Presto Chango Tablescape

 Some of you may remember my table of last week with the bicycles and the blues.....

So this this week, I decided to "build" a new table and show how easy it is to change the look, with minimal change.  This time I changed the centerpiece of a basket of flowers to a happy jack-o-lantern nested on fall leaves on a wooden stand.  I've had this pumpkin for years...but you could carve your own too.

I kept the same tablecloth, plates, napkins and flatware.  I removed the bicycle stickers and added fall leaves under the clear glass.

 This takes us from end of summer to autumn very easily.  I love the combinaton of blues and oranges.

....then to add a bit more orange to the table I added these pretty orange fall towelettes/napkins that my friend Jane just sent me. (we both have paper product obsessions and she always finds the prettiest ones).

 A pretty look with minimal cost.  If you have white and clear glass plates (my white ones came from Big Lots several years ago and the clear ones can be purchased at Walmart very inexpensively).....you can "make" any pattern of china you want....millions of possibilities.

 Now lets make another subtle change and switch to a black and white checked tablecloth and orange and black plaid cloth napkins.  I changed my navy blue goblets for clear ones.

....add a few mini pumpkins .....these make cute place cards if you write the names on the pumpkins....or you can add sticker letters instead.

Ponytail bands from the dollar spot at Target make cute napkin rings.

 .....different flatware can add a different twist to the place setting.....

.....and before you know it....."Presto Chango".....you have a fun and friendly Halloween table....with very little effort and expense.

See ya!

This week I'm joining Susan at "Between Naps on the Poarch" for fall tablescaping fun!
http://betweennapsontheporch.net/elegant-eerie-halloween-tablescape-the-215th-tablescape-thursday/

Halloween Fun

It's so fun to have Halloween with the grandtwins around. Saturday night we invited them over for a festive supper.


A few treats at their places.


A fun book for Halloween bedtime reading.



The girls dressed for the season...we had a fun supper with mummy dogs and brunswick stew. I didn't get any pictures of the food (as usual).


A few decorations for the season.



Skull under glass.


Did you know that you could catch ghosts with candy corn?



A vintage looking postcard.


A frightful crew on the sideboard.


Guarding the Halloween treats.




The girls all dressed for Halloween fun -- loved the Ghost Princess and Pumpkin Princess costumes our daughter made for these two precious cuties.

Hope all your goblins were were good ones! Wishing you all treats and no tricks!

See ya!

I'm sharing this with Marty's Fall cloche party and Tabletop Tuesday.

Happy Jacks at the Table

I'm so glad to participate in Tablescape Thursday again. The last one I posted was a repeat -- but this week I've got a new table to add to the fun. Actually I took the same colors and dishes from my last years "Wicked" repeat....and updated it to.....



....a table full of "Happy Jacks"...... Jack-O-Lanterns that is.



The Jacks and I invite you to share our table.




You can just see this little shy Jack peeking from behind the glass and napkin.



How about a dish breakdown. Starting with these green plates.




Followed by these black and white checked plates.



....and last of all the same black dinner plates......



.....and the same placemats too......



....but I did change the flatware to this black "Treble Clef" and I've added the newish checked tablecloth too.




....now on to my three smiling Jacks. This is my oldest one.....I guess I've had him for at least 25 years....no telling where I found him.





These two Jacks have hung out on my porch for many a Halloween night too......and they're still smiling! (And bringing flowers too!)




Tabletop overview.



Candy corn colored flowers.....



.... with a candy corn pick.



Time to dim the lights.....




.....and enjoy some grins with the Jacks!

I've been so busy the past couple of weeks that I've been terrible about getting around and making comments and responding to your very sweet comments....hope you don't think I'm rude.....really, just crazy busy....some fun and some not....but you know I love ya'll ---and I'll be back to "getting around" real soon.....in the meantime wander on over to "Between Naps on the Porch" and check out all the tables set all across blogland.....where there's always a place set for you!

See ya!

MacBeth and a Halloween Decorator

I've been AWOL for a bit. Last week Mr. Mid-Atlantic and I were in Atlanta. First on our agenda was to see Macbeth at The Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern. We know "Macbeth" pretty well.....just call me "Mother Macbeth". Mr. Mid-Atlantic and I are pretty proud of him. And playing Macbeth is pretty exciting for Andrew too. One of his prized roles at the Tavern. (I will say it is pretty weird to see your son beheaded!)



Andrew and his real life "Lady Macbeth" -- (Although Megan is MUCH nicer....otherwise we may have been uneasy overnight guests.....just a little Macbeth humor)



The grands looked mighty cute in their Halloween shirts.



We had a great time at the pumpkin patch with them....too bad it was a unexpected stop and I didn't have my camera with me.



Stella and I did some fun Halloween decorating around the house to "surprise" her parents one night. We put some streamers up on her bedroom door....fun to run through and scare your little sister.



We cut out spiders to crawl over the back of the chairs.



More streamers and bats for the light.



All sorts of Halloween fun for the kitchen window.



Stella gave the bats some spooky faces.



Another spider in an unexpected spot....ready to scare someone.




And of course a few ghosts hanging around waiting for the "big haunting day". It was fun to let Stella decorate however her heart desired and she announced, "Nana, this was the bestest activity of all!" Isn't it fun to entertain a five year old with some crepe paper, black card stock, window clings and a little childhood imagination? Such a blessing these sweet times are.

See ya!