You're invited to our 2016 HUGE 25th Anniversary Warehouse Clearance Sale!

SALE DATES Thursday, March 31 | 4-7 pm. Friday, April 1 | 10 am-4 pm. Saturday, April 2 | 10 am-3 pm

Where: Gala Cloths Showroom & Warehouse, 12360 Owings Mills Blvd., Reisterstown, MD 21136

Gala Cloths is Nominated for the International Special Events Society's (ISES) 2012 Esprit Award® for Tabletop Design in Best Team Effort. 

Read the article here.

(R-L): Dulany Noble, Jean Mayer,
Rachel Shaw, Carl Brashears Jr.
Photo Credit: Christine Barker Photography. Dulany Noble, owner of Gala Cloths, event specialty table linen rentals, was honored with the first National Association of Catering Executives, Baltimore Chapter, “Noble Award,” at Uncorked! 2012, the organization’s signature annual fundraiser, on March 19.

Dulany has been a member of NACE for more than twenty years, chaired numerous committees, held the position of Director of Community Service for a number of years, and received NACE's national-level "George Zell Award." As chairman of fundraising for the Baltimore Chapter, Dulany developed the concept for Uncorked! – an auction, wine, dinner, and event designer competition. Event proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels, the Foundation of NACE, and the Baltimore Chapter of the NACE Education Fund.

The benchmark “Noble Award” is named for Dulany in further recognition of the mark she has made on the industry during her tenure, including her consistent sponsorship for Uncorked! and other Baltimore NACE events, her continual willingness to offer services and goods, her expertise and advice offered to benefit the chapter, her track record of building strong vendor relationships within the NACE network, and the impact of her commitment, compassion, and humanitarian spirit.

NACE's mission is to provide catering and event professionals superior education, networking, and resources. It is the oldest and largest professional association that addresses all aspects of the catering industry.

Gala Cloths Rocks Three Tablescapes at Uncorked! 2012, Inspired by this Year’s Theme, “Bucket List: Live Your Life to the Fullest.”

For Uncorked! 2012 on March 19 -- the National Association of Catering Executives Baltimore Chapter's annual fundraising 4-course wine dinner and tablescape competition showcasing the talents of caterers and event professionals -- Gala Cloths expressed creativity and Bucket List dreams with three inventive tabletop designs.

  
Photo Credit: Eric Stocklin Photography

For Dulany Noble's "I Want to be a Master Gardener" tablescape, she selected:

• Tablecloths in a triple layer, consisting of Ivory Satin topped by "Mariposa" (Sheer) and topped off with "Godiva" (Lace).
• Chair pads custom made by Gala Cloths for the occasion, in "Sherwood" (Damask) with a Bengaline backing
• Wide-edged lace ivory napkins

Dulany designed the florals and collaborated with these colleagues and friends on presentation ideas and execution:

• Party Rentals, Ltd. supplied tablesetting chargers.
• Write Style Design Studio, created menu cards, placecards, an original poem, and specialty printing.
• Flowers & Fancies, supplied floral and plant materials.
• David Wisner, owner of K&L Contracting, contributed his structural design talents for assembly of the centerpiece.

For their Baltimore-themed Bucket List tablescape, “Gala Gals” Meghan and Sarah rocked one of Gala Cloths’ newest Taffetas – “Black & White Myth” – and Black Bengaline Napkins.

  
Photo Credit: Eric Stocklin Photography

For her “Island Hoppin’” tablescape, Gala Design & Rental Consultant for Maryland, Teri Mullican, chose “Tiffany Blue Organza” over “Champagne Velour” and Bengaline Napkins in assorted colors, and carried through a flowing chair back treatment in streaming organza. Teri collaborated with Alison Webb, AIFD at Rutland Beard Florist.

  
Photo Credit: Eric Stocklin Photography

You're Invited to Shop our 21st Anniversary Sidewalk & Warehouse Sale!

NEW this year: Bonus Pre-Sale! Thursday, April 5, 3-7PM

Friday and Saturday, April 6 & 7 - 10AM-4PM

Maryland Showroom - 12360 Owings Mills Boulevard, Reisterstown, MD 21136

New, Nearly-New, Gently-Used:

Prices Start at $8.

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Gala Cloths has been selected to receive the prestigious
WeddingWire Bride's Choice Award for 2012

for Rental Linens, placing us among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community. Gala Cloths was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients and has won The Bride’s Choice Award for four consecutive years since the award's inception.

