Sunbaked Clay

This outfit is from about two months ago (don't hate me!) but I never got around to posting it. It was a Kaelah's Closet dress that I had never worn before so I decided to give it a little twirl. The title of the outfit isn't so much related to the outfit itself, but instead to my obviously melting face! Gah, makeup is so not Southern-summer appropriate! Oh well, at least I can have a sense of humor about it I guess!

We've gone out to take outfit pictures for the past few days but the mosquitos are insane in our yard and we haven't found time to venture elsewhere. I'm going to reshoot an outfit that I've been wearing *all* weekend and then share it on here. Style blogging is weird, isn't it?!

Not much to report from my end of the world. We tore out Honeybean's garment rack and built a new one (much like the one in our loft! Sans the chains). We're very happy with it. Yesterday we painted the shelf above it and now it's finished! Just gotta clean it up and finish putting everything in it. I want to take some good styled photos of it before I share it but I just don't know if/when we'll have time! Mike works a lot this week and we just found out that my (second) favorite band in the whole wide world, Pearl and the Beard, is playing at 3rd and Lindsley Thursday night so we'll be out for that. Life never wants to slow down!

We're so happy to have her home and we even got some "thumbs up" on the interstate driving home! She's fancy and we love her! Honeybean is now on Facebook, too! (I'm working on designing a website/blog for her!) Would you mind popping over and clicking "Like" to stay updated on her adventures and events?! I'd really appreciate it! CLICK HERE to "Like" her! Happy Tuesday!

Target dress
Forever 21 cardigan
Charlotte Russe shoes via Goodwill

Vanilla Buttercream

Another older outfit set... same as Dandy Candy! Way more leg than I'd ever bare but it was a very balmy day so whatever! I think I got rid of this dress, too. (It's bad when you can can't keep up with it right?!) Not much to say about it except this was the first time I had a chance to wear these wedges. Still not totally sold on them but they worked for the occasion. 

Yesterday I woke up at about 10am and finally rolled out of bed at 10:30 (not bad for getting home from work after 3:30am). After taking the girls out to play with our neighbors' dogs I sat down at the computer and churned out a revamped (totally brand new) media kit for my blog. Spent 4 hours on it but I'm so very pleased with the changes and the new look. It fits the blog perfectly and I hope to implement a few of the design bits into the actual layout soon. I woke Mike up at 2 (yow!) and we had to be out the door at 2:45. We grabbed a quick bite at Panera and then headed to work. I had to bartend from 4pm til 2am but it was actually a lot of fun. Some bar friends came in at about 4:15 and started ordering shots right away so it was a good time. Brian and Christina paid us a visit and I was left to babysit a slightly inebriated fiance. It was all good though. 

Today we slept in and both woke up with headaches but we're determined to power through the day. We've got thirfting and loads of other fun stuff on the menu and we'll be preparing to skip town tomorrow morning for a day-and-a-half of camping and canoeing! Woohoo!

Happy Sunday, honeybees! xo

What are your plans for the day?!

Charlotte Russe dress

Forever 21 cardigan

Thrifted belt

Qupid wedges

Dandy Candy

This is an outfit we shot probably a month and a half ago when we were house/puppy sitting in Hohenwald (before Chicago!). I found a few outfits I never posted so I'll be using those to my advantage this weekend and coming week since I will be swamped, out of town/canoeing/camping, and swamped again! I dared to bare some leg in this and no, it's not something I would probably feel too comfortable wearing out and about. This is a dress I sold in Kaelah's Closet and only wore once! I feel like I'm on the constant hunt for the perfect yellow cardigan. There's this one (but I hate the short sleeves!) and I have one more from Target but it's almost like a... hilighter yellow?! I just want a pretty, soft yellow with 3/4 sleeves please! 

Today I actually wore tights for the first time in months! It was *awesome* to say the least! Things are happening on the business end so I hope I can have more to share about that this coming week!

