5 Spring Crafting Ideas

Since spring is finally in full bloom, I thought I'd do a roundup of my five favorite springtime crafts from blog posts gone by.

I feel like spring is the perfect time to refashion old clothes so they'll be more breezy, to make cute new accessories for freshly-bared arms, and to collect as many budding flowers as possible.

1.  Bust out those scissors and make a side-tie t-shirt.  It'll look great with a new swimsuit peeking out of the sides.

2.  Create your own beaded wrap bracelets.  They can cost a fortune if you buy them in stores and only a fraction of that if you make them yourself.

3.  Reuse old bottles to make painted bottle vases.  The flowers will look beautiful inside on the mantle or outside on a picnic table, plus the Earth will thank you for upcycling your trash.

4.  Use some scissors and glue to fashion a bow-back tank top.  It's perfect for the weather that's finally warming up.

5.  Embrace the arm knitting trend and make The Triplet Shawl.  It's perfect for wrapping over a swimsuit at the beach.

However you choose to celebrate the changing of the season and the long-awaited arrival of warmer weather, I hope you're loving it.

Happy spring!
xoxo
Laura

The High-Low Dress

I have been admiring high-low dresses from afar for quite some time now.  Some examples of this short-in-the-front and long-in-the-back style are here, here, and here.

I'm happy to say that I finally joined in on the fun.

I bought an inexpensive summery version of the trend from Target that I think will be perfect to wear at the beach here in the Caribbean as well as back in Denver this spring.  (Speaking of which, I'm so glad it's almost spring!)

While the high-low dress's cut is similar to that of the mullet, I really don't think this is going to be a fleeting trend that everyone laughs about a decade from now.  I've been wrong before, though. What do you think?

xoxo
Laura