Black Widows on a Tablescape

This is a tablescape that I did in 2015 but the photos were terrible, it was at the beginning of my tablescaping hobby, I wasn’t blogging then, and the table was full of clutter. I did a smaller version in 2019 for a charity event but I have been wanting to redo the original design for several years. The white polyester tablecloth probably came from Amazon or TableclothsFactory online a few years ago. The black, red, and white spider quilted table topper came from Etsy several years ago. I have a constant battle with black widow spiders on our back patio but they hate peppermint so I mix a bit of peppermint oil in water and spray it around and they often move on. I know this tablescape won’t be to everyone’s liking but I think it’s important to change things up a bit once in a while and I want to celebrate the creative work that was done on all the black widow spider items on this table.

Since it has been seven years since I did this tablescape the first time I can’t remember what caused me to create a table setting with black widow spiders. I think I may have seen these hand painted black widow spider salad plates on Etsy and the table design grew from there. I love the clean crisp design, the black lines really stand out against the white.

The photo distorts the shape of these square black glass appetizer or tidbit plates a bit. We found them somewhere in Virginia while we were visiting our son and his family a few years ago. They were made by Luminarc France. They were really inexpensive so I bought some white ones as well.

Using our everyday red dinner plates on this tablescape. They are made by Fiesta and the color is Scarlet. When we remodeled the kitchen several years ago and I picked white with red accents as the color scheme, we bought this new set of dishes. I still love the bright red color. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

I bought these black and white chargers at Crate and Barrel several years ago. They were some of the first chargers that I bought. I just really liked the lace like design on them. The edge kind of reminds me of spider webs so I added them to this tablescape.

This flatware is made by D & D Inox in Italy and the pattern is called Roma. I bought them at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale several years ago. There are similar frosted patterns available online now. I really like the marbleized design on the handles and the stainless quilted design. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These white cotton napkins came from Pier 1 several years ago. The black metal spider web napkin rings came from Amazon a few years ago.

These metal black widow spider place card holders came from Pottery Barn several years ago. I bought the same design painted like red ants but Hubby painted those black for me and I used them on a Picnic themed tablescape a few years ago. You can see that tablescape here.

I think these red glass goblets came from Crate and Barrel a few years ago. I had been looking for some simple red goblets and grabbed these when I saw them online. Now I wish I had ordered more of them. I found the hand painted black widow spider goblets on Etsy several years ago. They were made by the same person who created the black widow spider salad plates. It is a clever design, there is a spider web on the back as well as the spider on the front. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection here.

I can’t remember where I bought the tall glass cloche, I have had it for several years. I bought all the spiders that I attached to it on Etsy several years ago. Some of them are pins. I bought the red pillar candle on Amazon a few years ago. I have had the small white plastic stand for several years and I don’t remember where it came from, probably HomeGoods.

I have had these black spider candle holders for many years, can’t remember where they came from online. I always have a stash of tea light candles on hand for when I need them for tablescapes.

I really don’t like spiders at all, and I especially dislike black widow spiders. We have them in our garden and I wish they would disappear but I do like this tablescape. I haven’t seen one like it before.

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