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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January 2, 2015

Happy New Year!!!

Welcome 2015! I’m posting this post SUPER late but I have been making sure to get plentyyyyy of sleep during this sick season to ensure I’m healthy and good for my winter weddings. 🙂 Today, I want to share how my sequin skirt turned out!

This was an interesting sewing project for me because I worked with sequin fabric once before but not as fancy as this fabric shown below. Plus the last sequin project I had was making a clutch … so needless to say this was WAY different! It was a pretty simple project, however I realized at the last minute that I had to altar the entire pattern because it was going to be way too short! I extended the pattern eight inches in order for it to be long enough. This means I picked up a skirt pattern that was really a knee length skirt. 😉 Ohhhhhh well! It’s okay though because I was able to fix it and I had enough fabric to make this work. 🙂 I’m happy with the turn out and excited to wear it again in the near future!!! 🙂

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New Years Eve, Kyle and I arranged a fancy cocktail party with family and some friends. What a great way to bring in the new year! As a part of the party, I set up a DIY photo booth at the last second and loved the turn out! I now want to make it a tradition to host a New Year Eve cocktail party. 🙂

Found these cute props at Paper Source and Party Company! 🙂
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