Gina Jokilehto
Owner & Creative Director
Gina is a Cleveland, Ohio, native with a deep love for travel, the arts, and a stellar party. Raised by the music industry. Prepped for her debut in the event world in experiential advertising. Honed and perfected a very particular set of wedding planning, design, and production skills over 20+ years as the leader of her creation, Shi Shi Events. Sassy. Profanity laced. Powered by Poppi, Uncrustables, and Diet Coke. She is unflappable, warm, and direct and you will be immediately at ease knowing she's got your back.
She is forever both creative and meticulous, offering her couples both divergent thinking and the triple checking of the most granular details. In professional and personal circles, she's known as a maven of taste and for her extensive knowledge of niche. Always gives the best travel recs. An aesthete through and through, Gina celebrates and finds joy in the small and large, a quality that shines in every event she touches.
She is forever both creative and meticulous, offering her couples both divergent thinking and the triple checking of the most granular details. In professional and personal circles, she's known as a maven of taste and for her extensive knowledge of niche. Always gives the best travel recs. An aesthete through and through, Gina celebrates and finds joy in the small and large, a quality that shines in every event she touches.
Our Approach
Transparency is our Roman Empire. Clear and direct communication our love language. Open collaboration and conversation are the cornerstones of our relationships with our couples and vendors alike. Trust is the only way we can weave our particular brand of magic. Your priorities drive our work, our experience drives your result. Every planning and design decision is filtered through the lens of how to make your and your guests’ experience exceptional, effortless, engaging, and brimming with warmth.
These core values guide our individual approach to each celebration.
These core values guide our individual approach to each celebration.
Impact > Output
We accept a limited number of clients each year to so each couple is given the time, dedication, and proper support needed to achieve a high-touch, perfectly curated wedding experience. This approach fosters our meticulous attention to detail, the proactive meeting of our couples’ needs, and the infusion of elevation into everything we do.
Creation Over Imitation
Saw something amazing on Pinterest? Great! We won't be doing any of that. We build your wedding from your story and all the things that make you completely and wonderfully you. It’s all about intentional design—every element should fit like a glove.
What is REAL is Beautiful
A moment of true, real luxury is a moment that is unrepeatable. We want to savor and hold on to what we feel in those unrepeatable moments because we know they won't ever happen in that very same way ever again. They are singular. One of a kind. The only way to be one of a kind, is to be real. That's true BEAUTY.
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