Okay, so before you get too riled up, let me just say that this is the exact same outfit I wore on Wednesday! Yes, only four days ago! I woke up and I just threw on something very easy (i.e: a dress thrown on a chair and a cardigan downstairs... it just happened to be the exact same outfit haha) I didn't even bother putting on makeup this morning OR doing my hair! As gross as it sounds, I definitely slept in my makeup after getting home from work at 2am and just wore it today! I even left my hair up in the high messy bun I worked/slept in! Gross Kaelah! (Whatever!)
Mike and I did some grocery shopping (so exciting!) and watched some tv. Then we headed out and about with no destination except adventure. We found a random part of town (way backwoods!) that we had never seen and we laid eyes on an amazing old abandoned house. The only downfall: the house was wayyyyyy way back in some ridiculously overgrown field of sorts and little did we know, it was full of pain! We pulled off into the field and set out. It was so hot and we took a wrong turn trying to walk there. We walked back down and headed up another way. Less than halfway up, the path ceased to exist. Most of the overgrowth was taller than me. How I didn't freak out about rattlesnakes, I'll never know! I trudged forth.. in my teensy dress and cardigan. By the time we got *almost* there, my legs were covered in blood and my clothes in burrs. We finally called off the hike when we were only about 100 feet away. We weren't sure if we could even get to it and it appeared a random passer-by was taking our license plate number so we hustled back down. Man, the hike back down was WAY worse than the hike up! I was sweating so much I couldn't see! I was in so much pain. I'll try to be a bit more prepared next time!
We did get some awesome Instax photos though! I'll share those soon! I'm only showing these photos because the scenery is truly beautiful. One reason I LOVE living in Tennessee!
dress: urban outfitters, cardigan: target, flats: kmart
Now onto a more serious note: I want to acknowledge the complaints that a few of us involved with the 'zine, Creative Juice, have received. Apparently some of you have received your 'zine and you're a little less than thrilled (read: you're pissed). I don't blame you. I can't speak from actual experience, but I have been given very solid claims of how poorly the 'zine came out. Please know that I had nothing to do with this. I was a contributing writer and a writer alone. I neither handled ANY of the design, nor did I deal with printing production or distribution. In fact, I haven't even seen it! A copy was never sent to me (which also upset me). I'm sorry that you spent $5 on something that ended up being so shoddy. I was simply directing complaints and refund requests to Justine as it was originally her project and she did the design/printing/distribution, but it seems that she has gone MIA on us and has deleted her twitter and her blog. I can't imagine that things have gotten that out of control but apparently they have. To my knowledge, no contributing writers have received any sort of monetary compensation (I haven't, at least!). I would refund your money myself had I ever even seen a penny of it. I merely hopped on board because it sounded like a fun thing to be involved in. If I ever would have known that things would have turned out the way they did, I never would have put my name to it. I'm truly embarrassed and apologetic for any of you who received something less than acceptable.
With that being said, I'm going to be sharing the DIY pieces that I contributed to the 'zine shortly! I know this doesn't do much for those of you who bought it, but hopefully I can have some other fun things in the near future! I hope you aren't upset with me for the sad turn in events!
Sorry you got caught up with the 'zine trouble. I hope everyone's being understanding. And b-t-dubs you look adorable in those pics!!!
ReplyDeletexoxo,
susannahbean
even if it was an outfit do-over, you still looked absolutely adorable, kaelah! i love it.
ReplyDeletei'm so sorry to hear things turned out poorly with the zine. and apparently, pretty dramatic.
i'm sure no one blames you!
xo.
boo..you make me miss tennessee. :(
ReplyDeletebut, i am going to chattanooga in Oct. :)
navy looks beautiful on you.
let me tell you, if i was walking through those weeds i would be freaking out..! you have more guts than i do.
xoox
thanks ladies! you're all so stellar <3 <3 <3
ReplyDeletegee: girl you need to let me know when you're around! we might see if we can pop down to the aquarium! ;P
that is by far my fav dress of yours, not gonna lie =)
ReplyDeletei love your outfit!
ReplyDeleteI don't know anything about the whole Zine debacle, but may I say that you handled it very graciously. If I were involved, I'd definitely accept your apology. *wink*
ReplyDeleteI'm loving that dress on you bebe!
ReplyDeletei love that dress! your hair looks so bright and red in these photos. awesome :)
ReplyDeleteso cute! My hair looks like that on a daily basis sans' the bangs. I grew mine out and almost cut them again today...I think I should!
ReplyDeleteAs for the Zine that is a super bummer! I can say that I did purchase a copy and never got it either, so I totally forgot about it ever exhisting to be honest.
