Love and Valentine’s

So this time of year you see maybe about 3 types of people, maybe more but 3 is what I see. You see the ones who love and/or celebration  Valentine’s Day with their special someone. Next you see the single one who wishes they could spend Valentine’s Day with that special someone or pretends not to care about it. (Which secretly they really do but just don’t say.) Last you see the ones who probably truly don’t care and treat the day as any other day. Depending on who you are or what walk of your life your in tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and people are gonna be gushy and mushy. I personally probably fit in the second category. I have actually not really ever had a Valentine’s Day with that special someone yet. But then that got me to thinking! I do have a Valentine with a special someone every year! Whether I chose to see it or not. Now don’t roll your eyes just yet…here me out. 🙂 In this day and age so many people are in Love with being in Love and don’t even realize it. Then after getting married the love bubble is gone and then they are left wondering why they got married. Some I know really do find that true love though. I don’t know the answers I promise you but I do know what God has put on my heart. Here is a short version of my background. When I was in 1st grade my parents got a divorce and I saw the pain and hurt that came with it. So at a young age I began to pray that my first boyfriend would be my husband to avoid the hurt and pain. To this day I am still waiting for God to reveal that person to me. God put a specific person on my heart that I wrote down and pray for everyday. Now it has not always been easy waiting for that person to come, I have had my hard times and very lonely feeling times too. I have had the opportunity to date or have the boyfriends but when it came down to it I knew he was not the one. Now this maybe my personal feelings and take from this what you may because this is what I do and I know not everyone is me. But when I like a guy and realize he wasn’t the one I would pray that some way God would show me he really wasn’t the one or something would happen and we wouldn’t talk as much. Here is why, I don’t want to be in love with being in love! I don’t want to be dating someone I know is not my husband. What if I was dating him and that’s when he was supposed to meet his someone and I hindered that some way.  That would so break my heart! I truly want the best for everyone, I want them to be truly happily in love. I truly mean that! Yes I want a husband, kids and all that stuff that comes with. But first I needed to learn to put God first to let Him fill that void that lonely feeling. He has shown me time and time again. He is there for me, He loves me unconditionally, He has my back and yes is my best friend. I’m not perfect and don’t have all these things perfected quite yet but I try. I know in time the man of my dreams will come in God’s timing and not mine. So I am going to stay faithful and let God fill my heart and be my forever Valentine. I hope that in some way this post encourages you in whatever walk of life you are in. Let God date you and find the God kisses in every day. He does love you unconditionally and forever and ever. You deserve to be happy!  So tomorrow put a smile on because you do have a Valentine and some have more than one! So with all the grace, style and love have a Happy Valentine’s Day! Jesus loves you!

Xo
Hannah Leigh

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Hair Brushes and Tangled Messes!

Ok so how important is your hair?? Well to me very! I do love mine and have been faithfully growing my hair out for the last 6 years! But defiantly not without some difficultly…what kind you ask? Ugh the dreaded brushing of my hair! I have this fine ish type hair that is now, decently long. There are times it literally takes me almost 30 minutes to brush it all out. That is using a detangler and conditioner! So last week when I went in to see my amazing hairstylist Ashley and she told me about this amazing brush, that I absolutely needed! Well ok then?! So after I get my hair all done, I head on over to Sally’s and buy this so called Ah-mazing brush! Then comes Sunday and I get up early because I sometimes move slow, have outfit issues (that is a whole blog in itself) and it takes forever tooo…. you guessed it, brush my hair! Well I get showered and then now came for the moment of truth! Dear Lord, please let this brush shave off some time from brushing my hair, so I don’t dread it! AMEN! So then I begin and HOLY COW! Much to my surprise and eyes this sucker works! What used to take forever and a day literally took me maybe 3 minutes! At the most! I was in near shock! (To bad I couldn’t just fall out at that moment and be laying in a hammock on the beach! While being fed grapes and fanned by some hot, hunky, tall, dreamy, Christian guy, who well probably likes to rope and I have yet to meet! Haha!)

But back to my point! Wait what was it?? Oh yeah this Ah-Mazing hair brush! It is a life saver and yes I just blogged about a hair brush! But when you find an awesome product you have to tell all your Awesome Fabulous Friends about it right? Right! So this brush….you can go buy at your local Sally’s and what is the name of it…dunnnn dunn naaa…. the Wet Brush! It is a little bit more expensive than just your normal average $4 brush from Wally World! It’s about $8.99 at Sally’s and worth every penny! So happy brushing now! Haha!

We all have these trying situations in our lives like pesky hair brushes. The problems or tangled messes are just there picking at us. We get run down and tired and just wanna give up and quit. But we can’t! We have been diligently working so hard to grow our hair out! ( build our lives, or reach a goal!) But listen we CAN NOT JUST GIVE UP and quit and cut our hair because…what it’s easier?! Nope, that isn’t who God created us to be. We just need to focus on God and pray for the problem and then thank Him for sending us the answers! Because He will and He cares all about and for you! Even things as little as a hair brush! So remember to stay diligent have faith in God and He will bring you the answers you need! You need only to wait and listen to Him or the hairstylist He puts in your life! It may take 6 years or just 6 days to get the answers but Trust in Him and He will not steer you wrong! In your life or in brushing your hair! You may think this crazy chick just blogged about a hair brush and God, YES I did! But seriously He cares about the little things in your life to all the big things! So I double dog dare you to give what’s weighing you down all over to Him! Now shake it off and dig into God’s Word and let Him bring you the answers to all your tangled messes! Hope you have blessed and fabulous Graceful and Stylish day!
Xo,
Hannah Leigh

My outfit today!
Red Cowhide Flip Flops from KC Kountry ( located at most World Series and USTRC ropings)
Black Cardigan with bling cross (KC Kountry)
Skinnies and a black tank top!
And my new necklace the say Infinite Hope!

