lavender

I used some of my dried lavender today for something a little different

using a 3 inch square piece of a book cover

(heavy tagboard would work)

I glued down the buds .... going round and round .... adding more and more

It needed a focal point, so I added a piece of beach glass to the center

at first I used hot glued, but it quickly fell off

wire wrapping the glass and threading it through the book cover did the trick

 I added lavender stems as a border

(about 3 stems wide)

it's awfully small - I may use it in a larger art piece

or perhaps small is good

something to think on before moving ahead ....

tea dyed muslin solution

it's lavender time and I've been trying to keep up with the harvest


I bundle it up and wrap it with a rubber band and hang it upside downit's hanging from chandeliers, curtain rods and this umbrellathe smell is heavenly


in the past, I've just tied the bundles with raffia or twinethen I hang them in various places for the coming yearbut, over time, they tend to slip out of their string and make a mess
enter the solution:


I've torn muslin into strips and tea dyed it


and I tightly wrapped the bundles this timeI'm not totally sure I like it .... they're like little mummies now :)but I don't think they'll be slipping out and dropping on the floor anymore