I don't think anyone could be mad at you!!! <3
xo. Kyla
girl, i totally tried on this dress at urban outfitters the other day! i knew it looked familiar and i just realized it's because i saw your photos! i almost bought it, but the zipper was broken. anyway, it looks great on you! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know what happened with the 'zines or why people were complaining (and it sounds like the person involved knows they've done wrong which means they should at least apologise) but as far as the quality of 'zines go I'm a firm believer that 'zines are meant to be made cheaply, even just photocopied and stapled together on cheap paper, that's the beauty of them. They're still made with love and are put together with care but they aren't going to be technically good quality.
ReplyDeleteObviously I wouldn't complain if I got a 'zine that was on lovely paper with perfect printing and some sort of magical binding but I definately don't expect it.
This might have been a completely irrelevent comment to what happened so ignore me!
Your hair looks really good considering it's worked then slept in!
you still look effortlessly cool kaelah :) your hair looks so red and vibrant in the sun - lovely! That sucks about the zine, people will understand that it isnt your fault or any of the other contributors either. sounds like justine knows shes done wrong and is super embarassed about it :( deary me xx
ReplyDeletei love your hair so much! oh, and on etsy, i'm buying one of the yellow headbands, and i'm pretty sure the payment is pending. as soon as i get my mom's card, i'll be buying it... just so you know :)
ReplyDeletei discovered u thur janel's blog & i must say u have gorgeous hair. i luv that the flats were from kmart, but wat do they look like? cuz i can't C em! NEways u rock the messy bun. :)
ReplyDeleteI actually got my zine friday, and yes, I was a little disappointed with it, but it was still cute. I really liked your contributions in it too!
ReplyDeleteAh I can't wait until my hair is long enough to put it up in cute little top knots! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteThis dress looks quite pretty!
ReplyDeletethese are some of my fave photos of you! and yes, tenessee is GORGEOUS. would love to visit someday.
ReplyDeleteSofia x
you know, i totally forgot about it until i read this post, but i ordered one of those zines and never even got a copy! psh! you should maybe be a little more careful about how you collaborate with in the future. i didn't miss my $5 until now, and now i'm kind of mad about it!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I totally forgot about this until I read this post, but I definitely pre-ordered a copy of that zine. I also definitely never received a copy. From what you said here, I am apparently not missing much, aside from my $5. You should maybe think about being a little more careful when choosing people to collaborate with. These people sound like grade-A losers, who stole $5 from me! And THAT makes me a little angry. I'd rather have a shitty zine in my hands than to have wasted $5 on nothing.
ReplyDeleteyour hair looks fantastic! it's a total reminder that i need to re-color mine :)
ReplyDeleteIt's not your fault! You didn't know. I was a bit upset though that I spent $5 on a poorly printed zine full of typos. Hopefully you'll be able to contact her and let us know if we can ever get a refund or something else for compensation.
ReplyDeleteBummer about the zine, it sucks that the creator skipped out like that, but then again the wrath of angry customers can be truly terrifying (ahhhh, retail).
ReplyDeleteI always adore your outfits, you dress so cute even if it is an outfit re-do. No shame it that! Work smarter not harder right?
I just recently began wearing dresses more often and I was inspired by your outfit posts, so I had to do a little outfit post today on my own blog as tribute. :p
wow you are adorable. and kind of remind me of me, but more adorable. these pictures look so sunny and beautiful. i wish it was still like that here, but fall hit hard.
ReplyDeleteKaelah-
ReplyDeleteI paid for and never received the zine but I found a solution! :) I opened a dispute on Paypal last night and demanded that see refund my money and this morning it was back in my account. Maybe this will help the others who have been jilted. Sorry you had to get caught up in this; it looked so great in the sneak peeks. :(
I was actually going to email you saying I hadn't received my zine yet, but I'm glad I saw this blog post as I see you had nothing to do with it. It sucks you got caught up in this.
ReplyDelete@Caitlin Thanks so much for your advice! I just filed a dispute myself and demanded my money be returned as well! Fingers crossed.
Found you through Janel. I actually did receive a copy of the zine and I only flipped through it but hadn't read it yet. I was kinda wondering why it seemed so.. poorly made. You're handling it well though and I hope that everything can get sorted out! :)
ReplyDeleteyou look so cute with your hair up like that!! i bet you get lots of compliments when you wear it up...i always find that when you do something different, people tend to notice. anyway, you should do it more often!! it's probably easier than your extensions too :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't even know this was happening until I saw your post from Justine! I just wanted to let you know I never received any compensation for the zines either. I'm embarrassed that my name is on it and I feel terrible that it ended so poorly. I never got a copy of mine either :(. No good no good. I am so glad that you posted this, I would have had no idea otherwise.
ReplyDelete-Malori