Welcome and let’s get planning with VIE!
Vintage Ivy Events is an elite full service events planning and design company based in the Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia area. We are the source for stylish, exclusive, and exceptional multicultural weddings worldwide. We also specialize in providing distinctive services for African weddings, Indian weddings, traditional weddings, civil unions, destination weddings, events design & decor, private parties, and corporate events. We offer a fresh outlook to personalizing your event and managing all logistics from A to Z. It’s all in the Details.
Our philosophy is simple, to provide you with exceptional services that will define your vision and ideas for your event while creating a signature occasion you and your guests will be wowed by!
With VIE planners who are experienced, passionate, and many years of event planning experience, it’s important to us to build an honest rapport with our clients. We believe each client is different and Vintage Ivy Events is there to support you throughout the event planning process. We work closely with you to ensure we offer vendors that reflect the type of celebration you desire.
So whether you want a multicultural fusion, an elegant traditional wedding, or a glamorous wedding, we can plan and design it. Whether you have a special occasion or private party that needs careful detailing or you have a premiere corporate gala that needs overall event production and visibility to the public, we can plan and design that too. We have the unique quality for putting the small elements of an event together that collectively constitute the style, the planning, and the formality of any occasion.
Our Team
Tope Olanrewaju, CEO/Events Director
Owner and Events Director of Vintage Ivy Events, Tope Olanrewaju has a keen sense for overall event style, planning, and production that captures the wow factor and the unique desire of each client. With her calm demeanor throughout the planning process, she builds a genuine rapport with all clients while creating signature occasions.
Her passion for event planning began from managing university events such as cultural galas, conferences, enrichment programs, grand openings, orientations, award ceremonies, and luncheons while studying at George Mason University. By providing her expertise in events planning, she coordinated private parties for friends and planned weddings for family, which led to becoming a certified professional bridal consultant, and launching her own events planning company. Since then she has had the privilege of planning and designing weddings and special events at some of the most beautiful locations worldwide.
Tope holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and a Master’s degree in Education – Instructional Technology from University of Maryland University College.
As Vintage Ivy Events have grown, Tope has had the opportunity to leverage her planning experience to train another planner, Teshika B and we are so fortunate to have her on our team. Tope and Teshika both work directly with each client throughout the planning, designing, and production phase for weddings and events to ensure an orchestrated occasion all guests will remember.
Meet Ms. Chic!
Teshika Burnside, Social Events Planner
One of Baltimore’s premiere up- and-coming wedding coordinators, Teshika B. has 15 years experience planning events in the metropolitan area. From fall/spring fashion shows to grand birthday bashes and holiday events, Teshika lends her complete dedication to your event’s success, a keen financial eye, her acute attention to detail and her imaginative unique touches which sets each and every event apart from the rest!
Her knack for planning events with elegance and flair began for her in high school while serving on several event committees. After each event ended in success, she quickly realized her talent and fell in love with creating grand special moments. Over the past 15 years since graduating high school she has created over 50 amazing moments for her clients on a part time basis while also working full time, attending school and raising her gorgeous daughter Kiyah.
Knowing formalized education is just as important as experience, she is currently pursing a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Walden University as well as certificate as a Certified Wedding Planner from Penn Foster.
Her philosophy: “With great communication, cost awareness, creativity and care I can help anyone create an amazing event to be proud of!”