A DIY dessert with couture results: Crown store-bought cupcakes with a pop-on lid etched with a vine motif. Customizable sugar cupcake tops (you provide the cupcakes underneath), $2 each, Cup- cake Caps; cupcakecaps.com. Metroweave mat, $5.60, Front of the House; reallifebasic.com.
Personalizing a paper fan is a breeze. Paddle fan (left), $2.25, and folding fan, $1.45; both, Cultural Intrigue; lunabazaar.com. Name cards, $24 for a set of 24, Give Favors; givefavors.com. Ribbon, Midori; midoriribbon.com.
Bags inspired by flora and fauna express your inner Earth Mother. Bags, $4.50 each; thegiftbagfactory.com. Green leaf tag, $7.50, including calligraphy, Ellen Weldon Designs; 212-925-4483.
A grassy motif is good to grow on napkins and escort card/matchbooks. Napkins, $29 for 100, and matchbooks, $48 for 50; both, For Your Party; foryourparty.com. Calligraphy, Nan DeLuca; scribenyc.com.
Name that guest with customizable paper that works with a home computer. Gift wrap, $13 for 25 sheets, and PrintingPress software, from $29.99; both, Mountain Cow; mountaincow.com.
Sprigs of fresh oregano add fragrant flavor to a simple dish of honeydew. Plastic margarita glass, Zak Designs Walt Disney Collection; laprimashops.com. Teaspoons, Tabula Tua; tabulatua.com. Napkin, Felix Populi; felixpopuli.com. Oregano, The Chef’s Garden; 800-289-4644.
A climbing-vine motif takes a two-tier cake to new heights. Hand-painted cake topped with gum-paste flowers, $13 per slice, Cakes by Tony; pastryprince.com. Cake stand, $37, Mosser Glass; 866-439-1827.
Wrap forks in minty napkins (the knives’ll be green with envy). Forks, Mikasa; mikasa.com. Napkins, Felix Populi; felixpopuli.com. Raffia, Raffit Ribbons; raffit.com. Calligraphy, Nan DeLuca; scribenyc.com. Tags, $ 21.75 for 50; foryourparty.com.
Stir up a champagne cocktail with sprigs of aromatic lavender. Stemless champagne flutes, New York Botanical Garden; nybgshop.com.
Letterpress invitation, from $840 for 100, Oblation Papers; 503-223-1093. Letterpress invitation and envelope, $1,500 for 100; verdepaperie.com. Imprintable invitation, $12 for 25, and $60 for Printing Press Platinum software; both, mountaincow.com.
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