Do you ever feel like that?

I find the beginning of Autumn to be the prettiest time of the year. Just before the leaves begin to fall they turn bright yellows, oranges and reds. The streets look bright and alive. It’s a feast for your eyes and your senses.

And then, over a couple of short weeks, the leaves fall and the trees are left bare. Although still beautiful, everything is different.

The black and white combo would have to be my all time favourite fashion go to. It’s classic, clean, smart, simple and in my opinion, will never go out of style.

Winter is well and truly upon us. In fact, I can no longer feel my feet! My favourite thing to do in winter is to be inside with a cup of tea, my family and if there is any moment of peace, read a sneaky chapter of a book. Bliss. Here is some cozy winter inspiration for your perusal.

In a season where you could fry an egg on the pavement, it is difficult to keep cool while you are out and about. The solution?

This outfit.

White. It’s a trend that will and does stand the test of time. It’s not always practical to wear top to toe white (can I get an amen Mothers?!), but it sure does look great. Here is some inspiration when and if you are willing to take the plunge. x

Sometimes you meet a person you feel like you already know. I had met Justine Cullen, Editor-in-Chief of ELLE Magazine Australia once before our interview on a panel we both sat on at FBI Fashion Collage. We were amongst a fine company of women who all work in the fashion industry and were giving advice to the students on how to get into the industry.

I have been a tomboy my whole life. I graduated to dresses and make up as a teenager, but my heart still lies with fashion with a boy edge. Here is some inspiration if you feel the same way.

Set on Hamilton Island at beautiful Qualia Resort, this episode of Tea With Jules sees me chatting with one of Australia’s finest and most loved Chef’s, Guillaume Brahimi. He is a family man with an amazing resume in the food industry. The best part – he loves tea!

Check out our interview on my you tube channel below and if you haven’t already – subscribe to the channel. I have so many more inspiring interviews to share with you this year, so watch out for them!

In the meantime, enjoy Guillaume!

I do love a give away – it makes me feel a little like Oprah, and if you can feel a little like Oprah at any point of your life, I say take the chance and go for it! Thanks to next you have the chance to win a gift voucher worth $1000 to spend on their site. You can choose to spend it on anything on the site – kids clothes, your better half or you could just go ahead and spoil yourself and splurge the whole thing on yourself! Consider it a late Christmas pressie!

It’s really simple to win. If you haven’t already, sign up to my blog (you can do that on the homepage) and tell me why you should win this prize in the comment box via the blog or Facebook. Done – good luck! Starts now and the winner will be announced February 3rd.

With all that said, let me tantalise you with some of the cutie pie stuff you can get from next. This is the kids clothes edition so, if you are a mum, dad, aunty, uncle or know any child whatsoever, be prepared to SHOP UP A STORM right now. It’s the best. I have tried and tested many styles and they wash well, play well and last for ages. You can check out my little angel Hudson in some of his threads below – just keep scrolling.

Enjoy and don’t forget to enter the competition to win $1000 gift voucher!