**EXHIBIT
      31.1**





**CERTIFICATION
      OF THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER**


**PURSUANT
      TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**







I,
      Leonard Armato, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) of AVP,
      Inc., certify that:




1.  I
      have
      reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
      30,
      2008 of AVP, Inc.




2.  Based
      on
      my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of
      a
      material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
      made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
      not
      misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;




3.  Based
      on
      my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
      in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
      condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
      for, the periods presented in this report;




4.  The
      registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
      maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
      Rules
      13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:




a.  designed
      such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information
      relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
      known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period
      in
      which this quarterly report is being prepared;




b.  designed
      such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
      over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
      reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
      preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
      generally accepted accounting principles;




c.  evaluated
      the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
      presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
      disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
      this
      report based on such evaluation; and




d.  disclosed
      in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
      reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal
      year that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
      the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.




5.  The
      registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
      recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
      registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of
      directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):




a.  all
      significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal control over
      financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small
      business issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
      information; and




b.  any
      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
      who
      have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls.




Date:
      November 14, 2008


By:
            /S/
                Leonard ArmatoLeonard
                ArmatoChief
                Executive Officer(Principal
                Executive Officer)