
At a 40th birthday party, Susan Holland Events filled the Stephan Weiss Studio in New York with disco ball lights and projected French surrealist films, while a swing hung near the dance floor.
Photo: Jamie Watts

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.
Photo: Our Labor of Love

For a dandy-themed graduation party in Hollywood, Canvas & Canopy designed a dessert buffet that eschewed the twee look in favor of a sophisticated display of treats on cake stands made from vintage candlesticks and shelves built using industrial pipes.
Photo: Jonathan Moore

For a donut-themed bridal shower put together by blogger Elsie Larson, a giant chalkboard filled with descriptive doodles served as the backdrop of the food spread.
Photo: Elsie Larson/elsiecake.com

The tables at a graffiti-themed bar mitzvah designed by David Stark Design and Production, held at Center 548 in New York, displayed arrangements of daffodils and ranunculuses sprouting from cinder block planters.
Photo: Susan Montagna

A working popcorn machine added an appropriate aroma to the setting.
Photo: Barry Brecheisen for BizBash
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Hot Pink Party

On Monday, April 30, the nonprofit returned to the Waldorf-Astoria in New York to host its annual Hot Pink Party. A festive ceiling treatment combined balloons and hanging parasols.
Photo: Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash

At the Boys & Girls Clubs “House Party,” in Boston in 2010, tent decor included contrasting purple and green linen-topped tables.
Photo: Aviran Levy