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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September 21, 2015

Weekend Recap

SMP Runaway Brides 5k Color Vibe Run!

I cannot even begin to tell you how much fun this weekend was! Between a Color Vibe 5k run with my brides to the JMU football game, it was a well spent weekend off! Well, maybe not necessarily the moving I had to do yesterday but you gotta do what you gotta do! Thank you all for your understanding that my blog hasn’t been fully active with the moving that is currently happening. 🙂

If you remember, last year I hosted the first annual SMP Runaway Brides 5k run with my brides and it was SO much fun that I decided to do it again! The first time we played in foam/mud (would love to do something like that again) but this time COLOR was involved! We signed up for the Color Vibe in Manassas, Virginia and danced our way to the starting line. There was just as much throwing of color before the race as during and after! It was a blast and it seemed like everyone enjoyed it just as much as I did. 🙂

I made all of my brides little veils, tutus and T-shirts for the run. 🙂 They looked amazing!!! I loved how the look turned out so we were a team and were recognizable. In fact, I thought it was comical because we were running passed a group and I overheard, “there are those runaway brides”! Haha! Already cannot wait for next year!!!! Here are some fun IPhone photos we took before and after the race!

BEFORE
SMP Runaway Brides 5k Color Vibe Run!AFTER!
SMP Runaway Brides 5k Color Vibe Run!SMP Runaway Brides 5k Color Vibe Run!We are so intense … Don’t mess with the Runaway Brides! 😉 Hahaha!
SMP Runaway Brides 5k Color Vibe Run!So glad Alyssa photographed a quick photo before the race started so you can see the shirts I made up close. 🙂
SMP Runaway Brides 5k Color Vibe Run!The weekend ended with THIS and a football game win! GO DUKES!!!! Love me some MRDs!
Marching Royal Dukes | JMU Football

Happy Monday!

  1. […] every year I have tried to gather my brides to do a fun run. We have done a foam run as well as a color run, but I thought how fun for it to be a bigger event specially for brides and her bridesmaids? This […]