A Pawsome Halloween Tablescape — Whispers of the Heart

I love Johanna Parker’s holiday designs and I have many of her holiday items. They aren’t sold in stores here in Torrance that I can find so I have bought most of them on the secondary market online over the years. I had been gathering her black cat items to use on a tablescape when I found this Johanna Parker Halloween tablecloth on sale at Spoonflower online. I didn’t know that she designed fabric as well until I saw this tablecloth. Well, of course, I had to have it!

I love the expression on this small Johanna Parker black cat plate. It is labeled Design by Johanna Parker, Transpac, Every Day Is A Holiday. I bought them one or a few at a time as I found them on Ebay and Mercari.

I love these bright orange Halloween dinner plates. (The photo doesn’t actually show the true orange color. It is a bit deeper orange than what is showing.) I can’t remember where I bought these plates but they are labeled Royal Norfolk, Greenbrier International, Inc..

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. You can buy a charger at a dollar store and spray paint it black for an inexpensive charger.

This black placemat probably came from Pier 1 many years ago before our store closed. I have this placemat in several different colors.

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.

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 dark black color. These Luxshiny black cat and pumpkin napkin rings came from Amazon last month.

I love the green eyes! To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

This Johanna Parker small black cat figure came from Ebay and Mercari one or a few at a time as I found them. I set it on a small black metal box place card holder that I have had for a long time. I can’t remember where they came from. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

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. I often use black and orange goblets on my Halloween tablescapes but this black goblet is a newer addition to my goblet collection. I bought them a few years ago. 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 that were all black. I was delighted to find these black plastic ones on Amazon. 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. 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 bought this Johanna Parker Black Cat Cookie Jar and the Johanna Parker black cat salt and pepper sets on Ebay over the past year as I saw them. The cookie jar is sitting on a black glass small cake stand that I bought at HomeGoods a few years ago.

This Johanna Parker black cat bowl with a lid and a spoon came from Ebay. I often just add a salt and pepper set on the side of the centerpiece on my tablescapes but when I saw these small bowls I decided to add them as well because they are so cute!

This Johanna Parker black cat bowl with a lid and a spoon came from Ebay also. You can see the side of the small black metal box place card holder in this photo.

Halloween tablescapes are some of my favorites. I look forward to creating them every year. I develop Halloween themes way in advance and I look for things for months!

To see over 260 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

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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 are planning a gathering for tablescapers in January in the Los Angeles area..

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