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What is your Signature??

A couple years ago my best friend gave me this awesome book by Eric Daman.

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I completely love this book it gives me so much inspiration! But my favorite thing I learned in, it is about signature pieces!

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What’s your signature piece?! It is something you may wear everyday or almost everyday. It could be piece of jewelry, or a color, or in my Momma Jo’s case shoes! (She loves to rock those converses and rock them she does too!)
I have some pieces of jewelry that I almost never leave the house without. They don’t really pop so you almost wouldn’t notice them. But I would say my signature piece that people might notice the most, well it comes out of the accessory department! I am a lover of hats and scarves! My collection of both is literally almost embarrassing ! But the key being almost! Haha! I am known to almost always be wearing one or the other! What I love about hats or scarves is that they add an extra little pop of somethin somethin!! Plus they are just fun! I like to think that basically describes me, fun or just happy! Also you can use both to cover up a bad hair day! 😉
So what is your signature piece? I would love to hear what they are. You can leave a comment at the end of this post! Like the book says you don’t find your signature piece it finds you! It’s your go to thing! If you think you don’t have one yet no worries it will come!
Most importantly the best part of what makes you you is……wait for it…. YOU! Just stick on a smile and rock what you got! Remember Fashion is 80% Confidence and 20% Fashion! So take a deep breath throw on something fabulous and model walk it out with a little grace and style!
XO
Hannah Leigh

My Outfit!
Signature Peices
Hat- Apricot Lane
( I went to their Las Vegas store to find this one!)
Scarf- KC Kountry
(They have a both at most US and World Series Team Ropings)
Then just a dark denim shirt paired with leggings and brown knee boots!!

And photo credit goes to Ashley Kersey my fabulous hair stylist!!! Follow her on Instagram @AshleyKerseyHair She is amazing!!

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Team Work

Team work
Together
Everyone
Achieves
More

I learned this at a young age playing basketball. When I was on the court if my team wasn’t playing together then we weren’t really winning at all. Or if someone tried to just be the lone player and tried to do all the work on their own it really stilled didn’t work and that person was just worn out. It’s kind of like this in life! We need to learn to work together with Him! He doesn’t want us to live this life alone or do things alone. When we do that let’s be honest it wears us down and just drains us, but God truly wants to help us in life! We sometimes need only to be still and know that He is God! He wants you to have all the good in life and the desires of your hearts! But we get so focused on trying to do it all by ourselves we forget to involve Him! He believes in you and trust me He is always by your side! It is one of our promises He has given us! That He will always be with us! Isaiah 41:10 says, “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” See He’s got your back in all things and will strengthen you! So guess what you won’t have to do it alone! See Together Everyone Achieves More! So lean on Him and trust Him! Like that song says have a little faith in me! So put a smile on that face so you too can Live in Style and Grace! Blessings!
Xo,
Hannah Leigh

My outfit today I got to meet some really sweet ladies for lunch with big hearts for God, they left me inspired!

Rocking my awesome Steston Blue Plaid Shirt! Fedora, Leggings, Moccasins and topped of with some Mac Rebel lipstick! 💋

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Here We Go!

So I decided to take a little of my own advice and dig in and follow something that has been on my heart for a while! Which what I spoke on on Sunday! So here we go with blog post one!! I might have a little bit of a rough start but I have faith I’ll get in the hang of things pretty quick! When I was preparing for Sunday I also was trying to get a grasp on what in the world I was going to wear!! So finally Saturday night I finally figured out an outfit that was chic to me yet still slimming to my eye! Ha! Not to be vain but a girl wants to look good and be slim! Right? Haha that’s why I added a scarf to kind of help break my outfit up a little bit. So praise God it was still cool enough I could get by with a sweater and a scarf!! Then I added some heels and viola outfit all complete!! I added some accessories and I was set for Sunday! But much to my dismay I was so excited to speak on Sunday that I got all ready hair done check, makeup on check, outfit on check, added accessories check!! Get to church ready to speak a little nervous go to play with the ring on my right hand (which is an everyday wear) and well it is not there. So slightly saddened by not having my signature jewelry on (my everyday jewelry/ key pieces) I took a deep breath and with a pat on the back from one of my best friends I was ready to go! It was slightly a blur to me now but I got up to speak and just began to let God do His thang through me! The service turned out awesome and I believe many hearts were touched including mine! Below is a picture of my outfit it’s not the greatest picture but to be honest I didnt think I was starting my blog this week and using it as my first blog! So that should teach us to always be prepared and be fabulous while doing it! So I am signing off this first blog so remember to Live In Grace and Style!

Xo,

Hannah

Pic from Sunday