My Kind of DIY

I'm going to be honest and say that I'm a woman of few talents. I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't play an instrument, I can't knit, I can't sew...heck I can barely wrap a Christmas present properly. What I'm trying to say is that you won't find very many crafty, do-it-yourself posts on this blog.

All that said, I am a good improviser, and this scarf that I made myself (if you can even call it "made") is about as DIY as it gets around here.

I have said again and again how much I LOVE my blanket scarf from Zara. I have nearly lived in it since the day it came in the mail. However, I always regretted not going and getting the blackwatch plaid version of it before it sold out. I looked in other stores for a similar version but none came close, so eventually I decided to improvise.

I went to a fabric store, found the plaid section, resisted picking up every pattern there was, used my original scarf as a template, and got the heck out of there. 

I think it measured out to be about 1.4 meters long...and then however wide the roll of fabric was.

Specific, I know.

$17 later and about 15 minutes spent pulling threads to fray the edges, I had a scarf.

I think it turned out pretty well, all things considered.

There you have it, my kind of DIY.

 Jacket: Danier Leather // Chambray: Old Navy  // Leggings: Calvin Klein // Boots: Payless //
Bag: Danier Leather // Bracelets: J.Crew and J.Crew Factory // Watch: Micheal Kors

Love your non-crafty friend,