Pinterest weddings

Sup nerds.

Today I just wanted to talk about something that bothers me slightly. Wedding-inspiration shoots.

Now don't get me wrong, I like any girl can spend hours on Stumbleupon or Pinterest looking at pretty dresses and beautiful scenery and fantasising about when I get married. But I think too much of this over-styled, over-decorated and over-done setup that is only possible with a multitude of stylists and photographers is warping peoples ideas of what is standard at weddings.

Too often, these "inspiration-shoots" aren't correctly identified as such and people could easily mistake them for real weddings (albeit done by people so beyond on-trend its ridiculous) and this idea sets root in their mind. Now brides-to-be are difficult to please at the best of times. do we really want to be grooming the next generation of bridezillas to be unsatisfied with anything but the most perfectly kitsch, homemade and hipster wedding that takes place in an abandoned barn on a summers day, surrounded by newborn lambs!

This mass of visual information is subconsciously affecting the brains of these girls, ranging from preteens who go on pinterest with their friends after school and start planning their future weddings to girls my age and probably older. Now even though I recognise that this is happening to me I still cant help it. take this article on different "drink stations" to have at your wedding.

Adorable, yes, but also almost unobtainable

you would be scouring vintage shops for months collecting all of these things.

Hipster in flat cap not included

Now I'm not saying this is impossible. But really the time required just to get this one aspect of the wedding Pinterest-perfect would take so much time and effort that you would either need to have a trust fund and an army of wedding planners or too much free time and an army of overly patient friends who each owed you a million favours. And this is just one part! you would also need to get the perfect location.

Because frankly darling if it isn't a stunning castle in Ireland whats even the point in getting married!!

And if you dont take adorably perfect pre-wedding photos of you and your intended how will anyone know you are in love??

oh my goodness this is so natural and unplanned!!

So if you really want to spend the next 5 years of your life planning your wedding every second of the day just to be able to invite only 8 people as no more will fit around your refurbished art deco wedding table, and spend the whole day actually missing your wedding as you have to check the seating chart clothesline is in perfect place and that the ice cream buffet is restocked; be my guest. However I would rather plan a decent, realistic wedding in which my guests can enjoy themselves without worrying about ruining the prettiness of the event. And save my effort and money for something slightly more important.

Thats my piece and I just had to get that out, rant over!

Love Frankles

xxxx