Host a DIY summer soiree

  • Article by: KIM YEAGER , Special to the Star Tribune
  • Updated: June 19, 2012 - 5:42 PM
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You know it's summer in Minnesota when the mosquitos and the mojitos have arrived. Text your friends, chill the glasses and get out and celebrate the season. Our suggestions for easy-pleasy entertaining in your own back yard combine flea-market finds and nature's bounty for a low-cost, high-style look. Don't forget the bug spray.

Kim Yeager, a Minneapolis designer and freelance writer, is founder of Lark Nest Design (larknestdesign.com).

  
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