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I picked up my camera to finally photograph this tablescape and realized it had been six months since I last shot anything. Which made sense since this spider garden setup had been slowly collecting dust and real spiderwebs for months on my dining room table. Much of my time and energy focused on caring for my mom who sadly passed away last month after a long illness. I miss her every day and I’m so very grateful that I got to spend all that time with her. As I work through the loss, I’m slowly beginning to get back to my creative work…the ideas are still there, it just going to take me a bit longer to get it done. I have lots of new menus, new designs, and even the beginnings of another cookbook, soo I hope you’ll follow along and enjoy my creations, as I get caught up on creating and cooking again. 🕷
So this Spring-o-ween tablescape theme was inspired by my friend Chelsea from Cheerswithchelsea and her love of spiders. Every April, she celebrates Be Kind to Spiders week where she posts tons of fun ideas, recipes and fun facts to honor spiders. In fact, she also wrote and illustrated her first book, The Secret Spider Garden that came out in April. It is absolutely beautiful and so fun, so make sure to order your copy of The Secret Spider Garden here.
I hope you enjoy my my contribution to help celebrate along with her. I have a spider-themed brunch menu coming that of course will feature some fun arachnids so stay tuned and make sure you sign up to get Chelsea’s Gossamer Gossip Newsletter and make sure to give her a follow on socials!
Spider Garden Brunch
Instructions
Tablescape
- This tablescape begins with layering a white tablecloth with gauzy cheesecloth to mimic spiderwebs.
- I wanted a garden feel to the table so I brought in a metal greenhouse from my patio that I like to fill with plants and used it to make my centerpiece.
- I filled it with 2 skulls. One I placed on a small riser and the other I laid on it's side. I layered in greenery that I had from other projects and filled in all around the two skulls. I added black ferns and bright green pompom flowers to vary the color and textures of the arrangement.
- I added spiders and tealight candles to complete the spider garden greenhouse.
- Next, I added small bird cages on each side of the greenhouse with tealights to echo the green house feel but also adding light to the table. I added lots of spiders in all different sizes around the table and then draped some wired faux moss that I got from Hobby Lobby all around the table to give it an overgrown garden feel.
- For each place setting I added green plates, green wine glasses and black utensils and topped each plate with a plastic spider dish. I rolled up napkins into a simple swirl and placed them in each spider dish for a spot of green to complement the greens in the tablescape.
- SIDEBOARD: For the sideboard I created recurring elements to tie the whole spider garden theme together. I started with an iron wall hanging that I moved from my living room into my dinng room and added a large spider to the middle of it and weaved in more of the wired faux moss. I added a tower of three skulls as a focal point and added the same greenery as the centerpiece. Then I filled in around it with more bird cages with tealights and candles and more spiders.
- WREATH AND CHANDELIER: I made a wreath using the same color scheme and repeating elements to tie it to the tablescape. I also draped the wire faux moss to the chandelier and hung three spiders dropping down on string webs to give the whole table the appearance of movement.
- Check out the video of my Spider Garden Spring-o-ween tablescape below.
