A Witchy Book of Spells Tablescape for Halloween

I posted this tablescape six years ago but I am posting it again for new readers. This Halloween tablescape was created after I stumbled upon the centerpiece at HomeGoods several years ago. (To see my 30 other different Halloween tablescapes, please click here and scroll down to Halloween.) Hubby and I were at HomeGoods so I could look for something else and I suddenly found this wonderful witch drinking coffee and reading while sitting on a mushroom library. I just adore the Enchanted Forest Library sign and the Book Return slot! Hubby took one look at my face and he knew the die was cast, she was coming home with us. After all, a retired librarian seldom finds such a treasure! Besides, I have had these book shaped plates for years. It was an omen!

The tablecloth for this table setting went through three different variations before I settled on this one. I first used the black and white buffalo check tablecloth I used on another tablescape. It just didn’t seem right to me so I changed it out for a white tablecloth with a black design on the sides. I didn’t like the way that one looked either. Then I went on Amazon a few years ago and searched Halloween tablecloths and I found this one. I couldn’t believe how it fit the theme perfectly! How I love Amazon’s overnight delivery! The tablecloth was made by Amscan and it is called Spooks and Spells.

I moved the place card holders to the center of the top plates because the white space needed to be broken up in some way.

I bought this book shaped plate in three different sizes several years ago online from Webstaurantstore.com. They still have them for sale but unfortunately you have to buy a case of the plates because the web site is a restaurant supply store. I bought them anyway because I felt that a librarian who does tablescaping should have these plates!

The second plate in the stack is a square dinner plate made by Fiesta and the color is Tangerine. I bought them online from Replacements.com several years ago. Most of my plates are round and I bought these square ones to go with the book plates.

I needed a basic square black charger and found these on Amazon a few years ago. They are melamine and they were made by American Atelier. It’s really good to have basic plates in neutral colors that you can use over and over if you are a tablescaper.

The black flatware is Ginkgo International LePrix. I have had this set for years but it is still for sale. Not sure where I bought it.

I bought these black goblets on Ebay and they were one of the first sets that I bought several years ago. They are by Lenox and they are called Midnight Mood black glass water goblets and they were made between 1974 and 1982. They are 7 1/4 inches tall. When I started buying goblets I didn’t pay attention to the height but now I like to buy goblets that are at least about 8 inches tall because my table is large and I think that they show better. I bought the amber goblets at Pier 1 before our store closed. I love how tall they are, they will replace some that I bought several years ago that are much shorter.

I love these small black houses that are place card holders. I bought them on Ebay several years ago. At that time they had them at Target, and Hearth and Hand with Magnolia.

I was looking for a black witch napkin ring a couple of years ago and I saw a witch design that I liked on Etsy (JandyArt14) and asked if they could make metal napkin rings with the same design. I really love the way they turned out and I have bought other designs from them as well. Because they are metal, they will last forever. I found the napkins on Etsy as well. I am really not a fan of gray usually but it works here because the napkin has orange, black, and beige as well that match the plates and tablecloth.

Hubby mumbles from time to time about all my tablescaping stuff but he really gets into looking for things that I need when I ask. He found some glass bottles and labels and put these bottles together for me.

I actually found this old bottle with a couple others at an estate sale. Hubby added the label.

I wanted a couple more accent pieces for this table so I found this piece on Amazon. The witch hat and books are a great match for the theme of the table.

I found this Juvale Black Obsidian Crystal Ball on Amazon. It is amazing that the tablecloth has crystal balls as well, (one partly covered here by the crystal ball stand).

This witch is labeled Heather Goldmine, Blue Sky, https://blueskyclayworks.com/ , copyright 2018 Blue Sky. The witch piece is sitting on a small black pottery upside down cauldron that I bought at Crate and Barrel a few years ago. I felt like she needed more height. I love Blue Sky designs and HomeGoods often has some for sale.

I get such a kick out of seeing the book return slot, it takes me back to my librarian days!

I just love her expression too!

