And instead ...
Fill up your creative well, cultivate out-of-the-box ideas, put them to use and grow your business during an intimate, interactive group experience, with a ton of time for live training with industry heavy-hitters.
TSOS is designed so you can step away from the grind, give your creative juices the kind of surge that only comes from working in a new medium, and fall back in love with what you set out to do each day.
All you need to do?
Finally ditch the daily grind of squeezing your creative juices down to the pulp to come up with ONE MORE *brilliant idea* for your clients and your business.
what if you took the time to..
Fight for the space to be creative.
Go from hustling 24/7 to more time for your family, for traveling, and for yourself - without cutting your paycheck.
Feel confident in your ability to attract your dream clients so your calendar is never empty and never boring.
Create a business that can make money for you - even while you're off the clock.
Simplify your business so you're doing the work that makes you jump out of bed in the morning.
Strengthen your voice as a creator through mixed-medium, hands-on training.
Create a community of encouragers who genuinely care about you as a person and the success of your business.
Find the place where your gifts, passions, and revenue-producing opportunities meet.
wednesday, june 24th
9:00 a.m. Attendee Check-In + Breakfast
9:30 a.m. "Hands-On Centerpiece Design" Destiny Pinson
11:00 a.m. “Positioning your Pitch” with Jenn Perrault
12:00 p.m. Mentor Lunch Session | lunch and learn with workshop speakers to receive attention on your brand and group feedback in mastermind setting
1:30 p.m. "Hands-On Tabletop Styling" Elyse Jennings
2:15 p.m. Composition Review Groups
3:30 p.m. “Creating your simplified business strategy” speaker panel - Logan Doerries moderator / Elyse Jennings, Christa Cotton, Megan Gonzalez and Jenn Perrault
5:00 p.m. Dismissed for break
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Return for "Design Dinner" seated dinner featuring florals created by attendees
8:30 p.m. Final Farewell
timeline
12:00 p.m. Attendee Arrival | Check-in + headshots
12:30 p.m. Introductions
12:45 p.m. Cultivate an Inspiring Vision Logan Doerries
1:00 p.m. Scaling Your Brand Beyond your Business Christa Cotton
2:00 p.m. "Hands-On Flat Lay Styling" Megan Gonzalez
3:15 p.m. Composition Review Groups
4:15 p.m. Break + any remaining headshots completed
4:30 p.m. “Sales for Creative Businesses” with Elyse Jennings
5:30 p.m. "Hands-On Creating & Styling Cocktails" with Christa Cotton
6:15 p.m. Cocktail Party + Speed Dating
7:30 p.m. Dismissed
tuesday, June 23rd
grab your seat
*schedule is subject to change
… you’ll have the skills and confidence to break out of the rut you’ve been stuck in, expanding your reach with new client service offerings, workshops, and ideas that you would have NEVER thought of if you didn’t work with those flowers, study that element of design, get that centerpiece shot (that YOU designed) for your website, or hear that break out session.
… you’ll have the skills and confidence to get back on track chasing your dream—the kind of “a-ha” moments that you only get when you escape the vacuum of the daily grind.
… you’ll have the skills and confidence to put the pieces in place for that next big “thing” you know you need to do, and capitalize on the refreshment and energy that turns big dreams into action plans that actually work.
As newly minted or even been-at-it-a-while business owner, this means:
The end result?
"a life-changing experience."
- Jess, alumna
is the school of styling for me?
The School of Styling is for any female creative entrepreneur looking to refine their business, grow in knowledge, and hone their design skills. This workshop is not exclusively for wedding pros, in fact roughly half of each workshop are women from other industries - bloggers, copywriters, real estate agents, jewelry designers, and more! The mix of our schools gives students a fresh perspective on their own work. Whether you've been in business for 10 minutes or 10 years, you have a place here! But don't just take our word for it...
Read industry-specific testimonials
community-focused
Carefully curated
With only 20 students at each workshop, we make it a point to know and care for each and every attendee personally. We also intentionally design the workshop to act as fertile soil for authentic friendships to grow. Our workshops aren't just a networking event. They are a place to share your honest struggles, scary big dreams, and learn without judgment.
Will your business change for the better because you attend? Absolutely. But if we crammed you full of info and never took care of YOU, would you feel ready to tackle the world? Nope. Our time together is full, but not exhausting. We strive to create a refreshing, inspiring environment for you to learn and reset. And did we mention we love to spoil our students?! Because we do.
Build encouraging friendships.
Invest in your business...and yourself.
our workshops are...
Ready to strengthen your design eye and personal aesthetic? We offer a variety of hands-on sessions from floral design to flat lay styling, to tabletop design, and more! By working in new and different mediums, you will have the opportunity to practice design principles in fresh ways that have the power to change the way you work and create.
