Diffa Trend: Alternative Centerpieces

Stephanie Goto also skipped a centerpiece, instead creating what she called a "chan-dine-lier." Designed to feel like dining inside of a chandelier, the quirky table was encircled by fluorescent PVC strips. Inside, a circular bench surrounding the table was interrupted every few feet with a 2-D cut-out of a seated person.Â
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David Stark used 6,000 pounds of recycled paper to create topiary centerpieces, oversize chandeliers, and a podium backdrop.
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Centerpieces on some dining tables looked like mini solar systems in glass bowls.
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Frost lit the room in a dark blue hue that played off the bright colors of the light sculptures.
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Centerpieces That Give Back Instead of flowers, tables at the Ve'ahavta's Starry Night gala in Toronto in November had towering glass vases filled with abstract-looking arrangements of navy and white socks�a donation from McGregor Socks that doubled as charitable gifts to the homeless.
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Resembling stained glass, the centerpieces comprised light boxes filled with rows of slide sheets, each containing different squares of color.
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