Easter Tea Party Camouflage

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    This was my outfit for Easter Sunday with my family last weekend. I first saw the dress in Forever 21 and I squealed a little when I saw it paired with a black studded pyramid belt. I own this exact belt from another dress (2 actually!) but I'm a sucker for dainty floral dresses with edgy twists like the belt. Love! The gal at the register said it was a very "Rocker Girly Girl" and it would fit me perfectly. (I honestly think people expect me to be much "harder" than I really am... I mean, I know I have tattoos and piercings, but I'm really rather reserved and just... not "hard" in any way. I'm not complaining though!)

    I've been sickly the past couple of days and yesterday it was really rough. We woke up really early to leave by 8am to drive to Lawrenceburg to attend Mike's sister, Laine's CNA pinning and then we stayed all day so Mike could photograph his bonus-mom's employees (for their new website which I'll be whipping up!). I felt like a party pooper most of the day as I just started feeling so sickly, but it was a good time and then I had to go work. Womp womp womp. Work was slammed and while it was good money, it was a strange night. I was exhausted, and there were so many situations I wasn't happy with. (For one: A pregnant lady was drinking whiskey and cokes at rapid speed. Keep in mind this is not one glass of wine at like 8 months... this is 5 whiskey and cokes in 1.5 hours and she's 6-7 months pregnant. It's illegal to refuse her alcoholic service in Tennessee, but I stated my stance a long time ago and I refuse to serve anyone who is pregnant and wants to drink. There's a gal who comes in who drinks Shirley Temples and I'll gladly fill her order every time, but I have certain morals that make that part of my job very hard. I can't say to her "I won't serve you because you're pregnant" because that's discrimination, and it's her body so it's her choice... but I can say "I won't serve you simply because I don't want to." That's totally legal. Weird, right? It breaks my heart because we all know whiskey and babies don't mix. But there are so many women out there who simply cannot have their own children and well, you know where I'm going with this. I just won't stand for it. I think the other bartender got a little irritated at me because the girl came to order 4 drinks from me and I just walked off. I just cannot do it.) Then another situation transpired and I'm just glad I got out of there and went home to sleep.

    Today Mike and I are going to spend the day together since he has the day off. It's already almost 3pm and I have to leave for work at 8 but a few hours will be nice.

    There are still some sponsorship spots open and I'm keeping them open in case anyone else wants to partake in the Red Cross drive (as seen here). So far we've raised $100! It's still open for one more week so don't worry, you've got time! 

    Forever 21 dress
    Target cardigan
    Target tights
    Blowfish shoes
    Kaelah Bee Handmade headband
    Forever 21 purse

    PS; I'm thinking about putting all of my variations of these headbands on my Etsy just to offset the insane financial costs of Georgia and Pipkin's surgeries coming up. I have a ridiculous amount of them made for a craft fair I was going to apply to but right now I think the focus should be on paying for their surgeries instead. Let me know if you think you'd be interested, and I'll try to get those up ASAP!

    PPS; You can get 15% off your Blowfish Shoes order by using the code BFKAELAH15! Wahoo!

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Your Weekend.....(Via Made By Girl)


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Cool Felt by Crafts 2 Cherish...(Via Made By Girl)

    How is everyone today? Did you get to see the Royal Wedding?

    I'm so relieved it's Friday..... With all the HYPE regarding the ROYAL Wedding, I ended up falling asleep & not watching it. Then again, who wants to stay up till 3am to see Will & Kate get married!?! Ok, I admit I did....but at 3am?!? No wonder I fell asleep. 

    I SWEAR the BRIDE would be wearing a super tall hat of some sort in the shape of a crown maybe??  Or was she ACTUALLY supposed to wear the crown?? 

    Anyhow, I pictured something different, hence why I'm featuring this company called Crafts 2 Cherish. I was so INSPIRED by those amazing headpieces at the wedding..they were so amazing! I figured a average girls like us could rock something similar without the HEFTY price tag right? Crafts 2 Cherish is based out of Ireland & the artist makes these hand felted pieces for the hair and more! These were my favorites if course....

     Check out the shop here for more! 



    -Images by Tom Szusztek


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April in review.

    Can you believe it's almost May already? I remember on Fridays (a while back) when I'd always blog something along the lines of "Can you believe it's already Friday already" but now it seems like I always feel like "wow, can you believe it's the end of the month already!?"

