24 Ways to Throw a Spectacular Country Themed Wedding

jalyndani · April 2014

Since it's Buzzfeed, I can only assume that this list is oozing with sarcasm. God I hope so. Think of the atrocities that could result from poor naive little snowflakes finding this and thinking it's good advice.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/laraparker/ways-to-throw-a-spectacular-country-themed-wedding

Is there no hope for the wedding world?

climbingsingle · April 2014

The burlap dress! Noooooooo.

afox007 · April 2014

Omg my friend who fired me from her wedding party is having more than half of these. She even wanted the hay ride until I reminded her she is allergic to hay and would spend the day red and splotchy!

jalyndani · April 2014

I think my personal favorite might be the mechanical bull rental. I mean, who wouldn't enjoy a nice jaunt on a jerking, neck-breaking motorized bovine in their wedding dress?

I'm so disappointed that I didn't think of that for my wedding that isn't even country themed. It would have been great entertainment, and one of my guests has a son who is a chiropractor- I bet he would have appreciated the business!

KeptInStitches · April 2014

Oh #19 hurts my eyes.

APDSS22 · April 2014

The only thing I can say after reading that is #17 it's called jute, not "lasso bow". I still don't think people should throw burlap, jute, and boots on everything for a wedding if they have never heretofore seen such things off Pinterest.

wrigleyville · April 2014

I love that #4 has "April 31st" as the date.

hellohkb · April 2014

Those pictures were awful!

I'm loling that about 99% of the commenter's got very, very offended by this.

larrygaga · April 2014

I love buzzfeed

Simply Fated · April 2014

I adore Buzzfeed's lists! This one had me laughing.

I love how every other suggestion involves mason jars. And that poor little flowergirl in that burlap dress!
To be fair, I actually liked the sunflowers with the twinkle light suggestion. I don't usually like sunflowers, but that was actually pretty.

PrincessOfHavoc · April 2014

Those mason jar wine glasses are actually a product. We have them at my work. It's a mason jar glued to a candlestick for $12.99. Each.

FiancB · April 2014

PrincessOfHavoc said:

Those mason jar wine glasses are actually a product. We have them at my work. It's a mason jar glued to a candlestick for $12.99. Each.

At least they're slightly nicer looking than the damn solo cup glasses.

#25: If you were actually country, you wouldn't be trying so damn hard to look country.

I am wearing boots with my dress, but it's just for fun and as much for practicality as anything (comfier, didn't want to tower over FI, needed a new pair of riding boots anyway), and am not planning on showing them except for a couple photographs. I wouldn't dream of making the WP do the same because a) they would never wear them otherwise and b) it looks ridiculous.

I know someone getting married a couple months after me that are doing the mason jar everything, camo and orange are the colors, etc. At least they actually do live on a farm and hunt and stuff, but ick, there's a time and place.

wrigleyville · April 2014

Also, asking your WP to buy cowboy boots (if they don't already have them, or the ones they have are too worn) is pretty ballsy. I don't wear them, but I went to Texas for work a few months ago and decided to check them out. Every pair I liked was $200 or more. YIKES.

Maybe the more basic ones are a bit cheaper, but I didn't pick anything that had super-fancy embroidery or rhinestones - they were just nice boots with pretty designs.

bmydesigner · April 2014

#18 had me laughing hysterically at work. "Use burlap for everything."

Lol, I love buzzfeed.

vh2014 · April 2014

FiancB said:

PrincessOfHavoc said:

Those mason jar wine glasses are actually a product. We have them at my work. It's a mason jar glued to a candlestick for $12.99. Each.

At least they're slightly nicer looking than the damn solo cup glasses.

#25: If you were actually country, you wouldn't be trying so damn hard to look country.

I am wearing boots with my dress, but it's just for fun and as much for practicality as anything (comfier, didn't want to tower over FI, needed a new pair of riding boots anyway), and am not planning on showing them except for a couple photographs. I wouldn't dream of making the WP do the same because a) they would never wear them otherwise and b) it looks ridiculous.

