PARTY TIPS Embellish
cupcakes with purchased
decorative picks, or make
your own with round
stickers, a rubber stamp,
and toothpicks,
far left.
Computer-printed
stickers,
lefty
let guests
keep track of drink
glasses. For old-fashioned
flair, serve drinks in
canning-jar mugs.
Niraj’s parents,
above,
enjoy being
coaxed outside by grandkids eager
for a push on the swing or to show
off their budding garden. Splashes of
yellow (and apple green and
turquoise elsewhere) keep the porch
from looking too Fourth of July-ish.
Side-by-side kitchen islands,
left,
draped with a table runner are Jill’s
casual buffet. “With the shelves and
drawers, they work great,” she says.
“We wanted our house to be casual
with a bit of sophistication, whimsy,
and surprise,” Jill says. The sky-blue
ceiling and paper lanterns are fun
touches in the porch,
opposite.
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