I’m Stephanie, a wedding + lifestyle photographer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Warrenton, Virginia. Whether I’m by the mountains of Colorado or Virginia, my soul feels at home, surrounded by rural living and the raw beauty of nature. I genuinely love what I do, and feel so passionate to share the enthusiasm and joy of these celebrations with you!

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April 21, 2014

Weekend Recap | Easter

I feel like I have SO much to share for todays “Weekend Recap” since Easter was just yesterday and spring is finally in the air! 🙂 I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter with family! Its funny because my boyfriend, his family and I planned to go to church together at 7:45 a.m. yesterday and I’ll be honest, I was exhausted from the wedding Saturday that I didn’t think I would wake up in time. So to ensure I would be up, I STAYED up from 5 a.m. until 6:45 a.m. (when we needed to start getting ready). I’ll admit that this is definitely by no means the way to ensure you will make it to church in time … but I was really paranoid that I would accidentally fall asleep through my alarm. I even do this for sunrise sessions so time, which is why I am steering away from sunrise sessions since its obvious that I don’t get much sleep doing this. Haha! Nevertheless, it was a beautiful day to celebrate the reason for the season. Jesus. Because of him, we can live with forgiveness and LIFE! For that, I am forever thankful and blessed!

Here was a little Easter surprise for Nicole & Brian‘s family and friends! Ethan found a surprise from the Easter bunny in one of his eggs! 🙂
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easter_pregnancy_reveal-11_webCONGRATS Brian & Nicole!!! Super cute!!!
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Here are a few sneak peeks for what is to come this week on the blog!!! 🙂

Matt | Warrenton, Virginia Senior Portraits
matt_senior_warrenton_virginia_photographer_-1_webBrock & Caroline | After Wedding Portraits, Maymont, Virginia Photographer
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Garret & Nicole | Oatlands Historic House and Gardens, Leesburg, Virginia Wedding Photographer
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Generally, I would end the post there … but I have even MORE to share with you all! I have to say that all last week my mom has been super excited for our gathering for Easter and I could not figure out why she was THIS excited! It was all because she had an awesome menu planned out as well as a cute table scape! She was inspired by  “One Good Thing by Jillee”! It sounds like she is a dedicated reader of Jillee’s blog, so I thought I would take photos of what my mom put together for our Easter celebration together. 🙂 Thanks mom for making Easter a big deal! What an amazing day with family!!!

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easter_tablescape_set_up_-19_webAlong with another side dish of brussel sprouts with bacon … and let’s not fogey the dessert I made, apple cake! All AMAZING!
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I hope everyone had a fabulous Easter! Looking forward to sharing photos this week of what I’ve been up to last week. 🙂 Have a great Monday!!!

 

 

  1. Jaricia says:

    Looks great! Mom’s are wonderful making holidays special.

  2. Cyndi Messick says:

    My very first “tablescape”! It really was fun to put together. Thanks for the special photos!

  3. Linda, Cousin says:

    Cyndi, Stephanie, all I can say is WOW! Oh my God, I never realized how beautiful you two are along with being extremely talented! I am so jealous! And Cyndy I tried to buy those dishes after seeing them in Oprah’s magazine and they were all sold out! I am so impressed and wish we lived closer so I could I could learn from you two…maybe one day soon…God bless you all, you are awesome! XXXOOO