Expand your portfolio.
hands-on
grab your seat
+ Find inspiration in a beautifully designed classroom
+ Floral product for centerpiece design and installation work
+ Ingredients for cocktail styling class
+ Styling props to use for the flat lay session
+ Unique rentals to use for tabletop styling
+ Portfolio images of your flat lay, centerpiece and tabletop captured by our event photographer
+ Professional headshot images
+ Carefully curated gifts
+ TSOS custom notebook
+ Your choice of breakout sessions (including materials)
+ Full access to all speakers throughout the workshop experience
+ Cocktail party with hors d'oeuvres
+ Speaker led mentor lunch
+ Seated "Design Dinner" Celebration with florals designed by attendees
+ Mastermind groups
+ An encouraging community!
So, what all is included?
"The School of Styling is a wonderful hands-on learning experience. I feel like I learned from the best in the field! I kept having one "A-HA" moment after the other. I started applying what I learned as soon as I came back home. It is the best course I have taken and would love to do it again."
- Anamaria Durón, Honduras
"One "A-HA" moment
after the other."
"It was truly the best 3 days I could have asked for. TSOS is unique in that it is not limited to only creatives in the wedding industry (I attended primarily as a retail creative) and has the perfect blend of creative segments as well as business/practical workshops. I was initially hesitant as the workshop plus travel/lodging was an investment, but it was the best one I could have poured into myself. I have no regrets and would do it all over again!"
- Tiffee Lee, California
"My goal was to come to TSOS to learn how to elevate my styling and my brand. I left TSOS feeling energized and setup for success with the new tools I've learned. My experience was so inspiring and positive and I truly believe this was the best investment I could have made for myself and my business."
- Renee Sabo, Massachusetts
"My experience was truly unbelievable! The School of Styling challenges your mind, your creative eye, and your heart. I don't even have a business yet, but I left with so many things I wanted to implement once my journey begins. Also, it was just pure fun and joy - all of the women and lifting each other up and boy do we need more of that today."
- Kristen Southard, North Carolina
"My experience filled me with overwhelming joy. To freely sit in a lovely, detailed, carefully crafted space for three days and just soak in wise content was incredible. And then to be able to listen and encourage other women or vise versa with no pressure to be anyone but myself was so refreshing. I felt lavished upon by those who put on the workshop, and I felt truly cherished by the other attendees who were there, even though we had all just met."
- Hannah Jones, Tennessee
meet our speakers
megan gonzalez
maemae +Co
christa
cotton
el guapo bitters
Sales for Creative Businesses &
Hands-On Tabletop Styling
elyse jennings
elyse jennings weddings
Cultivate an Inspiring Vision: Giving Yourself Permission to Dream and Rewrite the Narrative
jenn perrault
haute off the rack
Hands-On Floral Styling
Logan Doerries
destiny pinson
Building your Brand Beyond Your Business + Hands-On Creating & Styling Cocktails for Editorial
The Art of Direction + Hands-on Flat Lay Styling
Positioning Your Pitch: Practical Ways to Set Yourself Up for Pitching Success and Collabs & Curating Consistency: How to Curate a Consistent Content Strategy on Social Media
Meet the speakers
elyse jennings
Cultivate an Inspiring Vision: Giving Yourself Permission to Dream and Rewrite the Narrative
destiny pinson
Hands-On Centerpiece Design
Sales for Creative Businesses &
Hands-On Tabletop Styling
Christa Cotton, CEO, El Guapo Bitters
There are spirits and then there’s spirit, and Christa Cotton embodies both. A native of Leesburg, Georgia, Christa moved to New Orleans after helping her parents establish Georgia's first legal distillery since Prohibition while in college at Auburn University. After a stint in advertising, Christa founded New Orleans Beverage Group and acquired the El Guapo trademark in 2017. Specializing in zero-proof bitters, El Guapo has expanded into syrups and mixers and is Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certified. The company debuted at #166 on the Inc. 5000 Regionals list for fastest growing companies in the US in 2024. Christa is the recipient of the 2025 Tory Burch Foundation Founder Award, a 2025 Wine Enthusiast Future 40 honoree, a seven-times Good Food Award winner, LEE Initiative mentor, immediate past president of Les Dames d'Escoffier New Orleans and recipient of Les Dames d'Escoffier Legacy Award: Fine Spirits recipient, and a Fellow in both the Tory Burch Foundation and the James Beard Foundation. She successfully raised seven figures in investment capital and relocated from 1,800 square feet to a 32,000 square foot production facility and warehouse in Mid-City New Orleans. Christa and El Guapo have been covered in Vogue, Southern Living, Real Simple, Garden & Gun, Martha Stewart and Fedex Small Business national ad campaigns. She lives Uptown in a pink 1902 double shotgun with her daughter, Flora, husband, Brian, and Bernese Mountain Dog, Archie Manning.
Elyse Jennings, CEO, Elyse Jennings Weddings
Elyse Jennings has been a wedding planner and designer for nearly two decades, and is known nationally in the industry as an expert. Recognized by Martha Stewart, Over the Moon and Southern Living as a top planner in the nation, Elyse Jennings specializes in both the design and logistics for local and destination weddings in New Orleans and beyond. Her creative process is just as much about the logistics as it is about creating a trusting relationship with clients and other vendors - laughing through our conversations and cheersing over cocktails!
