A Ghostly Halloween Tablescape

September 25, 2024 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This Ghostly Halloween tablescape is a combination of two Ghost tablescapes that I did in 2021 and 2023. I took elements from both of those tablescapes and created a new tablescape. I found this tablecloth online at At Home a few years ago. I was looking for a Halloween tablecloth and I wanted it to have an orange background with white ghosts. This tablecloth was exactly what I needed. This is the 25th Halloween tablescape that I have created. Halloween tablescapes are some of my favorites tablescapes to create.

I found these stoneware white ghost plates at Pottery Barn online a few months ago. I have some ghosts bowls but I have been looking for ghost plates for a while and I was really happy to see these pop up.

This is a Fiesta dinner plate in the color Poppy, a perfect color for a Halloween tablescape. I can’t remember where I bought them online but if you google it, there are several sources where they can be purchased. I have this plate in several different colors and I use this style often on my plate stacks when I need a simple solid color dinner plate.

These black glass Starburst chargers are called Charge It and they were made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and work well with many different color schemes. They are in constant use on my tablescapes every October.

This black stainless flatware set is Ginkgo International LePrix. I have had it for several years, I’m not sure where I bought it. You can still find it for sale online. It gets a lot of use this time of year but I actually use them at other times of the year as well. If I were starting a flatware collection for tablescaping, black would be one of the first colors I would buy. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These black cotton napkins came from Crate and Barrel a few years ago. They are a really nice study cotton fabric in a true black color. So often black is actually a dark charcoal or dark gray but these are the perfect black color. I found the white acrylic ghost napkin rings on Etsy last month. They are a perfect match for this Ghostly Halloween Tablescape. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these small soy white wax ghost candles on Amazon last year. I set them on a Oleg Cassini clear glass place card holder. I bought the glass place card holders at HomeGoods several years ago when I first started tablescaping. They are heavy and solid and I really like the simple design. I often use them as a stand for place card holder items. If you read my blog you have seen them several times being used as a stand for something that I am using as a place card holder. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I often use black and orange goblets on my Halloween tablescapes but this black goblet is a newer addition to my goblet collection. I bought them a few years ago. I have black goblets that are shorter than this goblet and black goblets that are much taller than this goblet but I wanted goblets this height that were all black. I was delighted to find these black plastic ones on Amazon. The advertisement said that they are disposable but I plan to keep them for a while until I can find some black glass ones that are the same height. I think I bought these orange glass goblets at Ross or T.J. Maxx several years ago. They were some of the first goblets I bought when I started tablescaping. I love using them this time of year. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets (including the colors I use the most) for your tablescaping collection here.

I was browsing Mercari online a few years ago when I found this large ghost and I just love it. It was a dirty cream color but Hubby painted it white for me. It is ceramic and heavy! I love the expression and the folds are perfect.

This Pearhead Ghost salt and pepper set came from Amazon last month.

Hubby found this cute ghosts butter dish last month. I think he found it at HomeGoods.

I have done two other Ghost tablescapes. You can see this one in further detail here .

You can see more details about this Ghost tablescape here.

Halloween tablescapes are some of my favorites. I look forward to creating them every year. I develop Halloween themes way in advance and I look for things for months!

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A Candy Corn Halloween Tablescape

September 18, 2024 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This Candy Corn Halloween Tablescape has been about three years in the making. I came up with the idea a few years ago but it has taken me this long to find everything that I wanted for the table. I can’t remember where I bought the polyester orange checked tablecloth.

This melamine candy corn salad plate is labeled Place Time but I can’t remember where I bought it. If you google candy corn plate several similar ones will pop up.

This is a Fiesta dinner plate in the color Poppy, a perfect color for a Halloween tablescape. I can’t remember where I bought it online but if you google it, there are several sources where it can be purchased. I have this plate in several different colors and I use this style often on my plate stacks when I need a simple solid color dinner plate.

This is a Color Spectrum charger by Mikasa, the color is Sun Yellow. I bought these chargers on Ebay a few at a time over the years as I saw them because I love the quality and the selection of colors on these chargers. I have them in several colors now and I use them often.

This orange flatware is labeled Mepra Inox and the pattern is called Fantasia. We bought it on sale at Houzz online a few months ago but several stores sell it. I also have this flatware in blue and yellow. It comes in several other colors also and it is difficult to find flatware sets in different colors so I have my eye on a few other colors as well when it goes on sale again. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I think these orange cotton napkins probably came from Pier 1 or HomeGoods several years ago. I love the bright orange color, it’s a perfect color for a Halloween tablescape. I found the candy corn napkin rings on Ebay last month and I was so happy when I found them!

I knew that I could use these small plastic candy corn boxes as place card holders. I set them on small clear glass place card holders that I often use as bases for other place card holders. I bought these candy corn boxes at Oriental Trading online a few years ago.

I think I bought the orange goblet on the left at Ross or T.J. Maxx several years ago. They were some of the first goblets that I bought when I started tablescaping. When I bought them I figured I wouldn’t use them that often but I am surprised at how often they appear on my tablescapes. It can be difficult to find yellow glass goblets that don’t have a gold tint to them so when I saw these yellow goblets on Etsy a few years ago I immediately bought them. I love the color and the size of them. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here.

