Halloween Tea and Cupcakes

Hello everyone,

Last weekend we attended my husband's 55th high school reunion in the Bay Area...We grew up in Silicon Valley when it wasn't Silicon...It had beautiful fruit orchards and wide open spaces. I'm so grateful to be living the beautiful life where I live today.

This weekend we are celebrating Halloween and I made some Halloween confetti cupcakes and a pot of tea. 

My St. Patrick rose is blooming and couldn't resist bringing in a bouquet for my tea table.

The cupcakes are decorated with orange frosting and black bat sprinkles.

The tea set is CH Fields Haviland Limoges GDA France

Orange sprinkles, black trick or treat cupcake papers and pumpkin picks dress up the confetti cupcakes. 

The beautiful golden color and a hint of green edge the petals of the St. Patrick rose.

A small Halloween pumpkin tea napkin is adding to the festive table.

A mosaic to pin

Thank you for visiting and have a Happy and Safe Halloween Eve.

Joyously,

Betty 

Linking to

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

Katherine's Corner for Thursday Favorite Thing 

No Minimalist Here for Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes 

Halloweens Past

Hello everyone,

Please join me on a little trip down memory lane. I started blogging in 2010. I love blogging and Halloween is such a fun time for tablescapes. 

Tea Time

Tablescapes 

and 

Cupcakes

My kitty and Crow with a tea cup and mums from my garden

Mosaic

I love to decorate with my cloche

Mr. Crow is the center attraction

October mantel 2013

Mosaic

Cupcakes galore 

The green faced witch is really working the broom.

Mr and Mrs Kitty

"Bats"

Mice and a few haunted houses!

Have a great weekend!
and
a
Safe Halloween
Joyously,
Betty
Linking to:
Met Monday at Between Naps on the Porch
Mosaic Monday at Lavender Cottage
Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House
Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thur Life
Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style
Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch
Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life
♥

Miss Kitty and Mr Crow for Tea

Hello Everyone,

Another joyous day at My Cozy Corner. Do you remember when I showed you the craft fair a dear friend and I attend last week?  GO HERE. I bought this beautiful  cup you see above for $10.00 dollars. 

I think it looks like chintz!!! My opinion~'Queen Anne' Bone China England. 

This Kitty played with some mice on my 2011 Halloween Table.GO HERE.
I invited her back this year to share some tea with Mr. Crow. I found Mr. Crow and the little fabric pumpkin at a Harvest Boutique about a quarter of a mile from my  house. The very talented lady also hosts a Christmas Boutique in her home. She and her friend work all year going to yard sales and making the most adorable things to sell.
She has handmade items, and junky treasures, and treats for three days in her home during early December. It's so much fun to visit and find holiday treasures.

I found this cute pumpkin, kitty and crow tea towel a few years ago, I love to have it on a small table with a few Halloween decorations to be in the spirit of Halloween when my granddaughters drop by for a visit. 

I have been learning how to blur the background in my photos.  This is not the best example. But I'm going to learn this technique, and hopefully soon! 

Last night I made a card for my dear friend of my tea cup.  While we were at the craft show a couple of weeks ago she loaned me $10.00 dollars to buy this tea cup and saucer.  Today I gave her the card and paid back my loan.  Today we also went to a church Harvest Bazaar and this time I remembered to go to the bank for cash. I found some new tea cups and linens while shopping at the church bazaar, and I will be sharing them in future tea time posts.

Everybody needs a cute crow dressed up for the Holiday. 

The mums and some of the sunflowers are just finishing their last bloom.  I love beautiful orange and brown in the mini sunflower, and the mums have a beautiful bronze color.

I bought Mr. Crow for $2.50 from the talented lady. Since her home is so close to my house  I would have spend more in gas going to the Dollar Tree and trying to make it myself. Don't you love his cute necktie? 

A fun mosaic to showcase cute Kitty and Crow and my beautiful thrifty tea cup and saucer. 

Only a few day left in October. Where has this year gone? Have you gone to your storage for some Christmas decor?  I'm in the contemplation stage. I haven't taken any action yet.

Please join me as I show Miss. Kitty and Mr. Crow around blogland. 

~I love to make believe~ That's the joy of Blogging

Monday

Little Red House for Mosaic Monday

The Dedicated House for Make It Pretty Monday

Tuesday

Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Cup Tuesday

A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday

Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

A Delightsome Life for A Return to Loveliness

Martha's Favorites for Tea Cup Tuesday

Antiques and Tea Cups for Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Cozy Little House for Tweak It Tuesday

Wednesday

DIY by Design for Fall into Fall

Bernideens Tea Time Blog for Tea with Friends

The Style Sisters for Centerpiece Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday

Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner

xo

Betty 

Tablescape #55 Halloween

 Hello Everyone!