As seen in ...
Baltimore Bride/Baltimore Magazine, January 2012

Drew Vanlandingham Design Studio chose Gala Cloths linens, napkins, and custom chair back rosettes to create a rich, jewel-like wedding feast tableau. Tablecloth: Taffeta "Champagne Velour." Coordinating Taffeta Overlay: "Myth." Napkins: "Plum Satin." The elegant chair back rosettes in Rose & Silver Crushed Broomstick Bengaline are an exclusive custom order. Photo Credit: STACY ZARIN PHOTOGRAPHY.

Also in this issue, Gala's Cloths' Satin "Fuji Silver" tablecloth was selected for a "Ladies Who Lunch" bridal shower... a uniquely textured linen that is as decadent and chic as the desserts and china in this photoshoot -- but still fabulously affordable, of course, from Gala Cloths! Photo Credit: JENNIFER HUGHES.

Thank you, Baltimore Magazine, for sharing these photoshoots with us!

Pantone®, the world’s color authority, announced its
"Color of the Year for 2012" -- "Tangerine Tango."

Pantone's official color pronouncement each year sets color trends and inspires consumer choices in everything from bridal fashion and reception decor, to red carpet couture. Visit the Gallery of Linens for Gala Cloths' interpretations of the "Tangerine Tango" trend in an array of fabrics and hues: Orange Organza, Saffron Squares, Tiger Lily Satin, Bengaline Mango, Cirque Orange Taffeta, Papaya Satin. Yum!

Calling All Event Pros & 2012 Brides!
"My Fabulous Dream Linen" Contest

Just imagine … An exclusive, style-setting, space-transforming table linen – designed by you and named for YOU or your company!

We're wrapping up our 20th anniversary year with our first-ever "My Fabulous Dream Linen" contest. All hospitality and event professionals are invited to play -- caterers, restaurateurs, florists, hoteliers, venue managers, wedding and event planners. Brides, too!

It's all happening on our new Facebook page.

Describe your dream fabric in detail – the colors, texture, embellishments. Or, send us a picture! We will find, make -- whatever it takes -- the winner's Fabulous Dream Linen, name it after YOU, add it to the Gala Cloths Gallery of Linens, and give you 50% off your first rental of that tablecloth for an event during 2012.* The winning “Fabulous Dream Linen” will remain in our collection with your name as long as we carry it in our inventory.

Your event or wedding that showcases the winning Fabulous Dream Linen will be celebrated in a 2012 Gala Cloths e-blast.

How to Enter:

Imagine the perfect table linen look that will transform an event space or wedding reception for your event or wedding that will occur in 2012.*

Like Us on our new Facebook page.

Post your Fabulous Dream Linen description on our Facebook page no later than November 30, 2011. Describe the fabric, colors, texture … or post a picture.

The Gala Cloths design team will select and notify the winner by December 31, 2011.

Your Fabulous Dream Linen cannot already be carried in the Gala Cloths collection.
Your event must occur between April 1-December 31, 2012.

Like Us today, and start dreaming!

Fabulous & Affordable (even Frugal!)

Rental linens from Gala Cloths, that is, according to wedding planner Amber Rorabaugh of "Frugal Frills," guest on CBS (Channel 3 TV) "Talk Philly" during Wedding Week this month. Nancy Bauman, Gala's regional design and rental consultant pulled these linens from the Philly Showroom for four high impact reception decor looks styled by Amber for the segment: Satin Papaya with Melusine overlay, Rabanne, White Satin with a Black/White Runner, and Lavender Satin with Fantasia overlay. Watch the video!

Gala Cloths is "trending" with wedding linens fit for royalty!

Watch the video! Influenced by the excitement building for the upcoming Royal Wedding, NBC TV-10 Philadelphia featured a wedding decor and design segment on April 11, 2011, presented by Mark Kingsdorf from Queen of Hearts Wedding Consultants. Only linens from Gala Cloths were shown, which also reflected color and fabric trends for the 2011 Bridal Season stateside for bridal teas, rehearsal dinners and wedding receptions. Phyllis Jablonowski, CSEP, from Eventricity provided the accompanying floral décor for the segment.

Satins and Exquisite Overlays Rule! Gala linens you’ll see in the video: Tattinger over Buttercream Satin, Plum Satin with Plum Napkin, Silver Cloud Satin with Black/White Damask Runner, and Turquoise Satin with Stella Natural. You can choose the royal treatment for yourself by contacting your regional Gala Cloths Designer & Rental Consultant.

