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Through the Years Garland Banners

ByMatt James

the idea

Personalize your party decorations and entertain guests with photo garland banners showing the guest of honor ‘through the years’

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Through the Years custom photo birthday garland banner

the how

  • Ask friends and family to contribute cute, funny, or embarrassing old photos of the guest of honor
  • Select the best photos to use on these photo garland banners to give your decorations a more elegant, polished, and professional look
  • Hang from mantelpieces, curtain rails, above bars / dessert / buffet tables, or around the perimeter of the room above head height
Through the Years custom photo birthday garland banner
Through the Years custom photo birthday garland banner

the why

overhead decorations

  • Visibility; overhead decorations remain visible when the room is full of people
  • Intimacy; lowers the ceiling, reduces empty space, and makes large rooms and cavernous venues feel more full, which helps create a buzzy atmosphere
  • Focal points; decorations above bars, food stations, dance floors, or activities can identify their location in large or crowded rooms and encourage mingling by creating destinations for guests to explore
Through the Years custom photo garland banner
Through the Years custom photo garland banner

Perimeter / wall decorations

  • Transformative; helps transform a domestic space or empty venue into a party environment
  • Masking; helps distract from existing or incompatible room décor
  • Value; can help dress large areas
  • Atmospheric; perimeter decorations are important early on, before the room fills up, to help create a party atmosphere and ensure it feels like a special occasion
  • Economical; can be used sparingly if majority of decorations are clustered around a main feature wall / display area, such as a dessert table and backdrop
  • Intimacy; helps define the party space and envelope guests to create an intimate atmosphere
  • Interactive; some perimeter / wall décor can be used to entertain guests, such as ‘Fun Facts’ garland banners or ‘Through the Years’ photo garlands
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custom photo garland banner decoration hanging with black and white photos

the why

this idea

  • Special occasions should feel special; generic ‘off the shelf’ decorations are lazy and unimaginative
  • Personalized; customized decorations are more special and show you made an effort
  • Custom photo; opportunity to show the guest of honor at different ages ‘through the years’
  • Funny; quirky, lighthearted, or self-deprecating decorations will make guests smile
  • Entertaining; guests may not have seen funny or embarrassing old photos of the guest of honor
  • Unique; celebrates the person, not just their age
  • Memorable; guests remember creative, unusual, or unexpected decorations
  • Collaborative; allows guests to contribute their own photos and makes everyone feel included
  • Elegant; lends your decorations an elegant and sophisticated touch
  • Surprise; a great way to surprise the guest of honor
  • Keepsake; captures memories for the guest of honor to revisit in future
woman and child looking at a custom photo garland banner decoration hanging at a party
custom photo garland banner decoration hanging above a party drinks table

ADVICE FROM A PRO

Matt’s tip

Matt James professional event planner

“Rather than only draw upon your own collection, considering asking friends and family members to lend you some of their photos of the guest of honor from significant periods of their life.

That way you might discover some less familiar photos—perhaps even some the guest of honor might have forgotten or never even seen before.

It will also make it a more special keepsake if it includes photos the guest of honor doesn’t already have in their own collection.

Some banners come with the option to email your photos to the seller, so that they can be printed, cut, and assembled along with the banner, while others leave a blank space for you to add the photos yourself.”

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Through the Years custom photo graduation garland banner above a party table

where to buy

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  • If you can’t find a particular design, contact the seller as they might just need to re-list it.
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Through the Years custom photo birthday garland banner
Through the Years custom photo garland banner
custom photo garland banner decoration hanging on a wall
custom photo garland banner decoration hanging with black and white photos
Through the Years custom photo graduation garland banner above a party table

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Matt is a professional event producer with 27 years experience.

Clients include Elton John, Sarah Jessica Parker, Stella McCartney, Kevin Spacey, and more.

He is the winner of 30 industry awards and author of 'Become an Event Planner: Secrets for Getting Hired from Employers, Recruiters, and Event Professionals'

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