Darling Details: My Orla Kiely Bag

I realize this may be sacrilegious. “Embellishing a perfectly designed Orla Kiely bag? Are you nuts?” I love Orla Kiely. I really do. But I’m also a huge fan of accessorizing my bags, just like what I did with Dr. Bag. My original intention was to move the embellishments I used for Dr. Bag to my Orla bag, but I changed my mind when I saw these red terry cloth rosette pins at Claire’s the other day. Originally priced at $4.50, they were on sale for a dollar each and I happily bought three.

How did I attach these pins to my Orla Kiely bag? No worries — I didn’t fasten the pins directly on the bag. Instead, I used a ribbon several inches in length, and secured two knots around one of the handles. Then, I fastened one of the flower pins to the central knot and then fastened the other two flower pins to the fringes, resulting in a small bouquet of terry cloth rosettes. And that’s how I pimped out my Orla Kiely bag.

{ Orla Kiely bag: Garden Tortoise print in Banana/Blueberry
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