Kyle’s 5 Stress Reducing Tools for the New Year
Last week Lani wrote about her five tools to keep her New Year’s resolutions. My five stress reducing tools for the new year are meant to meet my biggest goal for 2021: to reduce stress and anxiety.
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Designer-Inspired DIY by Kyle
As your average late-20s millennial, who is living the DINK life and deciding how to spend my time before ~the next stage~ of my life, I have spent 2019 pouring my heart and soul into anything and everything crafty. I finished my first cross-stitch, which was from a kit gifted to me for my birthday … Read more
DIY: The Stud Trend
I have to admit, the “studded everything all the time” trend has only annoyed me the last few years. I have a pair of snakeskin Jimmy Choo flats with tasteful star studs that I worship, but it seemed to me that only Jimmy Choo was pulling off tasteful studs. I actually had an amazing army … Read more
Help Lani DIY!
Hey peeps! I have some new patches and I need your help figuring out where to put them. Remember my last DIY coat, the black one with the gorgeous Hamsa on the back? I’ve been wearing it this season to great acclaim, which has made my plain grey Lacoste coat just seem so plain… . … Read more
DIY Gucci Coat
I was #OBSESSED with the Gucci bird coat last fall (as seen here on Dakota Johnson, lover of all things Gucci). The price tag was definitely of the “if you have to ask” variety, so I decided to try to recreate the idea on my own. I already owned a plain black designer overcoat from Philosophy, … Read more
DIY Furry Slides
In the name of impractical fashion, furry shower slides are officially in. Yes, you read that right. The super comfortable, functional plastic shower slide now gets a makeover with faux fur. Don’t believe me? Check these out. [tabs slidertype=”simple”] [tab] Givenchy Genuine Mink Fur Slide Sandal, $595 [/tab] [tab] Avec Moderation Yellow Fur Tribale Slides, $315 … Read more
DIY Wooden Necklace for Summer
I’ve really been wanting a statement necklace made out of wood for awhile now. However, the few I’ve liked at stores have all been way more than I wanted to spend on a summer necklace. As I’ve done before, I was sure I could make myself what I wanted, if only I could get to … Read more
Does Your Purse Have Flair?
Every morning when I walk out the door with my work purse, I look down and smile. Originally, it was just because I really love my Milly purse that I got for half off on Amazon. But now, I smile because I get to look at my hot pink furry pom-pom that Lani and I … Read more
It’s a DIY Fourth of July!
It’s a DIY Fourth of July here at RLS! Kyle, my right-hand woman, found this awesome DIY guide to making your own “designer” sport slides without the designer price tag on the Love Aesthetics blog. Intern Teta then did an awesome job making a pair for herself as well as one for Kyle. Wait, where … Read more
Do You Dare to DIY? I Did!
Thanks to my most fashionable friend Rosa of Rosa Loves DC, I spent this past Sunday afternoon creating a new statement necklace and clutch for myself. See her blog about it here. I have boxes of crafts to work on at home, but I still haven’t finished my honeymoon scrap book 3 years on, so … Read more