Petalo's Floral Design

I had the amazing opportunity to work on a project with Kacy Kizer. The shoot was for Petalos new line of paper flowers. Dresses by the amazing Kate Towers.

The Gorge

Location: Columbia River Gorge, OR
Photographer: Jared Birt
Jacket Designers: Devon Berrong, Resi Hammerer
Hair & Make-Up: Austie Eckley
Stylist: Billede Design by Kimberly Brandt
Models: Natalie Morris & Paul Greer

Sofia Kondilis Hashem’s Wedding

I don’t normally blog about my brides, however, I couldn’t resist with Miss Sofia Kondilis! I love wedding hair and makeup because it’s so pretty, soft and timeless. Yet, sometimes I crave a little Kardashian spice, if you know what I mean! It was love at first sight when I first met Sofia at the bridal show 2 years ago. She straight up looked at me and said, “Listen, I got a big family, a lot of sassy girls, and I want to look amazing for my wedding, can you handle that?” Let me tell you... she wasn’t kidding! Big hair, fabulous makeup, incredible dresses, and a sexy Greek Groom to boot! Sofia is half Lebanese and just beautiful. She also has a family who are stunningly irresistible. There is nothing like hair and makeup for one Queen bee bride and seven fabulous bridesmaids!

xoxo Austie








The beautiful images were shot by:

Kathryn Elsesser
503-957-5143

GALA MAGAZINE:

My husband recently spoiled me with a trip to NYC and the East Coast for my first time. When I got there it was love at first sight, so it was only natural that when I was approached by an East Coast magazine I was thrilled! Getting to work with ELEGALA was truly wonderful. Not only did they feature my headpieces in their beautiful magazine, but they also did an incredible write up on their blog. Here are the pictures from the magazine, as well as a link to the blog write up. Thank you Elegala! Your magazine is truly exceptional

Model: Jessica Hansen
Photographer: Kacy Kizer
Dress: Maggie Saunders

Portland Bridal Show

As most of you know I will be on maternity leave for most of this summer welcoming our little girl! In preparation for this, I have had the privilege of working with a small group of wonderful ladies for the past year, and am now training them as interns. I am so blessed to welcome Shannon Berecek, Courtney Rogers, and Destiny Taylor to my team. They have all been assisting, going through training, and getting their license in order to become Hair and or Makeup artists. This year the Portland Bridal show was all about them! It was a huge success, with lots of fun, lots of makeup, lots of brides and lots of laughs!

I also had an amazing opportunity to have Maggie Saunders feature her dresses in my booth with her models wearing my hair pieces.
Along with my booth there are a couple other vendors I love to support every year. One new one that I had the opportunity to get to know was Eric Sundstrom with smile photo booth. Eric was new to the show this year with amazing energy, a great smile, and such an easy going personality. I would recommend him to anyone, for any special occasion. Some of the pictures featured are from Eric’s smile booth at the Portland Bridal show.
Here are just a couple of my other favorite vendors at the bridal show.
Powers Photography studios
Wrightberry's Cakes & Cupcakes
Forte floral artistry
Again, I have been so grateful to work with such gifted and talented people.

Much Love,
Austie

UNDRESSED VEILING:

I thought very hard about this shoot, and how to maintain a classic, vintage, and conservative style. One of my favorite things about building my business is creating new pieces and then creating a beautiful photo shoot to match. When I designed this new collection, which included my first long veil, I knew the veils were unique and needed to be featured as a solo shoot. I had the privilege during this veil shoot to have the lovely Miss Melisa Dixon as a model, who didn't miss a beat. I was also very excited to work with the incredible Michelle Ketchum for hair design, the very talented Kacy Kizer for photography, and Miss Shannon Berecek, who also assisted. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed producing them!

Just when you think your job couldn’t get any more exciting it does! Last year was the first year I decided to be a part of Portland Fashion Week. I had so much fun, met so many talented, encouraging, and inspiring people that this year I wanted to be even more involved. I was given the privilege to team up with an incredible group of artists as part of the 2010 makeup team. Having more responsibility this year allowed me to involve my interns as part of the makeup staff for the show as well. Aubrey Childers, Shannon Berecek, Courtney Rogers, and Destiny Taylor came in as interns and left as super stars. I was so proud of these incredibly talented women that show so much enthusiasm and talent for what they do!

One of the most incredible opportunities I was given by Sunny Fire, the lead Make up artist for the show, was to be the key makeup artist for Project Runway winner Seth Aaron. His talent and charisma was electrifying! Being back stage with this designing genius was nothing I have experienced before. I wanted to share some of the shots from that night, as well as thank Sunny Fire and Portland Fashion week for this amazing opportunity. I would also like to thank the amazing Jared Birt for capturing all the images.