Fall Style Expression

Last Sunday I set up a full booth at the Raquel’s Rancho Santa Fe market.  I used a pair of raisin crates from Beaune, filled them with a little burlap, then topped off by splitting a small bale of hay.  Hay anywhere at the house would definitely have put my Mom over the edge, but in these crates, at the market, the little bit of hay peeking out around the edges of the fruit and squash were seasonally perfect~

Last week I showed you this same crate full of squash; I started to move away from Halloween and towards fall by adding in more veggies and apples, as well as grapes and beets~

And in the second crate, white pumpkins, apples, pomegranates and beans~

Like a Fauve painting, full of vibrant blocks of color, I loved these crates for their vibrant blocks of colors~

I used the two crates to bookend the front of the booth on Sunday…..

I have been using a set of six matching crates in the Info Booth at the market each week; Sunday I used them in the back of my booth, to nice effect~

I pulled some XS baskets from the warehouse to frame in each of the crates~

To the right, a set of Moroccan Eze baskets in a stack sat next to one of the crates~

After all that work setting up, it was time for lunch….Emilio’s Paella is always delicious~

and a willow tray of chocolate salted caramel mini tarts; I will put this recipe up sometime soon as I will be making these again soon~

In the end, I didn’t sell a lot of baskets, but I sure had a lot of nice comments and Instagram pics on the crates.  In years past I have expressed my creativity into painting or pottery, or gardening.  For the moment, I’m styling and creating in food…..It’s all fun, and it’s all good….hope you enjoyed a few market pics~