21 and getting Younger!

Wow! What a journey the last few days have been... I finally turned the big 21! Combined with my birthday dinner and what can only be described as the best night of my life, I transformed into my 21 year old self in style.
Since I could remember, I have been dreaming about turning 21 and finally become a legal adult, sound familiar? It's as if we all picture ourselves suddenly turning 21 and getting turned from a pumpkin into a queen (metaphorically speaking) I am completely confident that 88% of us feel the same. However, the evening or should I say the early morning of my 21st party I spent on Mouille point beach waiting for the elusive sun to rise. As I sat there my mind suddenly came to the realisation that I was really and truly 21. Truth be told, I had never felt younger! I had just spent the following night, dancing until I couldn't walk, having as many shooters as I could handle and making best friends with the bartender. I made the firm decision there and then that this is what my twenties would be about! I choose to take on any adventure that comes my way with enthusiasm and passion... I want to look back on my twenties and say, wow I lived!

21 might be called the beginning of our adult years, but to me, Peter Pan and Neverland are my muses!

Minutes to the day...

Hello Lovelies!

I know it has been far too long and there is no excuse except to say that life has completely run away with me and it all has seemed slightly hectic. But alas, here I am having wiped the dust off my keyboard and popping in for a little chat.

Finally the end of the 3^rd term has come and may I say I have never been more excited for a holiday. I don’t know about the rest of you, but the 2^nd half of the year sometimes seems as if it disappears into a slight lull. Our focus is on one thing and one thing only, December/summer holidays! I have already started planning day to day activities, but as I find myself drifting off into a sweet holiday slumber mode, I have to challenge myself by asking...what does TODAY hold? We all know the cliché “smell the roses etc.” But have we actually taken that into account for our lives? It seems to me, that we have all pressed the fast forward button and as much as we try we can’t bring ourselves to slow it down and take life in. I know that this all sound like a broken record but this philosophy of life is so very important to follow. I have got 2 days left before I head back to my home town Durban and I feel the pull is so strong to go back that I am barely thinking about anything else. Today though, I got back to the flat after a long day, huffed and puffed and threw myself on the couch, lay there with a slight stream of sun coming through the blinds and decided that at that exact moment, life truly is a beautiful thing.

It is time that we learn to fully embrace our days, and take each day on as though every breath depended on it. Sure, we are all going to look forward and let ourselves feel uplifted and excited about what’s to come, but make sure you don’t miss out on the perfect moment that could happen in the very next few seconds....Take time out from living in the future or past and focus some energy on the present, it could all change in a split second.

I won’t stay away this long again... I have missed our chats.

stolen moments...

Peace and Love x

Spring a Ding Ding!

Happy Spring friends!
Here in Cape Town we had a gloomy start to our spring. Spring day bloomed with grey skies and blustering winds, the rain joined in later on in the day as we all cowered in our homes wondering when the sun would come out. It did! What a beautiful Saturday we are having!
I thought today I would do a recap on spring 2011 Fashion Trends....
It seems that there is a varied mixture of elements to be thrown around this season. What I like about the fashion predications is that they can apply to every woman’s wardrobe. As I've blogged about previously, 70's and 60's are taking control over the styles. Biker and a touch of punk are seemingly taking stage too. It’s an interesting group of looks and I think we might have great diversity in this season’s style....exciting! Within these styles, plunging necklines, maxi-dresses, lace and crotchet (yay) and many more exciting aspects to springs wardrobe. If I were you, I would explore the 2nd hand stores for your accessories and the odd maxi-dress or blazer. Have some fun with your wardrobes this season; it’s quite hard to get it wrong. Just avoid going over the border on the 70's look. You don’t want to look like your impersonating a character out of the 70's, keep it stylish.

On a different scale, my cousin who is currently residing in Aus has introduced me to Kimbra. Her songs are truly beautiful and I have already downloaded her whole album. The video I’m sharing is "Good Intent" and has a really cool vibe to it, make sure you check out the dance scene and her dresses...wow!

Hope you are all spending your day doing something interesting! Definately a cocktails-by-the-beach day!
Ciao x

White's still remain a firm favourite... and definately still mine!

70's inspired....

