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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December 9, 2014

Advent Countdown Frame

The Christmas season has to be my favorite from year to year! I love decorating and the activities during this festive time. πŸ™‚ I was spending some time with my mom making Christmas gifts for my 2014 couples when she told me that she was reminded of me when she saw a blog post by “One Good Thing by Jillee“. She featured a Countdown to Christmas idea with activities ranging from service to family time (LIST HERE with free printable). I had something else planned for my blogging calendar today, but I was remindedΒ of this project and decided to take this morning to create my own Advent Countdown! I had this random frame that I purchased from a local thrift store on hand, fortunately. I took some paper (wrapping paper can make do too) and covered the backside of the frame for the backdrop. I found this advent countdown design on Simple as That Blog ready to print and cut out! This was perfect for a quick project! I took the list of the day-to-day activities/services and decided which ones I wanted to focus on this month and then designed it to print on the backside of the cards. If you don’t have the resources to do this, I would advise to just write it on the backside because who really sees that anyways except for you! After I cut everything out I just taped the top part of the card to the backdrop. I’ll be honest, I didn’t have red tape but I wanted that touch of color. Instead, I cut up red paper and double stick taped it to the card/backdrop so it appeared as red tape. πŸ™‚ Just a little trick at the last minute!

Here’s the turn out of my Advent Countdown frame! πŸ™‚

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  1. SAmi says:

    Stephanie. How did you make it look like SNOW on your photos?!?! Was that on purpose?! So. So. cool!!!! Ahh!!! πŸ™‚

    • It’s a setting in WordPress! πŸ™‚ I set it up last year and just realized it a couple days ago that my blog was snowing. Hahaa! I believe there is a time frame you can set to turn on and off. πŸ™‚

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