Goin' for the Gold ~ Table

This blog was in desperate need of eye candy.  I have other projects in my back pocket - the next one I want to do involves a major power tool.   Oooo, a bit scary.  In the mean time, back to the eye candy stuff.  I purchased the above dish for a song at TJ especially for a tea I was invited to.  I made little quarter sandwiches stuffed with something.  The hostess had all of her own serving plates, so my lovely dish went neglected...  How could she, right?

I had cannibalized the top my coffee table in the family room, taking my favorite white serving bowl out to display with my "button grinder," so decided to rectify that by "Goin' for the Gold!

I've never been much of a yellow/gold person, but after moving to FL and the colors I started with here in my previous home, yellow works as pretty much a neutral.  It's so much of a neutral, I probably won't keep this arrangement too long. 

I just {heart} the mix of textures.  I have to be cautious because of my love of textures, sometimes I neglect smooth elements.  Oh, and Debbie, no Longaberger baskets were harmed in any way by me painting over them!

I {heart} spikey greens, too.

Do you remember my napkin sphere (below)?

Or my m&m basket liner?  If you haven't seen the linked posts, go on over, you'll enjoy 'em.  Here's a sneak peek of what I'll be using in a future arrangement in the kitchen/family room area--found while antiquing in TN.

I'll be linking with these party girls: