Kilts Wi Hae Blog — Spotlight

  We’ve had a lot of brilliant artistic suppliers recently and that trend continues today! We go south of the border again for our Supplier Spotlight this week as we venture into Norfolk where we take a look at the amazing works of D & J Glassware. . . D & J Glassware is a family run business. Their products are all built on their passion for creative design combined with quality and function. Everything produced is both beautiful and functional. . . Our main stock of D & J Glassware at Kilts Wi Hae consists of their tree of...

It’s getting rather hot in here, and we’re not talking about the summer sun! This week we head south west to Ayrshire, just up the road from a previous spotlight, Belltrees Forge and we see what brilliant things Pewtermill Craft are cooking up in their forges! . . Pewtermill have been blessing us with their amazing 100% Scottish hand-crafted items for over 50 years now. Contemporary technology combined with traditional smithing techniques culminates in beautiful pewter products. The pewter used is completely lead free. . . Their ranges are constantly expanding and new products are always being showcased. To name...

  We’re back in Glasgow this week for our Supplier Spotlight where another family business has the lights shone upon them! Gaelic Themes! They’re the biggest manufacturer of clan crested products in the world and we’re going to show them off today! . . Gaelic Themes is the brand name for a coordinated range of the highest quality highland accessories, all bearing beautiful clan crests! The crests used were based on designs from the book ‘Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia’ In the book, there were 148 badges related to clans but Gaelic Themes has more than doubled that number to...

  Spring and Summer are the two seasons you’d most associate with flowers and blooming. Just look outside and even the grass is a brighter shade of green! Bluebells sprouting, daisies, vibrancy everywhere. One company has taken note of this and combined natural beauty with stunning silver and turned it into some beautiful jewellery. Today’s supplier spotlight is on Glenna Jewellery! . . Glenna Jewellery is a Jewellery design company hailing from Dumfries and Galloway. Started by a woman of the same name. Glenna and her team are constantly being inspired by the beautiful natural surroundings of their part of...

  Not many companies can boast quite such a large range of different products while still maintaining high quality with everything manufactured. Harnesses to handbags and pullovers to paper napkins, Glen Appin of Scotland is one of our favourite suppliers! . . Since 1903, Glen Appin have been going strong since then. Originally trading under the name Bulloch, Cowell & Company, they mainly manufactured cloth. In the 60’s the company became limited and moved into gifts and textiles. In 1968 they became Glen Appin and then Glen Appin of Scotland Limited in February of 2014. . . Glen Appin designs...