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DECOR: Metal Accessories Are Modern and Whimsical

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Same old tired clear vases won't do? Top tables, bars, and any other surface with fun and fashionable handmade votive holders, vases, or picture frames. Kentucky-based Welded Bliss will custom-create any tabletop accessory. All items are made of steel covered with clear enamel. They're durable and easy to clean, and make great giveaways. —Shari Lynn Rothstein
Posted 02.03.05

Wow Attendees with a Tablescape From ART2TABLE

Why This Event Prof Left New York to Start Her Own Business in the Caribbean

Holiday Table Inspiration From Dine by Design

How Apartment Therapy and Pinterest Came Together to Create Showstopping Tablescapes—Just in Time for the Holidays

In September, Blueprint Studios designed and produced the San Francisco Opera’s Centennial Celebration Gala. At the arrival reception and dinner, an indigo and goldenrod color palette found in the table linens and flatware was especially striking. The team at the San Francisco-based event production company also used a mix of periodic textiles such as velvet, leather, crystal, mirror, and ostrich plumes throughout. See more: Over-the-Top Design Inspiration From Two of San Francisco's Most Swoon-Worthy Galas

10 Stunning Tabletop Looks We've Loved Recently

Another inspiration tabletop spotted at DIFFA's annual event, this ethereal display marries feminine hues with metallic touches for a showstopping setting—certainly better suited for those with a go-big-or-go-home mindset. See more: 18 Dining and Tabletop Ideas From Diffa's 2019 Dining by Design

8 Tabletop Design Ideas for a Mother's Day Luncheon

Why This Event Prof Left New York to Start Her Own Business in the Caribbean

Meagan Hundt spent over a decade producing events in Manhattan—but the pandemic brought her to St. Barts. Now she's creating intricate tablescapes with her newly launched company, ART2TABLE.

Wow Attendees with a Tablescape From ART2TABLE

How Apartment Therapy and Pinterest Came Together to Create Showstopping Tablescapes—Just in Time for the Holidays

In perfect timing with the season of gathering, 10 designers brought their own personal style to the table—literally—at Dine By Design, inspiring guests to get creative with their holiday place settings in the coming weeks.

Holiday Table Inspiration From Dine by Design

10 Stunning Tabletop Looks We've Loved Recently

From florals encased in ice to a French-inspired dining vignette, we've rounded up a handful of looks that made us wish we had a seat at every table.

In September, Blueprint Studios designed and produced the San Francisco Opera’s Centennial Celebration Gala. At the arrival reception and dinner, an indigo and goldenrod color palette found in the table linens and flatware was especially striking. The team at the San Francisco-based event production company also used a mix of periodic textiles such as velvet, leather, crystal, mirror, and ostrich plumes throughout. See more: Over-the-Top Design Inspiration From Two of San Francisco's Most Swoon-Worthy Galas

8 Tabletop Design Ideas for a Mother's Day Luncheon

However you're celebrating the upcoming holiday—whether over Zoom or in person—make it an occasion to remember with a thoughtful tablescape.

Another inspiration tabletop spotted at DIFFA's annual event, this ethereal display marries feminine hues with metallic touches for a showstopping setting—certainly better suited for those with a go-big-or-go-home mindset. See more: 18 Dining and Tabletop Ideas From Diffa's 2019 Dining by Design

#ThrowbackThursday: 12 Inspirational Installations From DIFFA's Dining By Design

Looking for some inspiration? Look no further. While DIFFA's signature fundraiser has been postponed until 2021, we're taking a look back at top moments from years past as an ode to the creativity-filled benefit.

Novita Communications partnered with design studio Maiarelli Studio to create an installation that aimed to connect reading with the feeling of empathy. Instead of plates, open overturned books covering the topic of AIDS occupied the place settings, and stacks of books served as table legs.

Event Planners Are Thinking Micro To Bring Back Live Events

Coastal Cool - One of many hyper-curated tablescapes from Hestia Harlow, the newly launched event platform that's creating a revolution in our industry.

24 Cool Event Ideas You May Have Missed From Expedia, TikTok, Peacock, and More

What Event Industry Advancements Are You Most Thankful For?

10 Tips on How to Optimize a Private Dining Room for Events

Conferences That Captivate: Psychedelic Science 2023

Tips for Creating a Fresh, Modern Fundraising Event Inspired by Selena Gomez’s Rare Impact Fund Benefit

This Year's Billboard Music Awards Had a New Format. Is This the Future of Award Shows?

Event Design & Decor

Forecast: 10 New Products & Ideas for Summer Events

Ideas, products, trends, and other new stuff to have on your radar from across North America.

The Lodge at Sonoma recently launched its Sonoma Bike Tour program, created in partnership with Mission Bicycle Company, a boutique bicycle shop in San Francisco. The program features an insider’s guide to spots in Sonoma within biking distance, and the Ultimate Wine Country Bike Tour Package (starting at $344) includes the use of two custom wine-colored bikes made exclusively for the lodge. Plus, guests can go on a scavenger hunt with stops and tasks at participating locations such as tasting the special “Vella” cheese at the Vella Creamery.

Event Design & Decor

5 Cool Ways to Use Graffiti at Events

Street-style tagging adds color and vibrance to events. Here are some eye-catching, out-of-the-box ways to use graffiti in tabletop design, rentals, catering, and more.

2. Brighten up a seating area.

Printing & Graphics

10 Creative Menu Designs Your Guests Will Eat Up

Here are some ways to make the menu look as appealing as the meal printed on it.

For a private wedding, held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington in March 2018, Favored by Yodit Events & Design and By Dami Studios created golden menus with cherry blossom frames to mimic the event’s theme.

18 Dining and Tabletop Ideas From Diffa's 2019 Dining by Design

From a whimsical peacock-feather tablecloth to trompe l’oeil details, the fund-raising event offered up cool, creative, and clever concepts for decor, lighting, themes, and more.

Novita Communications partnered with design studio Maiarelli Studio to create an installation that aimed to connect reading with the feeling of empathy. Instead of plates, open, overturned books, each covering the topic of AIDS, occupied the place settings and stacks of books served as table legs.

10 Best Ideas of the Week: a D.I.Y. Gin Spritz Wall, Warhol-Inspired Poppy Centerpieces, a Vintage Typewriter Installation

Here's a look at 10 steal-worthy ideas we spotted this week.

It’s A Thing Experience

11 Broadway-Inspired Tabletop Ideas From Diffa's Picnic By Design

Designers and companies created picnic baskets inspired by new and long-running Broadway shows for the seventh annual benefit.

Hunter Douglas and Patrick James Hamilton Designs created the display inspired by the Tony-nominated Mean Girls. The design featured a mini hot pink school locker, with items including a four-piece martini set from Tuscany Classics, Kate Spade cocktail shakers, and four pink and orange ombre placemats. Ramy Cosmetics provided cosmetics and makeup and brow-shaping gift certificates. The locker also included gift certificates to see the show and eat at Cafeteria in New York.

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