    Inspired by Pugly Pixels end of the month wrap up "Links Loved" I thought I'd share something similar of my own!

    April in review!
    new blogs I found & enjoyed:
    Hue and Hum!
    • As I mentioned in my Friday Favorites already, MaieDae!
    Koi Story!

    iphone apps downloaded:
    • All three full versions of Angry Birds. I'm almost embarressed to admit how often I play!
    iGarageSale. I'm crazy in love with this app. I orginally downloaded the lite version but within ten minutes I bought the full version!
    Tetris. Why did it take me so long to download tetris on my phone?!
    Couch to 5K. A running app to help get my out of shape self into shape! I've only done a few days so far but I'm digging it!
    ThriftBuddy. I just downloaded it last night but I'm pretty stoked to get out and use it to find new thrift stores!

    my favorite posts this month:
    • Hair Tips and Tricks; part one, two and three.
    Vegan Peanut Butter Pillows. Yuuum!
    Diana Mini!
    Spring. It's not weird to be inspired by my own photos, is it? Because I certainly am.
    Friday Favorites #100! Wahooo, I'm still excited I reached 100 Friday Favorites posts.

    new (to me) movie I watched:
    I love you Phillip Morris. I love Jim Carry so much, do I recommend this movie? Yes, as long as you're old enough to watch an "R" rated movie. Ai yi yi, it had some vulgarity (and I'm no prude!)
    White Oldeander. I really like Alison Lohman, she's a great actress!
    Amelie. Can you believe I only watched it for the first time this month? Me either. It was awesome!

    exciting happenings on and offline:
    • I had a breakthrough (I guess you could call it) in where I want to be with my business, and what I want to make. I'll blog about my new designs and stuff a little later this week! I'm so excited.
    • Started making plans to meet Elycia after we realized just how close she is even though she's across the border from me. I get butterflies when I think about it!
    • Had a great brainstorming session with my tattoo artist regarding my second full sleeve. I'm so excited about it. I can't wait to watch it progress over the summer.

    It was a great month if I do say so myself!
    xoxo

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Have a Royal Weekend!

    Did you watch the Royal Wedding? I have still yet to watch it, but am loving the photos and outtakes -- so fun, I can't wait. I hope you will all have a excellent weekend!

    1. Enamel Teapot
    2. Tea Towel
    3. Royal Wedding Print

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FF #102

    This bag is too awesome for words!
     (via: broundoor)
    I'm completely infatuated with neat suitcases like this!
     (via: decades)
    Too cute!!
     (via: YeeHaw)
    This dress is crazy amazing. I need it on my body! 
     (via: cristinapires)
    SHARK! Wait, it's just a cat. ;)
     (via: YouthDiaspora)
    Love this gorgeous illustration. The border is so pretty!
     (via: LizzyStewart)
    Love these snazzy shoes!
    (via: 3adore4)
    Such a pretty dress!
     (via: audiemaria)
    This necklace is super neat!
     (via: justinejividen)
    I'm forever amazed by awesome soap like this. It looks so yummy!
    (via: LoveLeeSoaps
    I'm crazy about these shoes from Blowfish Shoes! Their website shows a video on what they look like on and they look so comfortable! 
     (via: blowfish shoes)





    This giveaway from A Piece of Lisa is pretty awesome. PS. Even if you don't want to enter a giveaway, you should still check out her blog, it's great!
    I love this ring by yellowgoat!
    I'm crazy for the all of the leggings by zelnatt!
    MaieDae has such a pretty blog, with lots of great content.

    Well, I'm off, probably to nap some more! In case you don't follow me on twitter and didn't know, I got my teeth pulled a day early. Yesterday my day was come home, cry in pain, take medicine, sleep for 3 hours, wake up full of energy that only lasts for about 30 mins, and restart the cycle. I'm hoping today is a little bit better. You guys should see my cheeks, they look hilarious. I look like I'm wearing a fat suit on my face. Haha. I'm trying really hard to stay positive about this whole situation. :)
    xoxo!

