DIY Lavender Sachets

Once upon a time… it all started with a rainstorm… seriously?? yep that’s what started this fun easy crafts project.
Two days after the rainstorm, we went to the Finger Lakes Lavender Festival in Skaneateles, NY. I started reading the right way to cut the lavender and the best way to dry it.

I started reading where the best spot to cut your lavender to in Fine Gardening ~ Pruning Subshrubs.. it was really very helpful for a newbie (that’s me!!) See my pictures below. I had 12 small bunches of lavender in my shed drying out for 1 month.

After reading Kimberly Hites blog post ~ Drying Your Own Lavender… I decided to rub the buds/pods together between my hands… what I found was that If I broke the pieces in half and rubbed together it went faster… this will be a time-consuming project… be prepared… have some music, someone to talk to, or do what I do and just kept smelling the lavender… the smell was amazing and made the process relaxing.

"The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures" luc de clapiers

I watched a Martha Stewart video where she handmade her sachets and filled them. I do not have a sewing machine and I did not want to hand stitch sachets. So, I picked these linen sachets, a fun stamp, and purple ink all at Michaels. The stamp and the ink were in a clearance bin and I used the 40% off coupon for the sachets. So it was fairly inexpensive to personalize these, I might have spent a total of $8 for this entire project.
I stamped the sachets with the saying “believe in your dreams” I don’t think anyone is going to notice the stamp, they usually start smelling the bag,  as for filling the sachets: You can use a piece of paper and make a funnel to add the lavender to the sachets; however, I used the plastic bag from the linen sachets. Use what you have.
What do you think? I wish you could smell how good they smell!

 I also used dried lavender, thin burlap string and candles for another fun easy crafts project. My taper candles have been sitting tucked away for so long.. Now they are on display with some dried lavender.