I know someone getting married a couple months after me that are doing the mason jar everything, camo and orange are the colors, etc. At least they actually do live on a farm and hunt and stuff, but ick, there's a time and place.

I can't remember which show it was (I think SYTTD) where the girl was going to where her "poo boots" but she was proud of herself for getting new ones? This made me think of that.. she really did live on a farm and just wanted to wear her comfortable boots...

tcnoble · April 2014

wrigleyville said:

Also, asking your WP to buy cowboy boots (if they don't already have them, or the ones they have are too worn) is pretty ballsy. I don't wear them, but I went to Texas for work a few months ago and decided to check them out. Every pair I liked was $200 or more. YIKES.

Maybe the more basic ones are a bit cheaper, but I didn't pick anything that had super-fancy embroidery or rhinestones - they were just nice boots with pretty designs.

This. A friend of mine got asked to be a BM in a wedding and the bride sent them pictures of a dress and cowboy boots. "here's the dress. go to this place, get measured, and order it. here are the boots. you can buy them at this website." My friend was a little taken aback, to say the least. Her first comment to me was "but I don't want or NEED cowboy boots, I don't ride horses I don't live on a farm WHY do I need to buy these boots?!" So, those brides that think OMG WE WILL ALL LOOK SO CUTE IN PICTURES... sorry nobody loves your cowboy boot idea as much as you do.

Inkdancer · April 2014

I love that wildflower bouquet.

The rest should be burned.

VulgarGirl · April 2014

I search burlap on Pinterest. I'm still sifting through all the crap you can do with it.

FiancB · April 2014

Yeah, decent boots are insanely expensive. I have some Ariats that are more midpriced but still insane enough to where I'd never dare think of asking anyone to spend that much on shoes for a day. High end ones like Luccheses top $400 faster than damn designer shoes.

Cheap fake boots do stick out like a sore thumb though!

lulz at the comments.

FiancB · April 2014

valharte said:

FiancB said:

PrincessOfHavoc said:

Those mason jar wine glasses are actually a product. We have them at my work. It's a mason jar glued to a candlestick for $12.99. Each.

At least they're slightly nicer looking than the damn solo cup glasses.

#25: If you were actually country, you wouldn't be trying so damn hard to look country.

I am wearing boots with my dress, but it's just for fun and as much for practicality as anything (comfier, didn't want to tower over FI, needed a new pair of riding boots anyway), and am not planning on showing them except for a couple photographs. I wouldn't dream of making the WP do the same because a) they would never wear them otherwise and b) it looks ridiculous.

I know someone getting married a couple months after me that are doing the mason jar everything, camo and orange are the colors, etc. At least they actually do live on a farm and hunt and stuff, but ick, there's a time and place.

I can't remember which show it was (I think SYTTD) where the girl was going to where her "poo boots" but she was proud of herself for getting new ones? This made me think of that.. she really did live on a farm and just wanted to wear her comfortable boots...

This reminds me, I had a nightmare the other night that I forgot the boots I bought for the wedding and accidentally wore my beat up, ugly poo boots instead. Ha!

wrigleyville · April 2014

tcnoble said:

wrigleyville said:

Also, asking your WP to buy cowboy boots (if they don't already have them, or the ones they have are too worn) is pretty ballsy. I don't wear them, but I went to Texas for work a few months ago and decided to check them out. Every pair I liked was $200 or more. YIKES.

Maybe the more basic ones are a bit cheaper, but I didn't pick anything that had super-fancy embroidery or rhinestones - they were just nice boots with pretty designs.

This. A friend of mine got asked to be a BM in a wedding and the bride sent them pictures of a dress and cowboy boots. "here's the dress. go to this place, get measured, and order it. here are the boots. you can buy them at this website." My friend was a little taken aback, to say the least. Her first comment to me was "but I don't want or NEED cowboy boots, I don't ride horses I don't live on a farm WHY do I need to buy these boots?!" So, those brides that think OMG WE WILL ALL LOOK SO CUTE IN PICTURES... sorry nobody loves your cowboy boot idea as much as you do.

