Where do I begin...Christin is PHENOMENAL!! I got married this past Friday and let me tell…read moreyou...she did an OUTSTANDING JOB on my wife, daughter and mother-in-law!! We struggled for weeks trying to find a make up artist and wasn't sure if we would even would find one. She is truly a Godsend. I had an opportunity to thank her personally before the wedding and told her how much I truly appreciated her helping us out in our time of need. You will not be disappointed...NOT ONE BIT!! Christin is punctual, professional and kind hearted. SHE KNOWS HER STUFF. I'm typing the words in capital letters on purpose. The bible says to give honor where honor is due and she surely deserves hers. Christin, thank you again so much for making my wife's wedding day a success. We couldn't have done it without you!!

I got my makeup done for my wedding and honestly, I'm so happy! The makeup artist really listened…read moreto what I wanted and created a perfectly polished and natural look. The foundation, eye makeup, and lips were all flawlessly blended. My makeup stayed fresh all day, and I got compliments from everyone. I would definitely highly recommend them!

Tani helped me to plan my wedding that took place on November 11, 2018 in the DC area. She was the…read moremost responsive wedding planner I had reached out to and immediately began helping me plan the day to make it special and memorable. She helped me find vendors and design the wedding based on my preferences. Along the way, she also tried to help me find the lowest, but quality services. I'm very thankful for her help and would recommend her to other brides looking for a right hand in their planning process! Thank you Tani!

I had the best experience getting my hair done. My hair stylist was very punctual, professional and…read moretalented. After finishing my style, I noticed a few locks of hair did not feel secure and my stylist was very receptive towards my concern and fixed it immediately. I was very satisfied with the end product.

My mom hired Vicky as our day-of wedding coordinator. It was the best decision we made during the…read moreplanning process. Vicky was communicative, responsive, and helpful in every way. She helped us with a ceremony script, venue and vendor communications, and with general guidance. Thank you Vicky!

Vicky was my wedding planner, and I really can't say enough about her. Let's just start from the…read morebeginning... I interviewed two planners, and I knew I wanted Vicky right away because I was confident that she could get the job done. She didn't want to be my best friend--she wanted to help us achieve the wedding of our dreams while staying under budget. When we were deciding on what services we wanted her to take care of, she showed us this very detailed list of services, kind of like an a la carte menu. We wanted to keep our wedding planner services at $3000 I think, and so we basically picked and chose which things we wanted her to do. SO SIMPLE. No negotiating necessary. After that, she made it feel like our wedding was the only wedding she was working on. Such attention to detail, with a balance of her suggestions and getting our input so that it would still be our wedding. She was honest and straightforward about what she thought were bad ideas, which made us trust in the things that she was excited about and thought were great ideas. Vicky just has so much experience that--really--every little tiny detail was taken care of, so that on the day of our wedding, all we had to do was get our hair and makeup done and show up at the wedding. (My husband and the groomsmen were actually bored the day of our wedding!) The weeks before the wedding, my friends--who know that I get stressed out managing dinner reservations--were amazed to see me so stress-free! Lastly, and maybe I should've opened with this, as soon as we booked all of our vendors, I knew that the cost of having Vicky as our wedding planner paid for itself. The money and time we saved using Vicky's contacts (especially DJ, caterer and florist) was significant. SIGNIFICANT. Please consider Vicky for your event planning services! She is amazing!

This company is truly a pleasure to work with. We have worked together on many weddings and have…read morealways have a great experience. They really love what they do and it shows with their attention to detail and amazing customer service. Grace from Engaging Affairs recently went above and beyond to help with a sticky situation we were having. She knows how to step in and make things happen. This is the type of team you need to stand behind you on your most important day. I would highly recommend day of and full planning services to any bride seeking some assistance for her most important day.

