With their many options in disposable dinnerware, Smarty Had A Party is an excellent online resource for finding snazzy plates, glasses and utensils with styles ranging from mod and fun to those with more sophisticated looks.
Leaps and bounds have been made in the realm of disposable dinnerware. Many options are now available for adding a dash of style to your next soiree, without having to worry about ordering large quantities through a wholesale retailer.
Smarty Had A Party has a wide selection to cover your party needs – from dinnerware to chair covers and everything in-between. Prices are friendly and smaller quantity orders are available. Some plates may even be durable enough to wash and reuse for your next party!
For more about Smarty Had A Party, visit their store page on Marketplace.
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Or you could use regular dishes, and not waste so much.
Is using regular dishes that hard? So hard that it makes all this toxic wastefulness necessary? If I went to party for adults with disposable dinnerware the last thing I'd think about the host was the s/he was a "smarty."
I've said this before, but if you need a lot of plates for a party, go to a thrift store and buy them, then after the party redonate them to the thrift store. This really cuts down on waste.
Great comment, aaakid. I've done that with silverware. Works great
However, as a food stylist, their www-site is a gold mine...
aaakid- that's a great idea. I have an ever growing collection of dishes (all white) and at the end of the night, throwing it all in the dishwasher is super easy. Most of it comes from thrifting so if it breaks it breaks.
I occasionally do disposables, but I use Solo's Bare line of biodegradable, but still very sturdy and somewhat stylish paper plates. I especially love the appetizer plates. I try to throw them on the compost pile when I'm done, unless for some reason they're soaked with meat juices.
But mostly I try to use real plates. Garage sales can be even better than thrift stores because sometimes you can get plates for $0.10 to $0.25 each. Old saucers also make great little appetizer plates for small bites, but luncheon or bread plates are the best size, I find. Dinner plates can be too big, unless they are flat enough to balance your drink. Aluminum camping plates are also nice and flat, super light, and take up very little space in the cupboard.
Regardless, I find that shiny plastic anything (plates, cups, flatware) looks cheap, even if it's not. I could see maybe doing this if you were having a party for 100+ people. But 2-30 people? Go with the real stuff.
Sorry but I believe in real dishware and not disposable. I hate the waste but aside from that none if it looks decent to me. It all looks so cheap. The only thing that I like a little that is disposable is the bamboo plates that are comestible. Sine it's a bit like wood they aren't so bad looking.