Halloween Tablescape No.2

While most everyone else in blogland is moving on to Thanksgiving and Christmas decor, apparently I am still stuck in Halloween!

A couple of weeks ago, I posted Halloween Tablescape No.1, click HERE, with the promise that I had a second table also that I was going to post the following week, but I was having some issues with Blogger taking FOREVER to load up my pictures, so I didn't do that post until now.

I used the same Halloween placemats as in the last table, and also the orange plates, but paired them with my black transferware plates and another black plate.

This table has a much more scary look. A skull centerpiece, complete with crow and rats!

This large skull is made of foam; it is usually sitting on the dining room table during Halloween on top of a wreath of black roses and red flowers. (I like to stick two flowers into the eye sockets also!) For this table I wanted it to be raised, so I placed it in my silver chafing dish. A hungry rubber rat is looking for tidbits.

I took a few other things from around the house to add to the center of the table.

I love this fun shot glass. It shows a ghost holding a martini, while an owl looks on......probably wondering where his martini is! I used it here to hold a handful of foil-wrapped eyeball chocolates.

At the other end of the table, some old books with appropriate titles (and another rat!) make up the rest of the "centerpiece". Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural I bought for Erik a few years ago and Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetary Symbolism & Iconography is mine that I often take with me when visitng old graveyards.

I don't have linen napkins that are black (or orange), so here I have cheated and used paper ones.

Lets break down the plate stack!

Black transferware dinner plate.

Underneath I have these appetizer plates. I have a set of four; they are all black but have different designs on them. These were from Target about 10 years ago.

Orange plate on top.

We can have some "Hallowine" with dinner. This is actually a drink that is served warm.

For dessert we could browse the "candy buffet" on the sideboard!

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I'll be joining these parties:

Tabletop Tuesday with Marty at A Stroll Thru Life

and

Tablescape Thursday with Susan at Between Naps on the Porch!

Super Cute Cats

I got a new camera for my birthday two weeks ago and I've been playing around with it, learning how to use it. Of course, I had to find something to take pictures of besides all my Halloween decor!

Why not my super cute cats????!!!!! 

Olive. Super cute, but also super naughty sometimes. This last week she broke two things; a candy bowl and a decorative pot.

E.B. is also super cute, even if he's super weird sometimes. ;-)

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Tablescape Thursday: Halloween Table No.1

 It's been ages since I had a chance to think about and put together a tablescape for Tablescape Thurday...but this week I actually had two tables I was playing around with!
I'll be joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday. Be sure to check out all the other awesome tables for this week.

  Both tables that I did have a Halloween motif but are very different. This is Table No.1. I set it up in the kitchen at the breakfast table:

The spiderweb tablecloth I bought last year on clearance after Halloween at Home Goods.

A silver coffee pot, muffineer and an orange sugar and creamer set at the center of the table, with the centerpiece slightly behind.

The witch's shoes are salt and pepper shakers; they are Fritz & Floyd and were a gift some years ago.

These are the placemats. These were also a gift.

I've decided to use my blue transferware with some orange plates in the plate stack.

The orange plates are shiny glazed on the top:

On the underside, they have this curious ribbed texture. These were a birthday gift from my mother-in-law (along with the orange creamer and sugar set and some other things). I'm sure she found these at antique store somewhere. I love how they look with my blue transferware!

An egg cup is a handy place to hold some little fake pumpkins!

This is a breakfast setting (as evidenced by the egg cups and silver coffee pot), but I realized later that I forgot to put the coffee cups on the table!!! ACK! I do have some black coffee cups that would have looked perfect on this table.

Fancy glasses aren't just for wine! I like to use mine for juice or water as well!

Next week I'll be showing Table No.2 !

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