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Even if you’re not much for adventuring and exploring, you can still enjoy the great outdoors—just throw a party. We asked Mary Katrantzou, a hostess known for her great outdoor soirees and for the kind of glamorous outfits […]

The drama of picking out the dress for the big day is well-established. But that is hardly the only look you’ll wear in the lead up to the ceremony. Wouldn’t it be nice to raid the Vogue sample […]

When it comes to throwing a full-circle themed kids’ birthday party, wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to turn your house into a playpen? The solution: a change of venue. We went looking for just the […]

Our partner Gray Malin’s sun-dappled photos and party optimism have given us reason to celebrate—so we thought to ask him how he keeps the party going all summer long.     You’ve documented a lot of summertime celebrating: […]

The classic etiquette is that a dear sibling or other relation officially hosts your baby shower—and maybe that’s okay for the non-control freaks in the room, but it’s hard to let go. We asked four brilliant entertainers (to […]

There’ll be no torn ribbons or reused bachelorette party crowns here… but we do want you to have a well-designed (and fun) baby shower. We talked to four brilliant designers and entertainers on how they threw baby showers […]

Parents and non-parents alike tend to think they’ve got baby shower gifts all wrapped up. You get the Goodnight Moon, a mobile, bada-bing, bada-boom. Or maybe not. We talked to four very together mothers about what they exactly […]

W.C. Fields famously said that he “never worked with children or animals.” His loss: more cute cat pics and family photos for us. However, if you’ve ever wrangled the talent at a kids’ birthday party, you might think […]

One good deed deserves another. Should you receive a great gift, stop and enjoy the moment. But remember that you’ve now got an important task: thank you cards. Don’t worry—writing a thank you note is no great effort. […]

We admit it: we’ve been fans of Meri Meri for a while—long before they ever thought to collaborate with us on invitations. We love their sense of whimsy and artistry and we also love the way that their […]

The natural drink of celebration is a tall, elegant flute of something sparkling. But uh, what specifically sparkling? There’s no wrong answer, but we figure there’s no harm in handing you an answer key to the sometimes undifferentiated […]

Would you believe us if we told you that save the dates were one of the more contemporary pieces of wedding stationery we made? Go ahead: ask your parents. There’s a real chance that they didn’t send wedding […]

You had your shot. You maybe had more than a few. You may still be shooting—but all those family photos aren’t going to mean a thing without a good holiday card to show them off. Hopefully you took […]

Sunscapes, snowscapes, seascapes: we love Gray Malin’s bright, bird’s-eye images of every way that people gather and play. Shame that our own photos never turn out so good—so we figured we’d try and get some advice from the […]

We’re not taking you back to the very first cocktails ever poured, just like we wouldn’t take you back to the very first holiday party. Bathtub moonshine served manger-side seems a bit rustic for our tastes. We do […]