Phone calls made so far...

4 Entertainment/DJ companies
a few photographers
1 Airbrush Artist
1 Balloonist
2 Hotels for Rooms
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still searching for wholesale sweats perhaps for airbrushing...

ideas that are inspiring me...

pieces of wood + a router = place card holders:
http://www.etsy.com/place-card-holders

t-shirts + styrofoam balls = flower bouquets:
http://sewmamasew.com/tshirt-flower-bouquets

laser cut acrylic candle holders:

Easy-to-make glass candle holders:
http://www.craftstylish.com/decoupage-candle-holders

and of course, my very own larger-than-life chanukah menorah - which i aspire to adapt to centerpiece size faux candleholders of some kind...

oooo - how about this idea:
http://cheryl-comfort.blogspot.com/pvc-candle-tutorial
(but i would skip the faux wick and carve out a spot for a battery operated flickering votive maybe)

like this?!



love these: