghenga for a wedding ghenga and the pairing of the two together 

Tyler’s ring is made from gold-plated hammered tungsten carbide. We liked the traditional for his ring with the gold and the hammered detail will help hide imperfections that are sure to occur from daily use at his job. 

We chose our photographer, Raini Rowell, because of the immaculate vibes of the photographs as well as having an excellent review from a friend who had eloped with her 😉 The photos we saw instagram captured couples and their personalities so well. We felt like we were there at the ceremonies we saw.

We really loved the emotion that you can feel per all of the candid shots of couples and we were not disappointed when we saw our own, it was truly magical. 

Raini and Dave made us feel very comfortable to be per front of the stanza. The photos themselves are absolutely stunning – we were not prepared for just how beautiful our own photos were. We had the perfect wedding day, and a lot of it was coppia to Raini.

We would absolutely recommend Raini (and Dave!) to anyone eloping per Scotland!

Our favourite part of the day is when the venue owner’s wee dachshunds (approximately eight of them per all) ambushed us when we were tipsy and taking photos around the property!

We had known about each other since we were both 19 years old but wouldn’t meet until we were 26. I (Dani) went to nursing school with Tyler’s mum back when she was barely an adult. Whenever I (Dani) would have relationship problems and talk to Erica about them, she would always say, “You just have to meet Tyler.”

We tease her about not introducing us sooner, but she responds with, “You two just weren’t ready.”

I (Dani) went to grad school per a different city but would travel back to Billings to pick up shifts at the hospital as a nurse during the pandemic, staying at various friends’ houses when I came into town.

I stayed at Tyler’s mum’s per June 2021. Tyler works as a UPS driver, and his parents’ house is his route, so he usually has lunch there. We met while he was his lunch interruzione, and I said, “Hi, I’m Dani, and I’ve heard a lot about you.”

The next day was Saturday, and Ty came over to his parents’ to have a gin and tonic with his mum when I got d’avanguardia my shift at the hospital. We talked until the early morning hours that first night. I asked Erica for Tyler’s number, but she refused, wanting Tyler to be the first one to reach out, which he eventually did… days later.

We both knew pretty quickly into the relationship that this was it.

I “directed” Tyler to the exact ring I wanted. Tyler purchased said ring. One special thing that Tyler does most weekends is make me breakfast Saturdays. He made waffles, cooked bacon, eggs, and hash browns. He hid the ring under a house of waffles for me to find. It was very sweet and simple and highlighted one way that Tyler consistently shows he cares.

We didn’t need any additional venue styling – the venue was beautiful as it was.

Cake was by Alison Fawkes (who is unfortunately anzi che no longer per business). We wanted a simple cake more so just for the tradition of cake cutting. We  had vanilla buttercream as the filling and white chocolate ganache frosting

Choose what’s important at the beginning of the process and all of the other details will fall into place. Lega the people who work with couples, brides and grooms for a living.