Gloomy Dining Room

My Halloween decorations in my dining room have been the same for several years.  I have been using a black tablecloth with a sheer overlay with skulls on it on my table.  Then, I've added a number of candles, treat buckets and other small decorations.  I really like treat buckets and fill them with candy so I'll be ready for any Halloween event.  Here are some of the treat buckets that I have been using on my table.

I like their colors and their vintage-style faces. 

I've been collecting them for over 12 years.

This year, I have been so inspired by the blogs I've visited that I decided

 to try something new.  I'd seen a lot of mercury glass on tables and knew

 I had a bunch of mercury glass, so I decided to get some

 of it out to go on my "new table." 

 I pulled out a few other odds and ends

 and then added a couple of new items I found at T. J. Maxx.  

I got the mercury glass pumpkins there and they were sooo

 much cheaper than the ones that Pottery Barn had.

I also got the witch hat at T. J. Maxx. 

Yes, I already had this hand amongst my Halloween decorations.

I already had this jar with gummy eyeballs that I used in another room-

but I think it looks "nice" on the table, don't you?

While I was looking for something the other day,

I found a box of old flatware that I had put up. 

 It was perfectly tarnished for Halloween.

Here's the new witch hat.

I tore this old sheet music out of the book for something and then

laid it down on the corner of the table while I collected the

 magnifying glass and the skull decoration that

I made several years ago.  I set them all down

and then when I came back later,

I decided I liked them just as they were. 

I added the scrapbook paper and the black ribbon to the plain white candle.

I will have a couple of parties to celebrate Halloween this year. 

Last year, I had a coffee and invited friends to "Join Me for a Spell."

What to do think of my new Halloween table?

Now I just have to add a P.S. ...

I just realized that I had not taken pictures of my three black cats that are also in my dining room.  I got them several years ago and I had them out before I decided to switch my table decor.  They are a little more fun and whimsical.  I say this because of how they are displayed....they are right there in the midst of my silver coffee/tea service and right under my great, great aunt's hand-painted Haviland china.  I knew I wasn't "right" a long time ago....oh, well.

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