Instagram Inspiration: Our Weekly Top 5
These simple summer DIY projects will make you want to dig out your art supplies
By Cassady Coulter June 10, 2015
Instagram Inspiration is a new column on Seattlemag.com that explores our favorite instagram themes each week.
This week we were inspired to create–and we found some crafty Instagrammers to help expand our imaginations. Check out these quirky summer DIY projects for a fun way to bring out your artistic spirit.
Whether it’s another use for those mason jars you’ve got lying around, an old globe you have collecting dust in your garage or a wardrobe in need of some tie dye, these fresh creations will have you itching to run to the art store. Happy crafting!
1. Melissa: @mbmartin913
2. Scrap-n-Crop.com: @scrapncrop
3. Jamie Lott: @southernrevivals
4.Kitsch Couture: @kitsch_couture
5. Kara Whitten: @kailochic
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