This whole week was a blur (as usual). You'd think I spent my life drunk or something because I have such a hard time recalling what happened unless I write it down! At least I can check my Twitter or Instagram to remember! We've hung out with Brian and Christina the majority of the past three weeks (haha!) and yesterday was no different! Wednesday night we went on a bike ride around West End and we all went for frozen yogurt and ate pizza. (Healthy!). Yesterday we grabbed lunch with them at Chipotle and then we went to their house for a late evening swimming session! Followed by more unhealthy food and a trip to WalMart to stock up for our camping/canoeing trip coming up Monday! We like them, they're fun! 

I'll be spending all weekend work work working. Working 4pm til 2am tomorrow so I better take advantage of this time to sort through my inbox and sort out sponsor stuff! Eep! I promise my life is more exciting than I make it out to be... sometimes. ;) Happy Weekend! 

Forever 21 dress

Thrifted belt

Charlotte Russe cardigan

Roman wedges c/o Blowfish Shoes

Ruffled Sage

This week has been the most whirlwind week of my life. Between tons of design commissions, things related to the camper/business, hanging out with friends and making time to spend with Mike, I've been swamped. I love weeks like that though! Wednesday night Mike and I went bowling in Franklin with Christina and Brian. We've been spending a ton of time with those two and it's been a lot of fun. My wrist still hurts from 4 hours of bowling! Yesterday Mike and I woke up and drove a few hours north to the people who are doing the camper renovations for us and we looked at a few others available. We opted to go for a Yellowstone instead of a Shasta. A rectangular body instead of teardrop. I hope it turns out like we're wishing! We could have it as early as the end of this week but we're trying to not get our hopes up. 

This was an outfit we shot on Friday. This little location is darling and it's just on the other side of a fence from our building. This chiffon dress was sent to me by AX Paris. I got a little ballsy and wore it without tights (I still wore my bike shorts!) but it's a bit short on me so I'll probably get a ton more wear out of it once tights make their way back into my wardrobe. I've worn my Blowfish flats to absolute death but I still refuse to part with them. I think the sage and ivory color palette really work well together. I'm loving me some neutrals lately! I'm tellin ya, it's that Autumn fever I've got!

Today we're loading up and heading East with Brian and Christina (again!) to go to the World's Longest Yard Sale. Apparently it goes from Gadsden, Alabama all the way to Ohio (one website says Michigan!) Either way, we're going to head to the part here in Tennessee and hopefully find some awesome stuff. It's the last day of the annual 4-day event so it might be rather picked over, but I can't justify skipping it! Wish us luck! xo

Chiffon dress c/o AX Paris

Target cardigan

Hive + Honey bow headband

Blowfish flats

Unintentionally American

I was feeling festive yesterday. Apparently. I am no stranger to red, white + blue combinations and this one is no exception. Sometimes they have an Americana feel, sometimes they're straight up nautical. I haven't decided which one this is more of (maybe nautical because of the hint of gold in the accessories?!) Who knows. One thing is for certain though: I am wearing the cutest cardigan ever! I hate that we forgot to get a detail shot of it, but I really haven't taken it off since I received it on Saturday. I guess forgetting to photograph it is a good excuse to wear it again really really soon! This is the cardigan and holy cute right?! The little swan and bows and lace. I die! It's also a fantastic weight. I've been having issues with cardigans lately. I know it's probably because it's like 100+ degrees outside, but all of the ones for sale now are this lightweight stretchy fabric... no no no! I like my cardigans of medium weight and thickness so I can wear them year-round and they don't stretch out awkwardly. That's why I'll probably go back and buy a replacement of this one just to have it for when I (undoubtedly) wear it to shreds. (Seriously. Have you felt the Target cardigans lately?! I want to go back to the ones they had last year with the ruffles! C'mon!)

This bright red dress is the sister dress to the one in this outfit post! Yes, when I say I buy multiples (in quantity and color) of the things I like, I'm really not kidding. It's a lightweight dress but the bottom has some sort of structure about it that I can't quite put my finger on. It keeps it held down when a gust of wind comes, but I don't feel like I'm dying under fabric in the Nashville summer. Paired with the same thrifted belt and my new limited-edition Betsey Johnson bag I snagged on Ideeli last week... win! This is also the first time I've worn these Blowfish shoes! These are the Romans and I've had them for months! Probably like.. 4 months now? I just haven't found the perfect outfit for them. Voila! 

