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Ceremonial ribbons are the most versatile for decorating. Good quality ribbon is strong, with a texture that feels soft and silky smooth to the touch, and foldable without losing its form. This type of ribbon is a “ceremonial ribbon” because it is the kind used to decorate ceremonies such as weddings, ribbon-cuttings, etc. However, there are many creative ways to use ceremonial ribbons for any occasion, and we at ceremonialsupplies.com want to share some of our favorite ones!

Ribbon art is another notch to add to the unique décor expertise of event organizers and party planners all over the world. It is a tool you can’t do without in the growing and demanding event planning industry. Everyone is creative because we all dream and imagine. We relay these dreamy images to our trusty and faithful event planner, and like Fairy Godmothers, they make them come true. Usually at an astronomical price. It’s worth it when you get exactly what you want, and more, but many have been those costly yet blasé decorations. Ribbon art can be complex and spectacularly vivid and passionate, and it can be delicate and soft – everything depends on the overall mood the design inspires. Draping the ceiling, a canopy, and tables with ceremonial ribbon of different widths, lengths and colors can be so awe-inspiring to make your guests feel they are inside a living and breathing world of enchantment!

Ceremonial Ribbon Art for Draping a Ceiling

Some of the most exquisite ballroom affairs are decorated with ribbon art and a favorite is ceiling drapes. The best ribbon for artful decoration is ceremonial ribbon, because of its quality texture and its ability to fold smoothly and nicely without coarse ridges or wrinkles.

Ceremonialsupplies.com is the best one-stop shop on the web for ceremonial items and we specialize in ceremonial ribbon for use in ribbon art. Our ceremonial ribbons are available in small widths starting at 2.25” up to 12” (1 foot) and in yardage ranging from ten (10), twenty-five (25) and some ribbons up to fifty (50) yards. When choosing a customized ribbon from ceremonialsupplies.com, the text is repeated throughout the length of the ribbon. This means you have a substantial amount of the customized ceremonial ribbon to use creatively! The most popular use for the 2.25” ribbon is for engraving with a commemorative date or other message, and using it on centerpiece decorations, flower arrangements, or attached to helium-filled balloons on the dance floor, or the center of the room. The most popular use for the ceremonial ribbons 12” wide is for ceiling draping; the most impressive way to command the mood direction of the affair. Draping extra-wide ribbons 12” wide are the perfect width to create a canopy effect over most ballrooms. The hardware used for ceiling ribbon drapes is commonly a round ring of varying sizes that accommodate four, six, eight, ten, or more extra-width ceremonial ribbon panels. The ring is held by chain links (or other strong material) gathered together at the top with a ceiling attachment fixture. The number of chain links must correspond with the number of ribbon panels because these link chains separate each panel, and each can extend outwardly in the desired fashion, with equal proportion of space between each extra-wide ribbon. The hardware depends completely on the way you want to drape the ceiling. There are no rules other than to never overload the ceiling draping ring with more weight than it can handle. Other than this, you can have a ceiling ring carved out from the trunk of a 500-year-old tree and hang muslin drapes from it, if it enhances the effect you wish to create. Seasoned event planners will know the best ceiling drape hardware is made to order. This way you have the exact weight requirement and look, for the ceremonial ribbons that will be hung through it. The hardware can also be easily improvised with a visit to a home fixture store like Home Depot or Lowe’s.

If you’re decorating for a rich, vibrant, regal mood, consider the jewel color ribbons of ruby red, emerald green, sapphire blue, purple, and gold as your main ribbon color or colors that you will repeat on the tables, and other sections under the ceiling canopy. For example, an elegant and rich carnival effect for a birthday party you can use red ribbon and gold ribbon intermittently. These are the base colors along which you can add two or three lines of multi-color pennant banners, or multi-color pom pom balls garland. Ceremonial ribbons of red, green, and ivory are perfect for a Christmas theme decoration. These colors are a vivid background for gold ornaments, draped lights, and reflective sparkles. Think of hanging faux mirrors with gilded ornamental frame, golden candelabras, golden clocks, or other items that have a direct connection with the event. With all the supplies available at ceremonialsupplies.com to create beautiful ribbon art for ceiling draping, your imagination will run wild!

Ceremonial Ribbon Art for Table Decorations

The rule here is the table decoration accent colors must match the overall room décor for maximum effect and impression. The extra-wide ceremonial ribbon for ceiling draping will blot out the permanent room design if the latter doesn’t meet the decoration requirement of the event. Otherwise, ceiling ribbon art is used to further enhance the existing room decoration. Hypothetically, if you’re throwing a banquet at a private room in the Biltmore Estate, you will want the existing room décor to remain visible and unperturbed. If you are holding a corporate event in a ballroom at the Dupont Hotel in Wilmington, Delaware, using ceiling ribbon drapes should be to enhance the classic, gilded decoration of this historically rich venue. Table runners using extra-wide ceremonial ribbon to create place setting across a banquet table serve as an elegant and vivid way to feature fabulous china for example, or to make fabulous, any plain china. Sticking to the Christmas theme of red ceremonial ribbon intermittently with emerald green and ivory extra-wide ribbons, red ribbon runner and green ribbon runner on top of an ivory tablecloth or overlay will accent the draping décor. Centerpieces, utensils, and chair decorations should play up the color gold for the magical effect of Christmas décor. And nature’s own garden of green and red symbolizing winter, as in holly trees and poinsettias, are the best and most elegant details for a Christmas banquet celebration because of their life and freshness.

Ribbon art decoration is a popular and growing style used primarily to frame a room for decoration, and to highlight the main colors of the function. Using ceiling draping hardware, either manufactured or customized, will provide a canopy effect and bring together the color scheme of any event. Shop ceremonialsupplies.com for the best quality ceremonial ribbons for ribbon art, and all other supplies and products to decorate grand openings, groundbreakings, military ceremonies, or other corporate events. You will love our ribbons and our budget friendly prices, our friendly and knowledgeable customer service staff, and our efficient and flawless shipping wherever you are. Click here for a shipping quote.

