Fresh Ways to Dress Up a Table

Turn Limes into Festive Place Cards

Delightfully bright and pleasingly oval, limes are much too pretty to be sidelined as mere garnish. Instead, give them a starring role as placeholders. Write out each guest's name on one end of a sticky file label, center the label at the dull end of a small wooden skewer (or a toothpick), then wrap, bringing the label ends together. Stick each skewer into a washed lime and place one on each plate. Mailing Labels, $5 for eight, paper-source.com.