Today is a day of productivity! I'm already eyeball deep in an over the top girly blog design (so fun! I love doing stuff like this!) and I'll be launching the first set of fabric bows on Hive + Honey! I'm editing photos for the closet part of our loft tour (eeeeek! It's almost my dream closet!), and then I'm mailing off H+H packages! Oh, and my bike gets delivered today! Hooray Tuesday! 

Motel "Franchesca" dress c/o Love Clothing (just got marked down on sale!)

Swan Striped cardigan c/o Love Clothing (also just got marked down on sale!)

Golden Arch necklace c/o Little Pancakes
Thrifted white belt

Betsey Johnson tote via Ideeli

Hive + Honey fascinator

Rescue wedges c/o Blowfish Shoes

PS; Last day to vote for me in the three categories of the AE contest! (Some dude just blew up from like 3rd place by getting 200+ votes overnight. Boo!) ONE // TWO // THREE. Thank you to everyone who has voted so far. It means a lot to me and I hope that if I'm lucky enough to make it to the finals then you'll stick beside me once more! The cash prize could do so many wonderful things for my dream business! xo

July Valentine

If I could wear pale pink, red, and white all day every day, I would. I mean, I guess I can right? There's that rad woman who only wears pink and her entire house is pink... and maybe even her dog. Not going to lie, I love her! Too much? Maybe.. But still! Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday simply because everything is a lovely hue and there are hearts everywhere. I just love it, okay! Yesterday's outfit definitely reminded me a bit of V-Day and now I'm itching to watch the movie, heh. 

The heat + humidity has been insufferable as of late. I'm sure you're tired of reading that in every single post but seriously, I don't like to leave the house. We took these in the hall of our building, right outside our door, because it was too icky to go outside. We were drenched in sweat by the time we were done (in less than 5 minutes!). I just can't hang. Chicago is looking better and better! Of course I know it gets hot there, too, but man... anything to escape this! 

I opted to wear my new AX PARIS dress with a lightweight cardigan I picked up from Target. I had to have it because of the blush tone. So cute! Yes, I realize talking about it being super friggin' hot and wearing a cardigan at the same time is a bit dumb, but whatever. I peeled it off of me and probably threw it on the chair for the rest of the day. The dress is kinda maybe a bit short on me so I'll probably get more wear out of it come Autumn/Winter (even though it's a Summer dress) just because I can wear colored tights with it. But I totallllly love the 50's style silhouette of the dress. You probably can't see it but the fit of the top of it is stellar. I had my trusty bike shorts on as usual (impatiently awaiting the arrival of my new bike!), and my black Blowfish Romans which round out my collection of that wedge in every color! I really love them. I had to add the belt for a little bit of ~edge. Oh! Annnddd... the headband is a new design that will be in the shoppe tomorrow! It's felt and adorable and lays flat on your head! You can get them in 15 colors (!!! more coming soon) and you can get them on elastic, metal headbands, barrettes, etc. Stop by tomorrow and snag one (or seven) up! Is that enough parentheses for all of you?! Ha!

Pretty floral dress c/o AX Paris (on sale for $19.99! I want them all!)

Target cardigan

Forever 21 belt
Olive sunnies via House of Stella

H&M bike shorts

Hive + Honey headband

Blowfish wedges (Use code BFKaelah15 for 15% off your order!)

PS; Blowfish is currently having a sale for any two pairs of shoes for $39! That's a super duper steal.

PPS; My friend Shelby entered a contest at AE for a chance to wind up in an AE advertisement (? I think?) and it'd be lovely if you wanted to vote for her! I'm thinking about entering (a different category, of course) just to see if a tattooed gal could ever end up working with AE, ha!