She is a wife to Jack and a mother to two sweet girls, Jules and Gemma! Elyse loves creating memories together, going on adventures big and small, and spending time with family!
Megan Gonzalez, Founder, MaeMae & Co.
Megan Gonzalez is the founder and creative director of MaeMae & Co., a design studio devoted to transforming brands for creative women. For nearly two decades, she has helped photographers, designers, planners, and makers clarify their voice and elevate their visual world through thoughtful branding and storytelling.
Her work has been recognized by Vogue, and the internet has crowned her the “Queen of Moodboards.” Megan lives and works in the Arizona desert with her husband and two sons, where she shapes brands by day and embraces the joyful chaos of family life by night.
megan gonzalez
The Art of Direction
Hands-On Tabletop Styling
christa cotton
Scaling Your Brand Beyond Your Business
Hands-On Creating & Styling Cocktails for Editorial
Jennifer Perrault, CEO, Haute Off The Rack
Jenn's journey with blogging and Haute Off The Rack began in 2012 before being a blogger was actually a career path! Her goal at the beginning was to share personal reviews and styling tips as a sort of online resume with the hope of getting a job in the fashion industry. Flash forward twelve years and I’ve successfully forged my own path in the industry that I never could have imagined at the time. Haute Off The Rack has evolved with my life and interests over the years to include everything from general lifestyle to events, travel, recipes, and life with a family. My life milestones have unfolded online: from my wedding(s) to my husband Blake and the birth of my sons, Beckham and Brooks. But my vision from day one has stayed the same– to help women see past what’s on the rack and envision their own wardrobes in a new way, inspiring them to feel confident and beautiful. Jenn now runs an empire including the Hey Haute Mama Podcast, her foundation called Haute Mama Collective that exists to support mothers-in-need, and Haute off the Rack.
jenn Perrault
Positioning Your Pitch: Practical Ways to Set Yourself Up for Pitching Success and Collabs & Curating Consistency: How to Curate a Consistent Content Strategy on Social Media
logan doerries
Logan Doerries, CEO, The School of Styling
Logan is the gal behind The School of Styling, a creative community dedicated to helping female entrepreneurs build intentional brands and businesses through education, connection, and curated experiences. Through workshops, retreats, and consulting, she helps women simplify their strategy and hone in on a vision. By creating a business that feels align with the lives they actually want to live, Logan thrives in helping other entrepreneurs to the same. She is passionate about businesses that lead with confidence, creativity and purpose.
When she isn't hosting events, you can find her hosting neighbors in the backyard. Her and her husband William live in Southern Louisiana, where they raise their three boys: Shep (7) Sawyer (5) and Sutton (1)
Doris Ione represents a sweet and simple lifestyle, made beautiful with timeless traditions and pretty flowers. We not only offer flowers and décor for weddings, but also workshops and private instruction; creating intimate moments for families and friends to make memories and carry on traditions or start new ones.
Hello! My name is Destiny Pinson, founder and creator of Doris Ione. Doris Ione is named for my two grandmothers, Doris Jean and Eleanor Ione. Their sense of self, timeless charm, humbleness, and industrious knack for fashion and decoration have been a constant source of inspiration for me. In my life and my business, I want to honor my grandmothers by embodying their values and carrying on their tradition.
I am over the moon about having you all follow along with me and feel truly blessed to have all of your friendship and support.
new orleans, la
Built in 1888, Felicity is bathed in history and tradition. You can feel it when you run your hands along her century old banisters, you can see it in her panes of stained glass, you can hear it as your feet pad across her heart pine floors. Felicity is an extraordinary place. Located in the heart of the Garden District of New Orleans, Felicity is surrounded by endless options for dining, shopping and exploring. We also have a fun packet of info with things to do and see while you're here!
the venue
"My goal was to come to TSOS to learn how to elevate my styling and my brand. I left TSOS feeling energized and setup for success with the new tools I've learned. My experience was so inspiring and positive and I truly believe this was the best investment I could have made for myself and my business."
- Renee Sabo, Massachusetts
"I left feeling energized and setup for success."
"My experience was truly unbelievable! The School of Styling challenges your mind, your creative eye, and your heart. I don't even have a business yet, but I left with so many things I wanted to implement once my journey begins. Also, it was just pure fun and joy - all of the women and lifting each other up and boy do we need more of that today."
- Kristen Southard, North Carolina
"My experience filled me with overwhelming joy. To freely sit in a lovely, detailed, carefully crafted space for three days and just soak in wise content was incredible. And then to be able to listen and encourage other women or vise versa with no pressure to be anyone but myself was so refreshing. I felt lavished upon by those who put on the workshop, and I felt truly cherished by the other attendees who were there, even though we had all just met."
- Hannah Jones, Tennessee