Up, Up and away

My friends,
I’m sitting at a fork in the road at the present. I am presently strolling aimlessly down one path; I seem to have forgotten how to be passionate about something. I am striving for a goal that I may not want to succeed, this is an unusual feeling and one that I know I am not alone in.
It has come to me that our lives are a waste if we are not doing something that we truly love. It’s important that every day we wake up for a purpose... we should be striving towards the freedom to choose a life that sets fireworks in our hearts. I cannot fathom why we are constantly waiting for that bite of passion, sometimes we actually have to stop, and go get it ourselves. It is out there, we were all given the opportunity to love different things to keep this world a diverse and interesting place. I don’t want to stroll through life; I want to feel a buzz beneath my feet. How beautiful would it be to fly out of bed knowing that what you are going to do in that one day, will make you the happiest person alive!
Dreams and aspirations are there for a purpose... we are given them to climb the highest mountain, to make a difference in someone’s life, to make a person smile or to simply wake up happy, everyday. Many of my dreams have already come true, but I am still aching for that bite in my soul... I can feel it; I just can’t see it, like faith. My friends, why should we be living our lives waiting for it to start...it's already started, we are living our lives... I am going to put out the greatest challenge yet, if you are doing something that you really have no feeling towards and you have to drag yourself to do it, STOP! Take on the risk of starting with nothing and climbing the wall to reach your dreams...they are in your reach. A wise person once told me that life is like a pyramid, it is vital to start with a good foundation, if you have that, you can build the strongest and most magnifying pyramid.
I have faith that you will all take this little bit of inspiration, it’s nice to know that we are not alone in this feeling of confusion in life... Find your passion, find that bite of life.
Good Luck in your ventures my friends x

The significance of the Pearl...

An Icon!

Thursday is finally upon us!
I sincerely love Thursdays, it’s the day just before Friday and leaves one with hope for a great weekend, feet start to tingle as we anticipate a night of dancing in our heels and our hunch back postures seem to just lift themselves! Thursdays are great people, let’s embrace it!
Seeing as though it’s Thursday I thought I would talk about something that lifts my entire spirit, this might sound slightly absurd to some, but the idea of the "Pearl" makes me feel happy. Now I am referring to the colour, the earrings, the pearl necklace or even the pearl in its original form under the sea. I was rustling through my little jewellery box and came across a pair of pearl, stud earrings. Feeling slightly eccentric, I put them on and didn’t think about them again. I was running late so I had run out of time to put a face on (make-up) and my hair was in a rough pony. Nothing in my overall look was screaming...."Wow!" However, I received more compliments of how I looked that day then I do if I am dressed up to the nine's going out on the town. I was puzzled until I glanced at myself in the mirror and thought, ok, you look like a woman! It then hit me that it was the pearl earrings! They had changed my entire look, I felt feminine and dare I say beautiful the whole day, what a confidence boost. How could one little piece of jewellery change an entire look? It got me thinking, and immediately the answer came to me...Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Audrey Hepburn, an icon, truly and someone that I constantly aspire to be like. I would call Audrey Hepburn the ultimate lady, her manners were exquisite, she was just as striking and her over all aura was feminine and fragile yet strong.

Mix it up by layering pearls

It is said that Audrey Hepburn wore pearl earrings all day, every day. I can see how a pearl necklace may be viewed as vintage for those of you "anti-vintagers" but do yourselves a favour and team a thin string of pearls with a little crotched top and high waisted salmon pants... I did it and I must say the look was impressive! I have chosen to spend a whole week wearing pearl studs to see the reaction. After all, I see them as a beautiful and timeless accessory...it all lies in the beauty of the pearl!

So much love x

Coco Chanel and her followers...

Kate Hudson looks so feminine with her pearls

Food For Life...

Happy Rainy Day Cape Town!

So this is what winter is like in Cape Town, I was starting to forget! Cold and Rainy, so grey you almost could wear the colour:) I feel the cold much more with my Durbanite blood. I can’t believe I was sitting on the beach yesterday in Durban with the warm berg wind on my back and now my blood has turned blue and I am craving gossip girl and bed....Oh to be that free to relinquish myself to temptation! Anyway my point of this blog post is to not be whimsical but practical.
Here is what I am proposing to you today; cook off! For people that know me, they might be on the floor in fits of hysteria when reading that, but let me explain myself. I cannot cook full stop. I took Home Ec. in school and watched my peers make the most glorious dishes that looked as though they had been trained by Gordon Ramsay himself, my dishes however, didn’t share the same desired effect, no, my dishes ended up with a burnt pot, stodgy pasta, lumpy sauce or soggy veggies, complete travesty to any chef! So here I am, surrendering to the urge to start cooking again. My roommate will be cringing at this point, she is a master chef in the kitchen and it is possibly heroic that every night when I walk into our flat there are delicious smells coming from the stove. Makes the wintery months so much more bearable (thank you Carla, you are a blessing) Last time I tried to cook, I burnt our favourite pan! Last night however, I felt inspired! It could have been because I had finished work early or I was trying very hard to avoid going to the gym but I decided to cook up...wait for it...Mince Mate! Laugh, but it is a challenging meal...ok maybe not but it was worth a try! Didn’t turn out to bad actually, but I have realised that it is a sad state of affairs that I run away screaming from the big bad stove! I aim to make at least 2 meals a week... For those like me, join me! Let me know how it goes! Maybe we can swop recipes, isn’t that what cooking folk do? Until then, here's some inspiration and a little bit of my favourite chef...Mr Gordon Ramsay cooking, what looks to be a beautiful steak! Yum!

Happy cooking x