Bats on a Halloween Tablescape

I have had this Halloween tablecloth for several years, it probably came from HomeGoods. In the back of my mind I knew it had black bats on it so when I saw these plates a few months ago I knew I had another Halloween tablescape theme for this year.

I was browsing online for Halloween items and I found these bat appetizer plates at Bed, Bath & Beyond online. They are labeled H for Happy App Plate Orange W/Bats. I love the simple black and orange bats design.

I added a simple black melamine salad plate to the plate stack. I wanted a simple black plate separating the two bat plates. I have a couple small black plate sets but they were the same size as the appetizer bat plate so I looked online for a plate that was a bit larger and I found these at Home Depot online. It is their Trenblay Melamine Salad Plate in Charcoal Black. Unfortunately the first set came with a broken one which seldom happens with melamine but I was able to easily replace them.

The dinner plates have the same design as the salad plates. These plates were really inexpensive, they are a very thin melamine.

This black glass Starburst charger is called Charge It and they were made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and work well with many different color schemes. If you read my blog you see these black charger plates often on my tablescapes during the Halloween season.

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 this year 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 can’t remember where I bought these orange cotton napkins but they are my favorite shade of bright orange. I love bright colors. These napkins probably came from Pier 1 several years ago. I found the black wood bat napkin rings on Etsy last year.

There are lots of sellers on Etsy now who do 3D printing and it has been easy for me to find place card holders to match some of my table themes. These small black bat place card holders were inexpensive. They came from England and I have bought from this seller before, they do great work. The orange place cards came from Amazon.

I often use black and orange goblets on my Halloween tablescapes but this black goblet is a newer addition to my goblet collection. I have black goblets that are shorter than this 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 this past Spring. The advertisement said that they are disposable but I plan to keep them for a while until I can find some black glass ones that are the same height. I think I bought these orange glass goblets at Ross or T.J. Maxx several years ago. They were some of the first goblets I bought when I started tablescaping. I love using them this time of year. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets (including the colors I use the most) for your tablescaping collection here.

I knew that I wanted some kind of large black bat for the centerpiece for this table and I found this metal bat on Etsy last month. It is actually a wall hanging but Hubby made a base for it for me. The bat was laser cut on 16 gauge steel. I love the designs on the wings. I added a bat salt and pepper set that I found at VampireFreaks online a few months ago.

I added a couple of simple black wood bats to the table that I found on Etsy as well as two small Johanna Parker Halloween figures that I found on Amazon last year from her Halloween Pumpkin Body Peeps collection. There are four figures in this series. This one is a small bat.

This owl figure is another piece from Johanna Parker’s Halloween Pumpkin Body Peeps collection that I found on Amazon last year. I love Johanna Parker’s designs.

If you are looking for something made of wood I would start with looking on Etsy online, lots of woodworkers there.

I love Halloween decorations!

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