Parts of this tablescape hold special meaning for me because my life’s work has been all about libraries, books, and research.

To see over 270 different tablescapes that I have created (including 30 Halloween Tablescapes) please click here. If you are on Facebook, join my Tablescape and Table Settings Ideas Facebook group for lots of tablescaping inspiration! Just click on the Facebook Search box at the top of the page and type in Tablescape and Table Settings Ideas or click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2553689988183392

For lots of other Tablescaping DIY tips and tricks click here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapehowto

If you live in Southern California join our Facebook tablescaping group Southern California Tablescapers BTS Group, click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/440356398581157 We had a gathering for tablescapers in January 2025 in the Los Angeles area and hope to have another one.

I put a new tablescape on my blog every week, please check back!

A Potion Pantry Halloween Tablescape

This tablescape has been a long time coming. I have had these plates for a few years but I just didn’t get everything else together until this year. The white cotton tablecloth probably came from HomeGoods several years ago. You can see 30 other Halloween Tablescapes that I have done here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes Just scroll down to Halloween.

These plates are made in England by Royal Wessex and the pattern is called Halloween Potions. The back says “Adapted by original copper engravings”. I bought them one or a few at a time as I saw them on Ebay over the past few years. There are three different designs in the series including Apothecary, Eyeballs, and Pickled Skunk. I really love the complex designs and all the details on these plates.

This design is called Eyeballs.

This design is called Apothecary.

What is interesting about these plates is that when you stack the same design on top of each other the design carries almost exactly from one plate to the other. You can see that clearly (even though it is a bit blurry) on the top of this salad plate as the design carries over to the dinner plate and the images line up together. The angle of the photo makes the bottom designs not match exactly. I only bought the Apothecary dinner plates so the other salad plates don’t match like this.

This is a Mikasa Color Spectrum Charger in the color Alpine White. I have this charger in several different colors and I bought them all on Ebay as I saw them over a few years. The Internet says that this pattern was only made between 1992 and 1993. I am not sure that is true but in any case they are no longer being manufactured. I have been trying to get six of this white color and pattern for years with no success until this last year when suddenly I found six at different places online after occasional google searches. You need to have patience when you are looking for things for tablescaping, that’s for sure!

I have had these black placemats for several years, they probably came from our Pier 1 store before it closed.

I wanted another set of black flatware that was all black and different from my Ginkgo International LePrix black set to use on my Halloween tablescapes and I found this set a few years ago on sale at Macy’s online. It was made by Lenox and the pattern is called Portola. I love the simple design and shiny black color. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I bought these black and white print napkins online several years ago but I can’t remember where, it might have been Crate and Barrel. They were made by Waverly. I like the way the design plays with the black and white plate designs. The black marble napkin rings came from Pier 1 right before they closed their stores and then reopened online. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I found these small plastic cauldrons on Amazon a few years ago. I knew I could use them as Halloween place card holders. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I have created seven Halloween Tablescapes this year and the black plastic goblet on the left here has been on six of them. (If you are a tablescaper you definitely need a simple black goblet in your collection.) I have black goblets that are shorter than this black goblet and black goblets that are much taller than this goblet but I wanted goblets this height. I was delighted to find these black plastic ones on Amazon a few years ago. It said that they are disposable but I am keeping them for a while until I can find some black glass ones that are the same height. The goblet on the right with the black bowl and clear stem was made by Classic Touch and it is called V-Shaped Water Glass, Black With Clear Stem. I bought them at Houzz online a couple of years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here.

I have been gathering these potion bottles for a few years now. Some came from HomeGoods and Grandin Road online. Hubby found some glass bottles and labels online and put some of them together for me and I found an old bottle with a couple of others at an estate sale and Hubby added labels to them for me also. He bought corks for a few of them because they didn’t have a lid. He built some black wood blocks for me to use on my tablescapes to vary the height of things too.

I found this Blue Sky Clayworks salt and pepper set at HomeGoods and couldn’t resist adding it to this tablescape.

I added this salt and pepper set from Amazon as well because it was a great match for this black and white tablescape.