Gala Cloths captures the "Most Artistic" table design award at the 2011 20th Annual Great Chefs' Dinner to benefit The Family Tree

At the annual Great Chefs' Dinner on April 4, 2011, to benefit The Family Tree, Gala Cloths' table design took the "Most Artistic" category award of the event. The design was inspired by Martha Stewart’s Gardening Month-by-Month, published in 1991. The 2010 Great Chefs’ Dinner “Most Artistic” award also went to Gala Cloths.

Guest Chef James Beard Award-winning Chef Jeff Michaud of Osteria in Philadelphia, presided over the event, which raised more than $700,000 for The Family Tree.

Dulany Noble, owner of Gala Cloths, mobilized these hospitality industry colleagues and a specialty contractor to pull together her tabletop design:

• Loren Lippman, Party Rentals, Ltd. supplied chargers and chairs.
• Ellene Pomerantz, Write Style Design Studio created the menu cards.
• Stanton Wingrat, Flowers & Fancies contributed the floral design topping the table centerpiece.
• David Wisner, owner of K&L Contracting contributed his structural design talents.
• Loren, Ellene and Stanton are fellow members of the Baltimore Chapter of the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).

The Family Tree is Maryland's leading nonprofit dedicated to improving the community by providing families with proven solutions to prevent child abuse and neglect. The Family Tree's service model focuses on working with the whole family. The entire staff of Gala Cloths has supported The Family Tree for more than a dozen years in many ways, including volunteering hands-on at the organization's community events.

Gala Cloths has been selected as the official linen sponsor for the opening and closing keynote speaker sessions and the Luau Party for the International Special Events Society's (ISES)Northeast Region Regional Education Conference, March 13-15th, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

As seen in Southern Weddings, Pink Satin from Gala Cloths "lets the good times roll" at a New Orleans bridal photo shoot.

Gala Cloths captures the "Most Artistic" table design award at the
19th Annual Great Chefs' Dinner to benefit The Family Tree

Among 37 Maryland designers presenting 39 themed dining tables for the 19th annual Great Chefs' Dinner on April 26, 2010, to benefit The Family Tree, Gala Cloths' table design took the "Most Artistic" category award of the event. Gala Cloths' design was inspired by the New York Botanical Gardens, interpreting this year's event theme, "A New York State of Mind."

Alexandra Guarnaschelli, Executive Chef of Butter Restaurant in New York and Food Network personality, presided over the event, which raised more than $580,000 for The Family Tree.

Dulany Noble, owner of Gala Cloths, mobilized fellow hospitality industry professionals to pull together her tabletop design, all members of the Baltimore Chapter of the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE):

The Family Tree is Maryland's leading nonprofit dedicated to improving the community by providing families with proven solutions to prevent child abuse and neglect. The Family Tree's service model focuses on working with the whole family. The entire staff of Gala Cloths has supported The Family Tree for more than a dozen years in many ways, including volunteering hands-on at the organization's community events.

Enjoy these photos of the "Most Artistic" Gala table, courtesy of
Sachs Photography.

As seen in Baltimore Bride, Spring/Summer 2010 

Linens by Gala Cloths featured in wedding reception stylings of "Classic Romance" and "Warm & Modern" themes at The Walters Art Museum's Sculpture Court.

Dulany Noble, Owner of Gala Cloths,
wins the 2009 "George Zell Spirit of NACE" national award from
The National Association of Catering Executives (NACE)

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Visit our new Philadelphia Showroom! 

By apointment only - Ample parking
Contact Nancy Bauman, Gala Cloths Designer & Rental Consultant
215.760.2853, Nancy@galacloths.com

1530 Locust Street
Versailles Building
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Fox 45 TV "Halloween Party Ideas & Entertaining" 

Fox 45 TV "Halloween Party Ideas & Entertaining" with Stephanie Bradshaw, Bradshaw Styling, featured Orange & Black Taffetas and Burlap from Gala Cloths: "Jaipur" orange taffeta, "Inca" taffeta napkins, black napkins, and a Burlap runner.

As seen in Style Magazine: Smart Living in Baltimore 

Gala Cloths' Monet inspired designer table at the "Great Chef's Dinner -- Paris Meets Paradise" -- to benefit The Family Tree, was selected as a "Style favorite" for the October issue.

"Black and Hot Pink Satins" from Gala Cloths glammed up this Sex and the City-themed tabletop concept by designer Stephanie Bradshaw, Bradshaw Interiors, as seen on the Wedding Channel's Celebrity Wedding Buzz.