Favorite Friday Favorites

1. This Baby- 



2. Phone Cases- 

I'm in the market for a new phone case. What do you guys think of these?

Iphone Cases by kimberly-destree featuring Disney

Iphone cover case / Tech accessory / Rifle Paper Co tech accessory / Out of Print tech accessory / Disney tech accessory, $25 / H by Henry Holland iphone sleeve case, $13 / Forever 21 iphone soft case / Toast Wooden Dandelion iPhone Veneer

3. Lennon & Maisy Cover Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros- 

I have always loved "That's What's Up", so when this cover popped up in my sub box I may have squealed for joy. Just try to listen to this without being happy! I dare you! :)



4. Vintage-Inspired Spring Style- 

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5. Only Lovers Left Alive"- 

I have a love/hate relationship with Jim Jarmusch, but I really have to hand it to him; This film looks amazing! The cast, the costuming, the stylistic touches and the soundtrack. All on point. Cross your fingers, folks!

Happy Friday, Friends!

Thrifty Thursday: Goodwill Outlet World

I have been a thrifter ever since I can remember. My mother was a thrifter, like her mother before her and she taught me her ways  from a very young age.  After 28 years of thrifting, I've seen a lot of thrift stores. I've been to yard sales, flea markets, auctions and swap meets. I've visited thrifty establishments all over this great nation of ours, but there is one place I have never been, and that is to a Goodwill Outlet World. 

Good will Outlet World is where the items rejected from other stores go to die. 

Goodwill Outlet World is a thrift store where you buy by the pound. You heard me. 

Goodwill Outlet World is where you have to dig to get to the good stuff. 

Goodwill Outlet World is hard-core, and frankly, I don't know if I have the guts to take it on. 

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Here's how I heard about this: Rick and I recently went to a friend's house for dinner and got on the topic of thrifting. Our dinner hosts are artists, among other things, and we were asking where they purchased some of their art supplies and interesting home decor. Our host replied, "Goodwill Outlet World". Now, I consider myself an avid thrifter. I pride myself on knowing every thrift store in a 20 mile radius of my town and I had never heard of Goodwill World Outlet. 

I was then told a tale so interesting that I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. A tale of one big room with waist-high blue bins filled with treasures that are rolled out for shoppers to peruse. Think the scene in the Maklemore video where Maklemore and Ryan Lewis walk towards the camera with the broken keyboard. After a half an hour the bins are rolled away and more bins are rolled out. Some bins are filled with one type of item, like all books or all clothes. Some of the bins are mixed together so you really have to dig to see what's in there. Then, when you go to check out, you pay by the pound! I had heard about places like this from people from the Pacific Northwest and the East Coast, but I had no idea that we had any of these types of stores in Colorado! 

According to the Goodwill-Denver website there are 3 Goodwill World locations in the Denver area and I have my heart set on going to at least one of them in the very near future. 

Now, I know that this probably doesn't sound appealing to everyone. This probably sounds like dumpster diving to some folks and maybe it will be like that, but I don't care; I'm so intrigued! It seems like shopping at Goodwill World takes that feeling of treasure hunting that thifting gives you and boils it down to it's purest form and this is something I'd very much like to experience!  

Has anyone visited a store like this or any other Denver locations? I would love to hear your tips and tricks!

Happy Thrifty Thursday, friends!  

Destree's Doodles

In Like a Lion

The first of March brought us single digit temperatures and a winter storm. Any fantasies I had about an early spring were blanketed with a thick layer of snow. It looks like the short sleeves and skirts will have to wait a little longer, but you know what? We still have red lipstick and cute Quidditch hoodies to keep us warm!

In Like a Lion by kimberly-destree featuring a slouchy beanie

Sweat shirt / Old Navy blue jeans / Sorel boots / Slouchy beanie / Vero Moda glove / Elizabeth and James cat-eye glasses / Revlon lip treatment

Munchy Monday: Blood Orange Old Fashioned

Last weekend I was lucky enough to go on a fabulous girls weekend away to the mountains with my best friend Gabby and her friend Kristen. We had a great couple of days relaxing, eating amazing food, watching Red Box movies and spending quality time with each other. We also spent Saturday night playing Banana Grams, eating flat-bread pizza and drinking a few cocktails like this little beauty.

This attractive little concoction is a take on a classic Old Fashioned and boy, is this an update! I am not usually someone who likes to drink bourbon, but I drank two of these without any complaint! With this being peak season for blood oranges, I suggest you run on down to your local market and pick a few up. You're not going to want to miss this delightful beverage!

Gabby's Blood Orange Old Fashioned 
1/3 Blood Orange, Muddled with 1/2 Tbls White Sugar

2 oz Bourbon (We used Eagle Rare, but feel free to use what you like)

1 Tbls Real Maple Syrup

1 oz Orange Bitters

Ice Cubes

Soda Water

Wordless Weekend

 

The Thrift Archives Book Club

I love reading. I'll read anything at least once. But I haven't always loved reading, you know. When I first started school it took me a while to realize that in order to read the cool books that I wanted to read (the books my brother was bringing home from school and the library), I was going to have to first LEARN to read by reading the books my teachers told me to.

Now that I'm an adult, I don't get to read nearly as much as I'd like. And even when I have the time, my attention often drifts elsewhere. That is why I'm starting the Thrift Archives Book Club! Every month, I will announce a book that I will be reading. If you're so inclined, read that book with me! Check it out from your library, see if you can get an electronic copy of it, whatever! Then, at the end of the month, I'll write a blog about the book and some of my thoughts on it. I invite you to join the conversation in the comments! Easy peasy! I read a wide variety of material, so hopefully, at some point, there will be a book to suit everyone's tastes!

This month's book selection is Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood.

Here's a little about the book, taken from Amazon:

"Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran’s last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country".

I thought given that I'm not giving you a whole lot of notice before the beginning of March, I'd pick something a little shorter, so if it takes a little while to get your hands on it, you'll still be able to finish the book before April.

Let me know what you think about this blog series! Do you have any questions! I'm kind of doing this off the cuff, so if there's something that I haven't thought of yet, please let me know.

Oh, I'm excited!