Merry Monday and welcome to the 8th Day of Christmas Giveaway. If you are just joining us in our 12 Days of interviews and goodies, click here to get caught up. You can enter to win the prizes on any of the 12 posts until midnight EST on Sunday, December 13th.
As a woman, have you ever wanted a makeover? A chance to have someone knowledgeable about fashion, colors, body types and style give you a personal consultation on just what you should be wearing to look your absolute best? Then you are gonna LOVE my friend and fellow Proverbs 31 speaker Shari Braendel.
Shari is fun, full of faith and friendship; she has striking looks and style along with the the most contagious laugh ever!! (She’s gotten me in trouble at a P31 meeting or two with our giggles over something trivial yet oh-so-can’t-stop-laughing funny.) Her mission is to help woman connect fashion and faith and be the best they can be. However, she also believes you are the most beautiful when you are closest to the way God made you, which, in an age of plastic and all things fake, is refreshing!
She also loves to inspire girls to embrace the phrase ‘modest is hottest” with her teen fashion shows she puts on across the nation. Shari is a speaker and author, writing devotions for Proverbs 31 and having self-published a workbook. She has her first book with a publisher coming out next summer entitled Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad. She is offering a way cool giveaway today, so read on and meet my friend—and personal fashion/hair/make-up/does-this-look-okay-on-me?/ consultant, Shari Braendel.
Shari, fill us in on what life is like at the Braendel household this Christmas season.
Can you spell b-a-s-k-e-t-b-a-l-l ? We are a basketball lovin’ family especially since our 6’6” teenage son plays so much of it! He is on the JV AND the Varsity team so we have LOTS of games to attend…even if they are 2 hour away games! If there’s a game, we’re there! December is a month of relaxation for me as I don’t typically have any speaking engagements . So I sit a lot, write a lot (still have those deadlines) and watch a lot of college football and basketball on TV when not at Luke’s games. I also watch out for every raindrop and pray it turns into a snowflake!
Can you share a tradition your family has enjoyed over the years?
We are a blended family of six and one of my very favorite traditions the kids started at our first Christmas together is that once they all wake up, the kids then wake Dave and I up, but none of them go downstairs until Dave and I get downstairs and make our coffee! While we do this, the kids, all four of them, (the girls are now 25 and Luke 15) sit on the top step and wait patiently for us to call them down! I have taken a picture of them each year since we’ve been a family (the past 13years) of them sitting together in their jammies…it is sooo cute and you can see how they’ve grown up together. One of our triplets got married last year so she’s missing in the photo now, but I’ll bet she misses that early morning tradition with her bro and sisses!
What are some of your favorite Christmastime foods? Any recipe you might share with us? Ahhh, let me think….NO! No recipes, that is!!!! My husband is the cook at our house!
What activities do you most look forward to doing with your family at the holidays? My teenage son’s birthday is December 4th so we always wait till after his birthday to get out all the decorations. Luke and I will put on Christmas music and sing and dance as we decorate the tree! My husband will cook dinner and watch us if our decorating goes into the night!
You are offering a great giveaway today to one of our cyber sisters. Can you tell us about it?
I am giving away a copy of my workbook “If Clothes Could Talk”. Since we’re so close to the January, it’s a perfect time to go thru the book to get a “new you for the new year!” It has everything from how to determine the best colors for you to the right style jeans for your body type…and everything in between! I’ll also include a copy of my workshop on CD that gives you an entire one hour session on audio…it will give you great insight and information to use along with the workbook…or just to laugh out loud with in your car when I talk about how to pull up your bra straps to make sure your ‘girls’ are in the right place!
Thanks, Shari! Merry Christmas and happy basketball season!
All right gals, for today’s comment criteria, let us know what would be on a Christmas wish list for you if you were able to win a certificate for a personal consultation in the area of fashion. Would you want help picking the right colors and shades of clothing? Would it delight you to have a personal lesson in make-up application? Want to know how to pick jeans that flatter your body type? Need assistance choosing jewelry and accessories? What “fashion gift certificate” would you love to get in your stocking? Let us know. You just might win Shari’s workbook and cd!
Fashionable Holiday Blessings,
I would want ALL of the consultations! =)
Do we really have to pick just one? All areas are in need of improvement for me. I have been enjoying Shari’s blog recently and her passion to help Christian women learn how to dress in a modest, beautiful God-honoring way. My favorite was her advice to start at the top and work your way down.
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Count me in!!
I love reading Shari’s blog. She is just darling. Thanks for helping us get to know Shari a little more better. Oh and I would love to find those oh just right pair of jeans!
If I could only pick one area, I’d pick colors. I’ve always tended to navigate to the same colors, but find I get compliments when I venture away from them…I’m just never sure what is right for me.
I’m in! On weekdays, I pretty much wear the same thing all the time, adidas pants and a Tshirt. Boring but practical. Any ideas, comments, recommendations are greatly appreciated!
I would definitely choose some advice with colors. I have my favorites, and I know that black is usually slimming, so I don’t tend to branch out lots. I’m also a “solid girl” most of the time and could stand to live on the “wild side” a bit with more patterns!
Any suggestions would be helpful!
I would love a consultaion on how to choose figure flattering clothing.
I just had a baby 7 months ago and I’m in need of a total fashion overhaul!