My husband proposed in April of 2015 and we planned to be married 5 months later, in September of…read more2015. I knew with this short time frame, we needed a planner! I decided to check with my dear friend Google to see if he knew of a good wedding planner. I found 3 or 4 options and sent out an email to all, a couple responses consisted of the generic automated kick back email. I was pleasantly surprised when I listened to my first (of many) voicemails from Grace. She sounded so sweet, organized, and ready to get started. It was this initial contact that really made me feel like this company cared to make a good first impression and we set up the interview. Our first meeting with Grace was wonderful, she left us feeling confident that we could really plan and execute the wedding we wanted within our short time frame. From that day on, Grace worked diligently. She quickly gained an understanding of our likes and dislikes, which is so important when using a planner. She was able to weed out and narrow down my options without me always being there to offer input. I spoke with Grace on a daily basis, she was always updating, asking questions, or simply wishing me a good day! She set up all of the meetings, always arriving early to ensure the vendors were prepared. Grace has incredible taste and always provided her feedback in regards to staying with the style/decor I wanted. Needless to say, sometimes she knew what I wanted better than I did! She really did handle it all, leaving the fun parts for Vince and I to enjoy. Grace has incredible organizational skills, leaving no loose ends. She worked very hard to work around our busy schedule, often catching up with me via email late at night. I was always so impressed that she was working on our wedding at 11 o' clock at night! She also worked very closely with our venue as well as the vendors, ensuring they had all of their ducks in a row for the big day. She made several visits to the church as well as reception venue without me, making sure everything was ready to run smoothly for our day. The day of the reception was PERFECT! While I am sure there were a few hiccups, Grace ensured our day was stress free. It truly could not have gone better. My husband and I really appreciated the way Grace put out fires and solved problems without involving us, always mentioning the issues that occurred a few weeks later! Grace is not only an incredible planner, she is kind, genuine, and honest. She quickly became a dear friend, a few tears were definitely shed at the end of the wedding day. Your wedding day is such a special and intimate moment, it was ideal having someone that you feel close with running the show. She helped me put on my vail, drove our golf cart around the reception, and helped me take off my very complicated dress at the end of the night. We often joked that it was our wedding day I am happy to say that not only did my husband and I hit the lottery with our wedding planner, we gained a lifetime friend as well. Many thanks to Engaging Affairs & Grace!! Vincent and Cassie

Takisha Edwards and her team at Blu Print 2 Events were the absolute dream team for our wedding…read moreplanning. Her planning suggestions, vendor recommendations, and presence through the entire experience were all we could hope for in planning and carrying out our daughter's wedding. I highly recommend her and her process for any needing to plan a wedding in the future. She was professional, knowledgeable and a delight to work with.

We could not have asked for a better wedding planner. From day one, Takisha was organized, fun,…read morecalm-spirited, and attentive to our needs and details. She listened to our vision, offered professional advice and vendors, and offered guidance for us when we felt or seemed lost. Through it all, she took the stress away from our back. On the wedding day, we were able to relax and enjoy the moments without having to focus on the minor things. We owe so much gratitude to Takisha. If you're considering working with Takisha, do it--you'll be blessed.

I had a bad experience here while shopping around for wedding vendors. Katie refused to give me her…read moreprice points. When i gave her my budget, which was our max spend amount, she agreed, and then months later told me that it absolutely could not work for her and that I would need to come up with more money. This is hard for any bride to hear, especially 2 months before the wedding, when I thought she understood my budget constraints. I ended up going with a different florist who worked within my budget and it turned out great.

I know Katy, the owner of Le Chateau de Crystale Events on a personal level for a decade now. She…read moreis an amazing professional, a creative designer and very artistic. She will create beautiful flower arrangements beyond your expectations. She has been assisting the White House since 2016 with their many special events. Three presidents of the United States were pleased with her work--who can top that?

We hired Michele for wedding envelope calligraphy, menus, table numbers, escort cards, and digital…read morecalligraphy, and she did a beautiful job across every piece. Her work is elegant, precise, and thoughtfully executed. What truly distinguishes Michele is her white-glove service. She met aggressive deadlines with calm, handled every detail with care, and even hand-delivered finished envelopes directly to our stationer. It was such a pleasure to finally meet her in person when we received our final pieces, and we deeply appreciated her kind, affirming words. My now-husband and I were so impressed by how she meticulously organized and created everything with clear consideration for us as a couple, going above and beyond. We would hire Michele again in a heartbeat and recommend her wholeheartedly.

I cannot recommend Meant to be Calligraphy by enough! Great options at very fair prices for true…read moreartistry. Michele was so lovely to work with, she is very responsive, kind and flexible. My wedding name tags could not have turned out more perfectly and are such a special personalized touch for my wedding.

If I could give a NEGATIVE 5 star review, I definitely would!!! Please, I repeat, PLEASE DO NOT USE…read moreTHIS LADY. Her name is Nadine Draughn and she's a scam artist. I got married this past weekend 10/20/18 and had to decorate and coordinate my special day, myself. Imagine that, running around like crazy cause the so called "decorator/coordinator" you hired takes $3700 of your money and disappears a month before your wedding!!! I tried calling her, texting her, emailing her personal and business emails and even FB messenger to no avail. I have no choice but to wait after my wedding to move forward with legal action. Did. I mention this lady has 5 civil opened cases on her already?!! I've contacted the gentlemen who left a review below to help me testify in court when I press charges against her. Again, please do not use this lady. Please spread the word. Hopefully, justice will prevail and punish scum like her.

