For my "Kitchen Art" contribution, I think of my almost-favourite part of entertaining - the planning breakfast. You make a coffee and some fruit to nibble, and lug out your favourite cookbooks, and dream up a party menu, make a grocery list. It's cozy and exciting and much more fun than the other things you have to do - the cleaning, the shopping. Have lots of coffee and post-its on hand, bonus if a pretty butterfly comes by to brighten your morning.