Charisse and Cristina planned our Twin's 1st Birthday Party (6/12/10) and were terrific.

Let me start out by saying, I never write vendor reviews, anywhere, ever. With that said, A Classic Celebration knocked it out of the park for us and since I believe their rates to be very fair, I feel compel to spread the word.

From day one, they were assertive, resourceful and cost efficient. We went with the classic Elmo theme for the party and they filled in the details, many of which we our guests told us about after the fact because we didn't noticed some of the details that went into the party at the time. For example, our giveaway was a personalized backpack (C+C's idea) and they made thank you tags with a note that read "Thank you for coming. This party brought to you by the letters J and S" J and S being the initials of the twins. The backpack, the note, and the inserts were all appropriately themed of course.

Vendor management - again, C+C took care of the details. They contracted with the various entertainers (photobooth, balloon artists, characters, cake, selected candy corner items) and negotiated rates for us. C+C kept us focus and on-track. For better or for worse, my husband takes a very laissez faire approach to party planning, that is he leaves me to fill in the details. C+C did most of the filing in with me providing the final say.

Day of - everything went off without a hitch. There weren't any emergencies that had to be handled or fired to be put out. Hats of for making this so seamless - had their been an emergency, I have no doubt it would have been handled without my knowing about it. One thing that I did see was that at one point, we were off schedule a little bit and they put us right back on the agenda. Trust me, herding my family to take pictures is not an easy task.

Thank you again C+C for making the day so special for us. Looking forward to working with you again.