It’s summa summa time! Sit back and unwind! Our super fun and stylish open-air photobooth is offering a huge promotion starting today! Book Tomfoolery SF between July 18 thru August 1, 2013 to receive 25% off our mini and standard packages. You must mention ‘TFSUMMER’ in your inquiry along with your event date and venue! Contact Jared for more details info (at) tomfoolerysf.com
Photos: Edyta Szyszlo
Yep! The little birdie, fly on the wall, grapevine, word on the street was right – Jared and I are officially engaged! Late April means 11 years since our first date. Time sure does fly :) Never in a rush, we explored the world and strived for greatness all while supporting each other. Timing just feels right now. So here we are! I know you want to hear about the behind the scenes :) Well, we are definitely romantic in our own way and aren’t really keen on the ‘standard’ or ‘traditional’ so I told him not to get down on one knee. Ever. Or to have the pressure of buying the perfect ring – we’ve been together for 11 years, why not do it together!? We’ve talked for months regarding wedding day details (I’m in the industry duh!) and we basically mapped out the feeling of our big day before any official engagement. It happened one night, laying in bed doing our normal chit-chat routine, we decided to ask each other. Casual, cuddly and emotionally charged as we both asked each other, “will you marry me?”. Perfection.
And of course, we had to think of a unique way to let our family and friends know. A call, text and social media announcement just wasn’t going to cut it for us ;) We were inspired by the word search puzzles. So we designed, crafted away (hired some amazing people to help us) and snail mailed a anonymous surprise message via a word search puzzle as the sole way for everyone to find out our news. Keeping a secret like this for 10 DAYS is incredibly hard – especially when you have fun social things planned with the ones you love. But we did it! I want to give Ryanne Steele a HUGE MEGA thanks for the fantastic calligraphy on our envelopes. She’s an emerging calligraphy talent and went over the moon to get these to us in time. You can find some of her work on IG @steelemyheart and please email me info(at)edytaszyszlo.com for her direct contact info. Her website is still in the works. Enjoy the images, I hope you find them inspirational and fun! And yes, this was mostly a diy so I’ll include some tips at the end of the post. (more…)
Hello everyone!! Super excited to tell you about this fab San Francisco workshop from the hip ladies of Enjoy Events Co.! For the creative, inspired folks ready to learn the ins & outs of the planning world and the people they work closely with. Talk shop, learn to run a business, meet & greet others like you AND do it in a super cute space with super cute people and probably eat super cute food?! Yes please. Lots of perks and lots of details regarding all things planning. DID I MENTION I’LL BE THERE GIVING WISDOM AS WELL?! Yep. Hold on to your hats because April 13 & 14 are going to blow them right off! See all the details here.
Yay! Read all about Sabrina and Eunice of Hello!Lucky over at the new The Everygirl! Be inspired by their story, their workflow, ideas and advice! Oh and I photographed the feature ;) Also, you’ll notice a swanky ad for myself in the feature. Big shout-out to Heidi of Spitfiregirl Design for the amazing ad design!! Click ‘more’ to see the ad here… (more…)
Photos: Edyta Szyszlo
Hello Hello friends! I’m back in San Francisco and whew, I’m fighting some major jet lag. It was much easier to adjust to the 16 hour time difference when traveling to Korea. Why did I go?! To photograph Youna and Tim’s Korean wedding in Seoul last Friday, of course! And one can’t go and not see the sites right?! So my main squeeze and I packed our bags and explored the city of Seoul. I’ll be sure to give a sneak of their wedding and more when production is done :) Seoul was charming with a mix of old and new everything. The biggest trends were coffee, coffee shops, retail shops/galleries that also sold coffee and multi-cultural foods (Italian esp)! Ladies, it was a heaven for flats! We did a little of the touristy thing and much of the local. I know many of you followed me through Instagram (have I told you lately how much I love you?!) but maybe some of you missed it. Do not fear! Social media is here! On IG and Twitter you can search for the hash tag #edytainseoul (for more images also check out #ashtraybuddha on IG and Jared’s site) and for those of you without IPhones check it out here. Youna and Tim, 감사합니다 (kamsahamnida!)
Photos: Josh Gruetzmacher
Happy Booking Season! It’s here and it’s in full swing. Hiring a wedding photographer can be quite a drag. Websites/blogs until your eyes pop, chatty consultations galore that make your throat sore, contracts, albums, who’s available/who’s not. It’s like being on first dates over and over! So I’m going to make it easy on you and let you get to know me better through my own online personal ad because you already know I take photos… (more…)
Yay!!! Btw, I’m back in San Francisco and catching up with emails so hang tight! It was so hard being patient to see Hello! Lucky’s newly designed website on a large screen :) I had the pleasure of photographing some of the hero shots for the new website (styled banners for each category & holiday) along with other fun details! You’ll see more of my images for them popping up via their website, blog and ads! CONGRATS to the HL team – you guys are incredible!! Cheers!! I’ll try to post some images from our photo shoots in the next coming weeks.
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Photos: Edyta Szyszlo
Happy Friday! If you haven’t noticed already…things look a bit different around here. Welcome to the new me! Did you see my new business cards here? The official launch of my new portfolio site launched a couple days ago and a girl can’t launch and not throw a party to celebrate! So I quickly planned a little carnival-meets-glam shindig at the offices behind my genius design & website – Asketic SF! I can’t even describe how in love I am with the whole look, and they totally nailed the pin on the donkey right? Thank you to everyone who came out and showed support, much love to you! Big thanks to Sarah for taking all the fun photos you see on my new website! Dive into more pics… (more…)
Photos: Edyta Szyszlo
Happy Friday! We had such a good time hosting our little creative shindig at Eel & Ermine last night! Thanks to everyone who came out! The crowd was lively, sweet and super refreshing. I wish we had a 15 minute speed dating cycle to actually look all of our guests in the eye and meet them! But that just means we’ll have to throw another right??? Enjoy Events Co. designed the details & cohosted the event with me, Chewing the Cud designed our invitation flyer, Natalie Bowen Designs provided whoa-factor floral arrangements, Bachman Sparrow handmade our rope bracelet favors, Dynamo Donuts & Spencer-on-the-Go food truck supplied yummy eats! SF creatives, you rock! (more…)