Edit: I entered! Why not right?! What have I got to lose?! I entered three photos and all it takes is one click each! I'd really appreciate your support! ONE // TWO // THREE xo

CranApple Rose

I'm kind of having fun incorporating the color palette into the photos. What do you think? This is what I wore yesterday, and to be honest, it's what I've been wearing for the majority of my days lately. Nashville has become so unbearably hot that even someone who has lived here their whole life can't help but complain. With that being said I needed a dress that was light-weight, long enough to wear without tights, and well of course it had to be cute. Tulle to the rescue! I have several Tulle dresses and I love each one more than the last. I first found the brand when I was visiting San Francisco every 6 months and my favorite little shop, Therapy, in Mountain View stocked them. I loaded up on every trip and I still wear every single one of them! It's one of those brands that I'll know I'll wear and adore until the end of time. The quality of the pieces is so stellar and the designs are way too cute! (Seriously, look at this one! I want it in both colors so badly! It's so dreamy!) I also love that they're a brand that stands behind their customers. If you follow them on Twitter then you can get access to some snazzy deals... even 50% off! Also recently added to my collection: this and this! (And yes, I know I have the sleeveless version of that first one but how could I resist?!?! That print is just my favorite!)

A few of my favorites still in the shop are:

one. two. three. four.

Anywhoo, last night I switched into something else and we headed down to the Apple store and then work. The stellar fella at Apple replaced my iPhone that I left in the rain free of charge, so now Mike happily has a 4! Our new friends who just moved to Nashville from Minnesota, Christina and Brian, drove down to my bar to hang out last night. It was super awesome to meet them and they were fabulous! Hopefully there will be more hangouts in the future! The bar had a slow start but by 11:30 we were packed. It didn't slow down until I turned the lights on at 2am. I like those nights because they often mean good money and time flies. We pored into bed at 3:30am and here we are! 

No telling what today has in store for us but I'm ready to get up and out of this house. Cabin fever going on! Happy Sunday, honeybees! 

What have you been up to this weekend?!

Pretty sleeveless dress c/o Tulle

Thrifted belt

Target cardigan

Hive + Honey fascinator

Gimmick wedges c/o Blowfish Shoes

Michael Kors Gansevoort bag gifted from Mike

PS; If pretty dresses weren't enough to make you check out Tulle, almost all of them are on sale! Woohoo!

PPS; I opted for Essie's Mamba nail polish (of course it's chipped on me) and ELF's matte lip color in Coral to round out the nude coral theme. Matches the outfit and building nicely if I do say so myself! I'll be sharing my favorite makeup this week! ;)

Black Eyed Susan

Today is a busy day, honeybees! A busy day indeed! I have a "to do" list that is about five miles long and piling higher by the minute! Some days I wish I had an extra me to do some of it! Adobe CS5.5 isn't working out like it should, thus leaving me in a panic to try and figure something out to get it up and running again. This girl has design work to get done! I can't believe it's already the 11th! This month is flying by like nobody's business! Zoooooooooom! 

This dress is still up for grabs in Kaelah's Closet. This instance is the only time it's ever been worn. (Isn't that sad?!) It's super cute (and short!). I always wore the blue version with tights but felt daring for these photos. It has pockets, too! My favorite feature on a dress is always the pockets! I don't understand why every dress doesn't have them. Totally a vital part of the infrastructure! Anyway, head on over if you'd like to snag it up yourself! There's only a handful of dresses left so I'm slowly but surely going through my wardrobe once more! Oh! I'm also listing all of my new headabands, bows and fascinators on Etsy too! They're drafted right now until I can get through all 110+! That way I can launch them at once! Stay tuned!

Are you having a fabulous Monday?! I hope so! By the way, you can use my Karmaloop RepCode (KAELAH) for 20% off of PLNDR.com, too! Cheap Monday jeans and Betsey Johnson goodies are on sale today!

Forever 21 dress (up for grabs at KC)

Forever 21 cardigan

Blowfish Shoes (15% off with code BFKAELAH15)

Thrifted belt

Home Sweetheart Home

Sweet little abandoned peach house. Smack in the middle of Lawrenceburg's historic downtown. We shot these on Father's Day (heyyyo!) and couldn't pass up the sweet little shack. My heart cardi is a bit dingy, I feel. Maybe it's due to the fact I can't keep anything white for very long. Yeeeesh. And I promise that this little white thrifted belt isn't the only belt I wear. I mean, I'm wearing it right now, but whatever ;) I misplaced my other favorite white thrifted belt so this will have to satisfy all of my needs. It's very rare that I don't wear a belt over my dress so you'll just have to get used to it! 

Luckily Mike is off of work today so we're going to spend the day thrifting, going for sushi (yum!) and just enjoying each other's company. So very much to do in the next few days so I'm trying to get in some quality time while I can since I know we'll both be hard at work for a bit! I'm working on several posts to schedule up including my business plan for my little shoppe, wig/hair/makeup posts and videos, and maybe even an update to Kaelah's Closet?! Thinking about doing a little home tour (finally!) but still have to figure out which format will work better in video vs. photo. The lighting is so so poor in our loft but we'll make it work! 

Happy weekend, honeybees! Hope it's absolutely magical! xo

BeBop dress via Ross
Forever 21 cardigan
Thrifted belt
H&M bike shorts
Charlotte Russe flats via Goodwill

Cherry and Slate

Yesterday evening we took the girls to the puppy park once Mike got home from work for some little running action. We were kind of enamored with the little boy bully that was there. Cutest lil' 11 month old English Bulldog who loved water and mud just as much as Georgia. He was more interested in trying to wrestle with Pip but we're holding out hope we see him again. (It makes us really want a little boy, too!) 

This dress is another one that I let go in my Kaelah's Closet sale (there's still a few dresses left if you're interested!). I might do another overhaul soon. It was good to get so much stuff cleared out. The shoes are my all time favorite Blowfish style, the Romans. I have them in brown, too, and love love love them. Something about the big straps are just lovely! 

Today I'm working on editing shoppe inventory pictures and I'll start listing those soon (Maybe today so stay tuned!). I think I might do what I did yesterday and head to Panera for a few hours. Our loft is so dark unless I turn on all of the lights and it's just not very productive. Plus I tend to have a sense of urgency about myself if I'm out in public.

Forever 21 dress (so so old!)

Forever 21 cardigan

Roman wedges c/o Blowfish Shoes (Get 15% off with code BFKAELAH15)

Honeybrick

One of the few male readers that I'm aware of on LCH suggested yesterday that I put the song at the very start of the post so you can click play and listen along while you read and scroll through. Made a lot of sense (obviously!) so I think I'll start taking that route! Still trying to get my Adobe situated but hopefully I can have that under control soon. This morning I woke up at decided to do Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred instead of jaunting over to the gym. WHOA! I've had Jillian's workouts on our Xbox/Kinect before but this was a whole different ball game. As she shouts "I know you want to die right now!" I'm like "YES! YES I DO! OMG!" haha I managed to sweat more in that 20 minutes than I did in 75 minutes of Hot Yoga (in 104 degree heat!). Then again our loft warms up quickly if we don't have the AC on, but I had to go lay on the couch for a bit to stop the nauseousness afterward! It was brutal. Here's to hoping I ever get out of Level 1!

These photos were taken at the same place as the ones posted yesterday. I loved the lighting and contrast of all of the materials in this one. Sure, you can see a random (beer?) can over in the corner, but whatever! I'm sure a lot of high schoolers are up to their shenanigans in that little place. This dress is one that I sold in Kaelah's Closet (there's an almost identical one still up for grabs here!). I took it out for a little ~Last Hurrah! before listing them. You'll see several over the next few days or so. I try to wear items (even if just around the house for like 10 minutes) to see if I like them enough to keep them. I liked this dress, but didn't want to bother with hemming it a bit shorter so off it went! The color is fantastic though!

Today I was supposed to have lunch with my dad but in light of recent (and unfortunate) events, I don't think those plans will be happening. I'll try to work on the shoppe for a bit and bloggy things, then Elle and Bryan are coming by around 7 and we'll grab dinner/hang out. Good friends are hard to come by and I feel so fortunate to have ones as wonderful as I do. Hope you're all having a fabulous Wednesday! xo

Hope and Honey dress

Forever 21 cardigan

Thrifted belt

Blowfish flats

PS; I'm trying to compile a "Best of Nashville" post! I still don't know a whole lot about the city myself so if you live here or have visited, feel free to chime in with your favorite things to do and see below! I'd love to quote you in the post! xo

PPS: SITM is having a huge sale on Anthropologie, Betsey Johnson, Marc Jacobs and Juicy Couture! Here's a link if interested! xo