Hi all,

So in addition to throwing my son's annual Halloween'Haunted house party I am thinking of throwing an elegant Halloween party. I am looking for any ideas. I want it to be sophisticated, elegant, but still have the feeling of Halloween. any ideas for decorations, table settings, food ideas, centerpieces, and outside decor would be great. Also should I have my guest wear anything inparticular or should I have them come in black. I want almost a black tie feeling without the black tie. Can't wait to hear what you guys have to say. So far all of your ideas for my other posts have been fab. Thanks.

You need to get with Martha Stewart, either by website or old Halloween magazines. She has the best grownup Halloween ideas that are very classy. I've used lots of her stuff in the past. One of my favorites is decorating with simple black silhouettes of Halloween icons, you know...cats, bats, pumpkins, witches. One year we turned our living room into a bat cave with silhouettes of many many bats (didn't count, but there were A LOT!). I like the theme of having the guests dress all in black, perhaps you could stage a funeral?? Coffin, candlelight, black roses, black fabric swags on all the windows, and even "black" food choices (dark chocolate looks black), some caviar is black, black punch. Or how about a Masquerade Ball? All the guests could dress in black and white and wear fancy masks, you know with feathers, sequins, etc.

I'm rambling...definitely get onto Martha Stewart.com...she has much better ideas than me!!

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I hope this link works, it's from Better Homes and Gardens...a spooky wedding themed party...this decor was the first thing that popped into my head when you said something elegant....

http://www.bhg.com/bhg/slideshow/sli...859.xml&page=1

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THanks Mhooch, great ideas. I actually have that better homes and gardens magazine from last year, I forgot about it. Last night I was talking to Pandora and I remembered I also had the Martha Stewart Mag that came out last year that was about Dark Halloween on one side and Light Halloween on the other. She also had some good ideas in there. I forgot about that one too until I started talking about it.
You are right thought Martha is the way to go for elegant. I can;t wait to see what she has this year. Thanks again

Here is a website that I found that has some good ideas.

http://www.hostesswiththemostess.com/themes/

Scroll about 3/4 of the way down and you will get to the Halloween theme ideas. She has some very clever and inexpensive ideas for everything from decorations and invitations to food and drink.

Thanks HalloSkeen, great site. I've been to hostess with the mostess before but i hadn't seen this stuff before. Thanks lots of great ideas. I can really take these ideas and expand on them. If you have anymore please keep sharing.

I like the black and white elegant theme also... So keep the ideas coming...

I agree... the black and white theme sounds really nice... maybe with a touch of red?

Thanks HallowSkeen-I'd never seen that website before.

SM-I'm glad you liked the ideas. I agree with everyone here about Martha Stewart. She has some fantastic Halloween party ideas that are very elegant and a lot of them are very simple and easy to accomplish. I also wanted to know if you're planning a dinner or just appetizers, etc. My party is an afternoon (ends up until evening) and I just do desserts and appetizers. It worked out very well. A dinner would also be fun too, and I know alot of people on the forum have dinners and would have wonderful ideas. So which way are you leaning?

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Hallowskeen; great site, thanks!

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