Destination: Hawaii

Aloha!  I'm taking the Destination Challenge at Cuisine Kathleen this week.
Welcome to my island.  We're having a luau tonight.

My inspiration was this Hawaiian shirt plate from Pfaltzgraff.  The napkin is folded to imitate the look of a pa`u.  I was happy for another chance to use my palm leaf chargers.

I didn't want to spend a lot of money on tropical flowers and fruits, so I used what I had on hand to pick up the colors in the shirt while having an overall red and yellow feel... the colors of Hawaiian royalty.  Instead of pineapples and papayas, I used the baby avocados and peaches that dropped from the trees today.

I saw this flip flop candle holder on Linda's trayscape last week at A La Carte and thought it was so cute I searched the web for one.   The tablecloth is from Kohls.

I snipped some lily stems,  removed most of the leaves and placed them in spools to make little palm trees.

Of course, the festivities begin when the sun goes down.  Blow the conch shell and bring on the fire dancers!

I'll be joining Let's Dish at Cuisine Kathleen ,  
Centerpiece Wednesday at The Style Sisters and  
Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch

Crystal Blue Persuasion

Hubby won some dishes in a raffle.

A set of four aqua glass oyster-shaped appetizer plates

...with a matching shell-shaped bowl.  The color is showing better on the bowl. The plates are reflecting the flash.

Since I just recently did a blue seashell table, I tried to make this one different by blinging it out with some sparkle.

Aqua glass chargers and beaded placemats from Pier 1.  Wallace Grande Baroque silver.

Waterford Lismore crystal paired with aqua hand-blown glass from Marshalls.

I couldn't find turquoise salad plates locally and there was no time to order anything, so I used my scallop shell plates from Kohls with Mikasa Italian Countryside dinner plates.

I'll be joining Let's Dish at Cuisine Kathleen , Centerpiece Wednesday at The Style Sisters and Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch