Halloween Angel Tablescape... A Gothic Tale...

Halloween Angel...  A Gothic Tale...


Halloween decorating can be so much fun.  You can let your imagination go.  But, I don't take it too seriously, it is all in good fun.

My inspiration for this tablescape is my cute Halloween doll.  She is about 48" tall.  Has a lovely dress and adorable button trimmed shoes. Stunning gray taffeta wings.  A sweet expression on her face.  She has painted on bones.      

I have shown her to several people to get their opinion on what or who she is.  Some say Vampire, others say Zombie. Ghost?  Winged angel? Mummy?  Day of the Dead Angel? With popular consensus, she is our Halloween Angel, with a Gothic touch!

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Feathered wings?  The placemat is made from black iridescent feathers.  The charger plate is a candle tray from IKEA, that I sprayed with gray paint.  Topped with one of my favorite white plates.  On top are some red rose salad plates, and then a black chocolate rose.  The rose theme is for my lovely angel that came with a red rose attached to her hands.

Birdcage from Pottery Barn last year.  They had 3 sizes and for some reason had tons of them left over.  The price was an absolute steal.  The largest was only $16.00 and I had a coupon as well.  The original price was so much more.  A really great buy!

             I glittered a Dollar Store skull.

The gorgeous pumpkins with jewels came from Home Goods, early in the season.  Like the first week of August.  Is that early or what!

The candlesticks I used for my Mother's Day Tablescape.  They were originally green.  I sprayed them gray as well.

        The napkin rings are bracelets.  Each slightly different.

This tablecloth was perfect for this tablescape.  I couldn't believe how well it goes with my Halloween Angel.  The taffeta cloth sheared smocking has a red taffeta rose sewn on at each corner with 3 black feathers tucked in and sewn under the rose.  I don't know the manufacturer of this cloth.  I bought it at a local Boutique store.  I love this cloth more than any I own as it is so lovely and unique.  I have never seen another like it.

   Flatware from Anthropologie.  This is the white version of this flatware.

I am actually using 2 creamy white goblets from Z Gallerie at each place setting.  For photo purposes only I just left one on the table.

        Poison bottle with a jeweled skull head.  Home Goods again.  

       The adorable gray taffeta high-button shoes on my Angel. 

I moved one of the chairs up to the table to show how I am decorating them.  Just some lovely black wings and a sparkled gray tulle sash.

I have 2 different dining tables.  My dark walnut and metal table for Fall and Winter.  The lighter wood one for Spring and Summer.  I never took photos in my dining room this Summer and before I move it back out to the garage where I rotate and keep them, I thought I would do this Tablescape.  I have just planned to do a certain themed Christmas Tablescape and want to do it on the lighter table, so I am not sure about moving it to storage yet.

A view of the tablecloth from my balcony, as my description does not do it justice.

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I will be posting this for Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch.

Summer Florals Tablescape

               Summer Florals Tablescape 

Just a month left of our beautiful summer.  I hope you have enjoyed yours.  The state I live in is probably the most diverse in its topography.  A high-mountain desert and the 2nd dryest state in the U.S..  No tropical area anywhere, but diverse in temperature.  Where I live you always have at least a 100 degree variance in the temperature.  It could even vary more than 100.   

Our soils don't naturally have much organic matter and the soil is very alkaline.  Great for lilac bushes.  I don't know what happened this year but my Buddleia or Butterfly bush has grown 12 feet tall.  They are supposed to die back to the ground each winter.  Needless to say it didn't.  I cut some of the branches to use for my centerpiece.  If you see holes in the leaves, that is a good thing.  It means Butterflies are living on my property.  The BEAUTIFUL Monarch butterflies are what I see.

My tablescape of summer florals.

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                                 The table is set for 4.  It will be nice and cool in the house.

For photography purposes, I move the table back towards the window so I can get a better distance photo.

  I have tried to use many colors from the design on the plate for this tablescape.

A little Rose bud in a small bottle at each place.  The adorable detailed bottles originally held bath oil.  I saved them to use for tiny vases.

The large Urn is from Pottery Barn.  They call them "Found" urns.  Originally used as olive jars or wine jars, just depends.  They are kind of pricey, but I purchased this at an outlet for $20.00.  It was a great buy as it is very large and heavy-weight quality glass.  The glass beads were also at the outlet.  I purchased many bags in different colors as they were 20 cents a bag.....

Thank you for looking.  

I will be posting this at Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday.

Sources for the items.  Tablecloth and chargers Ebay.  One of my favs, the yellow gold plates from Thanksgiving Point Emporium.  Napkins, floral plate, flatware, napkin rings from Pier One.    

Mother's Day Tablescape

Mother's Day Tablescape


I am thinking about all the Mother's I know and love.  Who have done so much for me and all their loved ones.  

My own Mother who has passed on.  She was a wonderful woman, gentle and mild, and self-sacrificing.  She had rheumatoid arthritis at a young age, yet she would walk with me for miles in the coldest winter snow to take me to Ballet class or Girl Scouts, or shopping, as she didn't drive.  We would read together every night.  She would read a page then I would read a page.  She would stay by my bedside until I went to sleep.  I couldn't sleep very well then as well as now.  It was so comforting to have her nearby when I am sure she must have been very tired.   Now with many children of my own I understand what a Mother truly is.....  .

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Last Rose of Summer.....

This "Angel Face" Rose really wanted to be noticed.  One last flower and what a Beauty.  One Great Last Show....

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