I've been meaning to do this for a long time, and Bo's birthday party is as good an excuse as any.
Hay bale seating.
There will be a food table between the bales by Monday.
I can't remember whether it was my friend Emily who first brought the idea to my attention or a picture from Country Living's website in my bookmarks. You can find more hay bale goodness at these links (warning: looking at these pictures might make you wish you could do your wedding all over again.):
From Ruffled
From Eventualities
From Sparkle & Hay
From Fiore Fresco, a slightly different take on it
We bought four hay bales tonight for $5 each from a delightful man named Sergey we found on Craigslist. For a moment, I thought J had found his new bestie.
Advice: you need the quilts or some sort of cover on the hay. Unless you enjoy the hokey pokey.
These lovely quilts happen to be very special to me. The blue one was made for my dad by his grandmother, so it's about 70 years old. The holes are courtesy of my childhood dog Rocky, who had a thing for blankets, Barbie dolls and hippity hops.
The red one was something I spied at the Farm Chicks Show his year. I must have visited it 10 times, and then, at the end of day 2, I came around the corner and saw my dear friend Nis holding it.
"Here," she said, thrusting it at me. "You have to have it."
I truly think of her every time I look at it. Thanks again for the wonderful gift, Nis.
Bo's reaction when she saw the hay bales tonight: "What does hay have to do with Sleeping Beauty Goes Camping?!!" (which is her birthday theme, if you're just tuning in).
Don't be silly, I replied. Don't you remember the horse the prince rides in the Sleeping Beauty movie? Well ... horses eat hay!
Oh, yeahhhhhhhh.
Good, good. Glad we're all on board. Now if poor J would just stop sneezing.
looks like fun...bales for a party, i gotta try that.
Posted by: nicole | July 07, 2010 at 02:02 AM
oh you weren't kidding, I loved my wedding (same year as yours in fact!) but those pics did make me want to do it all over. I should definitely do this sometime cause my mom has a horse so the bales would be easy to come by! ;)
Posted by: Erin Zackey | July 07, 2010 at 02:41 AM
Love, love, love it!!!!! And love the quilts. Been wanting to get my hands on some!
Posted by: Angie | July 07, 2010 at 11:11 AM
This is such a great idea! Those quilts are almost too beautiful to use!
Quick thinking on the explanation to Bo! ;)
Posted by: kate | July 07, 2010 at 12:42 PM
these look fantastic! i am planning to have 3 in a "lounge" area at my wedding and cover them with a dark lavender stripe/chevron print and perhaps a shimmery-gauzy overlay on top of that. (may be hard to visualize)
xo
Posted by: Erin*sparkle&hay | July 08, 2010 at 04:53 PM
Looks gorgeous...this party is going to be so pretty and fab. :) Glad that the quilt is being loved on and put to good use. (I also love the description of my gift-giving technique: I *did* thrust it right at you! Didn't have any other way to give it!)
xoxo
Posted by: Nis | July 10, 2010 at 02:57 PM