Happy Halloween

I had so much fun today. Decorating this Halloween table and entertaining our friends for dinner while watching the all American game of 'Baseball'.  Being born 50 miles from San Francisco and spending every weekend there in my courting days, I was so happy to see the Giants play in the World Series this year. 

This is our dinner menu

We had stuffed jalapeno poppers for appetizers. Hot dogs and chile beans. Our friends brought the best cole slaw and for dessert we had ice cream, chocolate candy and madeleines. 

Now I know why I love to tablescape. 

 It's all about the HUNT! I had a blast finding the decorations for this centerpiece.  

The mice are running around the house again this year. And some of them have jumped up on the table. 

 The spooky lite houses were on clearance at TM and the decorations on the plates were also on clearance.  The items are from last Halloween and I have moved them around the store all year. 

The little houses are a hoot. The LED lights are so cute shining thru the windows.

 The mice are running around on the candles 

 The table setting consists of everything I have used in other tablescapes.  Remember the button dishes? 

Orange and Black are the traditional colors of Halloween, and also the Giants.

 That worked out great for my theme tonight. And maybe Good Luck for the home team! 

 The mood is set with flickering candles. Very Hallow for Hallowed Eve. 

 The witch's hat anchors the spooky houses and black accessories give a dark spooky look~ 

 There's Franks house and a scary ghost flying around the other house.

This is one of the thriftiest  tablescapes I have done in awhile.  I love cheap! Oh I mean inexpensive~ 

I love to make mosaics. And this one was really fun to design... 

Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner today.

I will be celebrating Halloween all week with some great friends in Blogland. 

Please join me.

Thursday 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

Friday

Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday

The Thrifty Groove for  ThriftyThings Friday

Bernideen's Tea Time Blog for Open House Friday

At the Picket Fence for Inspiration Friday 

Saturday 

Funky Junk Interiors for Saturday Nite Special 

How Sweet The Sound for Pink Saturday

Sunday

The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday

Monday

The Little Red House for  Mosaic Monday

Boogieboard Cottage for Masterpiece Monday 

Thanks again for being just the greatest followers and friends.

I love to share my life and my adventures with you 'all 

xo

Betty

Tablescape # 35

~Bats and Cats~ 

Happy Halloween!!

It's going to be a busy Halloween Weekend in Blogland. 

This Witch with the the broom is a Tea Pot and the broom is the spout.~I think this witch tea pot is sooo... cute.  Don't you?

Halloween cupcakes take center stage with a little help from Mr. and Mrs. Cat.  The Cats are back from

their trip and decided to have a Halloween party. The Bats and Moons are dressing up the Devils Food cupcakes in style for the festive evening.

I cut out the Moon and Bats from White fondant.  Trying to color white fondant black for the bats was a real challenge .  I mixed Violet and Red with a little Brown.  When I work with fondant again and need the color  Black, I will buy BLACK fondant or black food coloring. 

 Another lesson learned the hard way!

This Halloween Tablescape is a very Thrifty one. 

The cupcake aprons and picks I found on sale at the craft store. I used Royal Icing and a 1M tip to frost the Halloween cupcakes. 

The 'Mums' in the garden are still blooming.  I picked this bucket today.  I have only two plants and they are still producing more blooms. 



Resources:

Chargers: Big Lots, last year

Black Plates: Dollar Tree, last year

Orange Plates: Dollar Tree, last year

Goblets: Tuesday Morning, Clearance - Made in Turkey

Demi Cups and saucers:  Church Yard Sale

Silver plated flatware:  First Love, Wedding gift (51 years ago)

Candlesticks: Old brass-Painted Satin Black

Napkins: Tuesday Morning, last month

Napkin Rings:  Antique Store

Cake Plates:  Collected from different yard sales

Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner. 

I'm joining some fun parties.  Link back to:

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

No Minimalist Here for Open House Party

Tales from Bloggeritaville for Thrifty Thursday

My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

At The Picket Fence for Inspiration Friday
Frosted Petunias for Witches Tea Party 

The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday
Blogging While Waiting for Homemaking Linkup

and

Little Red House for Mosaic Monday

Please come back and visit again soon.

xo

Betty