I found the two large candy corns at HomeGoods a few months ago but they looked very different when I bought them. They were a distressed color and they had some twine decorating them. Hubby repainted them for me. I found the smaller ones on Ebay I think. They actually have jack o’ lantern faces on the other side.

I really like the bright colors on this Halloween tablescape.

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Autumn Leaves on a Fall Tablescape

September 04, 2024 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

This Autumn Leaves Tablescape includes the dishes that I used on a similar tablescape in 2020 and then before that on another tablescape that I did in 2015 but I have reworked the rest of it a bit and I used some different elements this time. The falling leaves tablecloth came from HomeGoods several years ago. I have the matching napkins but I decided not to use them on this table setting because the tablecloth is busy. The three different colors of the dishes on the table were dictated by the colors of the leaves on the tablecloth.

These small leaf shaped bowls are some of my favorite bowls. I found them at Sur La Table several years ago and it was serendipity and great luck that they match the plates exactly!

The dinner and salad plates came from Pier 1 several years ago and they were part of their Spice Route collection. Pier 1 called the colors; clove, ginger, and paprika. I really like the beaded design around the rim of the plates.

The salad plate and the dinner plate are the same pattern except the dinner plate is larger in size.

I bought these gold colored glass chargers many years ago and I can’t remember where. I remember that I bought them a few at a time over several months until I had twelve because they were expensive. They are heavy glass and this is actually the first time that I have used them! I have pulled them out many many times to use on a table setting and they never looked right until now. The charger edge reminds me of leaves.

This amber flatware was made by D & D Inox in Italy. I bought it online at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale many years ago. I liked this pattern and it was a really good sale so I have the same pattern in cream, wine red, and dark aqua. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

The napkins all came from World Market many years ago when I first started tablescaping. They are the perfect colors for Fall tablescapes. and perfect matches for the dishes, and the leaves on the tablecloth. The metal leaf napkin rings in different colors were made by Park Designs but I can’t remember where I found them online.

When I saw these natural wood leaves I knew that I could use them as place card holders after Hubby painted them to match the dishes. I can’t remember where they came from but it might have been Michael’s.

The green acrylic goblet on the left came from HomeGoods a few years ago. The amber glass goblet on the right came from Z Gallerie online a few years ago. I love that they have the same shape but one is taller than the other one. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

I was looking for a long wooden box that I could use as a centerpiece and when I found one that I liked on Etsy the cost for shipping it was ridiculous so I showed the photo to Hubby and he built this one for me a few years ago. He also built another one that is a bit larger too. I filled the box with faux pumpkins and gourds and leaves that I have collected over the years and I added two orange candles. When I started tablescaping, I bought lots of candles in all different colors and sizes so I would have them when I needed them. I usually find them on Amazon or at HomeGoods. I asked Hubby to match the finish on the wooden box with the color of my Stickley hutch and I think he did a great job!

In Southern California we only have a few trees that change color but this tablescape really reminds me of Fall.

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White Pumpkins on a Fall Tablescape

August 29, 2024 by Beth Wilson in Tablescapes

Cooler weather will be here before we know it and it will be time for some soup. I have created Fall tablescapes before with orange mini-pumpkin soup tureens but I decided to use white ones this year. I found the beige tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago. It has a slight brown tweed design and I like using it on Fall tablescapes. This is a more traditional tablescape than the themed ones that I usually create. I like themed based tablescapes because I think that they require more creative thinking and they are more unique. I also love researching where to find the items that I need for each table.

I have had these small white soup tureen bowls for many years. I bought them at Sur La Table online.

I looked for a ceramic white pumpkin salad plate for several years and I couldn’t find one that I liked until I found these salad plates at World Market online earlier this year.

This is a Fiesta White dinner plate. I found them on sale in Salt Lake City on a trip there a couple of years ago. I love this pattern and I have this dinner plate in several different colors.

I bought these woven pumpkin shaped place mats at Pottery Barn online a few years ago at the end of the season when they went on sale. I knew that they would be a great place mat for Fall tablescapes.

You can see the tweed design in the tablecloth clearly in this photo. This amber flatware was made by D & D Inox in Italy. I bought it online at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale several years ago. I liked this pattern and it was a really good sale so I have the same pattern in cream, wine red, and dark aqua. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I found these metal white pumpkin napkin rings on Amazon a few weeks ago and the Decorative Things cotton pumpkin napkins came from there last week as well. I wanted to used more neutral colors on this table setting and these napkins were a great find.

I can’t remember where I found these white pumpkin place card holders. I think I bought them online somewhere a few years ago.

I can’t remember where the acrylic amber iced tea goblet on the left came from, I have had them for a while. I can’t remember where I bought the amber glass goblet on the right either, if anyone recognizes the pattern, please let me know. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

This tablescape is one of those that has been in the back of my mind for a long long time. I knew I had the small white soup tureens but I have been looking for a centerpiece for a while. When I saw this large white stoneware soup tureen at Pottery Barn online a few months ago I knew that it would be the perfect centerpiece for this Fall tablescape. I love the matching soup ladle too. I found the fall garland on Amazon last week.

I can’t remember where I found these amber glass candlesticks, I have had them for a few years, but I love their warm color. I remembered them when I was putting the goblets on the table and I knew they would be a great addition to the table.

I am ready for some Fall weather!

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