It has been two years since Covid 19 wreaked havoc in the big apple, but NYC is bouncing back and the famous Christmas lights, and NYC Christmas ribbons and trees that make the Big Apple such a magical place for the holidays, are ready for decorating! Businesses and shops are open for Santa! Make sure you check that list twice for all the Christmas ribbons you’re going to need to decorate the most special holiday of all.

All customs from around the world, independent from each other, hold December 25 as a sacred “holy” day of feasting. In Roman-Greco-Egyptian antiquity, the festival came to be known as “Saturnalia” and paid tribute to Saturn, whom we believe they worshipped as the “life giver.” To this society, Saturn was the “agricultural God of sowing and husbandry,” and to Saturn they would dedicate sacrifices, in exchange for another spring, and they held a feast that ended with everyone going home and exchanging special gifts. The fact is, it is the winter solstice. It is the darkest period of the year, after which the days start to get longer again a few seconds a day. There's more to Saturnalia, but the important thing about this festivity is to create a "giving" atmosphere, and to understand how to use the most versatile decoration of all: the ribbon! Their quality, their foldability, their shine, their hues, and their place in decorating a NYC style Christmas wherever you are! Transform any location into a special and magical place. NYC and Christmas have a long-standing love affair. At least once in your life, Christmas and New Year’s in NYC is something everyone should experience. The colors red and gold are the thematic hues of the holiday season in NYC. It’s the color of the gif-wrapped boxes people are carrying, or the color of the garlands they’ve just purchased to decorate the Christmas tree, the colors of scarves, hats, and gloves, dresses, jackets, and ties, and ceremonialsupplies.com has the perfect Christmas ribbon to match any NYC Christmas ribbons décor!

Decorate NYC Christmas Ribbons Style

The winter solstice is a special occasion and has been since the creation of the four seasons. There are religious dogmas that label the recognition of this astrological event as devil worshipping. Some of us at ceremonialsupplies.com celebrate the winter solstice, but we only worship cats. NYC being the city of lights, all through its boroughs of Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and Staten Island there are people who have settled from all parts of the world, bringing their winter celebration customs with them, and further enlightening the city. This has created the unique NYC Christmas style. Decorate the lampposts outside your home the way Manhattan decorates the lampposts on Central Park. Red Christmas ribbons and lights create the spirit of the holiday more than anything else, and at ceremonialsupplies.com, we’re all about ribbons! Our extensive assortment of ceremonial ribbons for special ceremonies like a grand opening event, or a ribbon-cutting ceremony are ideal for all types of decorations. Our ceremonial ribbons range in width sizes from 2.25” ribbons to 4” wide ribbons and 6” wide ribbons and extra-wide ribbon sizes of 8”, 10” and 12” width (1 foot wide). Our ceremonial ribbons are available plain, customized with your own commemorative message, logo, or date, or pre-printed with the words “Grand Opening” for grand opening ceremonies. Red ceremonial ribbon is a classic for Fifth Avenue shops, while Times Square is aglow with Christmas ribbon colors! Ice-skating under the Christmas tree and the statue of Prometheus at Rockefeller Center is a NYC tradition. The statue is 18 feet tall and was sculpted by Paul Manship, and cast in Queens, NY in 1934. During the holidays, Rockefeller Center’s Prometheus is decorated with a red scarf! You can bring this distinct NYC ribbon tradition to your own holiday event. Event planners will know how to recreate the atmosphere of a NYC Christmas in any venue of your choice. Red bows and red ribbons NYC style!

Recreating the NYC Winter without the Chill Factor

We might as well come right out and tell you this is not possible. It can be close, but replicating the temperatures that make your legs turn purple is not feasible, or practical and probably not safe either. But we love those chilly freezing temperatures, we just pretend to complain. To recreate the special feeling evoked by NYC Christmas is to decorate with ribbons of red, gold, green, and silver. Blue and silver are holiday colors, and so is black, and these, are prominent colors of the season used by people who celebrate Hanukkah, and Kwanza, but to create the atmosphere unique to NYC Christmas time, start with reds, and follow with gold! Whether you’re organizing a Christmas dinner for the staff in a private venue, or decorating for a ballroom Christmas wedding, or an outdoor function such as a groundbreaking ceremony or a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the best way to create that special NYC Christmas feeling is to frame the area with red ribbons. For the effect of grandeur in the chosen area, start by gathering extra-wide red ribbon at the center of the ceiling to create a lavish, ribbon canopy. To create a lavish ribbon canopy, or a large, round metal ring attached to the center of the room – in some venues, it may be possible to use the central room fixture from where to drape the ribbons. The ceiling ring from where the ribbons will be draped should be proportionate to the size of the room. For example, to decorate say, a castle’s banquet hall, you would use a giant spiral hanging from the ceiling from which you can hang eight (8) partitions of 12” wide ribbon. For a wedding ballroom, four (4) or six (6) partitions of smaller width ribbons of 8” or 10” will be appropriate, and for decorating a room in the house, a ring with four partitions for 10” ribbon will be perfect! Once you have the extra-wide ribbon set up, you can layer a smaller width gold ribbon over the red, and after the red –wide ribbon is in place, layer a smaller width green ribbon over the gold. If you choose to have six partitions of 12” ribbons, you will have six red ribbons of 12” each, flowing outward from the ring, and draping down and over the sidewalls. The gold ribbon should be an 8” extra-wide ribbon, and the green ribbon should be 6” wide. This layering of red, green, and gold Christmas ribbons is the skeleton from which you can attach, or hang, shiny, reflective objects of decoration for a NYC Christmas style ballroom decoration! Think of tiny bells, gold color framed mirrors, tiny flower led lights, and you’re on your way to creating a NYC Christmas vibe.

We at ceremonialsupplies.com absolutely love ribbons and Christmas – and we love NYC at Christmas time! But really, who doesn’t? Shop our online store for the best quality ribbons and ceremonial supplies, all at budget friendly prices, and shipped promptly and efficiently wherever you are. This holiday season, if you can’t make it to the Big Apple; let ceremonialsupplies.com help you bring it to your event. Click here for a shipping quote.

