Hi! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! It is cloudy here with overcast skies and constant drizzling for the last few days, but you won't hear any complaints from me as my yard badly needed some rain this summer. I wanted to share with you some of the lavender crafts I had fun playing with a couple weeks back:
Sweet smelling lavender! I love its heavenly fragrance and the many ways to enjoy its lingering perfume:
"Ladies fair, I bring to you
Lavender with spikes of blue;
Sweeter plant was never found........"
~Carly Battersby
A pocket full of lavender posies from my garden:
I made the tussie mussie cone with an 8 inch paper doily:
I wrapped it with twine and added a button as accent:
Popular during the Victorian era, tussie mussies add wonderful elegance to tabletops and vignettes:
To make the chalkboard garden tags, I simply glued a craft stick to the back of a mini chalkboard frame from Jo Ann craft store:
I dry brushed a coat of gesso on it for some added texture:
Nothing says summer better than a pitcher of cold lavender iced tea:
Served in chilled mason jars:
Jars tied with raffia and sprigs of sweet lavender:
And garnished with fresh garden mint and a slice of lime:
So refreshing on a hot summer day:
Heat 1 quart of water in a saucepan until it begins to simmer:
Remove from heat and add 4 tea bags,
Add one teaspoon of coarsely ground fresh lavender blossoms, cover and steep for five minutes:
Strain into a heat-proof pitcher and let it cool:
I added lemon slices, fresh garden mint, and lavender ice-cubes as garnish for a cool and refreshing drink:
I used an old exterior shutter as a tray to serve the drinks:
For the lavender votives, first I tied the raffia around a clear glass votive:
Then I inserted previously-cut lavender stems through the raffia all around the candle holder:
Top-view:
I love the magical ambiance created by this lavender votives. They look so beautiful at dusk:
They are pretty in the afternoon:
But they look amazing at night:
I hope you enjoyed my lavender crafts. Thanks for your visit and all your encouraging comments. I love reading your sweet notes.
And my thanks to beautiful Yvonne @ Stone Gable for featuring my Map Box Project at her weekly linky party. And to sweet Cynthia @ Cloches and Lavender for nominating me for One Lovely Blog Award. I appreciate it ladies, and I'm so honored. Stop by and say hello to these amazingly creative ladies for a host of wonderful ideas:)
Enjoy the rest of the weekend, everyone!
Hugs,Poppy
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