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A-List Artistry awarded Bride's Choice award

{Syracuse,NY} – January 25, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce A-List Artistry has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for Beauty & Health!

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, A-List Artistry was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

A-List Artistry is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate A-List Artistry for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that A-List Artistry is one of the very best Beauty & Health within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.


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Jessica's bride Jessica

Jessica had several brides this year also named Jessica. Popular name!

This Jessica chose gorgeous Bayshore Grove in Oswego, NY 

They have an amazing cottage for the bridal party to get ready in complete comfort

Jessica performing her magic on Jessica

Airbrush makeup by Jessica with A-List Artistry

Thanks to the talented Jenna Kain from Kain's Photography for the beautiful work and for sharing!

www.KainsPhotography.com

Keeping the day fun!

 Lisa received our makeup artistry service from her BFF as a gift. And we're so glad she did. Lisa let me snag a few of her snapshots of her day. Some of the fun behind the scenes that made me smile. 

I love the "duckface" shot and that they BOTH did it!

"I Do"

 The shoes are beautiful and I love the personal touch Lisa added! 

Makeup by Holly @ A-List Artistry

Thanks Lisa. Approaching your marriage with these smiles ensures a life time of laughter and happiness.

Justin Mayer captures the moments

No Regrets!

My own wedding over 11 years ago. I have a lovely album to show off. Some framed photos of the day. I also have the mini video cassette that my aunt so graciously filmed of our ceremony. Which we never watch, because we don't have a  VCR anymore. I didn't put a lot of thought into hiring a pro to film our day. 

My one regret of the whole day.  

When I saw Rosanne and Steve had Justin Mayer of Mayer Video filming their day, I was intrigued. I  wanted see what modern videography would bring to the day. I have worked several weddings with very intrusive videographers. One actually hit my elbow while I was applying eye makeup, trying to get his "shots" of me applying makeup to the bride. The bride was unscathed, but I was certainly not impressed.

Justin could not have been more professional!  I also found he was a genuine nice guy. 

www.jmayervideo.com

Shortly after the wedding Justin posted a short video on his blog. I was mesmerized! I also admit, a little teary as well. The video completely captures the emotions of the day.

See for yourself

Lucy's lakeside wedding

Lucy wanted to get married at her parents home along the lake in Oswego. I thought it sounded charming! When I got to the house, I must say the view was breathe taking! The house was just feet away from the lake on a wonderful August day.

Tara's Rosamond Gifford Zoo Wedding

Tara contacted me a little over a week before her wedding, looking for an artist for her wedding. Thankfully Jessica was available for the time Tara needed to get ready in.

Airbrush makeup by Jessica @ A-List Artistry

 

 

Tara had such an amazing location for her wedding: The Rosamond Gifford Zoo! This was our first bride to have a zoo venue and we were super excited! Tara choose a bolder eye look to compliment the venue.

 Tara was so excited to share pictures with us. I usually post primarily professional photos vs guest photos, but we're excited to share Tara's special guest.

I believe this is Siri the Asian Elephant. I had the pleasure of visiting her in the elephant barn with my 4 year old daughter Gigi. Her favorite treat? Black jellybeans!(as approved by her handler)

A few really cool facts about catering at the zoo: 

100% of the profits from Catering at the Zoo goes to the care and feeding of the zoo animals!

Catering at the Zoo uses local produce and follows a "green" operation whenever possible.

Lots of good reasons to choose the zoo for your next event!

Hilary by Baker Photography

Hilary's beach theme wedding

Airbrush makeup by Jessica @ A-List Artistry

Hilary contacted us looking for a natural flawless look for her beach theme wedding. Jessica delivered with a beautiful airbrush makeup application that lasted all night.

Thank you to Kevin Baker at Baker Photography for the great pictures!

Airbrush makeup by Jessica @ A-List Artistry

 

All photo's courtesy of Baker Photography

Tara by CHRISSY ALBRIGHT Photography

Tara by CHRISSY ALBRIGHT Photography

Tara contacted me about being her makeup artist for her wedding. Although I was scheduled in Auburn that day for a large wedding party, once I knew we had a connection,  I had to make time for Tara too. When I saw her email address I asked where she worked. Turns out she works for the bus company that sells my family's business school buses!

Airbrush makeup by Holly @ A-List Artistry

This is my first time working with photographer Chrissy Albright. I think the results speak for themselves!
www.chrissyalbright.com 

Airbrush makeup by Holly @ A-List Artistry

Nicole's wedding

So happy to be a part of Nicole's wedding! Turns out she is from Jamesville (where I live) and her husband too! I love this black and white shot she sent me! Thanks Nicole!