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BUFFET TABLE STYLING - 14 Fancy Buffet Table Serveware Ideas
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Mar 10, 2025
Looking to impress your guests with a stunning buffet table setup? In this video, I'm sharing 14 elegant buffet table styling ideas. | CHAPTERS | 00:00 Intro 00:50 Tea Cup Display Stands 02:16 Tiered Serveware 03:47 Glass Pitchers & Carafes 05:26 Taco Stands 06:12 Donut Stands 07:06 Buffet Risers 08:24 Cupcake Towers 09:25 Condiment Caddies 11:14 Appetizer Cones 12:43 Cone Display Stands 13:34 Fancy Paper Plates 15:22 Cake Pop Stands 16:19 Disposable Cocktail Glasses 17:54 Disposable Dessert Cups 19:06 Outro
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hi it's lindsy Diane from Dian decor.com
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in this video we're going to talk all
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about fancy serveware items that you can
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use to style your Buffet tables now when
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it comes to hosting the essentials come
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first your plates your glasses your um
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utensils you want to handle all of your
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Basics first that are going to make your
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Gathering functional and then after that
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is the time to re
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style it up and get fancy with a few
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showstopper display pieces and that's
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what this video is all about these are
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by no means musthave items they're just
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fancy extras that you can use to really
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style up your buffet table so let's get
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started with number
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one number one is teacup and saucer
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display STS now if you are doing a
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brunch where you want to serve coffee
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and you have usually we would have a
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smaller group if we're going to do
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something like that if you want to do a
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small gathering where you have your
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using your real China or your real cups
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go ahead and get a teacup and saucer
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display stand this is not only going to
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make efficient use of the space on your
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table but it's just a really beautiful
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display so again if you're doing like a
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brunch or maybe you're doing high tea
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this is great for that also if you're
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serving a dinner party and you're
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sticking to the traditional etiquette
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where you serve coffee after dessert
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this is also another really great option
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they come in a lot of different finishes
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a lot of them are either gold or silver
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um you can find some acrylic ones as
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well they're inexpensive and they're a
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great way to not only transfer your
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items to the table but you're able to
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keep them together without taking up too
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much space and having to set out every
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single cup and saucer together along
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your table so if you want a more buffet
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style uh high tea or a buffet style
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brunch go for a teacup and saucer stand
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next up our tiered serveware displays so
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these are either tiered trays or tiered
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bowls that are all connected together
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with a frame usually you have of course
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the largest one on the bottom
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these are really great sometimes they
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have a larger bowl at the top and a
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smaller bowl at the bottom meant for
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chips and dip or you may have a three
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tier stand and you can really play with
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the items that you put in there so let's
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say you have three tiers of bowls a
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large bowl a medium a small bowl you
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could do like chips pretzels peanuts or
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if you had um fruit you could do you
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know watermelon slices and then
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strawberries and then blueberries or
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something like that so these are really
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great again they keep everything
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together things that you're meant to
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serve together you can put in these
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tiered displays and they also are much
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better at taking advantage of the
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vertical space on your buffet table so
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you don't have to have everything side
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by side by side taking up a lot of room
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whether it's on a table or maybe on your
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kitchen counter or your kitchen kitchen
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island you can run out of space really
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quickly and having the tier displays
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means that you have a taller stands and
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you can take advantage of that vertical
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space they're again inexpensive you're
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going to find these under $30 they have
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a ton of them on Amazon and they're a
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great way to start to Cluster some of
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your appetizers or fruit displays
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together glass water pictures and caffes
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are a great way to elevate your
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beverages at your event so instead of
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just having bottles of soda or bottles
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of punch out you can use different
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little cffs whether you want to do
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juices or sodas you can um have the ones
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that will allow you to infuse fruit and
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herbs inside of your water so if you
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wanted to do like a cucumber mint water
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you could do that just make sure that
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the um the picture that you're using
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really is set up as a diffuser so you
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either want one that has a core in the
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center where you can put your fruit or
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herbs inside of it and it all allows the
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water to get to it but you don't have
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lots of bits floating around so that
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when you go to pour um people aren't
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getting chunks of stuff into their glass
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alternatively they have ones that have
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sort of sifter Tops on them so it's a
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larger picture everything's kind of
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floating together but at the top there's
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a sifter sort of area and it will stop
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the large chunks of fruit or herbs from
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going into the drinks you can of course
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always use a regular pitcher soot lot of
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people use the cffs if they want to do
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mimosas or Champagnes and they may have
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Cranberries or blueberries that you
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intend to come out with the juice that's
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fine just know where you're going with
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it before you choose Your Vessel but
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this is a great way to elevate your
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beverage station if you don't want to
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just rely on having a bunch of juice
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cans and soda cans and plastic water
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bottles this makes for a very elegant
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display and they are very affordable
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Taco Stand holders are a really
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versatile way
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to display items that you want people to
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be able to pick up easily one by one so
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you don't of course have to have tacos
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they're meant for it but you don't have
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to be using tacos you could do egg rolls
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or spring rolls or kebabs is another
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great thing to display on these sort of
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accordion stands it will allow guests to
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easily pick up just one single item
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without necessarily having to stack them
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all on top you may have something that's
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a little bit delicate you don't want to
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just pile them all into one big pile on
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top of a tray instead you can use these
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little taco shell holders and they will
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work great for a multitude of items dut
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stands are another one of those items
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that will help you take advantage of the
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vertical space instead of having to be
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spread out so if you think okay I have
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two dozen donuts or three dozen donuts
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that I want to offer to my guests and
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you have these big giant boxes they're
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going to take up a lot of room and
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moreover people are going to have to
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keep opening the boxes and lifting them
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to sift through to see what they want
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either that or you're going to be
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stacking assorted Donuts into a longer
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tray which is going to take up space on
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your buffet table instead you can go for
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some of these cool little doughnut
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stands they're almost like little Peg
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boards and you can put like donuts on a
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little um kind of it I guess on a
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on a little pole and uh people can pull
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off the ones they want this would also
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work great for bagels as well if you're
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doing a brunch situation acrylic Buffet
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risers are great they'll run you
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anywhere between $25 and $50 these are
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essentially just elevated trays so
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unlike the tiered tray where you're
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going to have multiple levels these are
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really just meant to elevate a platter
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off of the tabletop surface so reasons
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why this is good you can use these
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elevated risers to put desserts or
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appetizers on and then utilize the space
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below them you can set napkins you can
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set utensils it just helps you maximize
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space and it just looks really pretty
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the acrylic displays are nice and sleek
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and modern of course you can find them
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in other finishes as well but they are a
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great addition to any Gathering you can
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set them up the night before they will
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help you sort of get ready ahead of time
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you can have a plan for where you want
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certain things around your kitchen or
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around your table or wherever you're
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setting up and you can kind of Mark them
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the night before if you'd like and you
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say Okay cupcakes are going here and
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Tarts are going here and cookies are
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going here and it just makes the setup
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really easy and really functional if you
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want something really fancy to display
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your desserts consider getting a lighted
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cupcake tower now these are just very
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cool they come with LED lights attached
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to them so that each of the little
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acrylic levels are lit up and just
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cupcake towers in general are a really
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great way to go because usually if
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you're going for a cupcake uh offering
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instead of cake there's lots of cupcakes
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right so you might have a sheet cake
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that only takes up but so much room but
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when you're talking about cupcakes and
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you're talking about 24 or or 48
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cupcakes they can really start to eat up
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space very quickly and so having them in
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this vertical Tower is a great option
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and they are just they're very cool they
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come in a lot of different shapes so a
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lot of them will make a little pyramid
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for you or you can have a circular tower
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that makes it look like it's almost a
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layer cake but for sure check out the
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ones that are lit up with LEDs if you
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want to make an extra Splash condiment
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caddies are a fantastic way to elevate
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your barbecue or any other uh serving
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where you have lots of little condiments
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or toppings for your food so if you have
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like a dessert or like an ice cream bar
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you could put all of your little
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strawberries and uh fruit and gummy
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bears and things like that in these
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little uh condiment caddies or
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alternatively you can also use them for
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things like um pickles and peppers and
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onions if people are putting together
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maybe tacos or um burgers or hot dogs
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things like that at a barbecue where
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they're looking for all these little
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individual toppings these are a great
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way to kind of keep everything together
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you don't have to have the jars out
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right because that kind of takes away
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from the aesthetic having those like you
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know claen pickle jars all over the
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place or your mustard containers or your
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ketchup or whatever you have you can put
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them in these nice beautiful acrylic
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displays and you can have just usually
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they have five or six compartments so
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that you can have different items lots
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of them will actually sit in into like a
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little basket where you have ice on the
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bottom so that it will keep those
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condiments cool and fresh for you if
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you're using these outside or if you
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need to have them out on the table for a
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long period of time it will keep
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everything nice and cool and fresh these
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are really inexpensive you can find them
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around5 or $20 so think about using some
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of these items next time if you want to
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get rid of some of the bottle clutter
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that you may have out whenever you do
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barbecues or just hosting events if you
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are not into having your food out on a
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Sherie board shakery boards are very
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popular but people are still very germ
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conscious nowadays so the alternative to
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that is to have appetizer cups now these
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are little cups that are pre- prepared
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you can have little skewers of fruit or
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olives and cheese or meat and cheese and
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have them in individual cups that people
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can just pick up and take with them so
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they are easy you don't have to worry
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about people having to uh fumble around
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with tongs and spoons and touching stuff
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and not knowing what goes where or
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what's supposed to be paired with what
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you can make it easy for everyone and
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put together little skewers together and
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place them inside of the appetizer cups
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and you can just have them on a tray
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where people can pick them up and grab
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them and go on about their way mingling
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with other guests they are a very very
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cool option before this is something
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that you would only really see in
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catering but you can buy all of these
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things now on Amazon as a regular
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consumer you don't have to necessarily
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buy them in packs of a 100 or 200 like
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you would at the restaurant supply store
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now you can buy them online on Amazon
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usually um you would get around 50 cups
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for $10 to $20 lots of times the cups
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come with skewers as well but just look
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around they're relatively affordable and
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they're a great alternative to having a
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shuder board next up is a cone display
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stand now traditionally these are used
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for ice cream cones but frankly I feel
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like this option is really limited
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because you know how long are you really
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going to have ice cream just sitting out
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on a little acrylic stand you know
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they're GNA melt the the shelf life of
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this display is very limited but what
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you could use them for is in conjunction
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with the appetizer cones and cups that
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we spoke about in the last section so a
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lot of those appetizer Cups and Cones
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will fit perfectly inside of an ice
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cream cone display stand so instead of
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just having them flat on the table you
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can Elevate them and Slot them into
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these little uh cone display stands and
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have a beautiful look for your
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appetizers next up is fancy paper plates
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now the options that are online now are
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far superior to anything that you're
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going to find in the grocery store or in
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the party store now of course uh Party
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City used to be the best option but they
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are unfortunately going out of business
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but they used to have themed plates for
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everything but nowadays you can go on
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Amazon and find the same themed plates a
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larger selection a better price at
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Amazon and of course if you go to the
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grocery store you're going to see like
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the Dixie plates and while they may have
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little flowers on them here and there
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they're not like a a high-end pattern
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I'm talking about paper plates that will
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make you think that they are real plates
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they will look like real pieces of China
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I'm going to show a few on the screen
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here Kate Aspen is a really popular
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brand for this they are known for their
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really beautiful prints and these are
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well worth the investment if you are
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thinking about doing like a dinner party
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maybe you have 10 or 12 guests these are
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worth it you will probably get around 20
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plates for about $10 to
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$15 they're good if you want to go
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outside with them so if you are doing
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dinner outside on your patio and you
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don't necessarily want to be bringing
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your nice China outside and you don't
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want the cheapest of cheap paper plates
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either you want to have a nice pretty
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elegant display especially if you're
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doing like a baby shower or something
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like that you want to have something
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nice to look at and these are the
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perfect solution I haven't seen any
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place else where you can find them
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locally necessarily um but you can find
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them on Amazon and there are a few other
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sites where you can buy them online I
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will leave them Linked In the
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description box below next up are cake
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pop display stands now these are very
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popular you see them all over the place
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but not all are created equal usually
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the ones that I see are the cheaper
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cardboard ones look for some nice cake
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poop display stands this will really
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help elevate your dessert table it will
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save space of course and it's it's hard
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to display the Cake Pops I mean you can
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go the route of using like a floral foam
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and kind of sticking them in there or
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you can use the cardboard displays but
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the nice acrylic ones the teered acrylic
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stands are probably the best and they
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are relatively inexpensive you can find
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these for under $30 on Amazon and they
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will just give you a nice way to
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compactly display a bunch of cake pops
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that your guest can easily pick up and
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enjoy we're almost at the end here the
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next thing that I want to share with you
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are disposable cocktail
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glasses usually when we have large
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numbers of people in our home we may not
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have enough drink wear especially
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specialty drink wear like cocktail
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glasses to go around so you could pick
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up some cheap little martini glasses at
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Dollar Tree or Dollar General but they
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are much much nicer options online
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especially on Amazon you can find really
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really gorgeous designs that will make
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you look twice and think is this plastic
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or is this glass um you can find martini
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glasses that you can use not only for
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drinks but you could put skewers in them
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if you want to serve appetizers out of
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them or little um you know fruit dessert
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kebabs out of them you can do that they
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of course have stemless champagne
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glasses there are lots of different
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options on Amazon for disposable
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cocktail glasses so think about looking
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for something special especially if
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you're going to have a signature drink
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with your party or your then think about
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having a nice signature glass go with it
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that everybody can kind of pick up and
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use and it's not a red Solo cup and it's
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not a super super cheap cloudy kind of
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Dollar Tree Glass these are a little bit
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more elevated and they will give your
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event in your table a really nice look
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you can get these in a set of like 24
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from $10 to $20 or so and last but not
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least our disposable dessert cups the
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these are really great especially if you
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want people to be able to take something
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on their way out the door they're great
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for putting just a little piece of cake
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in there you can top it with whipped
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cream or top it with some berries you
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can do yogurt parfaits a lot of them
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come with little spoons and Lids so they
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really are designed to one keep your
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food fresh and covered so if you have
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them out on the display stand you don't
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have to worry about stuff blowing into
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them if they're outside or people
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coughing on them and things like that
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they are really are a little
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self-contained kind of to go containers
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but also people can just walk around the
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party with them in hand and it's really
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easy to just handle and then they can
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Trash them when they're done again they
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can take them to go just because they're
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dessert cups doesn't mean you can't use
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them for other things as well of course
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you can put other items in there I would
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just check the temperature rating on
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some of these things if you want to put
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hot items in there but otherwise they're
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a really pretty display that nice clear
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acrylic ones or just look nice and sleek
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and modern and will absolutely upgrade
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the look of your buffet table that's it
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for this video I hope you found it
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helpful I will leave links to all of the
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items featured in this video in the
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description box below don't forget to
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visit me at Dian decor.com I post all
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about home entertaining ideas over there
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I thank you so much for watching and
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I'll see you in the next one bye
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