Current Obsessions: Dinner, Undone

On our minds lately? Impromptu gatherings, just because. Nothing fancy. Just bring yourself—and maybe a bottle to share or a cloth to picnic on.

Ahead, shell arrangements in lieu of flowers, a themed dinner party in Georgia, and more. Read on:

• Ideal for a summer snack dinner.
• Thoroughly taken by this new shop and guest cottage on the coast of Maine. (Annie’s planning a road trip.)
• Ooh, love this mussel shell arrangement.
• A dinner party inspired by an artist.
• On our to-visit list. (Also: a strong case for yellow floors.)
• Now open: a new flagship showroom for the “Rolls Royce” of kitchen/bath fittings, at 86 King Street in NYC’s charming Hudson Square.
• “Eyeing this sweet but grownup wallpaper for my bedroom,” reports Fan.
• Move over, butter molds; it’s time for sculpted ice cream.
• Sign up for the flower arranging workshop next Saturday, hosted by Perfect Earth Project, with Field Studies Flora at Amber Waves in Amagansett. “It should be fun and inspiring. Alex Crowder is a fantastic floral designer!” say Melissa. Details here.
• If we could teleport anywhere, here‘s where we’d go this weekend.
• The cutest DIY using the tiniest flowers. “I adore these,” says Annie.
• Whoa. Completely blown away by artist Katerina Shukshina’s exquisite accessories made from plants. (Hat tip: Kier.)
• Inspo for your next outdoor dinner party.
• From Marie: “Everyone loves a corpse flower: My friend, greenhouse curator Dr. Leon van Eck at the Augsburg Biology Department Greenhouse in St. Paul, MN, is on giant corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) watch this week. Affectionately named Lady Gay-Guh, the corpse flower is growing inches daily and just bloomed.” Find daily updates here.
• Not sure what to plant in that dark corner of your garden? Find lots of shade-loving flowering perennials on Marie’s list of recommendations.
• A peek inside photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo’s supremely beautiful new book Roses in the Garden.
• P.S. Don’t forget to get your heat pump/solar panels/electric car soon—before federal tax breaks phase out. Here’s how.