February is cold everywhere, not just in NYC, but there’s something about the middle of winter in the Big Apple that makes you feel you’re in a sci-fi movie. This is why the first big holiday of the year brightens our hearts and revives our souls with the light of love. To celebrate, first shop at ceremonialsupplies.com, the best one-stop shop on the web for products and supplies necessary for grand opening ceremonies, groundbreaking ceremonies, military ceremonies, and corporate events. Here you will find the best assortment of ceremonial ribbons to decorate a frosty NYC St. Valentine’s Day! You’ll love our budget-friendly prices, our knowledgeable customer service, and our efficient shipping wherever you are.

You Can’t Go Wrong With Red in NYC

It’s the Big Red Apple after all! NYC and the color red have a long-standing tradition. The color red is symbolic of the passionate side of love, blood and bloody. The historical case for St. Valentine’s Day is the Catholic Church canonized as saints, two out of three different men named Valentine who may have lived in early Roman Christian times, and who may have suffered martyrdom because of their faith. Their Saint’s day of remembrance is February 14, which just coincidentally happens to be the same as an even more ancient orgiastic festival celebrating lust and fertility during which a couple was paired off to live together for a year. If it worked out they stayed together, if not, they went separate ways. This doesn't seem any different than what young people have always done.

The color red is the color of Valentine’s Day and you can count on seeing red ribbons of every width flowing from small rose bouquets off the shops on Lexington Avenue, or Monroe Avenue near 34th Street and the Empire State Building. NYC turns red for Valentine’s Day and red ceremonial ribbons flow everywhere, attached to a red heart balloon of course, and accompanied by red roses and chocolate bonbons covered cherries. Red ribbon to decorate a St. Valentine’s Day event is the first step to create a magical effect upon your guests. Decorate a grand entrance with extra-wide 8” or 10” red ceremonial ribbon, creating a central royal bow that flows to each corner of the framed entryway and pinned there, allowing the ribbon to drape down the sides. Red balloons can be used to create a half-arch to flank each side of the entryway, and a plush red event carpet up to 6’ wide and 25 yards long laid down the middle of the entrance. The room inside can be a ballroom at the Ritz Carlton in Central Park, or at the luxurious Plaza Hotel of “Home Alone” fame, or it can be a smaller venue such as the L’ATELIER de Joel Robuchon, or Le Bernardin on West 51st Street. The versatility of the ribbon is unmatched and ceremonialsupplies.com has a lavish selection for you to peruse, and let your imagination dictate the course! Red ribbons of different widths, personalized with the special commemorative day and perhaps a message of love, are the essential items for a Valentine’s Day event decoration. Splash the red and shop ceremonialsupplies.com ceremonial ribbon selection.

Red Ribbons In Your Room!

It is perfectly acceptable to decorate the inside of your NYC home or apartment to celebrate February 14, the day of Love! One thing about the lovely home front facades of Long Island neighborhoods is their perfect style for giant bows and door wreaths, to decorate and celebrate each holiday! After the red ribbons and the green ribbons of Christmas, and the silver and gold ribbons of New Year’s winter is at its darkest and coldest. St. Valentine’s Day is a much-loved holiday because it symbolizes a celebration of love, and it is also a holiday that is celebrated in the heart of winter. The color red is the color of blood, and therefore of life, and ribbons are the most versatile of all the tools for decoration. Therefore, red ribbons are a natural choice to decorate your home to celebrate the day dedicated to love. Some people celebrate with a cake, or a special meal and a cake, but St. Valentine’s Day is definitely a holiday for sweet-toothed mortals! Whether you are decorating for a feast at the dinner table, the dancing area, or the path to the resting chambers, decorate with red ribbons from ceremonialsupplies.com – you’ll love the silky flow of the quality ribbon material, the budget friendly prices, our knowledgeable and accommodating customer service personnel, and our swift and efficient shipping to NYC and everywhere else! Get your different width ceremonial ribbons for St. Valentine’s Day, from 2” wide to 12” (1 foot) wide ribbons that are perfect for vertical banners, right under the same roof! Ceremonialsupplies.com is the best one-stop shop online for ceremonial grand opening ribbons and grand opening supplies, groundbreaking shovels and supplies, military ceremony flags and medal display cases and many more products for corporate functions. Let our ribbons capture your imagination this St. Valentine’s Day! Create a magical winter festival of your own, with your own traditions and rituals, including the draping of the red ribbons! The 2” and 4” ceremonial ribbons in red or a combination of reds, pinks, and/or whites can be customized with a commemorative date, message, and serve as a keepsake as well as decoration. Extra-wide ribbons of 6” or 8” are ideal for room decoration, especially if you want to create a ribbon gathering over a chandelier, flowing outward to each corner of the room and pinned there. The 10” ribbons and 12” ribbons are popular as customized table runners, and the 12” ribbon can additionally be printed vertically to create several hanging banners.

It’s hard not to imagine eleventh century regality when decorating with ribbons, the original party decoration item! Red ribbons were all the rage in medieval times and seem to have remained the favorite color ribbon for feasts and holidays! Shop ceremonialsupplies.com for your St. Valentine’s Day red ribbon and let the enchantment of the flowing strands of silky material create the perfect loop of love for your Big Apple decorations. May all the February weddings of St. Patrick’s Cathedral drape the red ribbon for fortune, and passion! Click here for a shipping quote.