To see over 270 different tablescapes that I have created please click here. If you are on Facebook, join my new Tablescape and Table Settings Ideas Facebook group for lots of tablescaping inspiration! Just click on the Facebook Search box at the top of the page and type in Tablescape and Table Settings Ideas or click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2553689988183392

For lots of other Tablescaping DIY tips and tricks click here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapehowto

If you live in Southern California join our Facebook tablescaping group Southern California Tablescapers BTS Group, click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/440356398581157 We had a gathering for tablescapers in January in the Los Angeles area and we hope to scheduled another one soon.

I put a new tablescape on my blog every week, please check back!

This blog post was featured at Fiesta Friday, https://fiestafriday.net/ Please visit this blog for lots of great recipes!

A Caw-some Halloween Tablescape

I have been thinking about a Crows themed Halloween tablescape for a couple of years now and I finally got it done this year. I create a new tablescape every week and post it on my blog. I have done over 25 different Halloween themed tablescapes and I keep looking for new themes. You can see all of my Halloween tablescapes and the other 250+ tablescapes that I have done here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapes When I saw this black tree branches on white tablecloth on Amazon several years ago I knew that it would be a good choice for Halloween tablescapes. The tablecloth was made by Fmfunctex. Sometimes I like to create tablescapes that are just two colors, I have done a few black and white ones. When I do this sometimes someone feels the need to make a comment saying that the tablescape would be better with a third color. If I had wanted to add another color, I would have. The stark black and white on this tablescape reminds me of Halloween and I like it for that reason.

This crow stoneware appetizer plate is marked Threshold on the back. I can’t remember where I bought them a few years ago.

This black porcelain dinner plate was made by 10 Strawberry Street. I love having basic color dinner plates that I can use over and over again when I need them. The pattern was called Black Classic Porcelain. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

This black glass Starburst charger is called Charge It and it was made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are a heavy glass and they work well with many different color schemes. A black charger with a simple design is a good starter charger plate if you are thinking about starting a tablescaping hobby.

I wanted another set of black flatware that was all black and different from my Ginkgo International LePrix black set to use on my Halloween tablescapes and I found this set a few years ago on sale at Macy’s online. It was made by Lenox and the pattern is called Portola. I love the simple design and the shiny black color. 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. The metal black crow napkin rings came from Park Designs online a few months ago. To read about the what, where and how of napkin rings please click here.

These Festanlee tiny resin crows came from Amazon a few weeks ago. 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.

The goblet on the left with the black bowl and clear stem was made by Classic Touch and it is called V-Shaped Water Glass, Black With Clear Stem. I bought them at Houzz online a few years ago. The clear fluted goblet with the black stem on the right is called Octime and and the manufacturer was Luminarc Arcoroc. They were made in the 1980’s. I bought them on Ebay also. I like taller goblets, they add a stronger element to my table settings. 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.

These two large black crows came from Grandin Road online a few years ago. I can’t remember where I bought the smaller black bird. I set them all on a wood stand that probably came from Michael’s a few years ago. It was natural wood but Hubby painted it white for me.

To see over 270 different tablescapes that I have created please click here. If you are on Facebook, join my Table Settings and Tablescape Ideas Facebook group (4,100+ members) for lots of tablescaping inspiration! Just click on the Facebook Search box at the top of the page and type in Table Settings and Tablescape Ideas or click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2553689988183392

If you live in Southern California join our Facebook tablescaping group Southern California Tablescapers BTS Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/440356398581157 . We had a gathering in January 2025 and we plan to have others as well.

Don’t miss the Tablescape How-To tab at the top of my blog for DIY tips and tricks or click here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapehowto

I put a new tablescape on my blog every week, please check back!

This blog post was featured at Penny’s Passion, https://pennyspassion.blogspot.com/ , Grandma’s House DIY, https://www.grandmashousediy.com/ My Thrift Store Addiction, https://mythriftstoreaddiction.blogspot.com/ Miz Helen’s Country Cottage, https://www.mizhelenscountrycottage.com/ and The Answer is Chocolate, http://www.answerischoco.com/ Please visit these blogs, you will enjoy them!

