Hello, friends!! Thank you so much for popping into my little corner of blogland! I do adore celebrating holidays, don't you? In just over a week, it will be Halloween, whoo-hoo! Today, I wanted to share one last tablescape indicative of the spooktacular season.
I'll begin by stating I am a child of the 80's, and that I was a fan of director Tim Burton before I knew who he was. I knew his work then mostly because of my adoration at the time of the film
PeeWee's Big Adventure. Later, I grew to love
Beetlejuice,
The Nightmare Before Christmas,
9,
Edward Scissorhands,
Batman, and many, many others.
Mr. Burton may have started as having only a cult following, but as a result of the Henry Selick's ingenious stop-motion animation interpretation of Burton's brilliant
The Nightmare Before Christmas, at long last, he is recognized for the amazing creative he is. It might also be attributed to when he decided to align himself with the company of another brilliant mind and innovator, Walt Disney. In honor of Mr. Burton, that wacky and wonderful wizard of wicked whimsy, that master of magical macabre, I have set this table as a sort of homage. I hope you enjoy the post.
I began the setting with a striped tablecloth. If you are a Burton fan, you know that stripes are a recurring theme in several of his films.
For a spooky element, I added some black netting to the chandelier.
As a centerpiece, I placed my pre-made Mr. Pumpkinhead.
Mr. Pumpkinhead reminds me of the bevy of pumpkins AND Jack Skellington before his transformation, all of whom appear in the opening credits of
A Nightmare Before Christmas. Sitting in a coffin (creepy!) atop of throne of skulls indicative of those in Tim Burton's
Corpse Bride.
Here is a glimpse of Mr. Burton's exhibit at MOMA NYC (Museum of Modern Art) which ended in April 2009. Do you see the similiarities? If you'd like to see more of the exhibit, you may visit the article in the Los Angeles Times
here.
To view the tutorial about how I made this spooky centerpiece, you may do so by visiting the post on my blog
The Crafting Table here.
At either side of the table, large buttons were placed, reminiscent of the button eyes in Henry Selick's
Coraline. As mentioned, Henry Selick was a director and collaborator on both Burton's
Nightmare Before Christmas and
James and the Giant Peach, so I enjoyed this film which had a similar style. I have been a fan of
his since I first saw his animated short
Slow Bob In the Lower Dimensions which was featured on MTV's
Liquid Television ages ago when I was still in my teens!!
The Other Mother
Closer look.
These were simple room décor hangers I spray painted black.
In two of the button holes of each button, I placed some spooky "trees," as seen in many Burton films.
These were small branches I also spray-painted black.
On either side of the centerpiece, I set skull candle holders with black tapers.
In front of those, I set a pair of my striped Mackenzie-Childs-inspired candles.
To view the tutorial to make these fun candles, visit the post on
The Crafting Table here.
Alternating web placemats
were followed by alternating silver chargers.
Where there were silver chargers, I placed web placemats....
and where there were web placemats, I placed black chargers.
On each silver charger, I set clear plates.
Closeup.
On each black charger, I set white plates.
Closeup.
The white plates were followed by dark saucers,
and the clear plates were followed by white saucers.
At each setting where there was a white saucer and silver charger, I set black napkins folded length-wise.
At each setting where there was a black saucer and black charger, I set white napkins folded length-wise.
At each setting, a small gift box in stripes (of course!) adorned with a bat nametag indicative of the Burton film Batman starring Michael Keaton.
Aren't these quirky-cool? To view the tutorial, you may visit the post on the crafting table
here.
Finally, I set a simple flute and black tumbler at each setting.
All set!
Here is a closeup of each setting. Silver charger setting.
Black Charger setting.
A few more shots.....
Here's wishing you a safe, fun, and happy Halloween!!
From my collection:
Striped "tablecloth," blanket from Ikea
Silver chargers, generic
Black chargers, generic
White plates and saucers, Ralph Lauren Whipstitch Collection
Dark saucers, generic
Clear plates, generic
Spider web placemats, The Dollar Tree
Skull candle holders, The 99¢ Store
Linen napkins, both, generic, HomeGoods
Spooky cloth, The Dollar Tree
Large button wall art, Hobby Lobby
Stemware and tumblers, generic
Also, a sidebar; if you are interested in the bench featured here in this post, it is handmade, and you may visit the tutorial to build my DIY highback bench by looking in the archives or clicking
here. Thank you!
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