Please read this before giving her your deposit and going forward with hiring her…read more Before I get into why we ultimately decided to relieve Ms. Nadine of her responsibilities I do wish to point out two things that we appreciated and were the reasons we decided to hire her in the first place: 1. Nadine is extremely responsive. Usually when we messaged her, unless she was working another event she usually replied almost immediately. 2. She is extremely creative. When we were talking about ideas for our wedding space she gave us ideas that we loved and seemed cost effective as well. Now to the reasons why we ultimately decided to let her go. The short version is we felt she didn't listen, she was disorganized, and unprofessional. Here is the long version: 1. We didn't feel like she did an adequate job of listening to us: There were a few instances of this. One had to do with showing us venues via internet. After our second official meeting we had told Nadine that we did not want to consider reception venues in Baltimore or ones that were outside. Our third meeting was when she was supposed to show us the last few venues that she was looking into and where we were supposed to pick the ones that we would ultimately go to visit. Of the three she showed us during that meeting, one was in Baltimore, one was outside and one was just completely horrendous. Needless to say we were not impressed Another instance where we felt like she did not listen was with the actual ceremony. I am Catholic and my fiancé is Orthodox and we were talking about how we wished to let our priests be more in charge of the ceremony as both faith traditions are very specific about what needs to happen in order for the churches to deem the sacrament both valid and licit. Instead of inquiring as to what we meant she just informed us that both her dad and brother are pastors and we don't need to worry about that and that we could do whatever we wanted to for the ceremony. Lastly for this section, my bride to be did not feel like she was heard during this process. Off the bat she told my bride that she didn't use Pinterest. This struck us as odd because we figured wedding planners would use any means to connect with their client base, but we moved forward anyways. Repeatedly my bride told Nadine things that she wanted in the wedding and those things were usually promptly forgotten or brushed under the rug. 2. Lack of organization: Again many many things we could talk about in this section, but I will just stick to the top few. The first one was inability to keep to schedules. We had Ms. Nadine under contract for 4 months. 2 months into contract she finally gave us a timeline for our wedding planning. Fast forward 1.5 months later and we had done literally nothing from checklist. The biggest issue was that we were supposed to have had a venue booked by October 1st 2017 for our August 4th (2018) wedding. By mid November we still had not visited any places. Throughout October we had kept asking her what the delay was and she kept telling us that she was having trouble getting in touch with different places and by the end of October we had voiced our concerns. She had promised us that within two weeks time we would have 3 venue visits scheduled. Leading up to the day of our venue visits she told us that she had 2 appointments on the books and was still waiting to hear on one so we decided 2/3 was not bad. On the day of she called us at 3 pm to tell us that our 4:30 appointment was actually at 3:30 which of course created issues. My bride was able to make that appointment but unfortunately I was not. On the way to the second appointment my bride received a call from Nadine saying that we actually never had an appointment at the second place and that the venue was hosting an event. She did ask if we would be willing to drive 45 minutes to go look at the place from the outside though. The funny thing is the day we fired her I called the two venues that we were supposed to see that "she wasn't able to get in touch with" and had appointments at both places within 20 minutes. Ultimately we didn't go with either venue which leads to the second point in this section, she failed to gather important information. With the second of the two venues that we were visiting, she had told us that the venue fell within our budget, but was at the upper end (we had budgeted around 5k for the rental space). Not only was this venue more than double our budget (just for the space), we had to use their service staff which would have brought our costs FOR THE VENUE ALONE up to around 18k. Not only that she had told us they could accommodate our number (350) and they said they couldn't. On that same vein it seems that she never looked up officiant laws in VA. If she had she would have seen that none of our priests would have been able to marry is in VA as VA requires officiants to be registered with the county that the couple is getting married in. Going back to trouble

While the event space is closed, the company still does rentals. I rented a whole tea party package…read moreand it was fantastic! The mismatched tea set was so cute and exactly what I was looking for. They were so easy to work with and flexible with pick up/drop off times.

OMGEEEEE. I want to live in this place. Its amazingly…read morebeautiful. The decor is stunning and whisks you away to a Parisian cafe at which hats a gloves would be required. And that is exactly what we did. I was thrown a surprise bridal shower at Vintage Glam Tea Party & Co. Beyond being stunned that my friends and family pulled it off, I was taken aback by how beautiful is this venue. No detail is left undone. I had teas I hadn't had before. Delicious bites; little cakes, cookies, & other deserts, sandwiches, wraps, etc. I want to live here. Want a wow factor? Then this is your venue.