The Gala Event, LLC

Lauren was AWESOME! After having our year long planned wedding sidelined by Hurricane Matthew, we had 2 weeks to plan a ceremony. Lauren was very responsive, flexible and made sure we got our modified "vision". Lauren and her team transformed the lobby of the West Shore Evangelical Free Church into a beautiful and elegant ivory tableau. Thank you Lauren!! Definitely recommend!!!

Lauren and her team make sure your event is nothing but personalized to your individual style and vision. She makes your day stress and worry free. Her events are stunning!

I worked with Lauren for decorating for my reception. She was so great and very helpful every time we met! She was always full of ideas and suggestions and was always looking for the best way to get what I wanted while saving money at the same time. We met several times to discussed several options and she never made me feel like a I was being a bother to her. She was always happy to meet with me. She ended up doing draping and lighting over our dance floor and did some decorating behind our sweetheart table. We got so many compliments on how beautiful the room looked and our photos are beautiful because of it. I would recommend her services to anyone. It was definitely worth the money!

Marty and Sue are a pleasure to deal with--very patient and they love what they do. They did a WONDERFUL job putting to use the decor we supplied and helping to get quotes and find local vendors.;We had problems with them being disorganized and not matching the written contract to the verbal agreement. Eventually it worked itself out, but the problem went unresolved all the way through the wedding rehearsal despite numerous advance requests to correct the written contract--which made for undue stress for the bride. We were also extremely disappointed with the directional markers--they stuck a pole with ribbon by the road (that looked like a pole with lots of long pieces of masking tape hanging from it) in front of our reception site and charged us $50-$75 dollars for it. There was no text and no one understood what it was other than an eyesore. We specifically asked to have signs posted along the route from the highway exit, but that didn't happen. We were most impressed with the way they used the decor we supplied, but not so much with their ability to guide the other aspects of the day. And there were some downright weird things they threw in that we were a little appalled with (though not charged for)--like tikki torches in the yard for our cocktail hour at a historic colonial inn (?!)