Haunted House Tablescape

Beaulah and I love to fly around the house

at this time of year decorating, and

having the tables decorated is half

the fun!

Imagine our surprise when we opened

a musty old cupboard (must have been

filled with cobwebs so we couldn't see them)

 and discovered

some brand new plates that had never

been taken out of the box!

"Tee Hee," she laughed, "these will be perfect!"

And so our Haunted House tablescape began.

Not only did we unearth 12 dinner plates

and salad plates, but adorable gold haunted

house bowls,

and coordinating

Eat, Drink and be Scary bowls.

Who knew what treasures lay hiding

in our haunted abode, and in our

favorite gold too?!!

Susan, at Between Naps on the Porch, let 

Beaulah and I know that this gorgeous

twig flatware was on sale at Pier 1,

so Beaulah hopped on her broomstick

and picked a few up ( 20 placesettings

so the whole family can enjoy them!)

Let me say, she had a hard time flying back with them.

The plate stack started with a gold woven

placemat, then favorite purple chargers,

the gold metallic Haunted House plates,

from Home Goods a few years ago - maybe

centuries ago - who knows - and a gold beaded

plate.

Our purple bubble glass goblets were

perfect for the table.

The black candle in the middle of the brass

candelabra reminds Beaulah and I of

one of our favorite Halloween Movies,

Hocus Pocus.  

And of course, every respectable haunted house

has black spider webs covering every surface

of the house.

 A little something for all

you witches out there!

I hope you won't be so scared that you

refuse to be seated at our table,

as we would love to

"HAVE YOU FOR DINNER"!!!

How October is flying by!  

Glad you flew on over to visit us,

and to haunt

Purple Chocolat Home

for a minute or two!

(The three sisters out for an autumn stroll.)

As they say at Disneyland

HURRY BAAACK, HURRY BAAACK!

We will fly on over to party

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Tablescapes Thursday

Glamoured Girls for Halloween

I love getting catalogues for holidays,

and now Halloween items are in abundance

in catalogues.  When I saw these fun metallic

skeletons in a current catalogue, I decided

to glam some of my skeletons up.

I found this fabulous Krylon paint

in silver and gold

and couldn't believe what a shiny 

metallic finish it gave me.

Very few metallic paints give this

kind of a finish.  And no this is not

a sponsored post!  Great stuff.

A little strange outside, as she was getting painted.

But it was painted and dried in minutes.

It took less than one can to paint.

After they dried, they brought into the living room

(of course - they are special guests this year) and

then dressed with odds and ends.

I just layered jewels and boas for this lovely lady.

This one sits in a fur and gold chair!  

Isn't she maaaahvelous?

She is seated next to a spooky new

phone that I found at At Home.  The

grandkids really love anything that

talks or moves.

She became great friends with our

friendly vulture - also from At Home this year.

It's all in the little details - fingerless

gloves and a pearl and chain bracelet.

These glamour girls have gotten

a lot of attention this year.  

So glad they decided to make

Purple Chocolat Home,

their Halloween home.

Halloween Costume Party Table

It's time to don your masks and come to our

annual

Halloween Costume Party.  

We have been hosting an annual 

Halloween Party almost from the year

we were married (38 years!)  This table celebrates

a costume party, so get your mask and costume on 

and come on over to party.

I found these cute/spooky plates at Home Goods

this year, and felt they were perfect

for a costume party theme.

One of my favorite color combinations

for Halloween is purple and black,

and this sparkly purple pumpkin got

dressed up with a fancy purple and black

mask for the party.

I brought out my favorite purple stemware.  These

were purchased years and years ago through

Spiegel catalogue.  Mysteriously (guess that

fits right in with a Halloween party) two have

disappeared out of my twelve.  I have searched

for replacements, but to no avail!

The table linen is a sheer piece of spider web fabric.

Our favorite purple rats always are around

for Halloween parties.

Contrasting sheer spider napkins are perfect

for this table setting.  (I sewed these with

my serger a couple of years ago.)

A sparkly pumpkin fills this urn as the 

centerpiece to our table.  We made these

two years ago in our craft group.

Glittery pumpkins are everywhere.

This cleverly dressed skull was the other

plate option.  I can't decide which I like best.

Black flatware pieces were chosen for our

Costume Party table.  They are such

a great basic color for creating tablescapes.

It is so easy to create a fun Halloween

table just using a white stack of 

plates with the accent plate on top.

Add the Halloween flair and mystery with

fun plates, napkins and accessories.

If you can't make it to our costume party

(and costumes are definitely required) then

drop by

Purple Chocolat Home

for Trick or Treating.

It's a party here!

I will be posting with

Tablescapes Thursday

Halloween Caramel Apples

Tee Hee Hee,

Beulah has a terrible sweet tooth!

Maybe that is why she is near toothless!

Or maybe she lost a few biting into

caramel apples!

Making caramel apples is always a fall

tradition here, so this year Beualah and I made

these Wicked Apples in purple and green!

(To match her face?)

Yikes - scary enough to eat!!

Of course, we had to make some other

varieties, like this Apple Pie caramel apple,

topped with cinnamon sugar,

and this Black and White Chocolate 

Caramel Apple. 

After dipping the apples in caramel, and

letting them cool, I piped on melted candy

discs, using a number 3 piping tip.

To make the cinnamon sugar apple,

sprinkle the sugar mix on right away

after piping the white chocolate.

These were some I made a few years ago.  They 

take a little longer, but were so fun! Click here

to see that post.

There are so many fun options and we

had others too, but these were the ones that

didn't get grabbed and taken or eaten right away.

For the recipe for easy homemade caramel

apples click here.

Little cutie cried and cried until she got

one of the Wicked Apples!!  You can

tell she was attracted to the purple and

green - none of the others would do!!!!