The band has stopped playing, the last guests are leaving, and there, in the middle of each table, are the still-lush sweet peas and ruffly ranunculus you took so much time to choose. Instead of abandoning your centerpieces to an uncertain post-party fate, encourage guests to tote them home -- they wanted to anyway -- by setting out centerpieces that double as favors. We used vases, but any small vessel will do; fill with blooms and place the mini-arrangements on cake stands. 

Cake stands, Mosser, broadwaypanhandler.com. Vases, Pearl River. Flowers, Laura Seita.

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