That's exactly it. I would never wear boots, ever, so I'd be super-pissed if someone asked me to buy some.

Of course, this goes back to the whole rule that if you're going to ask your BMs to buy a specific shoe, etc, you should pay for it.

I don't mind buying shoes when the bride says, "Just get something black/nude/whatever and dressy," because then I can find something I'll wear again.

PrincessOfHavoc · April 2014

I'm so lazy. My MOH is wearing a black dress she already owned. And we're wearing our matching silver heels because we can.

lovesclimbing · April 2014

tcnoble said:

wrigleyville said:

Also, asking your WP to buy cowboy boots (if they don't already have them, or the ones they have are too worn) is pretty ballsy. I don't wear them, but I went to Texas for work a few months ago and decided to check them out. Every pair I liked was $200 or more. YIKES.

Maybe the more basic ones are a bit cheaper, but I didn't pick anything that had super-fancy embroidery or rhinestones - they were just nice boots with pretty designs.

This. A friend of mine got asked to be a BM in a wedding and the bride sent them pictures of a dress and cowboy boots. "here's the dress. go to this place, get measured, and order it. here are the boots. you can buy them at this website." My friend was a little taken aback, to say the least. Her first comment to me was "but I don't want or NEED cowboy boots, I don't ride horses I don't live on a farm WHY do I need to buy these boots?!" So, those brides that think OMG WE WILL ALL LOOK SO CUTE IN PICTURES... sorry nobody loves your cowboy boot idea as much as you do.

This, this, this! I had to buy cowboy boots for a wedding last year. It was my sister's and I love her, so I did. But they cost $100! I do wear them on occasion because I hate wasting the money, but I always feel like I'm trying to hard to be a cowgirl whenever I wear them. I would have preferredto spend that money on a pair of nice classic heeled boots that I could wear with a skirt or jeans or anything. Cowboy boots are really casual, so I can't wear them to dress up a little like I could with regular boots.

kitty8403 · April 2014

jalyndani said:
Since it's Buzzfeed, I can only assume that this list is oozing with sarcasm. God I hope so. Think of the atrocities that could result from poor naive little snowflakes finding this and thinking it's good advice.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/laraparker/ways-to-throw-a-spectacular-country-themed-wedding

Is there no hope for the wedding world?

I live in this type of environment. I am marrying a former cowboy.
I've seen a lot of this in action. No. No, no, no, no, no.
I'll be more generous with the boots thing--I just don't think they look graceful with dresses, so my girls arent wearing them. But the guys will. Most people in our circle already have them. DRESS SHOES might be an extra expense!

wrigleyville · April 2014

I don't mind cowboy boots on the guys. When they're black and polished, they look like lots of other dress boots, since their pants cover most of it.

On the girls, though... I don't know. It depends on the dresses and boots, but overall, I don't care for it. It just doesn't seem formal enough, even if it's a fairly casual wedding.

DaisyMaeMommy · April 2014

I'm from the country, and I'm not having a country wedding.

Most "country" weddings are just brides wanting what they think is a "rustic" wedding.

Angusaur · May 2014

I'm so glad I changed a lot of aspects about my wedding before I even came across this article. Even though it was things we genuinely liked, I'm so sick of seeing it. I don't think I'll use burlap on anything ever again (except my yearly fall wreath I do myself). Out of all the pictures, I liked the wildflower bouquet a lot and loved the mason jar chandelier. Other than that, it's very staged, theme-y and pinteresty. My girls actually wanted to wear cowboy boots but I nixed the idea. Their reasoning was pinterest makes it look cute. Plus 1/5 actually owns boots, and I knew cheap boots would be uncomfortable. So we're doing flats or sandals in brown, beige, or white.

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