Harvest Grapes Tablescape

Welcome to Purple Chocolat Home for my

harvest tablescape. Come and enjoy

nature's bounty in my favorite color 

PURPLE!

The whole time I was setting this table in the garden

I was thinking of calling it my

Grapes of Wrath Tablescape

because I had decided to pull out the grapes.

Those of you who have seen my garden realize

I have extremely limited space 

and these

grapes took over last year (first year)

and didn't produce anything but beautiful

vines for the grapevine wreaths I made

last fall

and that are featured again on this table.

But then I saw these gorgeous clusters

of grapes and decided I might be keeping these

grapes if they were willing to produce such lovely

fruit.  (Last year the fruit was pathetic and the

birds ate what little there was.)

As soon as I saw these clusters, I knew I wanted to do a

tablescape with the grapes as the star.

I dug out some pretty salad plates that I had 

with appropriately colored fruit on them

and stacked them on top of my ruffled purple plates

surrounded by my homemade grapevine wreaths

and finished it off with my delicately carved 

grapevine silverplate goblets.  I was stunned

by the colors of purple and green grapes with the

purple tablecloth and the green of the natural 

grapeleaves.  It was truly inspiring and I decided

I might not yank out those wildly growing

grapevines after all!

(No more wrath!)

This table was set up in the backyard gazebo with the

handpainted canvas that my friend Paula did 10 years ago.

It is always a great spot for entertaining or just hiding away.

The lavender tablecloth was the perfect backdrop for

all of the deeper purples.  I stole the artificial

grape arrangement out of my half bath and used it

for the centerpiece along with fresh grapevine and 

leaves and additional clusters of purple and green grapes.

Digging through my drawer that contains all of my

napkin rings, I thought these rich purple beaded ones

were the perfect choice.

The grapes were so fun to photograph.

Here's another shot of the artificial arrangement.

The colors couldn't be a more perfect match.

The backyard is really starting to look a little ratty

and this gloriously colored table reallly made

it pretty.

I love the reflection of the grapes in the bowl of the

stemware.

So now I need to gather the rest of the grapes 

and I think I will make grapejuice with them.

The combination of grapes always makes a 

nicely flavored juice.

I hope you enjoyed my fun playing with nature's

bounty today. 

It is nice that nature included

a little purple in fall!

I will close with a couple of shots of

my small but wonderful garden at night.

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting.  It

is a pleasure to host this fun table for you.

I will be posting with

Let's Dish

Home and Garden Thursday

Tablescapes Thursday

Centerpiece Wednesday

Sources

Fruit motif salad plates - Home Goods

Purple ruffled plates - Wal Mart (2 years ago)

Silverplate goblets - Spiegel (ages ago)

Tablecloth - Your Chair Cover

Centerpiece - Tai Pan

Flatware - Tuesday Morning