The great state of California is rebounding after Covid-19 lockdowns, with a spirit of rebuilding that has always been prevalent of the Golden state. Grand opening supplies for California are on the rise for ceremonialsupplies.com and we would like to take this opportunity to share the most popular items for this special occasion, and a brief background of their significance. Ribbon cuttings and grand openings were likely born from regal welcoming ceremonies when lords and kings passed through the land of a vassal. We know for example, King William “The Conqueror” marched unstopped to the throne of England and organized a feast for his victory – a sort of a grand opening to his reign! The idea behind a ribbon-cutting ceremony, or a grand opening ceremony remains the same; a welcoming of a new business and its introduction to the community. The top grand opening supplies making their way to cities like Eureka, Redding, Modesto, Fresno, and Escondido, California are precisely the essential items for a proper grand opening event. Here they are:

The Essential Grand Opening Ribbon

California is world famous for its glittering stars – Hollywood’s and those in the firmament that appear to shine so brightly upon this eternal land of energy and new beginnings. California has a vibrant history of ancient visitors from Asia that may have colonized the Americas from the Pacific Northwest down to Tierra del Fuego. This energy is vital for a grand opening event and the essential grand opening ribbon! A well-organized grand opening is equipped to handle its program, as well as general needs of the public in attendance. Starting with the ceremonial ribbon, down to the smallest detail, a grand opening in California can tap into the great spirit of golden firsts by evoking the success of its predecessors. The grand opening ribbon of a red, crimson, bright color is sure to catch everyone’s eye. Available in sizes from 2” wide to 12”, and from 10 yards up to 20 yards, the use of the ceremonial grand opening ribbon is limitless. Ceremonialsupplies.com offers a selection of customized ribbons for ribbon-cutting ceremonies. Customized ribbons are personalized with the name of a company, a logo, or a message. The design is repeated throughout the ribbon, which, depending on its length, will have spare to decorate other areas, use as an identifying sash, or as a wrapping ribbon for a special gift. Gold or white, or silver font on a red ceremonial ribbon makes the message pop out, and depending on the size of the grand entrance, you can create a big message on an 8” wide ribbon, or a 10” extra wide ribbon. The same design used for the grand opening ribbon can be imprinted in a vertical fashion, on the 12” (1 foot wide) ribbon and used as banner flags that will further bring together the color scheme. Enjoy the flow of ribbons! For the grand cutting, flags and banners, wrapped sashes, and attached to balloons and other decorations, ribbons of all sizes, personalized and used generously throughout the venue create an unforgettable grand opening stage.

The Ceremonial Scissors

A grand ceremonial ribbon calls for a ribbon-cutting scissors worthy of the honor. Ceremonialsupplies.com, the best one-stop shop for ceremonial ribbons, grand opening scissors, groundbreaking shovels, corporate apparel, awards and trophies and many other products and supplies used in corporate events, is proud to carry an extensive assortment of ribbon-cutting scissors for grand opening events. Our ceremonial scissors are available in giant size (25”) and jumbo size (30”) with your choice of silver blades or golden blades. The blades can be customized with a logo, company name and commemorative date, and by the way, they do cut ribbon and happen to be quite sharp! The over-sized scissors include multiple color choices for the handles, including some dual options. Over-sized scissors are perfect for a ribbon-cutting ceremony were it would be appropriate for more than one person to hold the honor. Ceremonialsupplies.com giant and jumbo scissors can be held by one, two, three, and up to four persons, depending how they are grouped for the occasion. The color of the scissors’ handle is commonly combined with the color of the ribbon for optimal visual impact. For smaller grand entrances, customized ribbons of 4” or 6” are typical and a more traditional size ceremonial scissors like the 10” golden handles engravable is used. Whether you’re organizing a small grand opening affair for a company branch, or the inauguration of a new ballpark in California or anywhere else for that matter, ceremonialsupplies.com has the perfect ceremonial scissors for your ribbon-cutting event.

Stanchions, Banners, and Scissors Display Stand

Stanchions, or crowd posts, are the proper tools to use to keep the grand opening ribbon in place. Flanking each side of the grand entrance, a stanchion post holds one end of the ceremonial ribbon. The ribbon is best attached with tape and should be taut as it makes its way across the grand entrance, to be attached, with tape, to the other post. The result should be a straight, easy to read ribbon. For photos, and at the moment of the ribbon-cutting, the ceremonial ribbon should not be touched, in order to maintain its straight line. The end of the ribbon attached to each post is decorated with a giant bow of the same color. The giant bow serves to cover the taped end of the ceremonial ribbon, and to beautify the décor of the standing post. Vertical banners provide a simple and effective way to display the name of the brand, or the event holding the grand opening. It is a tool easily set up and taken down yet has the impact of a full-sized step and repeat banner – which we also do at ceremonialsupplies.com, upon special request. To further enhance the décor of the grand entrance, the ribbon-cutting scissors are placed on their own display stand, along with the ceremonial ribbon, the fully dressed stanchions, and the grand opening banner. Not only is it a great way to hold the scissors and know exactly where they are at the moment of the ribbon-cutting, but the scissors on their stand are the perfect prop! The ceremonial scissors and the event banner can be staged to one end of the ceremonial ribbon to create an area for the official event photo. The idea is to have a portion, if not the full logo or name, show up on the ribbon, the scissors, and the event banner. At the time of the ribbon-cutting, the group photograph is built up from first having the main VIPs holding the ceremonial scissors behind the full ribbon, adding on to the group. This process is particularly important if the event is being photographed or video recorded by the media.

Ready-to-Go Grand Opening Supplies and Kits

California is known for its gold rush days, and for Hollywood, the birthplace of movies and movie stars. Los Angeles has been the city of celebrities and movie stars with Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive as the most exclusive places to be seen. In the land of glamour and sophistication, what do you do when you are short on time, but still want to throw a grand opening event with the elegance it deserves? Especially if you have the LA Times, or the Berkeley Daily Planet in attendance – or any other media outlet depending where you are! Ceremonialsupplies.com offers pre-printed grand opening ribbons in blue, red, green, and orange. To complete your grand opening set up, consider the full grand opening kit that includes the pre-printed 6” grand opening ribbon in your choice of color blue, red, green or orange, with the words “Grand Opening” printed repeatedly on 12 yards of ribbon; the jumbo scissors 30” with the words “Grand Opening” or “Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony,” two (2) gold domed top stanchions to hold the ceremonial ribbon, two (2) pull-away bows to decorate the posts; a red carpet runner 3’ wide by 10’ long, and four (4) Grand Opening balloons to attach to the stanchions. This ready-to-go grand opening kit is your answer when you need a fast, efficient, and elegant way to organize a corporate office grand opening, or a company department, and other official corporate grand openings. Shop ceremonialsupplies.com for the best ceremonial supplies for California and any other state in the country! Shop our grand opening supplies and enjoy our friendly prices, our dedicated customer service, and our fast and efficient shipping anywhere from the beautiful Mt. Shasta area, Eureka, Redding, Sacramento, down to Los Angeles, and San Diego. Click here for a shipping quote.

