Boots – Elisabeth Johnson

Posted on December 4, 2013 by BeautyBlondie

3 Ways to Add a Pop of Color to Your Outfit {My Style}

Winter is getting close! I can’t believe how fast the time is flying by. In just 4 weeks it will be Christmas.

Last week I showed you a little bit of my fall fashion and the wonderful colors of fall. Well… with the weather getting colder I still like adding a punch of color to my winter wardrobe. Today I am wearing teal with grey. I love wearing neutral colors and adding a pop of another color. It is a fun and easy way to change up an outfit.

There are 3 colors I have a lot of in my closet and they would be black, white and grey. They all mix and match perfectly together and they also go well with almost every color of the rainbow. That way when I am shopping I can buy the nicer quality clothes in neutrals and the fun less expensive close as my pops of color.
I love Grey and Teal together!
For an example, jewelry and undershirts are a perfect way to add a pop of color to your outfit.

Adding a scarf is another fun way to change up your look!

This is such a cute scarf with this grey coat

When you put the 3 things together it is a great combination without over wear the accent color.

Coordinating the your jacket and boots together is a great way to pull the whole outfit together!

I love being able to wear my boots again. I also love adding leg warmers to an outfit to add color, keep you warm or tie an outfit together.

Does it get cold where you are at? Do you need to wear warmer winter clothes like I do? If so, what is your favorite piece to wear?

Posted on November 17, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 1 Comment

The Colors of Fall, Fall Fashion {My Style}

One of the main reasons I love Chicago is the fact that I get to take advantage of all four seasons. All of which are beautiful in their own way but if I had to choose my favorite, it would defiantly be fall.

For those of you who don’t live in a place that has the privilege of seeing all of the wonders of fall, let me try to paint a picture for you.

Imagine a place where every leaf has been touched by the sun, where the leaves are no longer just green upon the trees. They’ve changed into a burnt oranges, radiant reds, beautiful browns and gorgeous golden colors. The air is cool and crisp and sometime after they’ve change in colors… The leaves begin to fall leaving the ground just as pretty as the trees.

That my friends is a small piece of fall…

With the weather being cool and crisp, a light jacket is usually in order. For today’s look, I chose a dark orange dress with brown cowgirls boots and a brown belt cinched at the waist. To top it off I added a short jean jacket with a loose off to the side braid with curls. This outfit is personally one of my fall favorites.

I love that it is still warm enough to wear a dress without leggings. I also could have easily added a neutral colored scarf to this look if it had been chilly enough.

(All picture credit goes to Rachelle Heasley)

Anyways, I hope you are beginning to see some of the reasons I love fall so much and I didn’t even mention enough about all of the amazing other fall fashion trends. I guess that will be for another day.

Now I must ask, do you live in a place where you get to enjoy all four seasons? What would you say is your favorite season and why?

Posted on August 11, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 4 Comments

Pink Dress and Brown Boots {My Country Style}

If any of you have been keeping up on my social media the past few weeks, you probably know that I spent the past week in Nashville Tennessee for a Shaklee Global Conference. You might also know that I am a country girl at heart so naturally I was so excited that Shaklee choose Nashville as a destination. It is always a great surprise to me where they choose their conferences. I love having a set destination to go to every year and the best part is that I will be married next year!!! Whoohoo!!! I am looking forward to an annual anniversary trip to amazing places all over the country.

I will tell you more about my Shaklee Conference later, for now, I will show you one of my country / Nashville outfits. I have said this before and I will say it again, I LOVE DRESSES!!! They are so comfortable and easy to dress up or down. They completely take the thinking out of picking out my outfits. Throw on a dress, add a belt (only if it needs it), slip on some shoes ((in this case, boots), add a few accessories and you are all set!

I also love braided belts and that there are so many different ways to tie them to change the look. (Tutorial to come)

Cowgirl boots are so comfortable and can be worn with so many different outfits.

This is such a great chilling outfit, it is so cute and casual.

It was so beautiful in Tennessee

All of the credit of these pictures go to my fiancé Brandon. He is so good to me and I can’t wait to finally call him my husband.

I just have to ask, am I the only one that loves to wear boots with my dresses?

Posted on March 5, 2013March 5, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 1 Comment

Cleaning Your Winter Boots

I have been talking a lot about Chicago winters and how they take a toll everything. I would have to say that my winter boots take the biggest toll of all. The amount of salt that is laid on the ground to melt the snow is more than enough to to wreck my boots and I don’t take care of them the way I know I should.

Here is a short video showing you exactly what I do to not only clean off my boots but to keep them clean as well.

My mom (From Parents Of A Dozen) has a great video showing you just how we make these organic handy wipes using an all natural house hold cleaner. I have been using these wipes around my house of over 10 years now and I will never go back to store bought wipes again.

Are your boots having a rough time with all of this winter salt? Do you even live in place where there is salt because the snow is never ending?

Thanks for following along!