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For a "shoe-prise" party,
Bonny Katzman puts a pink-shoe place card into a mirrored base.
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If you have to turn 50, why not celebrate with a Gothic, funereal-theme party thanks to Fiori Fresco Special Events.
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Fiori Fresco Special Events hand-calligraphies guest names on custom chopstick covers. Photo by Withers Wanberg.
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Fiori Fresco Special Events puts a personalized name band around the menu card. Photo by Ira Lippke.
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For a baby shower from Fiori Fresco Special Events, place cards are perched in pots of flowers, which guests could take home.
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A closer view of a personalized pot.
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At the welcome brunch for a resort wedding, Fiori Fresco Special Events inserts personalized place cards into the tines of forks at each place setting. Photo by Withers Wanberg.
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A longer view.
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The classic tent card is customized with the logo created for this wedding--a compass to reflect the couple's love of new adventures--thanks to
Events of Distinction. Photo by Sharpe Photographers.
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To celebrate the wedding couple's Vietnamese heritage, Events of Distinction stands the place card in slots cut into pieces of bamboo. Photo by Kevin Chin.
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For a book-loving couple, Events of Distinction creates a bookmark place card for each guest. Photo by Wendy Maclaurin Richardson.
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From Events of Distinction, a menu card that doubles as place card. Photo by Grace Image.
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For a corporate dinner at a private home in San Francisco, Events of Distinction riffs on life in earthquake country with a "Living on the Edge" theme. The place card/menu is angled off the edge of the table by being taped to a napkin draped from the place setting.
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Tara Wilson Events tucks the place cards into fork tines--the technique that not only saves money by using the flatware as holders, it also keeps the cards from flying away at outdoor weddings. Photo by Widyn Photography.
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A closer view. Photo by Widyn Photography.
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And for a creative take on escort cards,
Brilliant Event Planning creates "tickets" that show guests to their seats at a wedding that took place in a restored Broadway theater. Photo by Karin vonVoigtlander.
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For a party at The Ritz restaurant in Newport Beach, Calif., Fiori Fresco Special Events creates a ritzy place card, complete with rhinestone frames showcasing guest names.
