QBIC LUXURY PICNICS

High school sweethearts Sabena and Isaac Carter take celebrations to the next level. On the couple’s second wedding anniversary, Sabena was looking for a special way to celebrate when she saw luxury picnics all over Pinterest.

“That would be kind of cute in a Sioux Falls park,” she thought.

With a picnic table already at her disposal, Sabena went thrifting, picked up food from Olive Garden, and told Isaac to meet her at McKennan Park .

The surprise luxury picnic was a success for the couple, and quickly became something they wanted to provide for others in the city.

A self described planner, Sabena has been organizing gatherings for years.

“Back in high school I used to throw themed dance parties,” she said, “so I was very complex with my planning, even at that time.”

After graduating from Southeast Technical College with a degree in entrepreneurship and business administration, Sabena was equipped with the skills to start a business of her own.

Isaac’s role in the business? “I’m definitely a support player,” he said. “She’s got a very entrepreneurial spirit, and I assist in any way I can. I’ve always got her back.”

In addition to supporting, Isaac came up with the name for the business by combining two sets of initials.

“I’ve always called her Queen Bean, that’s like my nickname for her,” said Isaac.

Those initials, Q.B., combined with Isaac’s own initials, I.C., forms QBIC a QBIC luxury picnic comes with the following assets:

Together, the Carters form a team to personalize every picnic. Clients get their own colors, letterboard message, tablescape, and charcuterie board. There is no singular template for a picnic, so the results are always different and customized to the picnickers.