A Black and Orange Halloween Tablescape

I posted this Halloween tablescape five years ago and I decided to post it again because it is one of my favorites. Another tablescape that Hubby did the grunt work for. I tell him what to pull from the shelves in the garage and boom, it’s done! He moves fast! I have to admit I really love the traditional black and orange Halloween colors on this tablescape, they really pop. The design is a bit busy but sometimes I just like mixing patterns and Halloween designs are busy anyway. If you compare this table to another Halloween tablescapes that I created with the same jack o lantern salad plate here you can see a few of the same elements on both tablescapes but many elements are different. I bought this black and orange buffalo print tablecloth at Bed, Bath & Beyond online several years ago. The black placemats in the center came from Pier 1 several years ago.

I bought this jack o’ lantern salad plate at Pottery Barn several years ago. I had been looking for a simple jack o’ lantern plate for a couple of years and was so happy to find this one. You can see it on one another Halloween tablescape here.

We found these black glass plates somewhere in Virginia while we were visiting our son and his family several years ago. They were made by Luminarc France. They are salad or tidbit plates.

These pumpkin colored dinner plates came from Pier 1 right before our local store closed. The pattern was called Radius Pumpkin. I really like the lip design.

This black glass Starburst charger is called Charge It and was made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and work well with many different color schemes. A black charger with a simple design is a good starter charger plate if you are thinking about starting a tablescaping hobby.

This black flatware is Ginkgo International LePrix. I have had this set for years and it came from Overstock.com. If you read my blog you have seen this flatware on some of my other Halloween tablescapes also. It is in constant use in October. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I bought the black cotton napkins at World Market online a few years ago. I have some black polyester napkins but I really like cotton napkins the best. I have bought several sets of solid color napkins at World Market over the years. The orange and black argyle pattern napkins came from Etsy a few years ago. I found the orange metal jack o’ lantern napkin rings at Overstock.com a few years ago. To read about the what, where and how of napkin rings please click here.

Just realized that the camera made the white place card look blue. Weird! I love these little pumpkin place card holders. I have had them for a while. They came from Crate and Barrel several years ago. To read about the What, Where and When of place card holders, please click here.

I think I bought the orange glass goblets at Ross or T.J. Maxx. They were some of the first goblets I bought several years ago. I remember thinking that I would probably not use them very much but I have, especially this time of year. Just fyi, Dollar stores often sell plastic goblets like this one. The goblet with the black bowl and clear stem was made by Classic Touch and is called V-Shaped Water Glass, Black With Clear Stem. I bought them at Houzz online a few years ago. 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.

These colorful pumpkins that I am using as a centerpiece came from Grandin Road online a few years ago. They came with gold stems but the gold didn’t work for me so Hubby painted them black. I have a few others with the same colors but other patterns and then some that are black and white. They have similar ones for sale every year, the patterns just change. I bought a couple every year for a few years. Some often sit on the fireplace hearth at Halloween time.

It’s interesting to compare this tablescape with my other Halloween Tablescapes. They show how changing some of the elements on a table can create a completely different tablescape.

To see over 270 different tablescapes that I have created (including 27 Halloween tablescapes) please click here. If you are on Facebook, join my Table Settings and Tablescape Ideas Facebook group (4,100+ members) for lots of tablescaping inspiration! Just click on the Facebook Search box at the top of the page and type in Table Settings and Tablescape Ideas or click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2553689988183392

If you live in Southern California join our Facebook tablescaping group Southern California Tablescapers BTS Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/440356398581157 . We had a gathering in January 2025 and we plan to have others as well.

Don’t miss the Tablescape How-To tab at the top of my blog for DIY tips and tricks or click here: https://www.whispersoftheheart.com/tablescapehowto

I put a new tablescape on my blog every week, please check back!

This blog post was featured at Building Our Hive, https://buildingourhive.blogspot.com/ Please visit this blog, you will enjoy it!