One easy way is to spruce up your tabletop decorating with simple arrangements of easily accessible materials. September offers an abundance of candidates from the garden and the market. You can combine all kinds of seedpods, foliage, and cool-weather fruit to bring a hint of autumn indoors. You'll find a variety of fresh fruit at your grocery store, and your neighborhood garden shop probably carries bittersweet and eucalyptus. For an arrangement like the one shown here, position an oasis in the bottom of an iron urn or other footed container.
Grapes are perfect for draping over the side.
Gently insert sprigs of bittersweet and eucalyptus, securing them in the oasis. Scatter remaining fruit on the table and you have an elegant arrangement for a buffet or the centerpiece for a seated dinner. Just click SIGN UP and enter your E-mail address. Southern Accents Copyright Southern Living Inc., 1996-2001. All rights reserved.