Rehearsal Dinner

Dress: Alfred Sung (c/o Geno's Formal Affair) // Belt: Vintage

Shoes: Audrey Brooke (old, DSW) // Earrings: Forever 21 

Bracelet: J.Crew // Lips: Maybelline Vivids 'Vivid Rose'

Nails: Sally Hansen 'Peachy Keen'

Photographed by Tyler

This past weekend was a whirlwind of perfection.

These photos are from my outfit at Friday night's Rehearsal Dinner.

  This dress is actually a bridesmaid dress!  So cute, right?!  This is proof

 than you can wear a bridesmaid dress for more than just a wedding!  I 

added the vintage belt to give it a little flair and then added the rest of the 

accessories to go with the belt.  Easy! Oh, and did you notice my tan?!

  I don't get a spray tan very often but I thought my bestie's wedding 

was a perfect occasion.  I'm going to make an effort to keep it up 

this summer - let's see how it goes!

I hope you all had an amazing weekend as well!  

I'll see if I can get a few pictures up from the wedding

 soon! Until then, you can see a few I've already posted 

on my Instagram - @opalandviolet!  

♥Jordan

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Kentucky Proud

Jacket: Old Navy (similar) // T-shirt: Vintage // Leggings: Rue 21 (old)

Shoes: Steve Madden (other colors here) // Necklace: Bluetique Cheap Chic 

Bracelets: J.Crew & Old Navy (old) // Earrings: New York & Co. (old)

Bag: Merona // Lips: Maybelline Color Whisper 'Who Wore it Red-der'

Photographed by: Ricky Strong

You're looking at the most incredibly comfortable t-shirt of all time.  

This camo beauty actually belonged to my husband's late grandfather and 

we think it dates back to the 80s.  It was the perfect tee to pair with my favorite leggings and denim jacket for an evening of errands on my day off work.  Oh, 

and can we just talk about this awesome Kentucky necklace for a second? If 

you follow me on Instagram then you got a peek of it a few weeks ago. 

I'm so in love with it and I can't believe how many outfits it goes with! 

Such a great way to honor my home state!

Congrats to Brandi B. who was named the winner 

of the April Showers $500 Visa Gift Card Giveaway!  

I hope you buy yourself some fabulous things!! 

Thanks to everyone for entering!!

♥Jordan

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Legendary Chambray

Top: J.Crew Factory (similar) // Skirt: J.Crew (similar)

Shoes: Kelly & Katie (similar) // Necklace: Versona Accessories

Bag: Merona // Earrings: New York & Co. // Bracelet: J.Crew

Nails: Studio M 'Infusion' & Ulta 'Pinata-Yada' (on fingers),

L'Oreal 'Not A Cloud In Sight' (on toes)

Photographed by: Chelsea Lane

What do you wear to a baseball game when it finally feels like

Spring and you really don't even like baseball?  Chambray of course!

Our local minor league baseball team, the Lexington Legends, hosted 

their opening game last night and a big group of us from work went! We

dressed a large group of the staff in tuxedos and in turn we were given an

awesome suite to enjoy the game!  It was definitely a great start to my 

week!  I hope all of yours is off to an equally great start!!

Enter the April Showers $500 Visa Gift Card Giveaway here!

♥Jordan

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Easter Best

Top: J.Crew Factory (similar) // Skirt: Merona

Wedges: Gianni Bini (old) // Handbag: Merona

Necklace: Versona Accessories // Bracelet: Forever 21

Sunglasses: Ray-Ban // Lips: Maybelline 'Fuchsia Fever'

Nails: L'Oreal 'Not A Cloud In Sight' & Studio M 'Covered In Diamonds'

Photographed by: Ricky Strong

This colorful tweed skirt practically jumped into my hands

while shopping at Target last week.  I know I'm supposed to be cutting 

back on my shopping, but this skirt was just destined to be a part of my Easter

look!  I just love it and can already think of a million other ways to style

it!  Now, if the weather will just stay warm enough..!

Be sure to enter the April Showers $500 Visa Gift Card Giveaway!!

♥Jordan

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Mad for Plaid

Jacket: Old Navy // Top: J.Crew Factory (not online, seen here)

Pants: Old Navy // Shoes: Steve Madden (old) // Bag: Merona

Necklace: Charlotte Russe (old) // Watch: Michael Kors

Nails: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 'Mint Sorbet' & Revlon 'Heavenly'

Lips: Revlon Lip Butter 'Red Velvet'

Photographed by: Hunter Sherwood

I just couldn't wait another day to wear some of my fab new pieces

that you saw me talking about in my haul video!  Be sure to check it out

if you missed it!  I found so many wonderful items that are perfect to wear

as we begin transitioning into Spring.  Let me know if you pick any of 

them up for youself; I'd love to see how you style them!

