
Packed Party is a new San Francisco company that offers a plethora of items packaged and ready for any need like attendee welcome kits, thank-you gifts, and bridal shower favors. Each box comes with an arrangement of items—such as high-end earphones or a shower bomb—that fit the theme.
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The stringed cotton lights from the recently launched Bay Area company Bright Lab are customizable in quirky colors and two sizes for any occasion. For fall fetes, the pieces are a great way to instantly jazz up any environment.
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Northern California’s event attraction the Booth Bus offers a new way to inject some fun and long-lasting memories into events. The automobile features a glowing "photos" marquee sign above it, and a mini booth inside produces keepsake Polaroids to take home. The Booth Bus can park at almost event from work gatherings to weddings.
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The bar offered wedding-theme cocktails from Real Russian vodka. One drink, the "Perfect Pair," combined vodka with ginger, pear, and thyme.
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Jewell Events Catering provided a spread of savory snacks, including ancho-chili-rubbed bacon lollipops on long bamboo skewers, stemming from a purple cabbage base.
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Great Performances decorated the dessert table to look like a boudoir for the opening night after-party for New York City Opera's Anna Nicole production, held at Skylight One Hanson in September 2013. The menu was written in red lipstick on vanity mirrors, and presented alongside jewelry boxes and glass jars filled with chocolate truffles, pink meringues, and candy lips, plus cones of pink cotton candy.
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