Tablescape Tuesday ~ A Monster Mash!

Tablescape Tuesday ~ A Monster Mash!

Tablescape Tuesday is hosted by our sweet blogger Susan of Between Naps on the Porch, so please stop by her blog here to see a list of other participants!

I had fun designing this slightly macabe tablescape scene today.

Quickly just set out one place setting as I had an appointment, but you get the idea. I started off with ratty-tatty looking old cheesecloth full of holes and then layered from there.

On my antiqued mirrored plateau, I added a pewter raised cake stand, covered it with a shimmery black sequinned & beaded shawl and placed a ceramic skull amid fall leaves on top.

Added a cheese dome atop the skull, & went to work on the ambience. I used a five-arm pewter candlestick with black tapers & then wound black tinsel with tiny purple bats & purple lights around it.

I decided it would be fun to do a vampire & spiders theme, so I used these cute little Draculas in my crystal stemware, & attached a purple glittered spider to the rim of the glass.

The Dracula vampire test tubes come from Target & have red candy pellets inside..."Vampire Vaccine" they are called. Wouldn't these be just too cute as stirrers in some Virgin Bloody Marys?


I had some glow in the dark spiders, so I just dipped them with some tweezers into decoupage medium & then dusted them lightly with some of Martha Stewart's purple sapphire glitter. So easy!

I added a small wooden "Vampire State Building" that my parents gave us several years ago & another small bear Vampire. Isn't he cute?

I purchased some Halloween pens last year so I can't remember for sure where I got them, but I found that the Dracula pen looks adorable in the small wooden coffin that I bought at Michael's & painted black. These would make such fun take home gifts!




I found some fuzzy & glittery spider slap bracelets so that is what I used for the napkin rings. I also added a Count Dracula candy container to the center of my plates & attached another purple glittered spider to the plates, too.

Since I don't have any "Halloween" china (do any of you?) I printed off some bats & then laminated them & cut them to fit the border of my salad plates & attached with double-sided tape for a cool effect. Then I layered a pointed black witch's hat between the two plates.

Glamorous black satin stitched & beaded & sequined roses are very appropo.

Casper Ghost & a metal spider votive holder from Big Lots adds fun touches to the table top.
Any mummy can do this fun tablescape!!

I'm brewing up another fun tablescape scene for next Tuesday so please come visit again!!

Hugs,

TABLESCAPE TUESDAY 9/16/08

TABLESCAPE TUESDAY 9/16/08
~ Happy Fall Y'All ~
Tablescape Tuesday is hosted by our sweet blogger Susan of Between Naps on the Porch, so please stop by her blog here to see a list of other participants!

I'm sharing some of my favorite vintage Limoge plates as they always remind me of fall & crisp days & fluttering leaves. I mix this pattern ~ Limoges AL France Limoges Lanternier France ~ with my white Classic China and layer the white soup bowls atop some of the scallop edged plates & then place brass chargers underneath the dinner plates.

Each dinner plate has a slightly different floral design to it & they all have beautiful gilt edges with scallops.

Isn't this a beautiful matching footed Limoge compote? I have it listed here on my selling blog.

I layer silk maple leaves under the coffee cups. Glassware is Longchamps, demitasse fall cups & saucers are by Lillian Vernon. They were a gift from my parents many years ago. I have a set of 8 ~ 2 cups for each season. Granddaughter & I always love sipping broth from them. She also thinks its just not the holidays if we don't "sample" the Christmas punch from the Christmas ones!

I use tablecloths often, but I so enjoy the beauty of the gleaming wood tabletop with this particular set of dishes. And the dark wood really sets off the pumpkins, too!

I've used one of our antique mirrors as a plateau mirror to add a little sparkle & reflection to all the items in my centerpiece. My parents also gifted us with the wooden carved duck with brass beak a number of years ago. He usually sits atop my husband's hutch/desk in his office, but I bring him downstairs for special occasions ~ and you thought fall was only for turkies?!?!

Today I was in my assymetrical mood ~ not a matching pair of candlesticks on either end in sight!

To add a little bling, I've added some of my vintage Christmas ornaments ~ tiny pinecones in amber, silver, & gold.

The two satin glass votives with leaves on them are from JoAnn's ~ $3.99 each. These are coated on the inside with something akin to mercury glass & they get REALLY hot, but give off such a pretty glow. They also offer a pretty green one, don't know why I didn't buy it, too. Hmmmm, I may need to go back & grab a few more!

The beaded & tiny rhinestone acorn is from Hobby Lobby ~ $4.99 each, I believe. I have a whole bunch of them in our family room in a glass apothecary jar.



I wanted to use cranberry napkins but when I placed them on top of the table without a lighter tablecloth, they blended into the wood too much, so I added little ecru doilies to them, then tied them with narrow satin rust ribbon with small gold cornucopia charms that I sell here attached.



I elevated my coffee pot & covered the ugly round base with a paisley rust/brown/pumpkin spice/black fringed scarf. A crystal stemware goblet that is for sale here is added with moss & tiny gourds & pumpkins.



I can get away with having lots of china because my husband collects crystal decanters ~ aren't I lucky?!? I've borrowed a couple of his favorites & added beaded & silk tassels in brown & gold to them.

Please remember to visit all the others who are posting pretty tablescapes today. You can get a wealth of ideas & beautiful eye candy!! Thanks so much for visiting me!

Hugs,

FFM & A new FIRST FRIDAYS Sale!!!

FFM & A new FIRST FRIDAYS Sale!!!

And Fall Decorating!

Two great new reasons to shop today ~ FFM & FF!!

Everyone that reads my blog knows to go to my selling blog

here on FFM, but my dear friend & PRH sister Rhea of Sweet 'n Shabby Roses has started up a new venture ~ First Fridays Sales on the first Friday of each month. Go here to learn more about it & see future sale dates as we will all be listing more items more often as the holidays near!!

Below are just a few sneak peeks of items I'm selling here & ways I'm decorating my home for the fall!

Melissa at The Inspired Room is hosting a link to everyone that wants to share some of their fall inspirations for decorating & let me tell you, I've seen some fantastic ideas already there! Please visit her & link up if you want to share some of your fall decor with us!

Happy Shopping to every one!

Hugs,