The mysterious and ancient land of Arizona is said to hold the gold of the gods. The fabled city of El Dorado is believed to be located within any one of the massive mountain ranges of this beautiful state. It’s because of this aura of treasures and discovery, that ceremonialsupplies.com scissors display cases for Arizona grand openings have been a popular item. We think so anyway. Considering land is alive, the energy of the Grand Canyon State is one of gilded antiquity and untold treasures. From the sprawling city of Phoenix, to the peaks surrounding Sierra Vista, and the canyons of Yuma, and Tucson there is a palpable sense of connection with ancient events. It is a good vibration with which to start a business, open a shop, a franchise, a company branch or, your own new home! Grand Openings of a new business location is the most common reason to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony but in Arizona, where every turn can bring a revelation of inner-self, organizing a grand opening celebration is a natural. A grand opening celebration can be held for welcoming a new baby home and inaugurating the nursery, to a home construction official first entry, or a new grocery store or business. It’s important to have the right scissors for your grand opening occasion. Once you have made the best choice, the next step is obtaining a display case. The ceremonial scissors in an elegant display case worthy of its prized possession, with its own, additional inscription, is the perfect presentation for the Owner, or the company’s VIP representing the grand opening.

Choosing the Ceremonial Grand Opening Scissors

Ceremonialsupplies.com knows that choosing the best ribbon-cutting scissors for your grand opening event depends on the occasion, and the size of the event. For example, if the grand opening celebration is to inaugurate the baby’s nursery upon his homecoming, a 2.5" wide ribbon or 4” wide ribbon across the doorway is a proportionate size. This grand opening ribbon can be customized with the baby’s name and the date, along with any other desired design. The finished product looks lovely and delicate, just like the infant! In this case, the perfect grand opening scissors would be a traditional size 10” golden handle scissors, with baby’s name and homecoming date customized on the blade. A display case that holds the traditional 10” grand opening scissors in either walnut or cherry would beautifully display and preserve the ceremonial scissors used for the auspicious occasion. A grand opening for say a federal courthouse building will have an entrance with a large width span. For this size of entryway, an extra-wide ceremonial ribbon in an 8” or 10” size is the most appropriate. This extra-wide ribbon will ensure visibility of the commemorative message, logo, date, etc., imprinted upon it, and a 10” golden scissors will be too small for this occasion. Instead, the giant 25” ribbon-cutting scissors, or the jumbo 30” scissors to stand out for photos and videos. This is why ceremonialsupplies.com, the best one-stop shop for ceremonial items on the web, offers a variety of ribbon-cutting scissors from which to pick the best one for your grand opening occasion.

Display Cases for Jumbo Grand Opening Scissors

Giant ribbon-cutting scissors, and jumbo scissors, are over 2 feet tall and make quite an impression when used in a ceremonial grand opening. Before the ribbon-cutting when the scissors are not in use, they are displayed in their own ceremonial scissor stand, and used as props in the official event photo stage. In addition, for a sophisticated grand entrance, a red carpet runner would look stunning as part of the décor. There will be speeches and photos, maybe videos and local media and through it all, the giant scissors are the super stars of the event. The golden earth of Arizona and the red tinge of its mountainous regions are a natural inspiration for a red and gold grand opening design. Accompanying the crimson ribbon with gold print is a golden blade ceremonial scissors that measures 30” long (2’ feet, and 6”). The handles are crimson red, in perfect color harmony with the grand opening ribbon. Displayed amongst the parading guests who stop at the photo stage to get their official grand opening photo of the event. The photo area should be decorated with a glitzy vertical banner, and the grand opening scissors each flanking the spot designated for the guest to stand. The ceremonial scissors are undoubtedly, the stars of the event! They are photographed before the event, and as they are used to cut the grand opening ribbon, and yes, the giant scissors and jumbo scissors do in fact cut ribbon and, quite sharply too! After the event, it is customary to present the ceremonial scissors to the Owner or the CEO, Manager or equal rank individual of the company, or business. Wooden display cases that hold the over-sized scissors are the ideal presentation case for a VIP memento of the event. Ceremonialsupplies.com display cases are available in walnut and cherry, from finely crafted materials that give your valued treasures a deserving holding place to protect and preserve them, and display them with honor and pride.

These elegant display cases for the grand opening scissors include room to display the giant or the jumbo scissors, a clipping of the ceremonial ribbon, a photograph or newspaper clipping, and a commemorative plaque with several lines of engraved text. The ceremonial scissors can also be presented to the VIP using a holding stand that will fit any office or conference room. It is the same display stand used to hold the ceremonial scissors when not in use, and an elegant tool for an office setting.

Getting Local Attention for the Business

Those shimmering golden blades and red handle stars are made to be seen, so how do you get local attention to announce your grand opening in the community? Start by inviting the Mayor, the Fire Marshall, the Sheriff, your Commissioner, your church leader, Congress Representative, and your Senator. This is for Arizona and all other states, and under different government designations, this is also the same everywhere in the world. Etiquette and courtesy demands recognition of governing bodies and a proper grand opening affair includes the presence of these officials or others they have deputized to attend in their place. Where high profile officials go, so does the media. Events that succeed in receiving media attention will be able to make the best of it with clips from any of the grand opening events. From the photo stage, to the red carpet entrance and the ribbon-cutting these are the kind of footage an audience likes. Make the best of it with a giant, glitzy grand opening scissors cutting the ceremonial ribbon of your company or business.

