I have only been to Virginia once, but I will never ever forget it because of the wonderful…read moreexperience The Ave Box gave me. They made my two year anniversary so so so special. The beautiful memory they helped create is something that lives in my heart always. It was such a beautiful setup and Vene was professional and on top of it! She is awesome and is great at what she does. Thank you so much Ave Box!!

The AVEBOX is a small local business that packs a power punch picnic. I won a picnic for four from…read morethis company on IG. It turned out to be super enjoyable, tasty, relaxing and super pretty without going over the top. Their motto is simple but significant. Venè, the primary owner is very responsive and wants to ensure your picnic is absolutely perfect! I want to say we rescheduled three times due to bad weather!! No lie!! I'm so glad I didn't give up and neither did she on making this picnic happen. For about the third time trying, it rained, POURED.. I informed Venè it was absolutely okay if she just sets the picnic in my house due to the inclement weather. Was indoors, either of our prime choice? No, but I was eager to experience her creativity and talent bestowed upon us. It was definitely worth the wait!! Venè is soo very sweet and was very respectful of my house. She brought along beautiful vibrant cushions to sit on the floor. We later agreed after set up that perhaps the dining room table would be a better height and more comfortable. We still were able to use the comfy cushions on the seats. The AVEBOX ensures that sanitation is a top priority and gloves were used to handle the food and fruit was washed. Two of my sisters and I were so tickled at how beautiful the set up was with greenery adorning the length of the table, a vase of full beautiful white hydrangeas with pops of baby blue and fuchsia baby breath peppered in between. To elevate the picnic even more, she brought two gold candlesticks and we had a candlelight picnic in my own home. It was absolutely gorgeous. Simple but elegant! Venè prepared four small individual charcuterie boards with a real champagne glass for each of us as a vessel for our Perrier water, Coke & Sprite. In small individual gold colored containers were guacamole and tzatziki dip. On a cute tiered stand she had four sandwiches from TASTE, the Hilltop & Freemason. For dessert she provided the cute Virginia sugar cookies from Taste. She even provides a cute menu with your picnic. Another thoughtful and nice touch is the additional use of games. In a nice crate was a tic tac toe board, a deck of cards and two other games called "We're not really strangers" and "Tabletopics." These are all well chosen games because it engages you in conversation and you learn about how others perceive you. We all enjoyed the picnic immensely! Unfortunately, even though my husband was upstairs and was supposed to join us, he was just too tired to participate because he had to work soon and needed the sleep. Luckily, we took pics and we stored his food in the fridge for him to enjoy later! I showed him the pics later on and he said it was "so fancy!" My sisters that joined me were delighted and beaming with smiles, expressing how much they enjoyed it and how relaxing and beautiful it was! The nice part is, you don't even have to clean up. Venè came back after two hours and packed everything up. She even gives you the vase of flowers! She also gave us a very nice greeting card with a personal message and wishing me and my husband a happy anniversary and a happy birthday to my husband. I highly recommend the AVEBOX for your picnic needs. If you want to celebrate with friends, family, a birthday, anniversary, graduation, date night, intimate baby shower, or any special occasion or just because you want a nice simple elegant picnic where you don't need to plan a thing! The AVEBOX is a solid choice! Responsive, receptive, creative, elegant and most of all this company embodies the essence of family value and sharing precious moments with those you care about. To boot, a picnic is created and executed with love, passion and a lot of heart and enthusiasm. Be sure to tell Venè I said hi! Thank you so much Venè for such a wonderful and memorable experience!! Ps be sure to ask her what the AVEBOX means. ;-) I'll let her tell you.

This was the worst experience I have ever had with any contractor and it was on the most important…read moreday ( My only daughter's wedding ) We hired the owner to provide the catering, wedding planning, decorating and Day Of ceremony coordinating a year in advance. She was unresponsive to emails and calls, missed appointments and did not follow through with anything promised. None of the food was as presented or described and was extremely disappointing. She showed up 2 and 1/2 hours late on the day of the wedding without even a phone call, and our calls went right to voicemail that was full. The entire day was rushed because of her tardiness and unpreparedness. The wedding party that should have been inside with hair and make up were outside decorating because we did not know whether or not she was even going to be there.The bartenders were not set up or prepared because they had to help cook, wedding guests were helping themselves prior to the wedding as the bar was unattended. The timeline of events was all off including the bridal party entrance to music selected. Our "Wedding Coordinator" was no where to be found during the cake cutting, toasts, first dance, or fireworks send off as she had essentially "checked out immediately after the ceremony. She was supposed to come back the next day to assist in taking down the lights and decorations that were put up but the groom and family had to do that as well as she showed up by herself with no help after the time we were already supposed to have vacated the venue. Of course she had required that we pay her in full prior to the event and we are now sorry that we ever hired this business. VERY DISSATTISFIED MOTHER & GRANDMOTHER OF THE BRIDE, MAY 2018 GLEN ALLEN VIRGINIA

