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Holiday Dessert Table

The holidays are here and it’s a great excuse to celebrate with a festive dessert table! For this dessert table I used the tiny compostable caterware from Fineline Settings’ new SelfEco line. For some reason, it just feels special to have dessert served in tiny individual portions. Not only do they look elegant, they are also eco-friendly, zero-waste, plant-based, and compostable. So, we can feel better about serving each guest five mini dessert offerings in individual containers. Well, at least when it comes to satisfying their sweet tooth and saving the planet.

I wanted the dessert table to have a wintery theme to go along with the holidays during this season. To set the stage, I hung white paper snowflake fans and a snowflake garland for an easy backdrop. Then, I added a frosty green garland, a lantern, some pillar candles, and tinsel to add some holiday sparkle.

Starting on the left, I used the 2 piece champagne flutes to serve cranberry punch. To make them more festive, I added a pink sugar rim, a few raspberries and mint sprigs.

Beside the punch, I used the 4” square cocktail plates to serve slices of key lime pie and fresh strawberries. I like how the plates have a convenient opening for a tiny fork.

I also used these beautiful Asian spoons, which are great for one or two bites. They were perfect for serving white chocolate mousse garnished with a raspberry and micro mint.

On the right of the dessert table, I used a two tiered dessert stand which is also available through Fineline Settings. I like how it adds height and space for more sweet treats! On the top tier, I used the 4 oz round bowl for serving a mini cupcake and strawberry macaroon. I also really like that the bowls have a mini utensil holder. It’s so convenient and still looks elegant.

On the bottom tier, I used the 3 oz mini cubes for individual cheesecake desserts. I like that they are clear so the guests can see all the delicious layers of the dessert.

A festive dessert table can make any holiday or celebration special! The idea of serving tiny desserts in small portions is so fun and great for entertaining! With Fineline Settings’ compostable tiny caterware, you can really get creative with your desserts this year while keeping the earth green. So, please go ahead and start planning your five course dessert menu and enjoy the holidays!

Products Used:

SelfEco

3.4” Mini Spoon, White

4” Mini Fork, White

4.6” Asian Spoon, White

2 Piece 5.5 oz Champagne Flute, Clear

3 oz Mini Cube, Clear

4” Square Cocktail Plate, White

4 oz Round Bowl, White

Platter Pleasers

11.75” Cake Stand, White

9.75” Cake Stand, White

Back to School Lunches

Many students are going back to school later in the month and the Conserveware collection is ideal for packing lunch! The containers are biodegradable and come in various sizes and designs to perfectly pack an entire meal or individual portions. Matching wrapped compostable cutlery kits are also available. These products will minimize the spread of airborne illnesses through food and are environmentally safe. School cafeterias can pre-pack food for the lunch line or parents can use them for packing lunch from home.

There are several ways these containers can be used by schools to serve lunch. The 3 and 4 section square trays offer the flexibility to serve more or less options in prepackaged meals. These trays have lids that fit snugly over them for health and safety reasons. When you open the tray, it’s like having a personal disposable bento box. Sometimes the way food is presented is half the fun of eating for kids.

Meals can be prepared and stacked in the lunch line for staff and students to easily pick up.

They also come in different sized hinged containers. Individual entrees or sides can be prepackaged in the smaller hinged containers to give students choices instead of having an entire prepackaged meal. These are great for salads, sandwiches, desserts, and other options.

Not only will these containers work for school cafeterias, parents can use them to pack lunch from home. Lunches from home can be personalized to make them even more fun for kids. Here, I made the sandwich and strawberries into ladybugs. I also added a few frosted animal crackers for an exciting treat.

The sectioned trays are great for complete meals but space can be limited. The larger hinged containers are great for packing foods that are already individually wrapped. For example, a wrapped sandwich, individual portions of gelatin, yogurt and unpeeled fruit. The individually wrapped fork and spoon can be tossed into the lunch bag and will be clean when ready to use. They are also available in a kit with a fork, knife, spoon, and napkin.

