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Amanda Welch, an associate designer with Ambi Design Studio, suggested color-coordinating all the elements for a party. Photo courtesy of Kelley Interior Design
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Photo courtesy of Kelley Interior Design Kelley Proxmire of Kelley Interior Design said the theme for a party could be a simple as a color scheme or something centered around the season.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (center) attends graduation exercises for Afghan military officers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Marine Sgt. Gary Stein has criticized President Obama on his Facebook page, which is titled Armed Forces Tea Party. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Sgt. Gary Stein)
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"I came out early on and said, 'Look, I think there are things I can vote on and there are things I can't vote on,' " said Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling about his decision not to be the tie-breaking vote on the state budget. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (left) and University of Miami President Donna Shalala, who had Mrs. Sibelius' job in the Clinton administration, discuss the still-divisive Affordable Care Act at a community health center in Miami. (Associated Press)
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Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a Republican presidential candidate, holds an Etch A Sketch during a rally in Mandeville, La., on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a GOP presidential hopeful, addresses an audience during a campaign stop at an American Legion post in Arbutus, Md., on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski, 75, a Maryland Democrat, set a record on Saturday by becoming the longest-serving female member of Congress. (Associated Press)
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GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich ended February with more debt than cash and raised only $2.6 million, campaign-finance reports show. (Lake Charles (La.) American Press via Associated Press)
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Arlen Specter, former senator from Pennsylvania, said he thinks Newt Gingrich "might make a pretty good president" but that his "baggage" will likely cost him the nomination. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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Independent presidential hopeful Buddy Roemer is in Washington Thursday to talk campaign finance corruption with Jack Abramoff and former Federal Election Commission chairman Trevor Potter. (Buddy Roemer)
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Kizza Besigye, a Ugandan opposition leader with the Forum for Democratic Change, gestures the party sign before being arrested Wednesday for holding a rally in the capital city Kampala. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** A Taiwanese soldier stands at attention in front of a Patriot missile air defense system near the northern coastal town of Wanli, Taiwan, in October 2004. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) extends her hand to Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul during a press briefing following their meeting at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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** FILE ** Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the Hispanic Leadership Network conference on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves as he speaks at an election night event in Schaumburg, Ill., Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Romney won the Illinois Primary. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney leaves at an election-night event in Schaumburg, Ill., on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, after winning the Illinois primary. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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** FILE ** In this Feb. 14, 2012, photo, Paul Wyman, a realtor and Republican County Commissioner, poses outside a foreclosed home for sale in Kokomo, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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** FILE ** House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks about his budget plan during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
