Textured Ice Globes

For a birthday party, Kristi Amoroso Special Events designed a vodka shot bar that displayed bottles in a sculptural arrangement of textured ice spheres.
Photo: Nick Brown Photography
Create-Your-Own-Perfume Bar

At a Los Angeles event, guests were invited to create their own custom fragrances at a flower-dotted scent bar.
Photo: Elizabeth Messina
Low-Tech Game

Colorful and family-friendly games, including hopscotch, were offered at a block party held by Sunglass Hut to celebrate the opening of its largest outpost in Miami.
Photo: WorldRedEye.com
Ferris Wheel Food Display

In keeping with the carnival theme, the Stella McCartney Resort 2013 presentation in June put mac and cheese bites on a miniature ferris wheel.
Photo: Jim Shi
Paper Flower Wall

Luxe Event Rentals & Décor's handmade paper-flower walls, showcased at last year's BizBash New York Expo, can be customized in different colors and function as room dividers, stage backdrops, and back-bar displays.
Photo: Jeeyun Lee/BizBash
Instagram Printers

Brooklyn-based Instaprint printers print out Instagram photos taken at a certain location or marked with an event-specific hashtag.
Photo: Courtesy of Breakfast

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.
Photo: Yvonne Wong

For a vodka shot bar at a birthday party designed by Kristi Amoroso Special Events, the bottles were displayed in a sculptural arrangement of textured ice spheres.
Photo: Nick Brown Photography

Hand-painted salvaged wood menu designed by Mélangerie Inc.
Photo: Courtesy of Mélangerie Inc.

In the music room, hundreds of mylar balloons were strung across the ceiling and along the walls to create an elegant yet festive cocktail party atmosphere. The chandelier and wall and curtain treatments were preexisting elements, while all furniture was brought in.
Photo: David X. Prutting/BFAnyc.com

An over-size picnic table continued the warm-weather motif and provided a creative setting for the brand to showcase the brightly colored tableware in the Sandra by Sandra Lee collection.
Photo: BizBash

Real tree branches and miniature faux tree centerpieces were part of the garden motif.
Photo: Lucien Capehart