From the owner: Our strongest commitment is always to our clients whether it is a corporate incentive, a wedding, a…read moresocial gathering, a fund raiser, launching new products, ground breaking projects or as simple as a cocktail party. Our main goal is to always create memorable, detailed and fabulous events that will be remembered for always on many levels... Besides doing wonderful, delicious & delectable food from our menu or a menu that you can pick to fit your taste or theme, We also do - Consultation only, Partial Wedding Coordinating & Planning, Complete Wedding Coordination & Planning, Month of Coordination & Planning or Day of Coordination & Planning

Sazi is a very nice person but should NOT be in event planning. Allow me to explain…read more Initially we hired her as our partial wedding coordinator (because we had already done a lot of planning prior to meeting her) and our ceremony decorator. During the first 5-6 months, we continued planning. After awhile we noticed that although we had been paying Sazi regularly, she had not participated in the planning at all. And it was hard to reach her. It took her a long time to respond to phone calls and emails. When we set up face to face meetings, she was usually late or had unusual excuses of why she could not show up. This scared us to death!! How can we trust her with something as precious as our wedding date when she was been this negligent with our other needs? This is why we decided to end the planning part of her job. She agreed and we were able to move forward. But we still needed the decorations that we had spent hours discussing with her. It took her forever to draw up a new contract. And because she is not a timely person, we didn't trust her to deliver the decorations the day of the wedding. And thank God we didn't. The day we went to go pick up the supplies we found out that the company she worked for Event Central had fired her. And she did not have all of the decorations that were listed on our invoice. It is only by the grace of God and a lot of work on my mom and my mother-in-laws behalf that this wedding was not a complete disaster. Overall Sazi is nice, but because she is disorganized, unprofessional, has poor communication skills and is not forthcoming with valuable information she is in the wrong line of work.

Sonya Brooks, the owner of An Affair to Remember by Sazi, is more interested in your money than the…read morequality of the product she provides. Ms. Brooks had several months to have flowers ready for the wedding; however, did not provide flowers on the wedding day and caused an extensive delay to the start of the wedding. She overbooks, is hard to get in touch with, and unprofessional. She severely lacks attention to detail, which would be expected in her line of work. I highly suggest you look elsewhere and avoid Event Central, where she currently rents space. DO NOT RECOMMEND!! Search online and look at other reviews.

We hired Lali's Loft for faux centerpieces. This was a LIFESAVER for us. Her pricing is great and…read moreshe was super flexible with our vision. We also rented other various decor from her. Would recommend to anyone!

Janet was so much more than what we thought we needed for our day of coordinator. We did the…read moremajority of our decor through her as well and it came out absolutely lovely. Janet's industry experience helped us make smart decisions for our wedding and her connections helped us pick phenomenal vendors!

The most beautiful Tea Event you will ever attend You will…read morelove the Hostess and Hospitality so welcoming Call and your Tea Party will be something you will never forget The nicest person you will ever meet

From the owner: We specialize in Tea Party Events & Catering. A Tea Party or High Tea event is perfect for any…read moreoccasion weather it be a birthday, wedding, baby shower or holiday. Checkout our website for event packages and public events.

Mr.John went out of his way to get two full families into the picture. Everybody had a face in the…read moreframe. It's hard to get moments captured, they made it easy! I would also like to mention Mr.Cheeseburger he made sure to let all the kids get a turn, feel included, and "win" at the dunk tank! Lastly, there was an older gentleman sitting at the Frozen themed bounce house who was very kind and attentive as well, I didn't catch his name. (He had a cross tattoo on his arm) he was driving the train at the last TCC event and did spectacular with that as well.. all the staff deserve recognition because they clearly enjoy what they do.

We hired Amazing Entertainment for our Corporate Holidays party. They provided the casino tables…read more/dealers and photo booth for the event. Everyone had a great time playing the casino games and having their pictures taken with the different props they provided. John and his team did any AMAZING job!!

I am so glad we chose Shawn to DJ our wedding. He made multiple trips to our home to make sure the…read moreacoustics were just right for our big day. He was very easy to work with, has state of the art equipment and knows how to keep the party going.

We booked Shawn for our wedding and we could not have made a better decision! He was great to work…read morewith from beginning to end! We had a unique backyard wedding and he worked very hard to make sure the sound for the ceremony and reception was more than perfect. We had fun working with him on our song selections and he truly kept the party going! The dance floor stayed HOT the whole night and that's exactly what we wanted...THANKS FOR BEING AWESOME SHAWN...WE APPRECIATE YOU!!