Toast and Tables

With a wedding confection inspired by your porcelain pattern, you can have
your cake and eat off of it, too.
The whimsical spirit of these "Chirp" saucers, $12 each; mugs, $25 each; bowls, $30 each;

Living miles from the sea needn't mean you can't have a little marine decoration on
your table. The sea offers a huge source of ideas and materials. Traditional tokens
of beach outings, seashells are celebrated for the beauty of their unique forms and

Whether it's a laid-back picnic or lively dinner party, forget about setting a serious table.
After all, it's summer and that's the perfect excuse to dish out a table that's drenched with
color and wild with pattern. Since we have only a few months of reliable warm weather each...

Summertime, and the living is easy and it's generously colored: bright, like a daisy;
pastel, like sorbets; and other hues that are as cool as a lake or pool.
This year there's a bumper crop of new designs, many of them on melamine, a rugged