Unique Event Inspiration

On the other side of the lounge, chandeliers served as highboy tables and furniture hung from the ceiling.

As a subtle way to add more branding to the Hammerstein Ballroom, presenting sponsor Coca-Cola fashioned a chandelier from its aluminum bottles.

Matthew Parker Events crafted lighting fixtures for a speakeasy-themed wedding using hats from a party supply store, decorative ribbon, corded wire, and filament bulbs.

For a wedding at the King Plow Event Gallery in Atlanta, Bold American Events & Catering designed an upside-down centerpiece of yellow tulips and glass globes that hung above the head table.

Marcy Blum Associates built a bakery-style display case to offer guests breakfast-to-go treats from New York bakeries at the end of a wedding reception.

Atlas's yellow and black display for the launch of Pilates NYC's pre- and post-natal programs.

At the Campfire Ball benefit for Children’s Oncology Services in May at Venue One in Chicago, Cork Catering set up a make-your-own s’mores station.

Surrounded by camellia trees, the promenade area was redone as a garden space, reminiscent of Jean Cocteau's classic La Belle et la Bête. The room highlighted Chanel's fine jewelry collection alongside flowers that shone with diamonds.

Catering by Restaurant Associates matched the thematic decor with dry ice cocktails and desserts like penguin-shaped cookies.

Coca-Cola’s table at Diffa’s 2011 Dining by Design benefit in New York

Karl’s Event Services (917.449.3844, karls.com) in Belleville, New Jersey, recently developed a custom mezzanine-level option to be incorporated into clearspan structures, intended for extra seating niches or V.I.P. areas.

Make-your-own citrus drink bar, by Design Cuisine in Arlington, Virginia

Crudite, dip, and shrimp display, on an antique cart, by L-Eat Catering in Toronto

Housemade hot pretzel rolls with assorted mustards, heated over river rocks, by A Thyme to Cook (877.849.6386, athymetocook.com) in North Stonington, Connecticut

Hand-painted salvaged wood menu designed by Mélangerie Inc.

Buttermilk chocolate chip pancakes with maple syrup, jumbo blueberries, strawberry fragments, and powdered sugar, from Esprit Events Kosher Catering (212.207.3888, espritevents.com) in New York

A Great Gatsby-themed wedding planned by Swank Productions Inc. featured escort cards arranged inside of a vintage card catalogue.

Table 6 Productions avoided the problem of making guests wait for drinks at their table by attaching escort cards to cocktails.

Structural centerpieces decorated each table, providing information on the areas the Robin Hood Foundation serves as well as a placeholder for the IML devices.