Friday Fashionista :: The Boho Braid.

Aloha my friends! Hands up who's excited that it's FRIDAY! Me! Well I have been super duper busy this week working on the brand new website for The Writer's Ink (eek insert squeal here!) which will be launching Friday 27th February hooray! More news coming soon :) But in the meantime, here is today's Friday Fashionista is brought to you by my lovely friend Stace over at Kind Sir... (Pop on over and check them out you will be glad you did!) Here's some boho inspo for your weekend... Hope you enjoy! xx

Have the best weekend my friends!!

Love Nat xoxo

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Strength to keep believing.

Have you ever been on an aeroplane, about to land, when suddenly you find yourself circling above your destination, hovering and waiting and not actually moving anywhere? In one moment the anticipation of landing is overshadowed by a lonnnnnng wait. This is called a 'holding'. The primary use of a 'holding' is to "delay aircraft that have arrived at their destination but cannot land yet because of traffic congestion, poor weather, or runway unavailability. Several aircraft may fly the same holding pattern at the same time, separated vertically by 1,000 feet or more."

So if you think about it, it must be pretty frustrating. The plane has flown 15 (or more) hours in a straight, direct, efficient course... only to end up in a "holding pattern". Below is what it looks like. Although the plane is technically 'moving', it's not really moving forward or getting to it's destination.

I was thinking about this and how this 'holding pattern' is so much like us at times. I've been feeling like this in some areas of my life lately. How about you? Maybe you can relate...  just like the plane you're just waiting, waiting, waiting, unsure of when things are going to shift? 

Aeroplanes flying in circles are an "inefficient (and hence costly) usage of time and fuel, so measures are taken to limit the amount of holding necessary". (Source) Although our waiting season may seem like an inefficient waste of time, God's actually working behind the scenes, and it will all make sense soon. And you know what? With planes in their holding pattern, one thing's for sure, sooner or later, each plane WILL land. 

So in the meantime let's remember to keep declaring...

"my dreams WILL come to pass", and...

When our dreams feel like they are so far away it's easy to become discouraged. Heck, I get discouraged all the time! But in those times when it feels almost impossible to believe, God always sprinkles his supernatural hope over our hearts and our perspective changes. Hope invades like rays of bright light in darkness and gives us strength to keep believing. He brings each of us into one another's lives so we can encourage one another with hope.

So friends... let's keep one another encouraged as we wait for the things in our hearts to come to pass. Ask God to bring someone to mind and then encourage them today. :) It's is one of the most precious gifts on earth to give (and receive!) I love you guys and I am standing with you and praying for NEW STRENGTH to receive all you are believing for. Send me an email and let me know what dreams I can be praying with you for. ;)

Love Nat xoxo 

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Friday Fashionista :: Channeling Blake Lively

Aloha lovelies... Happy Friday to you :) Today for Friday Fashionista we are taking a look at one of Hollywood's chicest ladies, Mrs Ryan Reynolds herself, Blake Lively. Her style is classic, feminine and effortlessly glam, which is why we love her. Oh, and if you've ever thought "it's easy to look that great when you have a stylist"... think again my friends, this pretty lady doesn't have one. That's right, a true lover of fashion, Blake dresses herself. 

So whether it's piecing together flowing gowns with stilettos, or putting boots with a jacket, this girl knows how to spell s t y l e. Let's take a little walk through her wardrobe shall we? Ps. don't you just lovvvve her hair colour in the very top pic?! Exquisite. xo

So now for the fun part. If you had to wear one of these, which would you wear?! ;) 

Happy weekend guys. Hey, why don't you surprises someone with a coffee today... you'll make their day!

Love you heaps cherubs :)

Nat xoxo

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Can you imagine?

Hi friends Happy Monday! xoxo How was your weekend? Fun I hope :) So I was out walking with a fabulous friend of mine yesterday morning along Elwood Beach... and I asked her a question I actually ask in the first chapter of my book. I asked her, "What would you do if you had unlimited finances and you never had to work again...?"

As we took a few moments and allowed the enormity of the question to soak in, (whilst power walking super-passionately along the Brighton-Elwood coast path of course) we found ourselves launching into the most wonderful conversation. Full of imagination, and without limits, the lid was taken off. We were like excited little girls dreaming of travel, businesses, new creative ideas, blessing people extravagantly, and living in abundance.

Imagination is the key. Walt Disney saw Cinderella's Castle in his mind before building it. Look at this blueprint below, this is what he imagined. Now compare it to the first photo. Imagination brings the dream to life.  

So what about you? Can you imagine? Would you know how to answer this question? What would you do with unlimited finances and resources? We are often quick to shut down our ideas due financial limitations before our minds get a chance to begin to dream. But this week is different. This week... it's time to fly.

Give it a go! Go on... as you start this week afresh, take a moment now to realign your thinking with God's thoughts, and really ask yourself these questions:

1. What does my dream life look like?

2. What did I want to do/be when I was little?

3. What is the main thing stopping me from living your dreams?

4. Again, if I had unlimited finances and resources, what would I do? (Remember... think BIG. As in MASSIVE).

Because do you know what? Even though we are often limited by finances and time and people and resources, God is not. He has all of the above in unlimited supply... and it's fully accessible to us at any time! So, it's up to us to renew our thoughts and think with an "abundance mindset".

My book, "Anything Can Happen" talks lots about this, it's all about abundance and imagining and seeing the dream before it becomes reality. (I am in the process of editing it at the moment and I can't wait to show you!) :)  xo

So friends... this week, as we look forward at this magnificent year ahead of us, let's set aside some time (even if it's just 30 minutes) to DREAM. Whether it be in a cafe, a park, a restaurant or in your bedroom... just like with Walt Disney, things happen when we dream. So let your imagination run absolutely wild... because anything can happen. ;) 

Cheering you on as you imagine and dream this week!

Love Nat xo

xox

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