Your guide to outdoor entertaining

Make your next outdoor party a breeze with inventive menus, fun decorating ideas, and easy tips

20 tips for your best outdoor party

In the West, we can hike in January, picnic in March, and even celebrate Thanksgiving––at least partly––outdoors. Here are our ideas for year-round entertaining outside|written by Jess Chamberlain and Miranda Jones

drink tag crafts
Photo by Thomas J. Story

Make you own drink tags

5. DIY drink IDs: With a pencil, trace the base of each cocktail glass onto heavy paper stock (a good use for old calendar pages or catalog covers). Next, use a dime to trace a circle within your circle, then cut around both and snip across one side of the “doughnut.” Write a guest’s name on each.

Get it: Good on Paper calendar by Lisa Wong Jackson ($20; goodonpaperdesign.com).


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