Tuesday 11 September 2012

AUTUMN FRUITS AND BERRIES


Bonjour everyone!  This week's theme is perfect!  We are just about to swing into the most important time of the year here in France - the grape harvest!  Our neighbour, Yannick, is busy readying all the necessary equipment and there is a palpable sense of excitement in the air - the timing has to be absolutely perfect to ensure that the vindage is successful.

For my tag I took a photo of some of his luscious merlot grapes which I have embellished with green and gold stickles.  The background of the tag was inked with distress stains to echo the colours and bloom of the grapes.  I then added a couple of metal butterflies for fun!

Yannick also harvested his many acres of plums last week and they have been drying in huge ovens to make delicious plums - harvest time indeed!

A bientot - Carolyn x

18 comments:

  1. Beautiful! Enjoy the grape harvest!

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  2. Great photo and I love that deep purpley blue - so intense. Enjoy the harvest!

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  3. How pretty! What rich color!

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  4. Fabulous tag...those grapes look wonderful!! So rich...cute little butterfly charms too :)

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  5. Oh I wish I was there! Great tag and do enjoy yourself, I hope you all get to taste an older vintage once the grapes are in? x

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  6. How wonderful to be there for the grape harvest. You have matched the background perfectly. Hope you get to sample last years vintage Carolyn!

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  7. Ooh, those grapes look soo juicy! Beautiful colours you captured. Na zdrowie :0)

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  8. You are in France at vendange, how lucky you are. Pretty tag to represent it. Great minds think alike.

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  9. Oh yum, Carolyn. It looks good enough to eat.

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  10. A perfect tag for the grape harvest, love the colours of the background tag and the sparkles and butterflies, Jane xx

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  11. I wish I could be in France to see the harvest of grapes, since you certainly captured the feeling in your tag. Blessings!

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  12. Gorgeous colours, stunning photo

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  13. So beautiful Carolyn, love the grapes and the colors.
    Anni

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  14. See, no-one living in the uk has used grapes as a theme. Lovely!!

    Fond regards

    Pat x

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  15. Grapes look lovely. Hope the harvest goes ok. Hugs Mrs A.

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  16. Beautiful tag those grapes look delicious!

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  17. Great tag to capture the richness of autumn fruits - the little butterfly charms are a wonderful inclusion.

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