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GREY’S ANATOMY – “Make Your Own” drink station

Glasses, a pitcher of Bloody Mary mix, and syringes filled with vodka for a “make your own” drink station.

LOST – 6 Mini palm trees

These came in plain white plastic pots. I sprayed painted them gold as a nod to the Emmy Statue and painted one of the six significant numbers (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) on each. It will be interesting to see how many of your guests know what these numbers mean.
The mini palms [...]

PUSHING DAISIES – Daisies and wheat grass centerpiece

What you’ll need:

A tray that is a least 1” in height.
A tray of fresh or faux (that’s what I used) wheat grass.
Oasis – if using faux wheat grass
Daisy poms

Step x Step:

I bought a wooden storage box at Michael’s Crafts that was the perfect size for my centerpiece and used just the top. To honor the [...]

THE OFFICE – Pencil and rubber band vases

What you’ll need:

A tall cylindrical beverage glass
25-20 pencils for each glass
5 rubber bands
flowers

Step x Step:

Put at least 1 rubber band around the middle of the glass.
Insert the unsharpened pencils between the rubber band and the glass until you have gone all the way around the glass.
Fill the glass about half way with warm water and [...]