How to Increase Event Revenue by Using Specialty Party Rentals

Specialty party rentals because...

A plate is not just a plate...it's decor.
​And glassware is the jewelry of the table.

Venue/Event Coordinators

We are thrilled to be featured on page 2 of the Crystal Lake Park District program this fall season.  The Main Beach venue is stunning. Our teal and navy table setting with the lake in the background highlights what a beautiful venue this is for weddings, showers and celebrations. So check it out! 

Main Beach, Crystal Lake Park District. Oval table numbers with our Elegant Floral place setting with pink glassware, teacups and saucers and tea pots. Centerpiece of stacked books and florals with pink linens.

• If you are a country club or banquet hall coordinator, remember that our clients often rent from us to add a splash of color to their place settings with colorful glassware, a unique salad, dessert or bread plate, or even colorful linens. We often create sweet tables with our clients as well. 
• Envision walking into a room with 25 tables with white linens.  By adding the colorful glassware, your eye is lifted up from the table and to the centerpieces.  The color draws you in. 
• What mood is your client creating?  Amber for a moody vibe? An explosion of color with jewel tones? Maybe all one color like light blue or blush for a romantic feel? Or a mix of pastels for a cheery look? Our glassware collection is amazing.
• The standard fare place setting completely changes with when color is added. Photographs pop, and the floral arrangements are enhanced.  
• We do the hard work of curating our collections, and you are the rock star when guests walk into the room and are blown away!
• By working with us, you have the secret weapon in your back pocket over all the other venues. 
• We love when the photographer or couple sends us the wedding reception photographs.  We will promote you in our social media!
• No matter how large or small the event, we can accommodate. Our inventory is large. We take pride in having curated a vast selection of mismatched, matched, vintage and retro rentals.
• We provide our rental services to venue event coordinators, banquet managers and event planners directly or through our client. 
• Not only do we offer glassware, dinnerware, flatware, and serve ware, we also have props, vases, vessels, and the list goes on.
• Check out our inventory to see what else you can add to your event to blow away the competition.

Florists

Bird cage with florals set on clear vintage cake stand to enhance the place setting of Elegant Floral plate, Scalloped Water Lily charger, purple goblet, D'Arques wine glass, champagne coupe, purple bottle and mismatched flatware.

• Our clients rent our vases and centerpiece vessels, so let's coordinate.
• Do you have a specific vase or vessel client request that you do not have?  Give us a call.  Chances are we do.
• We do not carry lanterns or votives because we know florists have those. We do offer unique and odd pieces such as champagne buckets, antique bottles of all colors in large quantities, sap buckets, vintage baby vessels, popular blue and white vases and pitchers, 15 bird cages, and even a samovar. 
• We often drop off the order at the florist. The florist typically can set the finished floral arrangements back into our crates or divided boxes to take to the event.  Then we pick up and wash.
• Spruce up your offerings by using our collection of unique and odd vessels and vases.

Caterers

Pink depression glass vintage pitchers

Oval platters in small, medium and large sizes

Vintage glass cake stands in all colors

Collections of dinnerware. Blue and white bread plates.

Silver sandwich tongs

Gold framed mirrored trays for sweet display or centerpieces

Three-tiered stands

Trifle bowl

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• ​Coordinate with us to provide the exact plates, cups, serving pieces that your menu requires.
• For a multi-course small plate event, let us know the pieces you need and what you are serving.  We can send you photos of the pieces along with the course labels making this easier for you on the day of your event.
• Remember we have some of the unique rentals that you may not have...such as sugar tongs, teacups, tea pots, china oval and round platters of many sizes, vegetable bowls and more.
• Sweet displays are our jam! Cake stands, risers, tiered stands, suitcases, gold framed mirrors and many vintage pieces to create the sweet table. We take a photo and send that along with the order, so staff can set up the sweet table according to the client's wishes.
• Let us coordinate what you need for family style and buffet events.
• We have found that often our clients may not know exactly what serving pieces they need to rent.  It is very helpful when we can actually chat with you about the specific needs for the menu.
• We love events that are creative and outside of the box, so give us a call. 
• Think of the time and money you save when the caterer is not having staff washing, sanitizing and drying. We do that for you.
• Let us become your preferred vendor, and we can offer your clients our place setting package.
• You are also welcome to visit the stocked showroom. Too busy? We totally get it! Be sure to look at our inventory online.

The Details Matter.

Reminders...if you've never worked with us, we are picky, picky, picky!

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THINGS AS EASY AND EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.

• We pack everything specifically for your event. If the glassware for the tables are in a variety of colors and styles, we hand select them and pack them in a specific order to be set on each table with an instruction label directing the staff on what order to set them on the tables.
• When you rent our vintage tea cups and saucers, they are packed in small groups with an instruction label indicating which stack of saucers goes with each specific group of tea cups. The teacup must match the accompanying saucer.
• Our plates are packed in the order in which they should be placed on the table as well. 
• ​When our clients layout a sweet display or centerpiece display in our showroom, we take photographs and send with the order.  This way the staff can set up the displays exactly the way the client wanted.
• We do not want any of our pieces run through a dishwasher.  Simply empty glassware of liquids before repacking. Scrape off the leftover food from plates or rinse before repacking. We take care of the rest. 
• We inspect each piece for cracks, defects or chips because we only rent the best. 
• We do not use bubble wrap and throw things in boxes willy nilly. Instead, we have specific crates, racks and boxes for each of our pieces. For example, our clean glass cake stands are plastic wrapped and placed in a lidded divided box specific to the size of the stand. All you need to do is remove from the box, take off the wrap and set up. At the end of the event, brush off any food and place back into the lidded divided box. 
• We deliver.  We pick up. We wash. We have been told many times that we are flexible and very easy to work with. And think of the time and money you are saving by not having to pay your staff to wash and dry. 

Preferred Vendors

We are proud to be listed as preferred vendors with several area venues and caterers, after all presentation matters. There is nothing better, or that runs more smoothly, than when we are working with our team of Friendors! We have built professional relationships with our teams. Knowing what they like and need, how and when they need things delivered, means everybody wins.  Our Friendors can count on us because our goal is providing the best service to our clients. 

Dish and Decor Vintage Rental is located in Crystal Lake. We deliver to Greater Chicago, Rockford, Naperville, Winnetka, Highland Park, Plainfield, Lake Geneva, Kenosha and surrounding areas.
We deliver. We pick up. We WASH!

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