Merry Christmas

Feature Wedding: Katie and Randy

So Katie is the bride who got the shout out for the Fresh Prince clip.  I knew I would like her immediately because she chose one of my favorite people ever (Meaghan Elliott) to be her photographer.  Katie and Randy were married at Newton White Mansion, so gorgeous, and happened to have a fabulous sunny November Wedding day.  I LOVE these photos taken by Meaghan Elliott Photography.  Hope you enjoy blog followers!

Meet JoAnna: Baltimore Makeup Artist

I am proud to announce our newest member to the Amie Decker Makeup family.....JoAnna Popp!  Can I just say that we are sooooo lucky to have JoAnna on the team.  JoAnna has been in the industry for over 5 years and is not only a licensed makeup artist but she is finishing up with her aesthetician program in June of 2010 so we will finally have someone for waxing!!!!!! Hallelujah!  She has worked with many different cosmetic lines which has allowed her to gain valuable experience and develop a rather fun and extensive makeup kit.  In addition to her extreme talent, she is an absolute joy to have around and will make any bride feel at ease like a special girlfriend is doing her makeup.  For this blog entry I wanted to showcase two of JoAnna's weddings that she did the makeup for prior to working with us and don't you worry there will be plenty more to come.  Welcome to the team JoAnna!

Feature Wedding: Dawn and Matt

What a gorgeous day!  Dawn and Matt were married in November at the Chapel at McDonough School and they had the most beautiful lighting for their ceremony.  As usual we had a fabulous time getting ready at Dawn's mother's house.  Jen Lowe, from JLowe Photos, showed up to take some getting ready photos and it always makes my day to work a wedding with her.  She took some amazing photos of the day and captured such sweet moments of the adorable couple.  It is so heart warming to see how in love Dawn and Matt are and I am so honored to have been a part of their wedding day.  To see more about their wedding including a slide show, you can visit Jen's Blog here.

 

"Now what else on your body can I get at the mall?"

This video goes out to Katie who reminded me of this "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" episode while I was putting on her false lashes.  This episode had me rolling when I looked it up.  I hope you all enjoy and have a Happy Thanksgiving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kNUDTyEgj4

Carla David Design Open House

I was fortunate enough to attend a fabulous open house last week hosted by Carla David Design.  Carla is a very talented woman who provides custom couture invitations and graphic design services.  I was invited by Meaghan Elliott to attend the event and we decided we could make a career out of going to parties...(so much fun).  Carla hosted an A-List Holiday Open house and I hope I am able to attend every year.  Here are a few snapshots from the photo booth set up by Love Life Images.  If you would like to see more about Carla David Design or the contributors to the Open House just click here.

 Meaghan and I with our feather boa's!

 

In the photo is Dan from Techlab Photo, Staci Summers with Haute Cocoa is throwing up the gang signs and the Fabulous Carla David is on the right and :)

Fall Wedding Trends

 Shannon was such a beautiful Bride and in her pictures I have two big Fall Wedding trends to share with you........ Red and Rain.  I have seen tons and tons of Red this season, in the form of bridesmaid dresses and accent colors.  And unfortunately I have seen a lot of rain too.  Since I have been in the wedding industry, every weekend we have a rainy day, my mind automatically goes to thinking about all of the poor brides whose wedding was affected by the weather.  So, yes it rained on Shannon's wedding day but she did not let it get her down one bit.  She had fortunately planned a church wedding and an indoor reception so nothing had to be changed.  She actually got dressed in her gown and had pictures taken at her house, then got into her sweats, rode to the church and got redressed in her gown for the ceremony (It was raining A LOT).

JoAnna and I arrived after the girls finished at the hair salon and got right to work.  For the brides who have a limited time frame on the wedding day it works out great to have two artists doing hair and makeup.  I love working with JoAnna.  It was our first wedding together since she started working with me and she did a wonderful job.  She is so talented and so much fun to have around.  So here are a few photos of Shannon from her wedding day taken by Ray Persinger Photography.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 Ladies in Red

 

 Rain Rain Rain

 

 

 

 

Still Radiant at the end of the night!

What a Team!

I am so lucky to be working with such fantastic ladies.  I already had two weddings booked when Meredeth contacted me for her wedding day makeup and hair, which I was very bummed about.  However, she made the wonderful decision to go with Carrie and Kelley even though I was unavailable.  Carrie (makeup) and Kelley (hair) did a Fabulous job and Meredith was such a radiant bride.  One of my favorite companies,Love Life Images , took care of the photography for the day.  Jennifer from Love Life always gets the best moments.  These photos make me smile.  Congratulations Meredith! 

Feature Wedding: Attia and Philip

Attia has to be one of the sweetest ladies I have ever met which only adds to her beauty.  Attia was the first bride I have know to do a bakery crawl for a bachelorette party.  All of the women had a fun evening in Baltimore going from spot to spot to experience all of the best local bakeries.  Sounds yummy to me!

Kelley and I had such a pleasure working with Attia and her family on her very special wedding day.  They had a beautiful traditional Pakistani wedding in Baltimore at the Walters Art Museum.  I wanted to share a few photos from the special day that were taken by Roman Grinev Photography.  Congratulations you two!

 

The night before the wedding, Attia had a Henna artist come to the house so that all of the ladies in the bridal party and family could have the beautiful designs.

 

Attia and her sisters.  This photos is priceless.

 

Bring on the Bridesmaids

Since Nicole had such lovely bridesmaids in her wedding and I did ALL of their makeup, I figured it was only fitting to dedicate a whole blog entry to bridesmaid photos.

 

 

Hooray for Bridesmaids!