Last summer NACE (the National Association of Catering Executives)started a table top and cake decorating competition. They called it the Event Elements Competition and it was super cool! Vendors from around the Valley all converged on the Pointe South Mountain (now Arizona Grand)to show brides, and others, there talents in table design and cake decor. Each vendor was given an element: fire, water, earth, and sky. What they came up with was amazing. Everything from Dinning With Angels, to Mother Earths Enchanted Forest. Unfortunately I was in China (you are all feeling really sorry for me right now aren't you :o) walking the Great Wall or challenging the Terra Cotta Soldiers, so I missed it. This year I am all game!

So this summer, June 30th to be exact, the Event Elements Competition will be held at the oh so fun JW Marriott in Scottsdale. The design elements are retro, contemporary, vintage and traditional. And for the icing on the cake (no pun intended) the ever so loved Scott Corridan will be a guest judge. No pressure or anything right? So if you want to come out and see the amazing tables and cakes, visit the JW Monday the 30th of June, between 3:00 and 6:00. After the public viewing there will be awards given to the top three competitors in each element category. So it should be fun. I know my back already hurts from...well, I guess you will just have to see what I have been up to. Let me just say, you are going to LOVE what Jen THYE did this year. See you there!

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So I think I am going to make this a regular blog item. I get obsessed really easily, and it kind of controls my life (in some ways ;o). I am sure some of you can relate. Well, for those of you who didn't follow my other blog, I am a complete American Idol fanatic. I love to sing! And I would like to think that people enjoy listening to me sing. But right now I am obsessed with American Idol's sister show, So You Think You Can Dance. Just like singing I love to dance. But I am awful. Terrible. No good. Just plain sad really. In fact, one of the sole reasons my husband and I had a brunch wedding is so we didn't have to put ourselves through dancing in front of others. But it is quite a comical night at the Thye household following an episode of So You Think You Can Dance. We try everything, salsa; tango; contemporary (which Josh thinks he is really good at, hehe) and my personal favorite, crunk (is that even how you spell it?) And you have to love Mia Michaels. That girl's choreography just leaves me speechless. All of the choreographers are fabulous really!! So, my TIVO and I are friends as long as it records this latest obsession of mine. Check it out. Dancing will just make you smile!

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Doesn't this just sound like a blast? I wish I were getting married just so I have an excuse to get my hubby to take dance lessons. Thanks Bright Event Gallery. Have fun!

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