Rechargeable outdoor candles remind us that good weather is coming... maybe... : Shiny Shiny

There's no reason why technology can't be used to create an old fashioned homey atmosphere, and not just with LED twinkly fairy lights, either. Candles are a wonderful look but don't survive outside for long; if you don't want to be constantly to-ing and fro-ing with a lighter then silicon rechargeable candles might be the way to go. The LED core flickers as realistically as possible and is designed for outdoor scene-setting. On a full charge, you should get around 12 hours of candlelit picnicking. They're also pretty eco-concious and, helpfully, splashproof, though you should whip them out of a downpour sharpish.