The Two of Us

Two Women.
One Signature Vision.

Two founders, present at every JJ Signature event from the first phone call to the final toast. No hand-offs, no hidden associates: just the two of us, all the way through.

Every inquiry answered personally by a founder within 48 hours.

A weathered garden gate opening onto a lush private courtyard in Hawaiʻi

Meet the Founders

Jayvee & Leah

From the very first conversation, you get both of us. That’s not a courtesy: it’s the whole model. This is our shared planning notebook, go ahead and flip through it.

our creative director ↘
Jayvee Austria, Co-Founder and Creative Director of JJ Signature Experiences
site visit — Kualoa Ranch
pua kenikeni — the welcome lei
Co-Founder & Creative Director

Jayvee Austria

The eye behind every palette.

Jayvee is the eye behind every palette, tablescape, and moodboard. Long before the first flower is ordered, she has already translated your story into a visual language: the colors, the textures, the way a room should feel when your guests walk in. Nothing on the day is generic, and nothing is borrowed from someone else’s moodboard.

— she sees the room before it exists
On her pages
  • Color palettes and mood
  • Tablescape and floral direction
  • Moodboards and visual storyboards
  • Design integrity, sketch to photograph
our director of experiences ↘
Jessica Leah Kane, Co-Founder and Director of Experiences at JJ Signature
timeline check — Lanikai
tuberose — the send-off lei
Co-Founder & Director of Experiences

Jessica “Leah” Kane

The instinct behind every quiet fix.

Leah is the instinct behind every conversation, compromise, and quiet fix. She remembers what you mentioned in passing on your first call, holds the timeline so nothing collides, and solves a problem three steps before you would ever notice it existed. By the time your event begins, she has already imagined every way it could go wrong, and quietly made sure none of them will.

— fixed before you ever see it
On her pages
  • Every client conversation, start to finish
  • Logistics, timelines, vendor coordination
  • The quiet fixes no guest ever notices
  • The day itself, first arrival to last goodbye
Planning notebooks, fabric swatches, and fresh tropical flowers laid out on a lanai table

The People Who Fall in Love With Your Vision Should Be the People Who Bring It to Life.

We’re Jayvee and Leah, the two behind every JJ Signature event, from the first phone call to the final toast. No hand-offs, no junior associate meeting you for the first time three weeks out. Just us, the whole way through.

It’s a simple belief, but a rare one in this industry. So when you inquire, you’re not being sorted into a pipeline. You’re starting a conversation with the two people who will actually see it through, from your first email to the very last song.

The Way We Choose
to Do This

Three commitments that shape every wedding, retreat, and celebration we take on.

01

Both Founders, Always

Every client works directly with Jayvee and Leah, not an associate and not a hand-off partway through. That access is the whole point, and we protect it.

02

A Considered Number

We take a limited number of events each season, on purpose. It’s the only way to give every client the attention this work actually deserves.

03

Aloha Meets Precision

Refined luxury, woven with the warmth of aloha: mainland-caliber production standards, without losing what makes this place ours.

Rooted in aloha, built on precision. We bring mainland-caliber production standards to a distinctly Hawaiian sense of hospitality: a combination we hadn’t found anywhere else on these islands. It’s exactly why we started this company.
Jayvee & Leah, Co-Founders

Let’s Start With a Conversation

Ready to Meet Both of Us?

Every inquiry is read personally by Jayvee and Leah, and every event starts the same way: with your story. Tell us what you’re planning and we’ll be in touch within 48 hours.

Begin Your Journey

Personal reply from Jayvee or Leah within 48 hours.