Sunny Yellow

My table this week came together after my husband brought home yellow tulips.  It features a couple of Christmas gifts -- one from my husband and one from our daughter.  This unusual vase was in a HUGE box under the tree.  My husband saw it in a catalog and thought it looked interesting, so decided to surprise me.  It has six openings for flower stems, and makes a dramatic centerpiece.

Here's a closer look at how the stems emerge from the vase.

The other Christmas gift was a set of eight yellow appetizer plates from our daughter. 

The yellow plates go nicely with my Royal Doulton Fireglow dishes -- my original everyday dishes.

To continue the yellow and green theme, I chose the vintage forest green glasses that belonged to my husband's grandparents.

Since my pansies are blooming, I brought a few inside to add a little more yellow to the table, using my bud vase napkin rings.

The Fireglow pattern features all kinds of flowers, so I decided two types of flowers on the table weren't too many!

Here's the across-the-table view:

And a view of the table:

Here's a view of our dining room in mid-afternoon.

And I took one more photo the next day, after the tulips had begun to open a bit.

Thank you for visiting me this week!  I will be linking to:
Cuisine Kathleen
Between Naps on the Porch