Burlap and lace

flutteringinfl

I have a Pinterest that I rarely use. Overall I think it could be a useful tool but I just don't have the energy to maintain it myself. I keep seeing "burlap and lace" on these boards in reference to Pinterest wedding ideas, and just could not picture it. Finally decided to Google image search...

WTF? On what planet is that attractive? How did this start? Is this some kind of weird hipster thing, juxtaposing something fancy with something generally used to create bags for animal feed?

cupcait927

You need to get over to the Snarky Brides board and check out the worst wedding trends thread. You think burlap and lace is bad - wait until you see what else is out there.

theartistformerlyknownas

I have a great idea for the next big thing though. Gravel and feathers. It's gonna be all the rage.

beachyone15

The title of this thread made me cringe, lol.

labro

Judge me all you want. I really love how our florist decorated the stairwell in our venue. But then again, I just have an obsession with our florist general. She was pretty phenomenal.

esstee33

beachyone15 said:

The title of this thread made me cringe, lol.

Oh, god, I know. I was like "Oh, please, no. I thought this trend was starting to go away!" 

@lolo883 I'm not quoting that in the hopes that nobody else sees it and starts getting any ideas. GROSS. 

novella1186

lolo883 said:

I have a great idea for the next big thing though. Gravel and feathers. It's gonna be all the rage.

This just made me laugh! 

Not gonna lie, when I first got engaged someone had talked about burlap table runners, and I was like "oh that could be cute?" Until I saw burlap in person and was like "oh potato sacks." and then the burlap started to shred and pull apart and got little fibers everywhere and I was like "why the fuck would you put this on a table where food is?" 

After many trips to hobby stores and fabric stores and Pinterest, I have come to very much despise burlap. 

climbingsingle

Burlap and lace needs to DIAF. 

theartistformerlyknownas

esstee33 said:

beachyone15 said:

The title of this thread made me cringe, lol.

Oh, god, I know. I was like "Oh, please, no. I thought this trend was starting to go away!" 

@lolo883 I'm not quoting that in the hopes that nobody else sees it and starts getting any ideas. GROSS. 

Maybe you prefer gravel and chandeliers?

blabla89

IMO the worst is when it's on the cake.



Because ewww. Who wants to eat that?

sarawifenow

lolo883 said:

esstee33 said:

beachyone15 said:

The title of this thread made me cringe, lol.

Oh, god, I know. I was like "Oh, please, no. I thought this trend was starting to go away!" 

@lolo883 I'm not quoting that in the hopes that nobody else sees it and starts getting any ideas. GROSS. 

Maybe you prefer gravel and chandeliers?

I need to have a PIP RE-FUCKING-DO stat! I deserve all that glorious gravel and those chandeleirs! This will be my dress:

 

Because I will need to keep it klassy.

 

 

theartistformerlyknownas

sarawifenow said:

lolo883 said:

esstee33 said:

beachyone15 said:

The title of this thread made me cringe, lol.

Oh, god, I know. I was like "Oh, please, no. I thought this trend was starting to go away!" 

@lolo883 I'm not quoting that in the hopes that nobody else sees it and starts getting any ideas. GROSS. 

Maybe you prefer gravel and chandeliers?

I need to have a PIP RE-FUCKING-DO stat! I deserve all that glorious gravel and those chandeleirs! This will be my dress:

 

Because I will need to keep it klassy.

 

 

I just realized there are no chairs. WTF?

novella1186

blabla89 said:

IMO the worst is when it's on the cake.



Because ewww. Who wants to eat that?

Oh no. No no no no. Part of me just died. First it puked, then it died. 

esstee33

OH MY GOD LOLO. 

I'm so horrified by that I'm actually laughing. Like, nervous laughter. 

novella1186

lolo883 said:

sarawifenow said:

lolo883 said:

esstee33 said:

beachyone15 said:

The title of this thread made me cringe, lol.

Oh, god, I know. I was like "Oh, please, no. I thought this trend was starting to go away!" 

@lolo883 I'm not quoting that in the hopes that nobody else sees it and starts getting any ideas. GROSS. 

Maybe you prefer gravel and chandeliers?

I need to have a PIP RE-FUCKING-DO stat! I deserve all that glorious gravel and those chandeleirs! This will be my dress:

 

Because I will need to keep it klassy.

 

 

I just realized there are no chairs. WTF?

Um cuz the guests have to carry them over from the ceremony. Duh. 

southernbelle0915

lolo883 said:

esstee33 said:

beachyone15 said:

The title of this thread made me cringe, lol.

Oh, god, I know. I was like "Oh, please, no. I thought this trend was starting to go away!" 

@lolo883 I'm not quoting that in the hopes that nobody else sees it and starts getting any ideas. GROSS. 

Maybe you prefer gravel and chandeliers?

I didn't even notice the lack of chairs right away...all I could do was just think about how pissed I'd be if I wore nice heels!

theartistformerlyknownas

southernbelle0915 said:

lolo883 said:

esstee33 said:

beachyone15 said:

The title of this thread made me cringe, lol.

Oh, god, I know. I was like "Oh, please, no. I thought this trend was starting to go away!" 

@lolo883 I'm not quoting that in the hopes that nobody else sees it and starts getting any ideas. GROSS. 

Maybe you prefer gravel and chandeliers?

I didn't even notice the lack of chairs right away...all I could do was just think about how pissed I'd be if I wore nice heels!

HOW DARE YOU ASK ME TO SACRIFICE MY VISION! A VISION OF DUST AND SPRAINED ANKLES WITH CHANDELIERS. BECAUSE IT'S MY DAAAAYYYYY.

novella1186

lolo883 said:

southernbelle0915 said:

lolo883 said:

esstee33 said:

beachyone15 said:

The title of this thread made me cringe, lol.

Oh, god, I know. I was like "Oh, please, no. I thought this trend was starting to go away!" 

@lolo883 I'm not quoting that in the hopes that nobody else sees it and starts getting any ideas. GROSS. 

Maybe you prefer gravel and chandeliers?

I didn't even notice the lack of chairs right away...all I could do was just think about how pissed I'd be if I wore nice heels!

HOW DARE YOU ASK ME TO SACRIFICE MY VISION! A VISION OF DUST AND SPRAINED ANKLES WITH CHANDELIERS. BECAUSE IT'S MY DAAAAYYYYY.

Surely no one will sprain their ankles because you provided your guests with the required dress code, right? Omg if any of them don't stick to it I will just DIE! If just ONE person dresses wrong, my day is ruined! 

theycallmelinz

If you want to take the guess-work out of it, Walmart sells this:

princessofgenovia

lolo883 said:

esstee33 said:

beachyone15 said:

The title of this thread made me cringe, lol.

Oh, god, I know. I was like "Oh, please, no. I thought this trend was starting to go away!" 

@lolo883 I'm not quoting that in the hopes that nobody else sees it and starts getting any ideas. GROSS. 

Maybe you prefer gravel and chandeliers?

That looks super unsafe. Those chandeliers look way too heavy to just be hang out up there...

jenna8984

theycallmelinz said:

If you want to take the guess-work out of it, Walmart sells this:

I saw a whole rack of these at Walmart back when I was planning. I stopped to take a picture of it and DH said "Ew, you're not going to buy that, are you?" I laughed and said "No- I have to snark about it on TK!" 

wrigleyville

blabla89 said:

IMO the worst is when it's on the cake.



Because ewww. Who wants to eat that?

Ok, so when I first saw this, something about the perspective made me think it was sitting on the floor, and I thought it was a GIANT FUCKING BURLAP CAKE as tall as a person. Then I finally re-focused and figured out why it seemed that way.

Carry on.

lurkergirl

jenna8984 said:

theycallmelinz said:

If you want to take the guess-work out of it, Walmart sells this:

I saw a whole rack of these at Walmart back when I was planning. I stopped to take a picture of it and DH said "Ew, you're not going to buy that, are you?" I laughed and said "No- I have to snark about it on TK!" 

I took a picture of this ugly ass orange chevron burlap ribbon that was leftover from a previous wedding at my venue for the sole purpose of snarking on it on TK.  I think I posted it before in the aforementioned thread on SB, but here it is again, just for fun!

luckya23

One of the sites at my venue has a gravel floor... I didn't think it would be such a big deal!

 

lc07

Lolo, gravel and feathers just makes me think of poor little roadkill. As such, I think it would only be appropriate if you paired it with fish centerpieces.

theartistformerlyknownas

lc07 said:

Lolo, gravel and feathers just makes me think of poor little roadkill. As such, I think it would only be appropriate if you paired it with fish centerpieces.

YUSSSSSSS. It's so nautical. Add some beach glass with the washed up fish skeletons.

lc07

lolo883 said:

Lolo, gravel and feathers just makes me think of poor little roadkill. As such, I think it would only be appropriate if you paired it with fish centerpieces.

YUSSSSSSS. It's so nautical. Add some beach glass with the washed up fish skeletons.

And send the invitation as being hosted by the deceased. But in this case the couple's deceased pet. (Have I crossed the line yet?)

theartistformerlyknownas

lc07 said:

lolo883 said:

lc07 said:

Lolo, gravel and feathers just makes me think of poor little roadkill. As such, I think it would only be appropriate if you paired it with fish centerpieces.

YUSSSSSSS. It's so nautical. Add some beach glass with the washed up fish skeletons.

And send the invitation as being hosted by the deceased. But in this case the couple's deceased pet. (Have I crossed the line yet?)

I'm 4/5 of the way into a bottle of Chianti; there's no line.

Ziggy the gerbil would truly be honored by your presence.

lc07

lolo883 said:

lolo883 said:

Lolo, gravel and feathers just makes me think of poor little roadkill. As such, I think it would only be appropriate if you paired it with fish centerpieces.

YUSSSSSSS. It's so nautical. Add some beach glass with the washed up fish skeletons.

And send the invitation as being hosted by the deceased. But in this case the couple's deceased pet. (Have I crossed the line yet?)

I'm 4/5 of the way into a bottle of Chianti; there's no line. Ziggy the gerbil would truly be honored by your presence.

I love it. Kitty would like to invite y'all but to a seance. Also, my wine bottles come in 1/3 increments. Not 4 glasses and certainly not 5.

theartistformerlyknownas

lolo883 said:

lolo883 said:

Lolo, gravel and feathers just makes me think of poor little roadkill. As such, I think it would only be appropriate if you paired it with fish centerpieces.

YUSSSSSSS. It's so nautical. Add some beach glass with the washed up fish skeletons.

And send the invitation as being hosted by the deceased. But in this case the couple's deceased pet. (Have I crossed the line yet?)

I'm 4/5 of the way into a bottle of Chianti; there's no line. Ziggy the gerbil would truly be honored by your presence.

I love it. Kitty would like to invite y'all but to a seance. Also, my wine bottles come in 1/3 increments. Not 4 glasses and certainly not 5.

OK I was being generous. This is all that's left.

lc07

Um.. I am in love with your table/room. Please elaborate.