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Burlap and mason jars

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Re: Burlap and mason jars

  • fyrchk said:

    My mom called me the other day to tell me she found the "cutest sign!" In my head I was like, "nooooooo." But she's had minimal input for our wedding (she lives in Virginia, I live in Colorado) and she's been surprisingly hands off (for her anyway) which I am grateful for. So, I wimped out and thanked her for the sign and just said, "Mom, you really don't have to buy anything for our wedding. You are doing so much by helping pay for the reception, I really don't want you to spend anymore money." She accepted that but told me she "just had to get it because it's so cute...it's a blackboard in a frame."

    So, I now have a sign for my wedding...yay?


    Kudos to you @fyrchk for indulging your mom. I had all sorts of "surprise" touches at my wedding that my Mother thought were PERFECT. Some that I'm sure I didn't even notice in all of the craziness. You know what? It made her feel happy and helpful. I'm guessing that ZERO people will remember that there was a sign with whatever saying later, but your mom will remember how nice it felt to "help" make your wedding special. If we were talking a cheese-whiz fountain, it might be different. A sign though, is no big deal.

    Everyone has their opinions, but with decor there will ALWAYS be differences. I can almost guarantee that @sarahjhd will have/had something at her wedding that some of us think is ugly/overdone. As long as guests are properly hosted, it doesn't really matter.
  • We debated on a sign, just stating "sit where ever" or that the wedding was in the back area, but our groomsmen offered to help with that. I think this all really depends on the wedding.

    If we had a "sit where ever sign" I do like the ones stating that it's becoming one family. In the end, majority of my family sat on one side and H's family on other .... opposite of where we stood. So it kinda worked. {basically my family could see me and his family could see him}

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    FI and I decided to have this for our wedding because his side of the invitees is so small, he didn't want the seating to look lopsided.

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    @ChelleJayne it's a lovely idea. Many guests are use to "bride side" "groom side" so don't be surprised if it ends up like that. Many mutual friends who were guests, opted to sit on my side because of that reason and his side filled up relatively quick.
  • My mom called me the other day to tell me she found the "cutest sign!" In my head I was like, "nooooooo." But she's had minimal input for our wedding (she lives in Virginia, I live in Colorado) and she's been surprisingly hands off (for her anyway) which I am grateful for. So, I wimped out and thanked her for the sign and just said, "Mom, you really don't have to buy anything for our wedding. You are doing so much by helping pay for the reception, I really don't want you to spend anymore money." She accepted that but told me she "just had to get it because it's so cute...it's a blackboard in a frame."

    So, I now have a sign for my wedding...yay?


    Kudos to you @fyrchk for indulging your mom. I had all sorts of "surprise" touches at my wedding that my Mother thought were PERFECT. Some that I'm sure I didn't even notice in all of the craziness. You know what? It made her feel happy and helpful. I'm guessing that ZERO people will remember that there was a sign with whatever saying later, but your mom will remember how nice it felt to "help" make your wedding special. If we were talking a cheese-whiz fountain, it might be different. A sign though, is no big deal. Everyone has their opinions, but with decor there will ALWAYS be differences. I can almost guarantee that @sarahjhd will have/had something at her wedding that some of us think is ugly/overdone. As long as guests are properly hosted, it doesn't really matter.
    I don't know...towards the end of a reception with an open bar I think I could fuck up a cheese whiz fountain!
    I was going to say something similar.  Though I'm a sucker for any type of processed cheese food.
  • adk19 said:

    My mom called me the other day to tell me she found the "cutest sign!" In my head I was like, "nooooooo." But she's had minimal input for our wedding (she lives in Virginia, I live in Colorado) and she's been surprisingly hands off (for her anyway) which I am grateful for. So, I wimped out and thanked her for the sign and just said, "Mom, you really don't have to buy anything for our wedding. You are doing so much by helping pay for the reception, I really don't want you to spend anymore money." She accepted that but told me she "just had to get it because it's so cute...it's a blackboard in a frame."

    So, I now have a sign for my wedding...yay?