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Mother Nature's Fury

    Sunday will mark the one year anniversary of when Mike and I (& Georgia) lost our home and almost all of our belongings. (This is how it looked two days later.) Nashville still hasn't fully recovered and I can remember it like it was only yesterday. Scrambling to find out where to go, what to do, and somewhere to seek refuge. Watching our house flood with water up to my shoulders and our very special possessions float right out of our backyard which had become the Harpeth River. It's hard to think back on all of that, even still. To have our whole life ripped away from us in a matter of hours. And then I think of all of those who are suffering from the deadly tornadoes which blew through most of the South in the past two days... they didn't have an hour or two. They didn't have any warning. Instead, Mother Nature took her fury out on thousands of people. With a death toll of over 265, it really feels like it hits close to home.


    I know many of you were readers around this time last year. You offered your condolences, sweet letters and care packages, and you were there for us. I cannot even being to express enough gratitude to all of you who were there for us in our time of need. Friends, family and strangers alike, I've never in my life felt such an outpour of love and support. Now it's our turn to help our Sisters to the South with their recovery. I know several of my readers were affected by this disaster, and even if not directly, their friends and family were. With many friends in the Birmingham area, my heart breaks at the coverage on the news.

    Sometimes it's hard to fathom just how something like this can happen. Even with living in Tennessee, tornado devestation just seems like something you see on the Weather Channel. Like it doesn't actually happen. Much less to you or someone you know. But that is exactly how I felt about floods.. and then I experienced one for myself. My life has been changed dramatically by that event, and I'll forever remember it. Even a year later, I honestly feel as though it was some sort of twisted blessing in disguise because it brought into my life so many wonderful people. Our entire community pulled together to support one another when the catastrophe failed to make national news. We fended for ourselves, but that doesn't mean they should have to.



    With that being said, I wanted to touch base on a few ways that you can help! You can text 90999 from your cellphone to donate $10 to the Red Cross (it will show up on your next statement) or you can donate directly at RedCross.org. If you are located in the Southeast and would like to volunteer your time, you can look for opportunities to help with cleanup. 



    From now until May 7th, I will donate 100% of the proceeds to the Red Cross from anyone who wants to sponsor Little Chief Honeybee.

    It's so easy for us to just look at the news and feel numb when we see things like this. The media has definitely left us a little less responsive to catastrophic events such as what just happened. So many people were there for us when we needed it, and it really truly meant so much. Now it's our turn to give back. If you've been on the fence about sponsoring before, think of it as a wonderful way to help those in need. People have been stripped of their homes, material possessions, and even family members. All of the proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross here in Nashville (down the street from our house) on Monday, May 9th. Please email me at kaelahbee@gmail.com if you'd like to partake.

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A Student's Budget Friendly Home...(Via Made By Girl)

    I love home tours & ours is almost coming to an end.  However, it did so well I may do another call for submissions late NEXT MONTH - we'll see! Either way, I tend to really appreciate a home that looks lived in and makes you feel like you can also do something similar! They're real. 

    So that's why the home tours here are SIMPLE, real and mostly AFFORDABLE. This next one is by a student in Norway who also blogs at Passion For Poison







    I'm certain that for MANY of you.... when you see HIGH END homes being featured you may not be able to relate...it leaves you thinking......"a $3,000 dresser?? I might as well keep my West Elm one for now".    

    The decor may be a tad bit out of reach as well as the ability to hire an Interior Designer, not a chance.......I can see why so many decide to DIY. 




    In fact she's been decorating on a budget because of school costs and has managed to decorate her office for only $230!!  She used OLD furniture as well as adding a few small inexpensive details to the mix!  

    So, if you're a student living on a BUDGET, Johanna's place can definitely serve as inspiration!

    thanks to Jannica for sending this home to me! 



    -images via passion for poison

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Things I Love Thursday



    I woke up feeling rather sickly this morning so I think a lovely list of magical things is just the medicine I need! Happy Thursday, honeybees!

    ♥ this no-nonsense job posting ♥

    ♥ this dress ♥

    ♥ this hovercat ♥

    ♥ this will ferrel parody twitter ♥

    ♥ this adorable kiddo ♥

    ♥ these apple sandwiches ♥

    ♥ this artistic kitty ♥

    ♥ this show will never not be funny ♥

    ♥ this magical experience ♥

    ♥ this gorgeous makeup ♥

    ♥ this awesome breakfast club infographic ♥


    What are you loving this week?

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