A Jolly Jack-o'-Lantern Halloween Tablescape

I love creating Halloween Tablescapes. There is something about the combination of orange and black that is so happy looking. I have done about 28 Halloween tablescapes now over the years. You can see them with my 270+ other tablescapes (I post a new one every week) on my blog here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes I found this Jack-o’-Lantern tablecloth on Amazon recently. I love all the different expressions on the jack-o’-lanterns.

I found these bamboo jack-o’-lantern dinner plates online at My Mind’s Eye. This site has cute party supplies, mostly made out of paper, but I watch the site because sometimes the plates are melamine or bamboo. These plates come in a set of four with four different facial expressions on the jack-o’-lanterns.

I love the bold designs on these faces.

I reach for this black dinner plate often during Halloween season. It was made by Waechtersbach and it is called Fun Factory. A black dinner plate was one of the first plates I bought when I started tablescaping and I use it often. If you are starting a tablescaping collection a simple black dinner plate would be a good choice because you will use it often. This one probably came from HomeGoods several years ago.

This is another plate I reach for often during the Halloween season. This black glass charger plate is called Charge It and it was made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and they work well with many different color schemes.

The color of this orange placemat is a bit off in this photo, the previous photo shows the more accurate color. Sometimes when a tablecloth is a busy pattern I use solid color placemats as I did here to help break up the busy pattern and give the eye a place to rest. These orange placemats probably came from Pier 1 many years ago.

I have this Ginkgo International Le Prix flatware in black and red and over the years I have added yellow, moss green, and this color called persimmon. I can’t remember where I bought the set online but if you google it, something will probably pop up. I like this flatware design because it is a bit more informal like my tablescapes style. 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 Halloween tablescapes. I found the black metal jack-o’-lantern napkin rings on Amazon.

To read about the what, where and how of napkin rings please click here.

I found these Department 56 Mercury Glass Jack-o’-Lantern place card holders on Ebay a few years ago. I love place card holders, they add such a fun element to a themed tablescape.

To read about the What, Where and When of place card holders, please click here.

I bought these black goblets on Ebay many years ago, they were some of the first goblets that I bought for my tablescaping collection. They were made by Lenox and they were called Midnight Mood black glass water goblets. They were made between 1974 and 1982 but you can still find them on Ebay from time to time. They are shorter than the goblets that I usually like to use. I like taller goblets but I wanted their height to be closer to the other goblet. These wonderful jack-o’-lantern goblets were designed by Johanna Parker and they are also labeled Transpac, Every Day is a Holiday. There were two different goblet face designs. You can find them online on several different sites if you do a google search. I bought them a few at a time online wherever I could find them for the best price several years ago.

After I bought the tablecloth, I knew the centerpiece needed to be an orange jack-o’-lantern and I remembered this vintage plastic blowmold jack-o’-lantern that I bought a few years ago and used on a couple of Halloween tablescapes. I have had really good luck finding unusual things on Mercari online and I found it there. I set it on a small black plate and then on one of the orange placemats.

I added a couple of salt and pepper sets to the table. This set was designed by Johanna Parker. I found the set a few years ago at Roger’s Gardens, a nursery and gift shop in the next County.

I have had this jack-o’-lantern salt and pepper set for a few years and I can’t remember where I bought it.

Happy Halloween Season!

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