♥Jordan

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Friday's Fancies: Red Carpet Ready

                                                                                                                                               

Dress // Earrings // Clutch // Shoes

You may remember this post where I put together an evening wear look
based around the Pantone Color of the Year: Emerald.  Well, this week everyone is
 creating looks that are sure to be perfect for the red carpet!  Lucky for me, I work in the 
formal wear industry and never seem to get tired of it!  Today I've done my take on a 
fabulous Oscar dress that would be perfect for this weekend's big award show.  I realize
 that the Academy Awards are meant to be super elegant and glam, but I wanted to put
 together a bit of an edgier, more trendy look that I'd like to cause a bit of a stir in.
  Also, I just really want a great royal blue dress.  Sigh. 

Be sure to get more red carpet ready looks by heading over to Long Distance Loving
and checking out all of the other blogs participating this week for Friday's Fancies!

♥Jordan

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Glitter & Gold

Top: The Limited (Fall 2012) // Jeggings: Old Navy (old)

Shoes: Mossimo // Bag: Merona // Necklace: Old Navy

Earrings: Charlotte Russe // Lips: MAC 'Impassioned'

Nails: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear 'Coral Reef'

Photographed by: Ricky Strong

I picked up these loafers and this bag at Target on clearance a 

few weeks ago (which I mentioned in this post) and I am so surprised to see 

they are still available online and on major discount!  You definitely need to check 

out the links and score these great gold pieces for yourself before they are gone!  I'd

 initially thought that these two would be too loud of pieces individually and that they 

couldn't be worn together but I ditched my own doubts and just went for it in this look.  I'm 

pretty pleased with the results!  Of course, I couldn't help but pair it with a cheerful bold

 lip.  I picked this color up at MAC last Fall after seeing it on Pinterest (you can follow me here) and have been loving it ever since.  I promise, from here on out, all products will

 be saved for haul videos!  Speaking of, did you catch my very first video yesterday?

  If not, I'd love for you to check it out (here!) and give me some feedback! 

Linking up today with Rolled Up Pretty!

♥Jordan

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Valentine's Day Gift Guide: FOR HER

Row 1:
one // two // three
Row 2:
one // two // three
Row 3:
one // two // three


I have to start this out by saying I love Valentine's Day. 
I completely understand that it's not for everyone but I think it's so sweet
to have a day to celebrate love.  I'm sure there were years in my singleness 
that I felt differently, but as I've gotten older I've decided that there are so many
people in our lives that deserve to have their love celebrated than just those that 
we might be in a relationship with.  So yes, I love love. And with that being said, I 
think it's a great idea to show a little token of our love through gifts. Here are a 
few of my picks for the ladies!  While my hubs and I have taken a different route
 for our gifts this year (we bought ourselves tickets to 2 summer concerts: She 
& Him and Fall Out Boy) these are the items that I would have loved to have
 received! Check back on Wednesday to see my top picks for the guys!

♥Jordan

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Faux Fur Fun

Chambray: J.Crew Factory (similar here) // Pants: J.Crew

Coat: Old Navy (old) // Faux Fur Snood: Mossimo (in store)

Bracelets: J.Crew & Forever 21 // Watch: Michael Kors

Shoes: Merona (on sale!) // Earrings: Charlotte Russe

Photgraphed by: Tyler

Tyler and I spent Friday night with our besties playing WiiU games

and exchanging belated Christmas presents.  We have a couple of Christmas 

traditions with our friends: we always have our Christmas party in January & we always

have a themed exchange.  Only the girls exchange and each year we pick a different item 

- earrings, underwear, Christmas ornament, etc - and we buy one of each for each girl. This year we chose scarves so each of us left with 3 fab ones at the end of the night!  The

snood I'm wearing in the picture was the one I wore to the party.  Yes, I took the

 theme to the extreme!  Nothing wrong with that, right?!  I hope you all 

had an amazing weekend too!  

♥Jordan

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Auburn Accessories

Sweater: Express (old, borrowed from Tyler) // Jeans: Old Navy (old)

Hat: Merona (Target, in stores) // Shoes: Mossimo // Clutch: K.slademade

Bracelets: Versona Accessories, J.Crew & Old Navy (old)

Necklaces: Versona Accessories & Forever 21 (old)

Lips: MAC 'Viva Glam VII'

Photographed by: Tyler

Sometimes I forget what color my hair is until I put an outfit like this 

together and it completely blends in with what I'm wearing.  Oh well! 

At least my hair is that perfect shade of auburn and it blends perfectly with

that generic bobby pin shade!  That's one way to look at it, right?! ;) I just

 couldn't wait any longer to break out a few of those great Target finds I was 

telling you about in this post.  The shoes were only $15 and the hat was

only $6!  I sure do love an end-of-season sale!  Also, I'm finally showing off

my gorgeous clutch from K.slademade!  You may remember when I featured

them as part of my Christmas gift guide in this post.  Well, my mom was 

so kind as to order me one of my own for Christmas!  Thanks Mom!!

I'm so sorry for the lack of outfit posts lately.  My life has been a little 

crazy with the busy season at work beginning (PROM!) and losing daylight 

at such an early hour.  Hopefully I'll get in the swing of things soon because

 I have so many outfits that I'm eager to share!  I promise to do better! :)

♥Jordan

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