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We Took Flexible Plastic Tubes Plus Musical Twist Plus Glee

Just last week we introduced you to an application of inserting transparent musical star power paper to our flexible plastic tubes for your custom party celebration centerpieces. This gives a different look to the tubes other than mylar paper shred, lights, candy, etc. Here’s a recent example of how it highlights this music based custom centerpiece whee the party theme revolved around the popular television program Glee! Glee, of course, is a popular musical comedy-drama television series that is seen on the Fox network. According to Wikipedia: “It touches on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues.”

The custom centerpiece revolved around the Glee music and star theme. It was built on a regular round, styrofoam base which was sprayed and two ribbons were added to its side. The transparent star paper was added to the flexible plastic centerpiece tube which was then glued to the styrofoam base. A smaller, round piece of styrofoam was similarly painted and adorned with ribbon and glued to the top of the flexible plastic tube.

The cup on top was filled with mylar shredded paper and represents the fruit flavored ice cream drinks which are frequently thrown on members of the glee club members by jocks, cheerleaders and other so-called popular kids in school. Highlighted to the left is a faux DVD made with a graphics art program and inserted into a blank CD/DVD case. To the right is a pennant with the name ‘Sweet Caroline’ which is one of the songs the Glee choir sings. The name doubles as the table name and custom party place cards to assign seating to guests were made to correspond. Both were attached by wooden dowel embellished with a corresponding colored ribbon.

We used three colors of mylar paper poofs which went along with the color theme of the party celebration. Silver onion grass and musical notes completed the package. All together these readily available items made for a significant impact to the party celebrations’ participants guests.

Learn more about DIY centerpiece decorations on our do-it-yourself-centerpiece Web site as well as on other blog pages. Click on the links for information about ordering items such as mylar paper poofs and flexible plastic tubes for party centerpiece.

Need help putting together your creative ideas or just want to save time finding hard to get items? Contact Judy at ABnCParties for assistance or call (847) 634-6535, now. We have been helping make your dreams turn into reality since 1990.

Luggage Tag Custom Party Place Card For Your Wedding | Event

I came across a unique idea for a custom party place card, colored luggage tags. This is a very clever idea for anyone having a destination wedding or for that special couple that met on an airplane or even a couple that just loves to fly.

These multi colored luggage tags double as gifts for the guests in addition to letting them know where they will be seated for dinner at the wedding reception or wedding rehearsal dinner. Not only does the guest have something to show them where their table is, they also have a practical little gift that they can use at a later date when they travel. What a nice way for a destination bride to thank her guests for making the trip to her wedding.

The innovative bride could even use the colors of the luggage tags to designate the food choice of her guest. Blue could be for fish, green could be for vegetarian and red could be for meat.

The luggage tag can even be personalized with the bride and groom’s name for the guests to keep as an added gift and remembrance of the special day and event. A custom party place card that serves two purposes is a practical way to save money in this economy.

For more custom party place card as well as party place card table ideas please visit our place card and place card table pages on our website.

Or visit Wedding Favors Unlimited to learn more about these luggage tags.

Add A Super Musical Twist To Our Flexible Plastic Tubes

By now you should all be aware that A-BnC Parties replaced heavy, breakable acrylic tubes with flexible plastic tubes in designing our custom party centerpieces several years ago. That is, of course, unless you are a new visitor to this site. A-BnC Parties uses these tubes for the cheap tall, air filled balloon centerpieces for weddings and other parties, celebrations and events. We also use the tall flexible plastic tubes to gain height and even support a second level on many of our other custom theme centerpieces.

In the past we added shred, candy, wrapping paper, battery operated lights, etc. to the inside of the tubes to make for a ‘different’ look and/or appearance. Well here is a new application. Below are pictures of a recent variation. We added a transparent paper with a star theme inside the flexible plastic tubes. (We’ll tell you more about the theme in a future blog article.)

We love these flexible plastic tubes because they are so lightweight, and are nearly indestructible. They allow your creation to be handled easily. Transport is also easier and they are less expensive than rigid acrylic tubes or glass towers, which are also breakable. Shipping charges are also considerably much lower. As stated prior, you can use them to add height and color to your centerpieces. They are hollow and can be filled with many different items. So they can fit almost any theme based celebration, whether for a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah party celebration, sports banquet, birthday party, anniversary, retirement party, corporate event, etc.