It is customary at a grand opening event to have from one to several persons make a speech or a toast to the Owner and the success of the business. From religious community leaders to government officials, once these personalities accept an invitation, they know they are expected to address those in attendance, and say something about the grand opening. It is a gracious gesture, and it should be acknowledged with a token of appreciation such as a commemorative plaque or another form of special award. To the Owner of the business, or the person who cut the ribbon, the ceremonial scissors are presented in a display case shadow box that will protect and display these, the items used at the grand opening of your business! Shop ceremonialsupplies.com for all your grand opening needs and more! We have a top-notch assortment of grand opening scissors, ceremonial ribbons, stanchions and rope, event carpet runner, banners, and all the supplies you need for a great grand opening event. You will love our wallet-friendly prices, our knowledgeable and friendly customer service, and our efficient shipment to Arizona and everywhere else in the country. Click here for a shipment quote.

It’s not the city that doesn’t sleep because it sleeps in, late, or the city that time forgot, but you can forget where you are. New skyscrapers are reshaping its landscape, and YouTube and Instagram models and rappers have made it their party town! Ceremonialsupplies.com, the best one-stop shop on the net for event supplies, offers quality event products such as carpet runners, stanchions and crowd posts, step and repeat, banners, and many other corporate items, all at an accessible price! Here’s the scoop of the latest Miami FL venues for a unique red carpet event in the hottest city in the nation, and the items you will need for an extraordinary and unforgettable event!

Welcome to Miami

Red carpet events originated with a Greek play that acknowledged the laying of a path of crimson for a King, a practice adopted in time by world dignitaries and royalty before Hollywood premieres made red carpet arrivals into glamorous events. Hollywood has been in love with Miami since silent films were all the rage! Every big Hollywood star from Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, to Stallone, Madonna, and Jennifer Lopez, and countless in between, had, or has a home in South Florida. Star Island was home to Al Capone, who granted, was not a Hollywood star but inspired many Hollywood blockbusters. President Nixon enjoyed getaways to Key Biscayne, and Bush Sr. would do the same in Islamorada’s Cheeca Lodge. Margaret Thatcher preferred to stay in the private, discreet yet palatial residences of the movers and shakers during the 1990’s in Miami Beach, when the most famous designer in the world, Gianni Versace, bought a home in South Beach. South Beach ocean front hotels were the places to star gaze as Hollywood film stars, directors, and producers began to exploit the alluring environment of the city where it was easy to film twenty-four hours, seven days a week, three hundred and sixty five days of the year. By the time Will Smith’s hit ‘Welcome to Miami,’ topped the charts, Miami was already catering to the world’s elite! The Delano Hotel, The Palms, the Lowe’s, and the Faena served their generations well, but today, the vibrant energy is to be found in the happening communities of Overtown and Midtown Miami, with the gorgeously lavish and newly completed Paramount Worldcenter as the top venue for red carpet events and private functions.

The Historic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables

A red carpet entrance for a private function event requires a red carpet! At ceremonialsupplies.com we have an enticing selection of deluxe, plush, thick event carpets in red, blue, black, purple, pink, and green, as well as quality standard carpet runners in red, and blue. The classic deluxe ceremonial carpet is available in widths ranging from 3’ to 6’ and up to 50’ in length, and the standard ceremonial carpet runner comes in 3’ x 10’, 3’ x 15’, and 3’ x 20’. The range of sizes makes it easy for event planners and organizers to order a ready-to-use carpet runner. The different color carpet runners in primary color shades make it possible to coordinate with every variety of color scheme décor. A red carpet entrance with a an actual red carpet is the traditional way of welcoming royalty, celebrities, dignitaries, and valuable guests and attendants to an event, but you can also have a red carpet entrance with a blue event carpet, or a purple event carpet, or a pink event carpet! You can decorate your red carpet entrance with the ceremonial carpet color you wish! Match logos and company colors with the décor of your red carpet entrance. Developer George Merrick built the historic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, in 1925 to complement the beautiful landscape of Coral Gables, a place he named “City Beautiful.” It is the perfect venue for a glitzy red carpet event with golden touches. The Biltmore Hotel was designed with Italian, Spanish, and Moorish elements and its architectural style and décor invite the use of rich jewel colors of red ruby, blue sapphire, and emerald green, or the elegance of black to create a red carpet entrance that blends naturally with the traditional rich style of this venue.

The Ultra Chic AC Hotel in Wynwood

The European inspired AC Hotel in the heart of the art district of Miami is a modern venue perfect for events that surround the world of art such as gallery and exhibit openings, book signings, local performances, and functions that are closely associated with the creativity of the art world. In this venue, a red carpet entrance of say, green carpet and stainless steel chrome posts would blend with the décor of the hotel and the Wynwood art district. This is a venue where Mondrian style colors would fit the overall environment.

The Legendary Fontainebleau in Miami Beach

Still top for special events and functions, the legendary Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach offers a Gaudi-like décor of exquisite chandeliers, marble floors, and roman columns. This historic posh venue has been the preferred venue for world famous celebrities since it opened its doors in 1954 in the oceanfront in the heart of Millionaire’s Row. It was the largest and most luxurious hotel in South Florida and it was home away from home for Frank Sinatra, who if alive today, would be living in the Fontainebleau! This venue is perfect for high profile events and a red carpet entrance in sapphire blue event carpet, a black carpet, or the traditional red carpet runner are all perfect for the décor of this event venue. A black carpet runner would stand out the most in the environment of the Fontainebleau. Flanked with golden dome-top stanchions, or similar glitzy crowd posts, this black carpet entrance would create an impressive welcome for an event where glamour and sophistication are a must!

Miami is the energetic party city of the world and as such, it reworks itself constantly to stay relevant as an exclusive destination. The venues offered by the city located in Miami Beach, or in the mainland are sure to inspire your creative imagination and ceremonialsupplies.com has the red carpet products and supplies to make it truly an unforgettable red carpet event!

