A Tool to Live My Best Life

As I write this late in July, I am preparing to leave next week for Charlotte, NC to attend my annual Christian Image Consultant Retreat and training. I am so excited to see friends that I only see once a year, to catch up with them, learn from them and soak in the expertise of Shari Braendel, from Style By Color, and her amazing team. These women are my tribe!

They are the ones that I can ask questions about anything! They are a bunch of ladies who love Jesus, and rock fashion! We each do it a little differently, some are very minimally in the styling work force, others work it full time. But each of us has a heart for telling women about Jesus and this is the way we have found a way to talk about Him. We are able to share His love for each of them and that they are individually beautiful and unique. We know the best colors for each of them, can help them know the best style lines and accessories to make them shine.

But even better, we can share how He has saved us, given us new hearts and lives filled with joy and freedom.

I love what I do! I am one of the part timers that love to spend time with ladies looking for a new look, a change in fashion, help with organizing a closet of clothes that look great and mix and match to make a wardrobe that fits their lifestyle. 

Why? Because, in 2011, I was one of those ladies, lost, frumpy and not knowing what I needed or where to begin. I went to Shari's Beauty Boot Camp and discovered not just that it was ok to want to look better, that God created me that way and that it wasn't selfish or sinful to seek to be the best version of myself. I learned my best colors and styles and many other things that weekend. But the most valuable thing I left with was the beginning of a new heart for becoming the woman God created me to be. It's been a journey! I haven't finished it! But I've done things and had adventures that never would have happened without that weekend where God used Shari Braendel and Donna Roland to speak truth in a way that opened my eyes and ears to hear from God! In 2016 I trained to become a Christian Image Consultant, I have helped women wherever I've lived in the last 8 years to look better and feel better about themselves and to know that each was created uniquely and beautifully by God. I've catered one of those training retreats! Food for 40 from a kitchen smaller than my closet! I wrote a book! I've grown closer to God and am by His grace, living more in His will in my daily walk through life. 

I am living with more attention to my appearance, with the freedom of knowing that it's ok to love style and fashion! I do love it! It's a tool that I can use to live my best life and to help others see that Fashion, Faith and Fun served up with some good Food is a way to live fully and abundantly in Jesus! 

I'll have lots to share in the next few weeks about all I learn in Charlotte. There will be Fashion, Fun and Food all shared with my tribe of Faithful friends. 

The Fall - Closet Outfit Planner will be coming in September! There will be lots of ideas and fun fashion tips soon!

Fashionably and faithfully yours!