Spotlight on One King's Lane-Long Lazy Weekends

I signed up for email alerts from One King's Lane when I first began to hunt for an apartment in the summer of 2012. I would receive the emails and delete them almost immediately until I heard that Iris Apfel would be curating a sale with them and since then, I've been stopping by almost daily to window shop for anything and everything! I stumbled upon their Weekend Escape shop (open until Sun 4/13) and fell in love with nearly everything! See below for my favorite pieces-don't wait-that vacation that you have planned will be here before you know it!

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Reading Assignment

I was inspired by the Glitter Guide's Fresh New Magazine Guide to create my own! While GG definitely opened my eyes to a few, I've noticed that the Shop Rite and Barnes and Noble that I frequent have a couple new mags that I've never seen before and you definitely need to find them too!

Fresh Style Magazine

This bi-monthly mag offers easy and inspiring DIY projects alongside coverage of upcoming mom-and-pop companies that are creating awesome hand-made products! Also featured, designers who are adept at putting a personalized spin on re-purposed goods as well as Etsy artists that can create anything you may want for your home!

Porter Magazine

Also mentioned in GG's Guide, this quarterly magazine (pronounced "Poor-Tay") is so beautiful and aspirational in the best way! I was first interested in this publication because I saw all of my favorite bloggers covering it over Fashion Week and I had to see what it was all about. Fast forward to a fateful night at CVS where I spotted this beauty and I'm now hooked on it's big glossy photos and informative editorials! At $10 it feels like an easily accessible treat from the incredible minds at net-a-porter.com!

Iris Apfel for One King's Lane

I was recently flipping through Elle Decor when I came upon a feature of Iris Apfel detailing her life, philosophy, and her upcoming collaboration with One King's Lane. If you are unfamiliar, Iris is a 92-year-old fashionista and I could not love her more! To me, she is a perfect example of how to live one's life to the fullest. In spite of her age, she is fabulous, fearless, and sassy-which is everything I aspire to be (today and in 67 years)!

A lifelong traveler, Iris has amassed a collection of souvenirs that has filled multiple storage facilities and she has now curated over 800 items that will be available for sale on OneKingsLane.com on April 5th! The collection will include fashion items as well as furniture and decorative objects. I cannot wait to see what jewelry is up for grabs. Even though I've already blown my birthday gift budget, I'm hoping to grab a little piece of Iris to enhance my life and soak in her ethos!

I'd like to leave you with my favorite quote from this article, "Things are either good or they're not. They either suit you or they don't. Some years all the colors and cuts are wonderful, other years they're ridiculous. I never buy what someone says is "in" or "must-have". I buy what makes me happy."  #PreachSistah

You can check out Iris's Rara Avis collection for HSN here for more affordable options!

T-Shirt Take Two

Much like the rest of the world, I am avoiding looking forward to spring cleaning! If you are anything like me, you own about 1,000 T-shirts that are either too big, too small, or just plain ugly. I am a huge advocate of (theoretically) throwing those tees into a bag and donating them at your local supermarket or church. That being said, through my internet/Pinterest travels I have seen several really cool ideas for re-using those shirts that don't involve wielding Hefty bags over your head (it's just not a glamorous affair). My absolute favorite option below is the P.L.A.Y dog beds, as my pups have been known to shred every single bed I've ever brought home, and this one seems like it would be pretty solid against their vicious little Pug teeth!

Dog Toy!

Re-usable shopping bags!

 

Upcycled baby bib!

 

P.L.A.Y. Dog Bed!

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ABO

AMERICAN BEAGLE OUTFITTERS!

I'm DYING! American Eagle Outfitters is launching a new line, American Beagle Outfitters, intended for stylish canines (not just beagles) to match back to their existing AEO collection. The line set to launch this Summer includes apparel and accessories. If the thought of doggie chambray shirts doesn't excite you (why do you read my blog?), then the you should love the idea that ABO plans to donate $1 from every sale to the ASPCA to help rescue dogs in need. The world's oldest marriage (I may be exaggerating here) belongs to the coupling of fashion and charity and this is one bandwagon that I fully intend to jump on!