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14 years ago

A very spooky hello to all my dishy friends! It's been a while since I've talked to ya'll, but I've been enjoying looking at all the decorating ya'll have been doing. I figure it's still technically Halloween on the West Coast, so here's my table.

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prosperity66
14 years ago
Really nice table! Very Halloweenish and I love the glasses!

As for the spell, well, keep on doing beautiful settings! Isn't that nice spell, uh?
luvstocraft
14 years ago
DD, your table is wonderful. What a perfect tablecloth. Did you make the witches boots? Those are perfect and I like how you put them up on the pedestal. Those candles are great too. Love the orange with the black, traditional but perfect and your little black cat napkin rings are so cute. You even have orange handled silverware! Everything is just perfect. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Luvs
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luckygal
14 years ago
Dreamgoddess, I love your tablescape! Orange crocheted doilies and flatware, my you are really "into" Halloween. The tablecloth is amazing - is it printed or a lace overlay? If it's an overlay I'd love to find one like that to put on top of my orange cloth which I didn't even use this year. I'm also intrigued by your candles - are they oil lamps?

TFS, everything is "bewitching".
Purplemoon
14 years ago
Dream, I love the cat napkin rings and the spider web tablecloth!
But your whole table is fantastic, as always. And I'm saving this one for our album.
Glad you dropped in again and shared with us. Don't stay away so long! I've missed you.

hugs, Karen
oldalgebra
14 years ago
I'm crazy about those witch shoes! But I'm completely, all-out jealous of the orange stemware. Where'd you find it? Everything looks great. Did you crochet the orange doillies?
hi2all
14 years ago
Oh, my, that is a great looking table! Love the witch boots and stockings. (I am afraid to ask where the rest of her is, but I did notice the unique knife rests!)

Everything is coordinated so nicely -- love the orange flatware and the black goblets.

Lee

Thanks for sharing.
plainjane425
14 years ago
DG....Great Table, with such a fun Centerpiece.
The tablecloth and the napkin rings are my favorite, and
I love that you found Orange Flatware to go with it all!

I'm glad you got to send this 'Spell' our way.
TFS

jane
oldalgebra
14 years ago
Oops! I meant orange FLATware.
Where did you get it, anyway?
dreamgoddess
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks bunches everyone! I really had fun doing this table.

Luvs, the boots are a pair of Victorian shoes from the late 1800's. I bought them years ago in an antique shop. I put the striped stocking over round styrofoam pieces and stuck them down in the boots for her legs.

Luckygal, I adore Halloween! It's my favorite next to Christmas. I bought the orange tablecloth from JCP and it's Fiesta. The black spiderweb lace cloth is from Heritage Lace. I found it on ebay. The candles are just plain old candles. I think I bought them at Hobby Lobby.

Purplemoon, I've missed being here! I used to be able to drop in while I was at work, but the silly company blocked this site on our computers. What in the world were they thinking??? LOL!

OA, the orange flatware came from JCP too. It's Fiesta and was on sale for half price. I scooped it up just to use for Halloween. Unfortunately, I didn't crochet the doilies. I've tried crocheting, but I'm hopeless at doing it. I bought just plain old white doilies at DT and used orange RIT dye on them,

hi2all, she left bits and pieces of herself all over my dining room! I love my witch fingers and they smelled so good when I got them! They were scented with cinnamon, but the scent has just about faded now.
kippenhill
14 years ago
Love your table. Everything about it is fabulous! I would love to find that orange flatware. I like Halloween even more than Christmas....just as much fun with a lot less stress!
phonegirl
14 years ago
I think everyone else has said everything already. So glad you posted your table here for all of us to enjoy. I'm so happy your boots came up on the posts or I would of missed them. They are cool and I loved your reply to Lee.

Hope to see more of your tables with the holidays coming. Punk
Purplemoon
14 years ago
Kip, I've never thought of Halloween that way...LOL. But you are sure right. I love Christmas things, but trying to get everything decorated is really stressful these days.

DG..."she left bits and pieces of herself all over my dining room!"
I cracked up over totally over this.

hugs, Karen
ncnana
14 years ago
I love everything, it looks great. My favorites are that wonderful tablecloth and the orange handled flatware. Thank you for sharing. - Gail
luvstocraft
14 years ago
DG, I didn't even notice the "knife rests" until after I read Lee's post and went back to look for them! Too funny! What a great sense of humor you have!

Don't stay away so long Gal, only takes a minute to post a quick hello even if you don't have any pics to share at the moment.

Luvs
jaybird
14 years ago
Been missing you DG...don't be so scare-ce!! :^)

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