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Winter photo widget
A winter photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Icy blues, snow white and silver. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.
What a winter photo widget shows
A photo widget puts a person, place or pet on the home screen without making it the wallpaper. The frame, the crop and the caption decide whether it feels designed or just pasted in.
You pick the picture with Android's photo picker, so WidgetCraft needs no storage permission, and the photo stays on your phone. It is a free element.
How the winter style shapes it
Winter widgets are cool and quiet: snow white, ice blue and slate, with thin type and a crisp, frosty feel.
- Photos: Snowy landscapes with a cool tint.
- Text: Use light-weight capitals in midnight blue.
Winter photo widget recipe
| Layer | Settings |
|---|---|
| Canvas | 360 × 200, background #EEF5FB, corner radius 24 |
| Layout | caption on the left, photo on the right |
| Image | 190 × 160, corner radius 16, crop to fill |
| Text | place label, size 12, color #7E94AD |
| Text | caption in two lines, built-in Sans, size 24, color #1F3550 |
| Shape | rule 28 × 3 in #5AA9E6 |
| Text | date, size 12, color #7E94AD |
| Ornament | sixteen small glacier-blue dots scattered across the background as snow |
| Font | built-in Sans |
| Home screen size | 4 × 2 cells |
Winter color palette
- Snow
#EEF5FBBackground - Ice
#D9E8F5Surface and tracks - Midnight blue
#1F3550Text - Frost grey
#7E94ADLabels - Glacier
#5AA9E6Accent
How to make a winter photo widget in WidgetCraft
- Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #EEF5FB and the corner radius to 24.
- Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
- Set the image corner radius to 16. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
- Add a Text caption at size 24 in #1F3550 using built-in Sans.
- Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #7E94AD, with a short rule in #5AA9E6 between them.
- Add the winter ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: sixteen small glacier-blue dots scattered across the background as snow.
- Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.
Everything in this recipe works in the free version.
Tips for winter photo widgets
- Keep everything cool-toned.
- Use thin weights for a crisp feel.
- Choose a photo whose subject sits in the middle; widgets crop the edges.
- Portrait photos suit 2 × 2 or tall widgets better than wide ones.
- Very large images make widgets slow; let the app resize the photo when asked.
- Do not add warm colors.
- Do not use heavy fonts.
Questions about the winter photo widget
What size is a winter photo widget?
It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.
Which colors does it use?
Snow (#EEF5FB) for the background, Midnight blue (#1F3550) for the main text, Frost grey (#7E94AD) for labels and Glacier (#5AA9E6) as the accent.
Is it free to make?
Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the winter styling is free too.
What else is this style called?
People also search for snow photo widget, winter aesthetic photo widget, icy photo widget, frost photo widget. They describe the same look as this winter photo widget.
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