I was quite delighted when the folks at
Tea Collection asked me to create a craft inspired by the dresses in their new
Spring 2013 South African Style catalog.

I was so taken by the vibrant colors and beautiful flowers in
the dresses, and I loved the descriptions of the clothes that included 'blazes
of color' and 'twirl factor.'
As I thought about the clothes, I could imagine Nola and
Kira twirling in the dresses. I created a little story book for my girls. I
really want to wrap the dresses up and top the packages with my book as the gift
card.
It is a wordless picture book with endless story ideas. Our
version goes a little like this:
Nola and Kira put on their new spring dresses and thought that something was missing.
The girls looked around to see how they could make their
dresses more colorful.
Nola took her paint brush and dipped it in the dazzling
yellow sun.
Kira found pretty wildflowers and used the purples, blues,
yellows and greens to make her dress feel more like spring.
The girls were so happy in their beautiful dresses that they
danced and twirled all day long.
The End!
Nola's dress was inspired by the Woodstock Twirl dress.
Kira's dress was inspired by the Strandveld Wrap-Neck dress.
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