Winter wonderland | Elegant crystal,
chilling champagne and a fabulous dessert make this table sparkle.
her hometown of Florence, SC and she has been seriously planning events for the past 10 years. When she first moved to Fayetteville in 1996 she volunteered with The Arts Council in order to gain event planning experience. After a few years of donating her services to The Arts Council she said she felt ready to plan events for paying clients. “I just love what I do,” she said. “Every event is like a new set of challenges.” These days she is most known for her elaborate table designs. Using common
items like candlesticks, chargers, china, flatware and uncommon items like – well, pretty much anything – she has made a name for herself as one of the premier table designers in the country. Ross said she discovered the world of table decorating at a special events conference in Las Vegas in 2004. “It was like going to Disney World for events,” Ross said. “I couldn’t get enough of
it. I saw the tabletops competition and thought: I am going to enter that.” And that’s what she did. The following year Ross sketched out an intricate design
for a wedding table for four and entered it in the under $1000 competition at the conference. Every element of the design had to include a price. To her great surprise, her design was one of only five picked to be on display at the event. She was hooked. “Just being selected is like winning because they only pick five designs,” she said.
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