More About NACE

This set of photos from last night's NACE event was from the category " Elements: Earth". There were three separate categories in which entrants could submit a table design for the contest. The other two were "...That's what little boys are made of " and "Destination weddings."

On a ten-foot square piece of grass sod sat a table made from a large wire or cable spool. Around that sod square was a tall framework made of bamboo, which as you can see, was decorated with many vegetables and herbs, plus sunflowers!

Here is the decor for the backs of the chairs; made of equisetum (horsetail) and Brussels sprouts.

I couldn't quit taking photos of this, seeing as how it is my favorite color scheme and I love earthy, growing things and sunflowers. They had incorporated grapevines, small terra cotta pots, raffia, moss, ferns, orchids, herbs and all kinds of vegetables.

It is hard to see the detail of this and every other entry, since most of them were placed close together and there were unavoidable people in the background. Perhaps if you enlarge them, you can see more.

The original round top on the cable spool was pushed down to make a second level and a square top was applied, and covered with burlap. Place mat runners were also made of equisetum, and the table top decor consisted of sunflowers laying amid herbs, veggies and small pots. An excellent entry and a winner in its category!! My favorite (in case you couldn't tell). Tomorrow, I'll show some more pix from this event.

Some of you asked yesterday about the Food Shuttle. It is a member of the group formerly named America's Second Harvest, (now called Feeding America) and provides food to indigent people.

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Thanks to Hardhearted Hanna, my beach trip for this weekend has been scuttled. POOH on all the storms. We need rain, but this is ridiculous!!!