Make Way for Halloween Tablescape

 

I received two things for my birthday that warranted my doing a rather spooky table for Halloween; one was an adorable frog pitcher that I got from my aunt, the second was the absolutely glorious bouquet of flowers that I got from an admirer.

In my search for a suitably spooky vase to use for the flowers (instead of the glass vase in which they came) I found this Skeleton cookie jar that I believe I got from Pier One six or seven years ago. It worked perfectly!

  

A velvety black tablecloth seemed appropriate here, and because I wanted to use a witch image, I thought pops of green called for employing the use of both green placemats and green napkins that were simply knotted and set to the side of the plate.

I used tin chargers that I got from a local shop, square black plates, and topped the black plates with a witch image that I found online, enlarged, cut out, thought suitably spooky, and set beneath small Duralex dinner plates.  I love those plates; you can make a table any theme by simply placing a printed design beneath the glass.

 

Mikasa ‘Opulent’ hammered flatware, gave it a bit of sparkle, as well as the wonderful vintage wine glasses with the raven stem. 

 

I added a bit of whimsy by placing a sugar skull into the soup spoon. You can easily make these yourself using this mold. 

Green water glasses were just the ticket here as well as deep green taper candles in wrought iron candleholders. I think I’m ready for Halloween.

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When Witches Go Riding Tablescape

 

Does this table surprise you? Well, it surprises me! I had no intention whatsoever of doing a Halloween table this year. This came about when my aunt and my cousin came over to join me for lunch to celebrate my birthday earlier in the month. My cousin brought the napkins made out of Halloween fabric, as well as the spider tea light candleholders. She said now that her children are grown (they’re both in high school) she no longer sets tables to celebrate Halloween, and wanted to know if I would like these items. Would I? Yes, I would! The next day I took down my neutral fall table (that I really enjoyed during the month of September), and set about creating this one.

 

I started by topping the table with fabric by J. Wecker Frisch; it is not a Halloween fabric, per se, but one that lends itself quite well to the holiday.I topped it with black placemats, and Italian green chargers (that I brought forward from last week’s table). On top of the chargers, I placed bright yellow Waechtersbach ceramic dinner plates. To complete my plate stack, I added vintage Halloween plates, that I got a number of years ago from Williams-Sonoma.

I was trying to decide what flatware to use, and at one point was considering gold to pick up the gold elements in the plates (that may not be visible to you, but are very much so in person), but ultimately decided to go with that pop of orange, and I’m happy with my choice. You can find the orange flatware here. 

Witch broom handled mugs, ample enough to hold soup, a latte, or a big cup of cocoa topped with whipped cream, got a number of years ago from Pier One. The owl stemware is new this year and I found it here.

 

I paired my cousin’s luncheon size napkins with solid green dinner size napkins to pick up the green elements in the fabric and give the table some added interest.

The skeleton hand napkin ring holding the napkins can be found here. The spider votive candleholders hold green tea lights.

 

The skeleton candlesticks I got it Michael’s a couple of years ago, the candles are from Colonial Candle of Cape Cod.

 

In the center I have a vintage look pumpkin from World Market filled with fresh flowers and fern fronds.

 

Beverages (Serpent’s Venom and Cauldron Cola) are from The Potion’s Cauldron. They have a variety of fun flavors, and bottles to match.

 Considering that I wasn’t planning a Halloween table at all, I’m very pleased with the way that this one turned out.

 BOO! And Happy Friday the 13th!

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