Fourth of July

Whew. Sorry I've been gone so long. Cole and I took a last minute trip to my parents' cottage. We arrived home late Wednesday night and I spent all day yesterday unpacking and cleaning. While the trip was a bit rushed, it was so perfectly relaxing and just what we needed...sitting by the lake, drinking cocktails, picking mini wild strawberries, eating cowboy caviar, and watching Wellie and Pip play with my parents' dog, Maisy...just what the Fourth of July should be.










Photos by me & Cole.
Vintage camp shirt: Thrifting Coups, Etsy
Living the Dream skirt: c/o ModCloth
Sandals: Miz Mooz, via endless
Straw boater: UO
Sunglasses: Zooey, Oliver Peoples...Chosen by random.org, the winner of the Style Yourself giveaway is Kelly from Elegantly Academic! Thank you so much to everyone that entered (and for your kind comments) and a big Thank You to Weldon Owen for the giveaway!

TGIF!

Yours,

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Peanut Butter and Jelly

I broke out the trusty Style Oasis blazer from ModCloth yesterday! It'd been a while since I had worn it, and to be honest, I wasn't too stoked on how I styled it up the first time. I think I'm just not crazy for that white dress. Actually, it was that headband. It didn't even match, but I digress. I'm much more into this styling. I'm smitten with this sweet purple dress (another from Ross. So sue me!). The ruffles at the bust art just darling! It's the sister dress to this yellow one here! 


Isn't this blazer just something else!? I am in love with it. It's lightweight enough to wear in the summer without totally dying. That's a must in Tennessee! It's hitting 100 degrees here now! It's not even so much that it's hot... but it's humid! It's sticky and gross and boy oh boy I can't wait to get to my parents' pool on Monday morning! We had plans to go down tomorrow but Mike is going to be an assistant photog at a wedding tomorrow. (Speaking of which, replies to those emails coming soon!)


Work last night was a total bust. It was so dead. It kind of terrifies me because I'm not in a position to lose that job. I've been there for five years now and the summers are just awful. I tend to get cut after about 3 hours (if that) and I spend an hour driving each way. Some nights it's bank, and some nights I don't even cover my gas down there. Yikes! 


The Little Chief Honeybee dress is back in stock on ModCloth! I know several of you stylin' ladies snagged it up so if you missed out the first time, click HERE to grab your own! Let me know if you get it because I'm planning a style challenge here on the blog with it! I'd love to showcase you wearing it with your favorite accessories with a little shoutout and of course linking over to your blog!


While we're on the topic of ModCloth, I picked out some of my favorite bits and bobs to share with you all! Fille The Love dress (love that fun collar!), You and Ikat dress (that print! those colors! I die!), Flower Market Morning dress (I love the pleats! Makes me wanna wear it to the Farmer's Market, yes?!), Sunny Days dress (that yellow crinkle fabric is fab!), and perhaps my most favorite (which also happens to be sold out) the Too Much Fun dress (it's so perfectly 50's!). (Have you seen these shoes?! AHH!)


Okay! Stuff to do! Then work work work! Happy Saturday! xo


Be Bop dress via Ross
Style Oasis Blazer c/o ModCloth
Soda ballet flats via Goodwill
Michael Kors Gansevoort bag gifted from Mike

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ModCloth Travel Bug: Royal Oak, MI

I can't tell you how excited I was when ModCloth asked me to do a Michigan travel bug post! Given the chance to pick my location, I couldn't resist my lovely hometown of Royal Oak, MI. Being able to highlight all of my favorite haunts was very bitter sweet and looking at today's post makes me a bit homesick. But seeing Wellie's funny pug face definitely cheers me up!





You can read all about by favorite Royal Oak spots on the ModCloth blog...



Photos by me & Cole.
Under the Willow dress, Field of Gleams bag, Shift into Neutral heels, Sittin Pretty necklace: c/o ModCloth
...We arrived in St Paul on Wednesday evening! All of our stuff doesn't arrive till Tuesday, so we're using camping furniture. Our place looks like squatters have taken over!!

I hope you're all enjoying the beautiful guest posts!!! Since I'm still without internet, there will be a few more surprise posts coming this week.

Yours,

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70's Lady

Even in light of recent computer woes, my new iMac and I are getting along rather nicely. Still trying to work out in the kinks with Apple and MacAuthority to have my 250gb harddrive replaced in my MacBook Pro (Apple will only cover 160gb of it but hopefully MA will help me out!). I had a mini-breakdown yesterday about everything I lost but I pulled myself together and I'm making the most of it! I hate to be such a sap! Anyway- I'm ready to be posting some outfit photos from last week. It's good timing too because the weather in Nashville is such crap right now (Well, I love thunderstorms, but they're not very conducive to my blog. Neither is Mike's work schedule. sigh) 


I wore this outfit out and about this weekend when Mike and I decided to head out for Mexican food. Las Palmas is a little mexican restaurant down Charlotte Pike and we were thoroughly impressed. They claim to have the best margaritas in town but I'm not much for those! 


The dress was sent to me by ModCloth and I am in love! The print, fit, silhouette and length are perfect! So many dresses now are booty skimmers (and I stand tall at a staggering 5'2!) so when I opened this to see that it was of decent length to wear sans tights, I was elated. (And I really don't like to not wear tights. Yow!) Peep them pasty white legs! (You can also see a little mosquito giving me a big ol bite in one of them! Okay, enough parentheses!) Paired with my cork platforms, this is totally a 70's style number.  The shoes are my Blowfish faves and I opted to go a rather controversial route with the lacy socks. I know oh so many are against the 90's childhood throwback but I wanted to try. And to be honest, I kind of like it. But hey, that's just me!


I wish the weather would cooperate with me a bit. I have so many errands to run today and the rain really isn't helping matters much! Either way, off I go! xo


Pocket Full of Posies dress c/o ModCloth
Target cardigan
Thrifted belt
Thrifted bag
Sock Dreams socks
Garren wedges c/o Blowfish Shoes

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ModCloth, Lulu Letty & Delightful Dozen

Doing a little remix reminiscing on the Delightful Dozen's blog...
See how the other girls wore my ModCloth Lulu Letty dress here!...We arrived about an hour ago in Savannah!!!

Yours,

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ModCloth Blogger of the Moment

I've been holding onto this fun and exciting news for several weeks now, and I'm so so so thrilled I can finally share with you all! This little blog (and I) have been chosen as ModCloth's newest Blogger of the Moment! It's truly an exciting honor as some of my very very favorite ladies have donned the title themselves, and to think that LCH has come that far is astounding! 


It all started with a little floral dress, a black cardigan, black tights and black bow flats! It was my staple wardrobe of choice for quite a while, and because of y'all I branched out! First it was a different color cardigan (ha!), then colored tights, and finally... against everything I had ever believed... I opted for some funky shoes! Now my obsession continues. While dresses, cardigans, tights and flats may be my staple, I'm so glad that my style has evolved into something a little more versatile. While you still won't find me wearing jeans, I'm in love with giant platforms, wedges, and funky booties. 


Little Chief Honeybee certainly wouldn't be the blog that it is without all of you! You're my number one source of inspiration and I'm tickled to share this with you!


My namesake dress is the cutest little thing in my opinion (of course I'm biased!) but I think it truly shows my style. Florals, two toned dresses and pearly buttons galore! I hope you take a chance to check it out and maybe snag your own! (If you do, send me pictures of you wearing it! I'd love to share on the blog!)


Until then, please check out my ModCloth Interview, Little Chief Honeybee dress and my Favorite ModCloth items! xo


Little Chief Honeybee dress c/o ModCloth
Forever 21 cardigan
Thrifted fringe cowboy boots
Etsy bee brooch
Thrifted purse
Kaelah Bee Handmade fascinator
Thrifted belt

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ModCloth- Seize the Summer StyleBook

ModCloth is giving us a little taste of the season to come- lazy days lounging by the pool, picnics on a bright green lawn and nights under a canopy of twinkle lights. Oh, how I long for summer.


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