06/11/2025
So Here We Go... Again!
Well, it looks like I’ve somehow been listed again as a finalist in the Scottish Wedding Awards, courtesy of Creative Oceanic (aka the puddle-dwelling crowd who run these so-called “awards”).
Let’s be clear: these awards have ZERO credibility.
Anyone can vote. Your granny, her dog, your neighbour’s budgie, and yet, finalists don’t even need votes at all. I tested this myself a few years back: one of my businesses received 90 votes, another just 4… and guess which one made it to the finals? Yep, the one with 4.
After calling them out publicly back then, I was blocked from their socials. So imagine my surprise to see my name pop up again as a “finalist” in something I haven’t even engaged with. How that happens, I’ll let you decide.
ITV even investigated Creative Oceanic after countless suppliers were left chasing refunds for cancelled events. It’s a long-running scam dressed up as recognition, and I refuse to be associated with it or any other Vanity Award. Being on the leadership group of the Scottish Wedding Industry Alliance, this is hopefully something we will be actively fighting.
I want to make this very clear, I will never support or promote vanity awards that exist solely to make organisers money off the hard work of genuine businesses.
If you see me shouting about something, it’s because it’s real, honest, and worth celebrating, not because I paid to play.
And yes, I’ll say it plainly: any supplier still pushing or boasting about these “awards” while knowing the truth won’t be recommended by me. Integrity matters.
I’ll keep doing what I do best, creating beautiful work for couples who actually care about authenticity over appearances. I have a moral compass and I know exactly what way it's pointing as do plenty of my wedding supplier colleagues who have posted about these awards and many others out there. You know who you are and I'll always applaude you for speaking the truth.
Couples...these awards are paid for by bums on seats at the 'dinner' and mean nothing. Every year I have to post this and then contact the scammers at Creative Oceanic to get my name removed from their sh*t!
Don’t get me started on the ‘other’ awards.
https://oceanicawardsblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/finalists-announced-for-the-13th-scottish-wedding-awards-2026/?fbclid=IwY2xjawN5rIhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe9CvCEYoD1C5fj04rNrQkiS1z6VwnJ82iWNBb6wLYl0IKt5-xMoxlo3LEdc8_aem_sloXV_dD56cb7NZeraIfig
