There’s a Full Moon Rising . . .

And so October begins . . . the changing of the seasons, the slow then quick color wash of spectacular golds and reds and oranges. 

 

And at its end, the transformation of colors that become first bleak, then foreboding, signaling that Halloween has come!

 

If that gives you a slight shiver — welcome to the Halloween Tablescape Blog Hop where you'll be introduced to a selection of spooky, whimsical, or scary themes limited only by our imagination!  

 

I began with a table-topper in heart-throbbing orange covered in all the expected spooky motifs in black. In the middle I set an elegant glass vase filled with black roses and deep purple raven feathers.

 

There will be a full moon rising in the days before Halloween, which inspired the theme for my tablescape. But how to carry it out? Without a second thought I chose the set of salad plates which also features iconic images set against full moons in shades of gray, black and ghostly ivory. A somber owl is being harassed by territorial bats.

 

Frolicking ghosts have joined the fun.

 

While at another place setting the bats fill the skies! The salad plates nestle into vintage dinner plates with ornate scrolling and equally ornate candlesticks hold pillar candles. To match their formality, I've used lovely crystal wine and champagne goblets with modern lines and gleaming black stems.

 

Dessert will be served in mini cauldrons after the pesky spiders are removed.

 

A witch appears among the bats. Notice how the plates moodily portray the moon's dark volcanic plains called maria, rugged light-colored highlands, and countless impact craters formed by asteroids and meteoroids. 

 

An inquisitive witch has left her dusty library and flies high above the table. 

 

The fourth salad plate again features bats, while a wide-eyed cat catches a mouse. Beyond the place setting is a second set of salt and pepper shakers in bone-chillingly white.

 

Hand-crafted steel cats hold patterned napkins.

 

Silvered charge plates will catch both the candlelight and moonlight shining through the doors.

 

The witch hasn't graced my tablescapes in quite awhile. It's high time she made an appearance!

 

Bats have entered her library!

 

An elegant yet fiendishly macabre tablescape!

 

Now that there's a full moon rising, I'd like to introduce you to the Halloween Tablescape Blog Hop organized by the incomparable Rita of Panoply! She's gathered twelve stylists to provide whimsical, spooky, fun, or eerie inspiration for your Hallows' Eve tables. You'll want to delve into all these tablescapes!

 

                    Panoply - Skeleton Duet Halloween Tablescape

                    Life and Linda - Phantom of the Opera Tablescape

                    Hyacinths for the Soul - Too Cute to Spook

                    Me and My Captain - Happy Ghosts Visit the Moon of the High Mountain Desert of New Mexico

                    Red Cottage Chronicles - A Charming Halloween Tea Party

                    The Cat's Whiskerz - A Witchy Halloween Tablescape

                    Corner of Plaid and Paisley - A Bit of Scare in that Scarecrow

                    Olla-Podrida - Haunted House Tablescape for Halloween

                    My Thrift Store Addiction - Charlotte the Spider and a Whimsical Garden Party

                    Dinner at Eight - There's a Full Moon Rising . . .

                    Thrifting Wonderland - All Hallows Eve Thrifted Tablescape

                    The Bookish Dilettante - Tablescape for Spooky Season: El Día de los Muertos

Thanks for visiting!

Our previous Halloween tablescape hops can be explored in A Shadow on the Floor — The Raven, A Hauntingly Delightful Halloween or Welcome to Ghostly Hollow.