Our beloved sister city is struggling to leave behind the dark days it lived under severe lockdowns, especially now when Halloween ceremonial ribbons for NYC decorations will enchant the residents of the Big Apple and call them to celebrate seasonal dates that are immensely more frightening than any virus. The whole 13 weeks of autumn, from Equinox to Samhain, also known as All Hallows Eve, or “Halloween,” are ceremonial celebrations to the forces of darkness, beyond terrifying in their significance. At least according to the manuals of occult, satanic rites. Especially because if successful – and this untouchable global community of Satanists appear unstoppable in their insatiable greed and perversions, the dark autumn, will lead to a darker winter. Scared already? Wondering if you will be able to get your hands on the perfect orange ceremonial ribbon? Alternatively, a shiny, beautifully intense shade of pure black-hole-black, extra-wide ribbon for the sacrificial altar? Worry no more NYC planners! There is time yet to prepare for Halloween in NYC, another night of ultimate evil!

Orange and the Meaning of the Autumnal Equinox

Our calendar is split up into four parts of thirteen (13) weeks each. You heard right. Thirteen. These are seasonal dates that correspond to spring, summer, fall, and winter. The rituals of darkness operate in all seasons but none more important than autumn and winter. Starting with September 21. According to Witchipedia, the Fall (or Autumn) Equinox celebration that takes place when the Sun enters Libra on September 21 is a time to give thanks to the waning sunshine, a time to give thanks for the harvests of the year’s crops. Pagans, called “wiccans”, celebrate the Fall Equinox. And they do so with festive ribbons, prepared in anticipation of the feast with oils to form imprints. At ceremonialsupplies.com we use other, less primitive forms of printing and engraving. The Wiccan Fall festival was named Mabon in the 1970’s although it has always been celebrated since humans made a ritualistic connection between cycles of the earth, and our dependence on them. September 21 also commemorates the time of delicate balance between strong opposing forces, such as life and death, and light and dark, cold and hot, red and blue, with the acceptance that after this period of balance, there will be a dip into darkness and death for a while until March 21, the Spring Equinox when everyone will plant food again! The color orange is the most prominent color in nature during this time. Light orange, golden orange, deep orange, blood orange, orange red, are all shades associated with the harvest colors, the falling leaves of autumn, and, ceremonial ribbons! Ceremonialsupplies.com has a range of ceremonial ribbons color orange, golden, reds, and lusty black in different width sizes to help you decorate anything from a conference room office costume parade, to an exquisite ballroom masquerade ball this Halloween.

Satanists’ most sacred and holiest of days is October 31, the time when earth begins to enter its darkest days; a time when nothing is sown because crops don’t survive the cold – represented later in the winter months by icy silver and snow white. Fall is a time of harvest, guided by the spirit of laborious enterprise. It’s a time when the heat and warmth of the sun becomes vulnerable to darkness and cold. Wiccans, who aren’t necessarily Satanists, celebrate this festival too, but they relate it to Gaelic traditions and Latin American tradition holds November 1 as the “Day of the Dead” – which is the day after Halloween night. Halloween is a time to remember those who have passed on; it celebrates the end of long days and light, and prepares for the dark, cold, months ahead. Black ceremonial ribbons and orange ribbons are in abundance on Halloween, although Thanksgiving festivals celebrated in November also feature the colors of nature’s harvest where orange is king! Streaming ceremonial extra-wide orange ribbons and black ribbons from a chandelier, extending it off to the sides, creates a canopy effect under which the spells of costumed entities mingle in ghostly, ghoulish, or otherworldly enchantments. The white satin ribbon strapped mummy will look lavish among the guests, and will suddenly disappear amongst the long strings of ceremonial ribbons holding black and orange balloons. Ceremonialsupplies.com will enchant you with the perfect ceremonial ribbons for the gathering of all Halloweeners in anticipation of the stroke of midnight, upon which time the dead will openly blend and circulate among the living! They’ll appreciate the decorations in their honor and will let you know in their own, special way.

Full Bloom Thanksgiving NYC Cornucopias of Fall Colors

New Yorkers, like all people who live in seasonal climates, are alert and attentive to the first signs of autumn; it comes with the turning of leaves from green to yellows, oranges, reds, and browns and a mixture of a magical purple color. These colors, represented in different width sized ceremonial ribbons create an atmosphere ripe to feature the feast of Thanksgiving, celebrated on the last Thursday of November. It is a time of gathering and reinforcement for the coming long, dark, nights. Thanksgiving in NYC is a vibe like no other. The city is home to 9 million people from different religions, and different ethnic backgrounds that range from simple and honorable traditions, to cruel initiation challenges of death and killings. Somehow, someway, New Yorkers find a way to give thanks. Every day is a day of thanks, but all religious customs, and these are all based on ancient rituals of gratitude exchanged between humans and the world we live in, point to the month of November as one particularly dedicated to the acknowledgement of the end of a cycle; the celebration of a repetition already rushing toward us. Red continues to be a vibrant color during this season, in its tones of burgundies, rust, purples, greens, and browns. Giant bows, small bows or a mixed use of different sizes of ribbons using these deeper tones makes a great way to frame or highlight windows and doors, maintaining the continuity of the fall color décor. Not to mention that NYC skyscrapers favor these colors for the lighting that dominates the famous landscape at night; like the color of distant galaxies in space. Immerse your guests in the natural colors of the Thanksgiving season from feast to fast, and shop ceremonialsupplies.com for luxurious color ribbons that will vibrate to the tune of the season.

On this Halloween, NYC and the world, will be starting to come out of a long, deep, and forced sleep. The force upon which this festival will openly reign on October 31, and then starting exactly at the stroke of midnight welcoming November 1, the day of the dead, will be one to remember! Especially if you will be photographing and video graphing the event! The perfect time for a masquerade ball, starting with fingers as food, washed down with a cold glass of sparkling water and blood, all served in the cocktails foyer decorated with orange ribbons. After the tasty finger snacks, the doors open to a stately ballroom, decorated with black hanging banners, ceremonial black ribbons and black bows. Among which décor, black figures in black clothing, black masks, black hats, and black capes float in the most unhuman-like ways (they’re the servers), extending you an innocent invitation to join them.

