Foodie fridays: simple and elegant halloween table
{Guest post today. Please welcome Geri Wurth. Enjoy!}
Halloween has our heart.
Maybe it’s because our birthday is October 28th. But for decades now, when October rolls around, the spirit of Halloween grabs us by the throat and throttles us fully until we are under its spell of creating a simple and elegant Halloween table.
Putting up orange and purple lights in all the trees. Spearheading the St. Patrick’s School Elementary spook-house, screaming, “It’ll never be dark enough in this gym!” Sewing up an E. T. costume, complete with a red bicycle reflector for the “we'll be right here” heart-spot. We inhaled shots of Halloween.
For 2011, however, we're taking it simple.
The simple way out and cheap! But elegant. We still plan to create a meanish, Halloweenish table for dinner.
For this semi-macabre table, we’re going to go with black and green, with a hint of orange. The theme is for a luxe Halloween dinner table using whatever you have you around, plus a few pumpkins.
Items Needed:
– Tablecloth
– Black lace
– Black napkins
– Your own necklaces and jewelry box
– Any silver pieces you have
– One bag of Spanish moss,
– Mini-pumpkins
– Black fringe
*A chef to cook dinner
Step One: Grab your table linens and some black lace cloth. You could purchase a yard or two of black lace (which is what we did a few throttled-throat Halloweens back) or use a black shawl that you have. (Draw the line at your lingerie).
Layer the linens. We put down an avocado green tablecloth with the black lace on top. A plain white tablecloth underneath would work equally as well.
Step Two: Add your plates, silverware, and wine glasses. We used some green-rimmed china we have. You could use white plates or turquoise, any color that ‘sparks’ with orange.
Step Three: Add black napkins for the creep element. We formed our black napkins into bats. Fold the napkins into a triangle, then bring the middle together with a pinch. Tie a black ribbon or bias type or yarn around the center. Viola! Les bats!
Step Four: Go get your jewelry box. If you don’t have a jewelry box, go find any kind of hinged box. Pull out some pieces of your nicer, or at least sparklier, necklaces. Put the jewelry box in the center and fill the box with creepy Spanish moss. Add moss under your candles and around your candlesticks. Add any silver pieces you might have, such as candle holders, small vases, bowls, or trophies.
Step Five: Arrange some min-pumpkins inside the jewelry box and around the table. We purchased these little guys at two for a dollar a week before Halloween.
Step Six: Hang some black fringe overhead. We cut this fringe off a $3 pillow we bought at the D. A. V. It doesn’t have to look reliable.
And that’s the Six Steps to a simple, Elegant, and Cheap Halloween Table…half the Twelve Steps necessary to recovery from a Halloween addiction!
Happy Halloween!
Geri Wurth
Conclusion: Conclude your preparations with an simple and elegant Halloween table, creating an inviting atmosphere for a spooktacular celebration.