These flexible plastic tubes are available in two sizes 1¼” and 1-5/16″. We sell them cut to size, in 6″ increments. Determine what length(s) you need and the number (of each length) desired. Then contact us for shipping charges. Illinois sales tax added where applicable. Or, order samples of both sizes at http://abncparties.com/blog/samples/flexible-plastic-centerpiece-tubes/. Pay only for shipping and handling.

Just What Is The Definition Of A Custom Party Place Card

Judy and I were discussing custom theme place cards for party and event celebrations recently. I really don’t know why, but my mind was racing with the thought today. So I did some Web surfing and came up with rather narrowly defined definitions of these printed party seating cards.

Custom Music Themed Party Place Card

Dictionary.com defines a place card as: “a small card with the name of a guest on it, placed on the table, to indicate where he or she is to sit.”

They also cite a reference definition from the World English Dictionary: “a card placed on a dinner table before a seat, as at a formal dinner, indicating who is to sit there”

I found this definition through the English Collins Dictionary: ”a card placed on a dinner table before a seat, as at a formal dinner, indicating who is to sit there”

I found this extended definition at Wikipedia:

“A place card is a piece of paper indicating what table a guest at an event, such as a wedding or banquet, is assigned to sit. Place cards generally have the guest’s name and table number, and frequently have some design as well to add style.

“Place cards also serve the function of identification of those who may otherwise be unknown to one another. Once taken by the respective guests, they are placed at the assigned seat, and once there, this enables others to identify the person sitting in that seat by name.

“At some weddings, place cards can double as the menu for the food that is served at the wedding.”

Our business has concentrated for the past 20 plus years in the bar and bat mitzvah circuit, as well as custom birthdays, sports banquets, anniversaries, retirements, corporate events, etc. Generally these events have place card tables where guests pick up their place cards which direct them to a table when the event has planned seating arrangements instead of “free style” seating.

So I opened a Wikipedia account. For those of you who don’t know, Wikipedia is open to public editing. There is some overseeing in so far as moderators check your work and decide whether it is acceptable or not. Sometimes that can take a while. I remember being rejected for some comments I made a few years ago and gave up on it. But today I added my two cents and wrote:

“Place cards are not only used for Weddings and are not always pieces of paper. Theme based celebrations have become extremely popular for such party celebrations as Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebration meals, as well as birthdays, sports banquets, anniversaries, retirements, corporate events, etc. Custom place cards coordinated with the celebrant’s theme have become very popular as well.”

If this one passes, perhaps I will go back and write so more. What do you think?

Or, and visit our custom place card page if you need some further ideas about enhancing your party theme if you are doing assigned seating.

Break From DIY Baseball Centerpieces To Enjoy Some Bloopers

At A-BnC Parties and More, Inc. we not only have centerpieces and party decorations, sports banquets, and theme bar and bat mitzvahs on our minds, sometimes we even talk about baseball, watch a baseball game and even toss around a ball.

It is also sometimes just great to sit back and watch the action (or in more cases than not in Chicago – inaction!) Like some funny baseball bloopers Chocolateproof shares with us on YouTube.

I don’t know about you, but I cannot imagine even attempting to choreograph some of this stunts. I especially like the youngster who uses the bat to do a somersault. Do you think we can use a dust wind cloud to cancel some of the games played in Chi-town this season? And, did that little guy really hit two balls with one swing?

So let’s grab our baseball bats, gloves, caps and a few balls and head out to the diamonds before we start complaining about the rain and snow as we wait for the NFL to reconcile their collective bargaining agreement into the winter months.

While you are here, you can also check our our Do It Yourself Baseball Centerpiece Kits.

Custom Bat Mitzvah Place Card With Main Course For Servers

Judy rose to the challenge and came up with a custom designed, theme based place card for a Bat Mitzvah celebration. It had to include the name of the main course as well as a color code for the party banquet servers. This was coupled with a short window of completion, just a few days to print, cut and required second day delivery to a customer on the West coast.

But as usual, Judy rose to the occasion and challenge. The satisfied customer reported they arrived in time and the celebrant’s event was glorious!

See more place card ideas or contact Judy at 847-634-6535 to discuss your custom Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah or wedding place card.

Photos Show Before And After Balloons Set Up At The Glen

These photos show the dramatic changes to a room when balloons are added to the party celebration decorations. We did this set up late last year in Glenview and wanted to share with you.

Before Balloons At The Glen

And here is the final shot after the final set up.

You can check out our Balloon Decorations pages for more ideas and pictures for your upcoming event. Balloons make for great decorations for Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Sports Banquets, Weddings and Rehearsals, Anniversaries, Birthday and Retirement Parties, as well as any other special occasions.

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