Great, eat, and then make a walkway with them afterwards!

oh my goodness..............................

What a unique idea. First of all, I would have never thought of concrete placemats and even if I had I would have never thought of using them with such a pretty table setting. Where in the world would a person store them? And no Kathleen, not in a walkway. LOL

OMG! I sure hope Judith sees this post. Remember how she said she uses some unusual things for placemats sometimes? Bet this will be "unusual" even to her! LOL

Boy, I hope they put some felt under those--they could sure scratch up a tabletop!

Sandi is right, sure an elegant setting for them. If I had thought about using them, I'm sure it would have been for a very casual theme.

Great pic, Jim, but not something I will be doing I don't think. Thanks for sharing it with us though. Luvs

Hmmm... Concrete and crystal...

I agree with Luvs-- how is that not scratching that nice wood table?...

And how do you manage not to have bits of paver dust flicking off during the meal? (Having just bought pavers not long ago, one remembers the dust vividly! :-) )

Hmmm... maybe I'll make some more concrete rhubarb leaf stepping stones and use them as placemats! My DH would really think I'd lost it then but what does he know (or care) about tablescapes!

Hi luckygal, nice to have a new person joining in here. Welcome to our "unusual" forum. We play with posting pics of dishes, tablescapes, and accessories in between the holidays. Please join right in and share your comments and any pics that you might want to share. Luvs

Thanks for the welcome, luvstocraft. I mostly lurk here and enjoy looking at your lovely tablescapes.

Glad you enjoy looking/lurking, but it's even more fun to show off your own "creations" whether it's holiday or tablescapes. Please join us, the more the merrier. ;o) Luvs

Luckygal, that's a neat idea, stepping stones that look like leaves, as placemats.

Now, Judith will be out looking for stepping stones for placemats, Jim!

I just can't imagine pavers on my table, guess it's a "guy" thing! LOL

Luckygal, Here's a late welcome from me also. I've always wanted to make rhubarb leaf stepping stones, but never have. I think they would make very interesting placemats. Not all DHs are into our table settings, but it's fun anyway. LOL

I thought the concrete placemats were a little strange, but then I looked at the wall behind it. What is that?? ha ~Anj

I don't know, Anj-- you're right.

Bowl-shaped pastas stuck to the wall? Ravioli gone awry?

Maybe that's what happens when your husband comes home and sees his dinner is being served on concrete placemats. :-)

--Jenn

You're funny Jenn. Ravioli gone awry. ha Cracks me up. I was thinking some kind of shell migration that went terribly wrong! Hope we aren't offending anyone! :D ~Anj

Welcome, Luckygal! Glad you came out of lurkdom, Once summer is over things should start picking up! I have never seen it this slow, but I am only here since after Cmas. Very lovely group of friends here, and we have fun too!
Hi Anjabee! I know you have stopped in before, good to "see" you!

Hi Kathleen~ yes you never know where I might pop in since I'm all over the place. ha Too many fun things going on. I don't do tablescapes, but that doesn't stop me from loving to look at ya'lls creations with envy. So just keep it up. I may not always take time to post, but I'm peeking in a few times a week to see what ya'll have been up to. :) ~Anj

Not to worry, Anj, nobody on here is stuffy or thin skinned enough to be offended by some good humor! We love it.

This has to be the strangest tablescape Jim has ever posted for us--just makes me shake my head and laugh everytime I see it.

Luvs

Luvs you know what a weird sense of humor I have. I thought it was an inspiration pic, but then started worrying that my remarks might offend and I'd never want to do that. Ya'll have a very fun group here so I wasn't too worried. ;) So I guess it's now safe to ask what are those antenae thingys curling out of the vitreous fluids? Looks like a leftover science project from Deep Space 9. teehee JK
I actually kind of like the concrete slab placemats so what does that say about me? ha If you left out all the weird stuff and kept the elegant elements I think it could work (along with a hefty amount of felt for table protection). :) ~Anj

The irony is the picture does seem really pretty until you start looking more closely at the individual items and trying to dissect what they are.

Reminds me a little of things they come up with in Trading Spaces/Changing Rooms.

--Jenn

You are so right, Jenn. Some of those shows use things that just make me shake my head and ask "what are they thinking?" Then they get it all done and it usually looks pretty good. The feathers glued on the wall is still the most amazing one I've seen! LOL

Anj, I think we need Jim to come back and tell us where he found this pic and see if he knows what the decorations all are. I even enlarged the pic to try to figure out what the antenae things are. At first I had thought they were curled metal things like those picture/card holder thingys--but then I realized they are probably some kind of plant in the green planters. Too funny--but very creative!

And what are the napkin rings? Looks like some kind of hardware items.

Luvs

I'm glad you all are enjoying the picture.

I think I found the picture at a French blog, can't really remember.

I also think those coiled things are some variety of fern - because they have the classic fiddlehead style of new growth.

As for the stuff on the wall. I think they're falsies aka bra pads. LOL...

Jim

Oh no.... I think it's getting WORSE. :-)

Ah-haha (rofl) Oh my gosh this is getting worse!! ha Oh, Jim, too funny. Are you sure that thing's a fern, I'm still concerned that it could be some alien flowerpod that's come to suck out our brains. Looking closer I see those poofballs sticking up and I can feel a Little Shop of Horrors incident coming on! You are sitting there nonchalantly eating your dinner on your slab of concrete and suddenly YOU'RE dinner instead!! :)

Luvs~ I didn't even notice the napkin holders. I think you are right. I saw the Trading Spaces with the feathers, did you see the one where they put straw on the walls??? They brought in a bail of hay and put glue on the walls and went to town. I was thinking UGH! I thought the homeowner was going to die! She was sooo disappointed. They also did a grass wall on another one. The HO (that's homeowner btw) didn't like that either. Thanks, bring my allergies right into my bedroom and how the heck am I supposed to get the lawnmower up there? :)
~A

I think the napkin holders may be some kind of lock and I also think that the wine cooler is a cement block - the kind that they use in foundations.

Jim