Bored with the same old salt and pepper shakers? Check out these alternatives to the usual receptacles.
Small ceramic dishes from Broadway Party Rentals.
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These tiny tasting plates can take on new tasks. The porcelain cube and cone-shaped cup from Party Rental Ltd. rent for $1 apiece; the transparent Lucite salt spoons also rent for $1 each.
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Broadway Party Rentals' miniature ceramic dish has a shallow well and a curvy shape. Each dish rents for $1. Continue the modern look with demitasse spoons with square-shaped handles, which rent for 50 cents apiece.
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Dig into colorful handcrafted glass bowls in rich shades like amber, ruby, blue, or green, which Something Different Party Rental rents for $2 each. The Noblesse pattern demitasse spoon (which has a decorative scalloped scoop) rents for 90 cents.
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TriServe Party Rentals offers both porcelain and rosewood dual-well salt and pepper cellars. The ceramic version rents for $2, while the wooden model rents for $6.50. Glass caviar spoons rent for $2.50 each.
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