With students returning to school, these biodegradable containers will help to reduce the spread of illnesses while being kind to the environment. They come in various sizes and designs beyond what I’ve mentioned for more packing options. Schools and parents both can use these containers in an effort to make lunch-time safer and more enjoyable for staff and students. Stay happy and healthy this school year!

Products used:

9” Square 3 Section Tray

9” Square 4 Section Tray

9” Square Flat Bagasse Lid

6”x6”x3.1” Square Hinged Container

8”x8”x2.5” Square Hinged Container

Wrapped Cutlery Kit, PSM

Individually Wrapped Fork, PSM

Individually Wrapped Spoon, PSM

What you need to know when throwing a party!

Throwing a party is stressful enough, from planning to inviting and then to actually setting up the party and making sure everything is set beautifully and ready for the guest to arrive and indulge.

Planning the party:

It all starts when you decide you want to host a party for any particular reason, whether it's for any upcoming holiday and you're going to invite your friends and/or family, or your having a gala event, bridal party, wedding party, birthday party or any of the like, heck you don't even need a reason to throw a party. The first thing you need to set is 1. how many people you're going invite. (take in consideration that this number will always be higher at the end) 2. if you have a specific theme you want to showcase at the party.

Inviting your guests:

Whether you are the formal people or classy type, an invite is always appropriate and appreciated. There are many different and really interesting ways you can invite your friends and family over to your party. The typical paper invitation can work well, depending on the occasion, linen paper with burned edges are very nice, but you can get funky and make something different depending on the occasion. P.S. Email is not the finest way, although the quickest and perhaps easiest way, one would much rather appreciate a more personal approach.

Preparing the menu:

As with everything else, this all depends on the type of occasion you are hosting. If this is going to be a meal type of event then you'd probably want to plan a full 5 course meal, starting with cocktails and continuing with entrees, appetizer, salad, soup and main course. Don't forget the main course for some is the dessert, who doesn't like a great dessert after a nice meal with a nice glass of wine or champagne. However if you're throwing the fun and casual party, things probably need to run a bit different in the food section. You can start off with cocktails which always are a great way to bring everyone up to date in all the conversations etc. plus it gives you some time to make the final touches in the kitchen if you're not ready to serve yet. Then you would want to have a buffet style of entrees and finger food coming out on a constant basis, varying from different meats, chicken, fish of all sorts and veggies. One very important note, make sure you know of any specific diets or special food requirements before making your menu, it can be very counterproductive and hurtful to find out of someone allergies or special diet in middle of the party.

Setting up:

This is where it get to the fun part. Your menu is done, the food was bought or going to be ordered, now you can start dreaming of the table setting and theme you want to go with. All this depends again what type of party or event this will be, indoors or outdoors, standing or sitting, casual or formal. Age type is also key to know how to set your tables. The one most important thing of all is to try to purchase plastic and disposable products for props and for food serving as well. In today's day ad age there are so many great products that are not made of real expensive china thus giving you the opportunity to be different and spend less on setup, it also gives you a greater variety of products to chose from and a whole different color option. Fineline Settingsis a great resource and we are the leading manufacturer of fine upscale disposable dinnerware. The great part of using disposable products is that when all is done and the event and party is over, there is nothing left to do, just throw everything in the trash or recycling where available and you're done for the night, rather than having to go and wash or pay your caterer to wash them for you.

During the Party:

Now is your time to shine, stay calm and make sure everyone has what they need at all times. Being a host is not an easy job, being a great host in even harder. Your guest will remember this party or event for a very long time if everything is nice and calm, get some extra help with serving the hot food and making sure the serving dishes are always full. Keep on switching stations so everyone gets a chance to have a bit of everything. The only thing left for you now is to enjoy the aftermath, whether it's with your kids or with your loved you, breath in the moment and start planning the next party, don't have an occasion? That's not a problem, you don't need an occasion to party! Happy Holidays - Cheers!

Plastic Disposable Tableware for your next party!

You’re throwing a party. The date is selected, the invitations are in the mail and the menu has been finalized. There’s only one more thing left to do: Get your disposable tableware.

Yes, disposable.

The days of throwing a great party only to be left with a pile of dirty dishes after the guests have gone home are over.

