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Unparalleled Orla Happiness

February 21, 2012

If you prefer content centered around design and not the day-to-day D-I-Yizzle, this post is for you. I don’t consider myself a design hound like some of my favorite big dog bloggers who feature fancy home decor and fashion on a daily basis, nor do I explore online, or in-store merchandise, or network with designers enough to feel like I’m showcasing unprecedentedly cool things. And as much as I like Project Runway All Stars (kick ass season, right?), in no way did I partake in #NYFW except for listening to Wake Up With Taylor reports and heart-ing instagram photos while trying to fall asleep at night.

Me + fashion design = appreciation, but we’re not totally BFF, I’m usually about one page behind.

Which brings me to announcing some very old but new-to-me news: Holy zoinks, Orla Kiely had a line of stationary for American Eagle. Stationary. At American Eagle. Of all places. My heart stopped, and then miraculously revived it’s thumping to permit me to jump up and down and run around the clearance section with dollar signs and colorful iconic vines in my eyeballs. I was also spurting fragmented sentences loudly across the store to Pete, who immediately understood why I was so enthusiastic when the kid sales associate did not. Man, he’s cool. This is getting graphic.

Holy smackers, Orla Kiely for American Eagle.

Graphic, not as in unnecessarily visual, not as in graphic tees, I mean graphic like Orla Kiely, who still remains one of my top favorite print designers everrrr, creating graphic pieces that I. Can’t. Get. Enough. Of.

OK, that’s about as much design-fashion-wanna-be-buying-expensive-bags-lovin’ as you’re ever going to get from me. True story, I’m a thrifty girl now, but I do own a $400 Orla Kiely laptop bag. I was expletive-ly stupid to buy it in 2007 when instead I could have paid off 2 months of student loans, but now I’ll have it forever. So, there. Will never do it again.

Oh yeah, and I even used it on a business trip last week, still awesome, especially against Logan Airport carpeting.

Orla Kiely Laptop Bag.

Clearly, I’ve been living under a rock. And maybe for good reason – if I had splurged on all of these notebooks and pencils when they were first launched (which we all know I would have), my bill would have been $55.50 + tax.

With that said, guess how much I paid buying them not only on clearance, but at a time when the clearance section was discounted an extra 50%?

$17.89

Really, remarkable. Three large notebooks, three small notebooks, and 10 flawlessly unsharpened pencils, for under $20.00. As any O.K. fan would expect, each piece is loaded with details too. So, onward with some pretty pictures.

Holy smackers, Orla Kiely for American Eagle.

Holy smackers, Orla Kiely for American Eagle.

Holy smackers, Orla Kiely for American Eagle.

Holy smackers, Orla Kiely for American Eagle.

Drooling? Or is it just me. Honestly, this whole blogging thing might turn into a pencil + paper journaling thing. I want to use them all. Now. At least I won’t have to buy notebooks for the next two years.

Did you notice that two of the notebooks have preciously scalloped edges? I die.

Get your blog-reading butts to American Eagle now. I hope there are still some available for you to swipe up with the loose change in your car’s ash tray.

 

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Elisa
February 21, 2012 at 9:45 am
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Dude! You got all that deliciousness for the price of ONE notebook! Bravo! Definitely trying to keep drool off the keyboard over here..



    Emily
    February 21, 2012 at 10:03 am

    Retail savings maximized. Best day ever!

Cait @ Hernando House
February 21, 2012 at 9:52 am
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I totally thought of you when I saw the Orla Kiely things at AE the other day :) Those pencils are super cute.



    Emily
    February 21, 2012 at 10:05 am

    I’m hopeful that because I rarely use pencils that need to be sharpened, that I might be working through them for the rest of my life and letting them sit exposed on my desk forever. A lifetime of O.K. happiness!

    Cait @ Hernando House
    February 21, 2012 at 11:50 am

    Haha that would be lovely. A bouquet of O.K. pencils :)

Melissa D
February 21, 2012 at 10:23 am
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Go figure! I never go in there. I know you’re local – was this at Eastview, perchance? I’m wondering if it’s worth loading both kids in the car today to go check it out. I never took advantage of the Orla Kiely stuff at Target and regret it.



    Emily
    February 21, 2012 at 10:42 am

    I don’t find myself in the store often either, it was a random find for me, that’s for sure. We were actually in Buffalo at Galleria when we found them, but I’ve heard other people say they’ve seen them locally so maybe they’re still in stock at Eastview or the other malls! Re: her collection from Target, I too wish I had bought up every last thing. Her target mugs are holding up spectacularly, although the tumblers I bought are starting to show their age.

erin
February 21, 2012 at 5:25 pm
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i ran to the galleria myself and got these notebooks – orla is my FAVORITE.



    Emily
    February 21, 2012 at 7:51 pm

    So glad you were able to get some! Aren’t they AWESOME in person? I swear, the pictures don’t do them justice. High-five!

Bobby
February 23, 2012 at 9:24 am
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Gorgeous bag though – student loans can wait, damnit.



    Emily
    February 23, 2012 at 10:40 am

    ;) Thanks for the support Bobby. No point in having guilt now, I figure.

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