    Kudos to you @fyrchk for indulging your mom. I had all sorts of "surprise" touches at my wedding that my Mother thought were PERFECT. Some that I'm sure I didn't even notice in all of the craziness. You know what? It made her feel happy and helpful. I'm guessing that ZERO people will remember that there was a sign with whatever saying later, but your mom will remember how nice it felt to "help" make your wedding special. If we were talking a cheese-whiz fountain, it might be different. A sign though, is no big deal. Everyone has their opinions, but with decor there will ALWAYS be differences. I can almost guarantee that @sarahjhd will have/had something at her wedding that some of us think is ugly/overdone. As long as guests are properly hosted, it doesn't really matter.
    I don't know...towards the end of a reception with an open bar I think I could fuck up a cheese whiz fountain!
    I was going to say something similar.  Though I'm a sucker for any type of processed cheese food.
    Agreed. Get me some Velveeta and I'm happy as a clam.
  • adk19 said:

    My mom called me the other day to tell me she found the "cutest sign!" In my head I was like, "nooooooo." But she's had minimal input for our wedding (she lives in Virginia, I live in Colorado) and she's been surprisingly hands off (for her anyway) which I am grateful for. So, I wimped out and thanked her for the sign and just said, "Mom, you really don't have to buy anything for our wedding. You are doing so much by helping pay for the reception, I really don't want you to spend anymore money." She accepted that but told me she "just had to get it because it's so cute...it's a blackboard in a frame."

    So, I now have a sign for my wedding...yay?


    Kudos to you @fyrchk for indulging your mom. I had all sorts of "surprise" touches at my wedding that my Mother thought were PERFECT. Some that I'm sure I didn't even notice in all of the craziness. You know what? It made her feel happy and helpful. I'm guessing that ZERO people will remember that there was a sign with whatever saying later, but your mom will remember how nice it felt to "help" make your wedding special. If we were talking a cheese-whiz fountain, it might be different. A sign though, is no big deal. Everyone has their opinions, but with decor there will ALWAYS be differences. I can almost guarantee that @sarahjhd will have/had something at her wedding that some of us think is ugly/overdone. As long as guests are properly hosted, it doesn't really matter.
    I don't know...towards the end of a reception with an open bar I think I could fuck up a cheese whiz fountain!
    I was going to say something similar.  Though I'm a sucker for any type of processed cheese food.
    Agreed. Get me some Velveeta and I'm happy as a clam.
    I did a nacho cheese fountain at my H 30th b-day, with the fondue fountain that I got for x-mas.. it was the only time I have used it.. I had pretzels, and chips and hotdogs with chili, it was awesome..
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  • YES! I am so tired of this trend. I will be attending 3 weddings before and 1 after my wedding that all have the same "unique rustic" theme. Thank goodness I just decided to go with no real theme and am doing what I like. Maybe my wedding will actually be unique!
  • Meh, who cares?  What is unique anymore?  I think it's more unique to not go crazy in the little details and have a wedding where your personal style shows through somewhere.  That might be your decor, dress, music, food, or something else.  

    A woman I work with just had a daughter get married, and she had mason jars, burlap, and lace.  She gave me everything for free to use at my wedding.  I don't know if I will use it but a wedding with a decor budget of less than $100.00 seems pretty unique to me. 
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  • Want to be, like, totally original? Get married in tea towels while hanging upside down in a ball pit.

  • justsuzie said:
    Meh, who cares?  What is unique anymore?  I think it's more unique to not go crazy in the little details and have a wedding where your personal style shows through somewhere.  That might be your decor, dress, music, food, or something else.  

    A woman I work with just had a daughter get married, and she had mason jars, burlap, and lace.  She gave me everything for free to use at my wedding.  I don't know if I will use it but a wedding with a decor budget of less than $100.00 seems pretty unique to me. 
    Yes. I got free mason jars with burlap and lace from a wedding my MOH was in. FREE = THE PRICE IS RIGHT AND HECK YES WE WILL USE THEM!
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  • My super creative an unique plan for my wedding decor is pink flowers in brown beer bottles.  We're really more beer bottle type people than mason jar type people.  Though we did just pickle some jalapenos and radishes and put them in mason jars just last night.
  • adk19 said:
    My super creative an unique plan for my wedding decor is pink flowers in brown beer bottles.  We're really more beer bottle type people than mason jar type people.  Though we did just pickle some jalapenos and radishes and put them in mason jars just last night.
    We're having both! The mason jars will be random places like aisle, dessert table, the porches, etc. Beer bottles (with labels) on the tables. We're going to do a single stem of something like hydrangea or queen anne's lace in them. I think the pink with the brown bottles will look really nice!
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  • julieanne912julieanne912 member
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    YES! I am so tired of this trend. I will be attending 3 weddings before and 1 after my wedding that all have the same "unique rustic" theme. Thank goodness I just decided to go with no real theme and am doing what I like. Maybe my wedding will actually be unique!
    *eyeroll*

    Trust me, your wedding won't be completely unique.  