It’s all fun and games this Halloween in NYC until you have to get an exorcism! Keep your libations to a minimum and your ceremonial ribbon to a max; decorating for the scariest night of the year requires you to stay alive. Count on ceremonialsupplies.com to get the ceremonial ribbons you need, in the widths you want, and have them personalized with a message, a logo, or the face of a witch or warlock you may know. You will love our beautiful assortment of extra-wide ribbons, our friendly prices, our efficient and prompt shipping and best of all, our knowledgeable and friendly customer service reps who are eager to help you. For a shipping quote, click here.

In the world of event planning, you can combine a groundbreaking ceremony with the holidays – any holiday. Christmas is a popular holiday for groundbreaking ceremonies due to fiscal budget legalities. The groundbreaking is in the budget, the builder and construction crew are onboard, but technicalities have delayed the event! These are things that can, and often happen with new construction, and sometimes there’s pressure to cut first ground before the year is out. Combining a groundbreaking ceremony with the holiday spirit of Christmas is a wonderful idea to create a special and memorable occasion for many years to come! Here are a few advantages on how to best, bring together a groundbreaking ceremony with the holidays.

Holiday Colors and Your Brand and Logo

Christmas and holiday colors in their metallic renditiosn of gold, red, evergreen, silver, blue, and “winter” white are perfect to accompany your groundbreaking ceremony décor! Your brand color or your logo can be associated with ceremonial items of the same tone but with the holiday metallic gleam. For example, if your company or brand logo is blue, choosing a golden color shovel or a silver chrome shovel and dressing it with a bright blue hardhat and bright blue gigantic bow while the shovel is on its presentation stand will create a holiday-toned display for viewing and as a photo op.

Golden shovels pop out with bright red or bright evergreen details, and chrome color shovels dressed with bright blue and winter white details are perfectly dressed for the holidays. Tougher to match are multi-color logos such as orange and black, coral and teal, or yellow and grey to mention a couple. In this case, multi-color groundbreaking shovels available at ceremonialsupplies.com may be in order, and the holiday hues kept strictly to the setting rather than the products themselves. Although, combining black and orange color shovels with a Halloween display will definitely make for amazing great fun! Almost all logo and company colors can be shaded properly for a holiday event, and combining a traditional holiday like Christmas with an ancient ritual like a groundbreaking ceremony will bring double the positive energy to the occasion, and to the business.

Silver and Gold For All!

Golden shovels for groundbreaking are definitely big attention grabbers just by themselves during any occasion but for a holiday groundbreaking, gold symbolizes wealth, extravagance and riches, and it is a metal. Its qualities are regal and associated with power and rulers. An engraved golden blade shovel is the preferred tool to shovel first dirt in a holiday groundbreaking. Ceremonialsupplies.com golden shovel blade embodies the warmth of the holidays and adding a bright red, green, or blue hardhat and bow will certainly evoke the colors of the season!

Silver is the refined, metallic color of riches, a precious metal thought to be a mirror of the soul. It is similar to grey but with cooler properties associated with industry, sleek and clinical modernism, high tech with glamour and sophistication. Ceremonialsupplies.com offers a selection of chrome and mirror-polish steel groundbreaking shovels that go perfect with holiday silver bells! Dressed in bright blue bow and bright blue hardhat, in bright evergreen, or winter white accessories will emphasize the festive spirit of the holidays in your groundbreaking event. Bring the spirit of the holidays to your groundbreaking ceremony by combining silver and gold in your ceremonial supplies.

Holiday Shades of Red, Green, Blue, and White

Are you shaking your head wondering what shade of white is “holiday” white? That’s easy! It’s the shade of white that closely resembles the color of new, pristine, snow. This leaves out vanilla white, antique white, ivory white, and such others. In choosing the right shovel blade and accent décor for a holiday groundbreaking ceremony event, it’s important to consider the continuity of the chosen colors. For example, if the combination will be silver and blue, with a polished chrome shovel blade, or a polished steel shovel blade, make sure you will be able to obtain all your other event supplies in the same color combination. This means color continuity with decorative ribbons, centerpieces, gifts and keepsakes, and if you’re using additional ceremonial items like event carpet runner, banners, balloons and archways, and all other details including corporate uniforms. Continuity of color throughout the event will bring the color scheme together and it will be easy to incorporate the holiday spirit!

Gold, frankincense, and myrrh, were made famous as the gifts of the Magi. They were gifts of extraordinary value in ancient times and valuable to use in modern times too! Keep in mind that groundbreaking ceremonies are ancient architectural rituals, and since everything is energy, the energy of these timeless ingredients are as powerful today as they were in the year 5 BC! Lavishly decorated golden groundbreaking shovels dressed with red bows, hardhat, and décor continuity with a red event carpet runner, golden crowd posts, and a richly decorated theme of gold and red extra-wide ribbons will create a warm and pleasing holiday design for any groundbreaking ceremony. Captivating the senses is the same as creating a memory trigger. The alluringly peaceful scents of frankincense and myrrh subtly introduced into the overall design scheme will be sure to enhance the event. These can be used in many ways, including as keepsake gifts in their own red velvet pouches, or by burning in a censer during the event.

Combining a groundbreaking ceremony with Christmas holidays is a graceful and effective way to create a richly elegant event that will be remembered by all participants. The ease of creating a festive holiday decoration and using the ribbons and accents in colors of the season will make the essential items such as the groundbreaking shovel, (or shovels – depending how many VIPs will be wielding the sod-cutting tool) stand out! Additional ceremonial items like a carpet runner, crowd posts, display case, and step and repeat and banners all emphasizing the same color scheme will have a powerful influence on the guests and the event. The full spectrum of the holiday design colors for a groundbreaking ceremony will be particularly impressive in photos and videos of the event. This is of course important for a lasting promotional effect that will be connected with the brand or company, and a very special holiday!

No matter what time of the year or what holiday, ceremonialsupplies.com has the best online selection of groundbreaking shovels, grand opening ribbons, ribbon-cutting scissors, event carpet runners, military medals and display cases, corporate wearables, hardhats, crowd posts and many more ceremonial items! Shop ceremonialsupplies.com and receive one of a kind personal and knowledgeable customer service, quality-crafted products at budget friendly prices, and prompt and efficient shipping wherever you are. Happy Holidays!