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Courtney RussellWhen you hit the road for a day out with your girlfriends and you're thinking about dining options, consider a picnic -- it's usually better, cheaper, and prettier than other roadside options. True we use a canvas bag instead of a picnic basket, but our set-up is still pretty enough to make lunch with the girls feel special and easy enough to throw together in the morning before heading to that antiques fair.
We've used mostly disposables for this picnic (see our Father's Day picnic for reusable packaging) because there's nothing more, um, aromatic than returning to a car full of leftovers after a day in the sun. That's a treasure that's better left behind.
For ideas about what kind of food to pack, browse our picnic, sandwich, and salad recipes.
Add instant style with a vintage tablecloth. To keep your cloth from looking like you slept on it, fold it a few times in one direction and roll it around an empty paper towel tube, then tie it with kitchen twine in two places.
Trim your carryout containers with a sash of fabric. Ours measures 5 by 36 inches and are tied once, loosely (raspberry gingham from HouseFabric, $8.95 a yard).
Roll up your flatware in napkins, then bind it with a band of paper secured with pretty Japanese masking tape. We used a page from a vintage dictionary wrapped in bright red tape for contrast. (HappyTape masking tape, $5)
Spark conversation with a mason jar filled with Scrabble tiles. Place marking, list making, poetry writing, impromptu word games -- all are advised.
Fill an empty egg carton with assorted flowers for a spontaneous and short-lived centerpiece.
Courtney RussellWhen you hit the road for a day out with your girlfriends and you're thinking about dining options, consider a picnic -- it's usually better, cheaper, and prettier than other roadside options. True we use a canvas bag instead of a picnic basket, but our set-up is still pretty enough to make lunch with the girls feel special and easy enough to throw together in the morning before heading to that antiques fair.
We've used mostly disposables for this picnic (see our Father's Day picnic for reusable packaging) because there's nothing more, um, aromatic than returning to a car full of leftovers after a day in the sun. That's a treasure that's better left behind.
For ideas about what kind of food to pack, browse our picnic, sandwich, and salad recipes.
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Courtney Russell
What's Old Is New
Add instant style with a vintage tablecloth. To keep your cloth from looking like you slept on it, fold it a few times in one direction and roll it around an empty paper towel tube, then tie it with kitchen twine in two places.
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Courtney Russell
Belt it Out
Trim your carryout containers with a sash of fabric. Ours measures 5 by 36 inches and are tied once, loosely (raspberry gingham from HouseFabric, $8.95 a yard).
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Courtney Russell
By Definition
Roll up your flatware in napkins, then bind it with a band of paper secured with pretty Japanese masking tape. We used a page from a vintage dictionary wrapped in bright red tape for contrast. (HappyTape masking tape, $5)
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Courtney Russell
Hard Scrabble
Spark conversation with a mason jar filled with Scrabble tiles. Place marking, list making, poetry writing, impromptu word games -- all are advised.
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Courtney Russell
Cheaper by the Dozen
Fill an empty egg carton with assorted flowers for a spontaneous and short-lived centerpiece.
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