‘Martha Stewart Living’ Worst: “The Good Earth”

Everyone's knocking Martha these days and I don't want to gang up, but having grown up on a farm, I can assure you the Marquis de Sade might enjoy plopping his guests down on hay bales, but if you try this idea at your event, the prickly stalks will pretty much guarantee nobody stays through dessert.

En Ville Event Design & Catering in Toronto created a picnic-themed display of fruit, bread, and cheese for a summer event.
Photo: Courtesy of en Ville Event Design & Catering

At a Belvedere-sponsored event during the 2012 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, guests sat on haystacks covered with bright orange blankets and chevron-patterned pillows.
Photo: Aubree Dallas for Belvedere Vodka