Now, thanks to Fineline Settings, you can serve everything from cocktail wieners at your Super Bowl party to escargot at your Oscar’s night bash on trendy tableware … and then encourage your guests to toss it in the trash after they’ve finished dining.

Sure, some of your guests might feel a little conflicted about disposing of such high-quality plates, stemware, bowls and silverware. It is, after all, designed at the cutting edge of style and created with the highest levels of quality in mind. In fact, many of your guests might not even realize they’re using disposable tableware until they see you, well, disposing of it.

But all you have to do is kindly remind them that, at the end of the evening’s festivities, you’ll be able to spend your time reflecting on the fine time that was had by all rather than dealing with a pile of dirty dishes.

So next time you're partying or celebrating something dear to you, you can enjoy the party as well. Take the easy way, use dispoable partyware.

Showing our Cater Trays at the the IDDBA was great!

Hello everyone,

We're back for the IDDBA show in New Orleans, it was another great and successful show for our team. We met some really great people with great interest in our products as always.

This show was really a special show for us, since we have a huge selection of great cater trays and deli containers, we've also been showing our new Thermoforming trays that are in the works as we speak. The response to our existing and new products have been amazing and we have gotten some great support from our existing customer and potential customers.

Thank you everyone who stoped by our wonderful booth. Below is what we sent out to all attendees of our booth. Again as always we thank you for your support and we ask of you that if you have any comments or suggestions, please contact us and we'de be more than happy to take care of all your needs.

Cheers!

Sol

Fineline Settings is a Upscale Disposable plastic tableware company

We would like to thank you for visiting Fineline Settings at the IDDBA 2012 show

For the best in upscale disposable tableware, visit ww.finelinesettings.com

Happy Memorial Day from the Fineline disposable plastic team

Happy Memorial Day from Fineline Settings
Hi everyone,

I hope your'e having a great time in preparing your weekend vacation and days off from work. We will be closed in honor of Memorial Day and enjoying our time off with friends and family outdoors and indoors.

With a time like this it's so easy to enjoy yourself, just go outside heat up your grill and chill! We have worked very hard in order for to have a great and enjoyable party time, our disposable dinnerware is just the perfect fit with any party for that matter, whether indoors or outdoors, upscale or just family time. Never think of washing all those plates, flatware or cups and glasses, we have the perfect selection of everything party!

Our Renaissance plates and bowl collection is just a superb choice for chic and unique, it's perfectly soft edges give that very modern look to your settings, wanna go further? How about our Wavetrends wavy plates, they're square with a twist or the Savvi Serve collection of plates, bowls and Tumblers that can be used for any occassion.

Now you gotto think of the drinks as well, we've got you covered with Shakers and Shooters and all colorfull neon tumblers as well, if your'e going for the champagne or wine rather, boy do we have some great wine and champagne stemware collection, each with it's own unique design and shape. No one will ever know on the first glance that they're not glass, no, they're not glass just disposable plasticware.

So the choice is really clear, this party will be so much better with no mess to clean up just time with your family and friends will be so much more enjoyable with our beautiful dispoable dinnerware and plasticware collection.

Cheers to a great party and enjoy your Memorial Day!

We loved seeing you at the NRA 2012!

Hi Everyone,

Setting up a trade show is not a simple task, there are many logistics involved and it never get's easier, yet there is something so satisfying when the show is over...

Every show is full of great and wonderful people asking and searching for the new products and trends and that's why we love doing the shows so people can get inspired of our products and in turn we get inspired to create new products to set new trends. Fineline has had the opportunity to inspire the Foodservice industry for a couple of years now and we're so thankful to all our fans and customer that make it happen time and again and that's why we look forward to every show individually and it's very special to us.

The NRA show was amazing, Chicago, the windy city, everyone was there. The questions, the interest and the knowledge that goes around on that floor is absolutely amazing, you can literally feel the creativity in the air, thanks to all great creative minds roaming the trade floor.

