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How To Make Your Own Custom Party Place Cards A New Video

abncparties — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:10:44 +0000

In this new video Judy explains how she makes simple, flat custom party place cards for customers using a computer program. Here she lays out the four areas in a card approximately four inches wide by two and one-half inches high with a black border.

The four areas include a place for a [...]

This Baseball Song Great For A Themed Bar Mitzvah or Wedding

Judy — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:40:30 +0000

I came across this video the other day and thought how great this would be to pass on to all my friends. It is a video of Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, two crooners, singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame“.

Although this video was done many years ago, and both our beloved [...]

Custom Bat Mitzvah Place Card With Main Course For Servers

abncparties — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:42:30 +0000

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 [...]

Photos Show Before And After Balloons Set Up At The Glen

abncparties — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:00:02 +0000

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 [...]

Hockey Foam Shaped Theme Cut Out Additions | DIY Centerpiece

abncparties — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:53:32 +0000

ABnC Parties is constantly adding new foam shaped cutouts to our line as well as variations to existing ones. Let us introduce you to these variations:

Featured to the left is our traditional hockey player. We painted him all black and then added a contrasting gold paint trim. To the right we show what [...]

How To Hire A Party Event Planner For Your Next Celebration

abncparties — Mon, 23 May 2011 11:30:03 +0000

Lori Randall shares some tips with us as to How To Hire An Event Planner in this 2008 YouTube video. The principles remain the same now as they did then for planning your next party or celebration.

Lori talks about looking for referrals from family and friends, as well as event locations and [...]

Custom Bat Mitzvah Table Signs For Your Event or Celebration

abncparties — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:17:13 +0000

Custom Bat Mitzvah Table Sign

This 8” by 5” custom Bat Mitzvah table sign was used at a cooking theme party. Each table was named for a famous chef. The colors purple and yellow were used to coordinate with the celebration’s overall color theme.

Upon arrival at the party celebration, guests picked [...]

Balloon Decoration Party Setup At Golf Club Banquet Facility

abncparties — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:37:54 +0000

These movies and pictures are of a recent balloon decoration party set up. This event took place in a golf club banquet facility in a northwest Chicago suburban area.

We attached five balloons to a simple weight. These weights were camouflaged in tall music theme vases. Shown are two panorama movie clips of [...]

Lavish Wedding Reception Event Toast

abncparties — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:18:29 +0000

Our cousin Dr. Jay from California sent Michael a link to a story featuring this lavish hollywood production video on, a singing wedding toast. The video was posted on YouTube by the groom Lin-Manuel Miranda and has over 1.6 million hits as of today.

Of course it helps that Lin-Manuel Miranda is [...]

Schedule of Events for an Israeli Bar Mitzvah Celebration Party

abncparties — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:37:17 +0000

From Flickr - volantwish

The Israeli idea of what constitutes the order of events for a Bar Mitzvah celebration is somewhat standardized in banquet halls. To me, at least, it does not sound too far off from the list of events I witnessed over the past 20 years or so spent planning, decorating [...]