Dresses – Elisabeth Johnson

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 February 27, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 4 Comments

Top 5 Things I am Looking for in a Wedding Dress.

I truly can’t believe that Brandon and I are getting married in 6 months! It is coming so fast and the plans are as well. There has been a tone of wedding plans going on and I was trying to think of a way to keep you all updated on everything going on with the wedding. I am going to be doing a short update every Wednesday and I am going to call it Wedding Wednesday!

I know that this is going to be a fun way to keep everyone up to date on what is going on and what kind of ideas I am thinking of.

You can tell a lot about a person by the type of wedding dress they choose. I know I personally would like my dress to have a few main features. I don’t know if I will be able to fit them all in my budget but you better believe that I am going to try.

Here are the top 5 things I am looking for in a wedding dress!

1. I am leaning towards more of a ball gown with a corset!

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2. There has to be a lot of detail, beadwork and crystals. If you know me as all, I am all about the detail!

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3. A tie up back would be so elegant and traditional.

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4. I like the idea of a more straight neckline, it is simple and not too revealing.

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5. I would love to have a dress with straps although 90% of wedding dresses don’t have them so I might have to settle for a cute cover-up for the wedding ceremony.

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I have never been the kind of girl who obsessed over a wedding dress since I was a little girl. I have the type of personality where my mind changes all the time and I knew that by the time I got married my mind would change anyway and I was right. I must admit that not knowing what I wanted has made my search for my dress all the more fun!

Have been dreaming of your dress since you were little? Or are you more like me where you knew your mind would change and you didn’t dream up the perfect dress until you got engaged?

Posted on February 1, 2013February 2, 2013 by BeautyBlondie — 1 Comment

My Newest Inspiration!

Have you ever had a time in your life where something inspired you? Something that made you see something you had never seen before. Or maybe look at something in a different way?

There are so many things that can give someone an inspiration. It can be a book, a picture, a song or even a color and I am excited to share with you my newest inspiration. I just can’t seem to get enough of the color purple! Everything purple catches my eye. Although, I am not noticing the light purple as much as I am the deep, rich, eggplant purple! The main thing I love about an inspiration is that it usually is something that you look at and it automatically puts a smile on your face!

When I look at a deep, rich purple color it makes me think of the darkest color of a beautiful sunset and I can almost feel the warmth of the sun at the end of summer. It immediately lifts my mood helps me to remember the little things in life.

Here are a few pictures to help you understand the richness of the color and just how beautiful it is.