We come back from the show inspired and ready to bring on the next challenge as it comes. We have introduced our new Tiny Temptation Lids, stackable PET lids that greatly help to save time from any designer, caterer or event planner. They are a great addition to our already famous Tiny Temptation Collection. It was well received by everyone who just looked at them, "OMG those are amazing" or "That's what we've been looking for all this time" and this my friends is what inspires us to search and achieve new heights with you in mind.

So until next time, thanks for all your great support, we love you all.
The best think we wish is for you to give us comments on our products and let us know what you're up to and what you see and think will be the next product star in the food-service and hospitality industry.

Have a great day!
Sol

Disposable plastic glasses, dishes, tableware and dinnerware!

Do you love entertaining friends and family by throwing amazing parties in your home? If you fall into this category then you probably enjoy the excitement of Baseball!

Parties are a great way to enjoy any big game and eat amazing food with friends and family. You know how important it is to have great entertainment, great music, great food and great tableware for this big event as well. Ordinary paper or plastic tableware is very drab and not very sturdy. You want disposable tableware that will not only hold up, but impress your guests as well. Fineline Settings specializes in disposable tableware that range from classic to modern or contemporary design. Score big with any of their great collections for your next big game day party!

The Super Bowl collectionconsists of plastic bowls in clear or black with clear lids to display all of your food.

They come in many different sizes to accommodate any type of food that you may want to serve.
These heavyweight bowls and lids are made of high quality plastic and could be prepared in advance and they stack very well.

Try Fineline Settings disposable tableware for your next game day party.

Disposable plastic Shakers for your next cocktail party

You will not be disappointed! They are extremely durable, yet classy for plastic tableware that you can either throw them away once you are done with them or you can wash and reuse them! Choose Fineline Settings and your next game day party will surely be one for the record books!

Elegant Disposable Dinnerware for your next event.

Disposable tableware has come a long way from Styrofoam plates and red plastic cups. Disposable Salad plate

With some of the innovative (not to mention stylish) solutions available, there's no need to sacrifice nice looking dinnerware for the sake of convenience. With elegant plastic dinnerware from Fineline Settings, you can have the best of both worlds.

Be sure to pick some up for you next big party or event so you can:

Have Fun Instead of Worry! - Sometimes it's hard to be a great host if you're worried about someone dropping your nice dinnerware. By using a fine disposable plastic fine disposable plastic replacement, you can relax knowing that even though your dinnerware looks nice, it won't be the end of the world if a plate, bowl or tumblers gets dropped or lost.
Host Large Groups - Some groups (like Superbowl parties or graduations) are bound to have more guests than you've got nice dinnerware. Instead of a few of your guests getting stuck with the mismatched dinnerware you've dusted off from the backs of the cabinets, pick up some quality disposable tableware from Fineline. Not only will you have enough for everyone, but it'll all match and be better than expected.
Save Time Later - One of the most obvious benefits from quality disposable dinnerware is the time saved during the cleanup process. With any gathering of substantial size like a Superbowl party, there will be lots of dishes to contend with. By using disposable tableware at your next event you're making sure that after the guests have departed a mountain of dishes isn't left behind them.

Disposable plastic tumblers, dishes, tableware and dinnerware!

Do you love entertaining friends and family by throwing amazing parties in your home? If you fall into this category then you probably enjoy the excitement of Baseball!

Parties are a great way to enjoy any big game and eat amazing food with friends and family.
You know how important it is to have great entertainment, great music, great food and great tableware for this big event as well.
Ordinary paper or plastic tableware is very drab and not very sturdy. You want disposable tableware that will not only hold up, but impress your guests as well.

Fineline Settings specializes in disposable tableware that range from classic to modern or contemporary design. Score big with any of their great collections for your next big game day party!

The Super Bowl collection consists of plastic bowls in clear or black with clear lids to display all of your food.
They come in many different sizes to accommodate any type of food that you may want to serve.
These heavyweight bowls and lids are made of high quality plastic and could be prepared in advance and they stack very well.

Try Fineline Settings disposable tableware for your next game day party. You will not be disappointed! They are extremely durable, yet classy for plastic tableware that you can either throw them away once you are done with them or you can wash and reuse them! Choose Fineline Settings and your next game day party will surely be one for the record books!

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