I think the color thing would be best for me too. I know I have things in my closet that are not the greatest on me but I’m not sure which colors really are the best. Also, since I’m doing the weight loss Wed. thing and needing to buy new clothes, it would be great to know what looks good on me!
I like to learn how to pick out clothes that are flattering to my figure.
I would be so grateful to have help in choosing the right clothes, especially jeans, that would be best for my figure. I’m working to be a size or two smaller as a result of WLW and will need to shop soon for some new clothes.
I would want help with hair style and color.
I would love help in updating the clothes in my closet. As a mother of young children I don’t buy clothes for myself. I buy for the kids. That means the clothes in my closet are at least 5 years old and out of date. I am looking forward to reading more on Shari’s blog.
Hi there! I’m like many others and for the past approx. 4-5 years, I’ve been in maternity/nursing clothes. Of course there were a few months/weeks that I was in regular clothes but that was short lived!
I met shari at Hearts at Home’s Northern conference in MN. What a wonderful woman with a great message! I hope she can help many women to be happy with how God made them. Thanks Karen for the blog!
Hi gals! It’s so good to see what all of your fashion wishes are. I’ll keep them in mind as I plan my 2010 video blogs which will begin in January at my regualar blog site. As far as color goes, try to stay away from black if you can…not that it looks bad on everyone, but color is usually more flattering on most women. I’ll do an in depth blog on color at the beginning of the year. Thanks for having me, Karen!
I would love to know how to identify my style. I’m a homeschooling mom and I attend a casual church so most of my days are spent in casual clothing. I end up in a solid color top and khakis more often than not. Boring! I’d like to learn how to look and feel special in casual clothes.
I’m most comfortable in casual clothes so I really don’t know how to put together something dressy. I’m sure I don’t wear anything figure flattering. Black is always your friend, right?
I would love a makeup consultation. I wear makeup and do a pretty good job, but I’d love more advice!
Jewlery and accessory consult! I love fashion!
Well being pregnant and due at the beginning January any advise about flattering looks would be helpful. I plan to add Shari’s blog to my favorites and check back regularly.
I would need an overall haul in the fashion category. My theory is comfort, not necessarily fashion. I used to say if it wasn’t comfortable enough to sleep in it, I wouldn’t wear it. Obviously I have had to change that philosophy a bit.
I am afraid I need help with everything. I turned 50 this year and so I do not want to dress too young or be frumpy looking. Chooseme, choose me.
Michele
I’m in!
I really wish someone would tell me what hair style would look good for my face shape. I have had the same long straight hair for almost 20 years and guess what? It’s boring! Every time I get to Super Cuts for my twice a year hair cut I am full of adventure. But as soon as that cape goes over my shoulders I utter the same old words…’cut it back up to my shoulders please’.
Im IN!!
I could use help with all areas too!
Is there a pair of jeans out there that don’t gap in the back??? I think that if there is it is a legend because I have yet to find them. LOL
ALL OF IT!!
I think I need to visit Shari’s blog!
I’m usually no good in the fashion department left on my own. If I see a picture of someone put together well, I can try and copy it, but I’m never really sure what goes with what and what’s in and what isn’t. I need all the help I can get!
Sounds like another great give-away!
I need all the help I can get!
Prayers and blessings,
Rebecca
I need all the help/advice I can get about fashion! I’m in.
I would love tips on hairstyles, amkeup and clothing while being on a budget
I would enjoy a certificate for a personal consultation to pick the perfect pair of jeans. I have about 10 pairs and none fit that great! The workbook and CD would be a huge help to this fashion-challenged mom!
I would love the help. After having a now 2 year old I think I forgot how to dress. I am not sure what is out there besides sweats and t-shirts. I need help for sure. Would love this.
Count me in! I need help with accessories. I feel made up in alot of jewelry and such. I’m not sure what’s flattering for me.
I’ll be starting job interviews soon and would love some hints on easy, inexpensive business fashion! But I agree with the others too, any area would help
I would love tips on clothing and make-up, at my age every tip helps…….=)
I want/need it all!
Hi Karen and Shari,
I am wondering about getting jeans to fit my body type. I have skinny legs and more around the waist and stomach:) I am losing weight and would like to know what types of jeans would look good on me. This is a wonderful thing you all are doing this stuff helps build our confidence and self esteem. Thank you Lady’s
Luckily, I have friends that help me with hair and dressing, etc. I am a walking poster child for that show “what not to wear”. I just don’t get it. I would love a tutorial. Doh!
I would love to have help in all areas. I want to dress age appropriate without looking “old” or looking like a teen.
I would be happy with whatever. I am ‘petite’ so don’t always know what looks good on me.
Makeovers are always fun! But I think the message to teenage girls that you can be beautiful and modest is something that is not stressed enough even in our churches! Look around you some Sunday.
I could use an allover makeover!!!
Any and all help would be wonderful!
I would have to pick color! I almost always wear black and my husband would love to see me in something brighter!
I”m in and need all kinds of help.
I would love to know what styles are most flattering for my body type. I love skirts, but struggle with different lengths and fits. My wardrobe is mostly black and grey, so I could probably use some help with color also. Thanks for the giveaway, hope to win
a head to toe makeover…lol