    And, I liked my mason jars (which were borrowed and free) and my overall rustic look (I didn't really have a theme, just picked things I thought looked nice together).  I even had some burlap thrown in there too.  I liked how it looked, and didn't really care that it was trendy.  Same for my dress.  It's trendy as fuck, but I liked it.
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  • The purple hydrangea will also look lovely in the brown glass. 
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  • I think both things have to go well with the people also. Like any theme. Tbh, with mine it would have looked awful because it also didn't suit our personalities or our wedding.
  • For me its irritating because they automatically tie lace in with burlap. We are using alot of lace in our wedding decor and went I go to ebay, etc and search lace it is always attached to burlap. I want lace not burlap
  • For me its irritating because they automatically tie lace in with burlap. We are using alot of lace in our wedding decor and went I go to ebay, etc and search lace it is always attached to burlap. I want lace not burlap
    I recommend Lace Heaven! It's an online store. You can purchase lace of varying widths by the yard, wayyyyyyyy cheaper than Joann.

    My main criticism is the shipping is WAY too high... I paid $8 for 30 yards of lace and $9.15 for shipping! And the photos make it difficult to see the detail of the lace. But I got my order in 2 days and the lace is good quality, nice and soft, all in one length. Plus, 30 yards of lace at Joann was going to be something ridiculous like $60. So even with the shipping, $18 ain't bad!
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  • Thanks spockforprez. I did manage to hit Joannes on Black Friday sale and got two yards of lace for 3$. I will definitely have to check lace heaven though!
  • Every time I hear about how "Unique" someone's wedding is going to be I think back to this demotivational poster one of my favorite teachers used to have hanging in his classroom...


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  • Friends: "Check out these rustic decor pins" 
    Me: Thanks so much! {topic change}
    Family: "I went to this wedding and there were jars like I use for canning as glasses. It was great, I got one for free"
    Me: How Nice
    Invitations: We can tie it with a piece of twine! 
    Me: We cannot 
    Friends: "You're wearing flats? You mean cowboy boots?
    Me: ....No

    I am totally supportive if this is your thing, but I do wish that people wouldn't assume :smile: 




  • My friend got married last year, and when we first started planning she kept sending me files of things that she didn't end up using (until I begged her to stop).  Everything was hardcore rustic.

    This was from someone who knows me.  I'm scared of the outdoors.  I need to be kept at room temperature or I go bad.  Being itchy makes me want to cry.  My idea of a hike is taking the dog to the park.  Never in a million years would I want to set foot in a barn or sit on hay bales or be near a horse.

    Burlap and mason jars and all of that are awesome if they go with who you are.  But I really did not want to pretend to be a country girl just because I'm getting married.
  • It is so hard to find decorations that aren't, it is ridiculous! I'm going to end up hand-making some signs that I wanted because they only come in burlap! So dumb!

    I will admit to using mason jars for my flowers at my reception...but that's because I still have student loans and I can get them for 25 cents a piece at thrift stores instead of $10 for a vase...gotta save money somewhere.

  • @knottie1460327909 please check the dates on threads before you comment. You've been resurrecting a lot of dead threads today and it's considered rude around here. 
  • @knottie1460327909 please check the dates on threads before you comment. You've been resurrecting a lot of dead threads today and it's considered rude around here. 

    So sorry! I'm new here and didn't realize that was rude! I will definitely check from now on.  Thanks for the tip!
  • I was going to use burlap and mason jars simply because it's cost effective and I originally thought it was really cute. I was even going to go the whole babys breath route. 

    That was when it was going to be a more laid back, outdoor ceremony. It occurred to me after I found the dress, that the theme didn't fit my FI and I. 

    One day we were walking through a Flea Market trying to get ideas, and I stumbled on brass candlesticks. They were sooo tarnished. But they were a dollar a piece. We bought some, started polishing, and now we have a rather romantic brass candlestick/blush rose/brick/wood theme going. Still cost effective (thankfully). 

    Although now I don't know how those edison bulbs are going to look with everything... 
  • @MeetTheLaras this thread is a year old. The last comment was someone apologizing for resurrecting a zombie thread. Please check the dates on threads before you comment. It's considered rude to comment after the thread has been dead for 2 months. @knotriley can we close this? 
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