Alrighty, so today is a big day...Earth Day and day one of KCW and somehow we managed to get in a lot of beautiful outside time, a recycled craft and an upcycled outfit!
Where to begin?
First, we painted some egg cartons. 
I cut the egg cartons into flower shapes yesterday and then we painted them with watercolors this morning. Once they were dry I strung them up to our ever present stick with butcher's twine. 
Violet wanted to bring back the birds, which we may do in a month or so, but for now I'm really liking the crafty flowers. 
(ps. check out some of the other things we've hung from our sticks here.)
Next, we left the beginning of my KCW day one project on pause... 
And headed out for a hike through the woods... 
Which also included a bonus bulldozer (ok, that's probably not what it's called, but that's what I call it...) digging and planting a tree! 
A fairy "construction sight", fiddle fern, and a mini library... 
After the hike, we found some tulips! 
And then it was time to finish my KCW project...an old button down of daddy's... 
Snipped across just under the arms, with a Geranium top for the top 
I actually squared the top off, you can see where I drew my line for that above. 
Here's the result... 
Violet loves that it's one of daddy's old shirts. She chose which shirt she wanted (we have a few) and then helped me to choose the top fabric as well. Once she saw the fish, it was decided! I've had the fish fabric, Heather Ross Mendocino, since Violet was a baby. I bought it back before I really even knew who Heather Ross was and before I knew that I needed to hoard her fabric because it's hard to find once you use it all. I used the majority of the fabric in a little car seat quilt I made for a friend.
I used the rest of the shirt placket that didn't get used in the skirt as the closure for the back of the dress... 
Violet really loves the dress! She wanted to keep it on, but today it's only in the 50s here so she will have to wait until another day. 
So, that's it, day one complete! It's not perfect, but pretty good.
I think it might be a late night here...I've got to get some prep work done...
Oh, and I forgot to mention...that the flower mobile was inspired by this garland. And the dress was inspired by this dress.
And, one more thing...As it turns out, squaring the neck allows the neck opening to be just big enough for Violet to slip this dress over her head, super bonus! It's always nice when she can put something on all by herself!
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