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  Dried flower craft e-Books: Lavender craft

  Posted on January 9, 2013 by Ruth in Lavender craft

  Kindle book now available: Lavender Craft Last summer I wrote an e-book called Lavender Craft For anyone who likes my makes for this blog, it is a short compendium of lavender-related articles published here, with an introduction about the history of lavender. I am hoping this will be the first in a series of dried [...]

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  Fragrancing my dried leaf potpourri

  Posted on July 20, 2012 by Ruth in Aromatherapy, Potpourri making

  Using essential oils to fragrance potpourri Last week I made some potpourri using dried leaves from my garden. This week I am boosting the fragrance of the potpourri by adding essential oils. I had hoped that my combination of lemon balm leaves, peppermint and scented leaf pelargoniums might have enough scent to fragrance my sitting [...]

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  No sew no tie lavender bag make

  Posted on May 15, 2012 by Ruth in Lavender craft

  Make a no-sew no-tie lavender bag from a scrap of fabric Following on from yesterday’s post on a no sew lavender bag, I have taken it one step further and eliminated the need for knots and bows! Just take a scrap of fabric, some pinking shears and a handful of dried lavender flowers, plus some [...]

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  No sew lavender bag make

  Posted on May 14, 2012 by Ruth in Lavender craft

  Make a no sew lavender bag from a scrap of fabric No stitching needed for this lavender bag, just a handful of dried lavender flowers, a square of fabric and some ribbon.   How to make this lavender bag Cut a 25cm (10″) square of fabric using pinking shears for a neat edge. I used [...]

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  Simple Lavender Shortbread Recipe

  Posted on March 1, 2012 by Ruth in Lavender craft, Recipes

  A simple recipe for shortbread using culinary dried lavender Lavender in cooking is becoming increasingly popular. Shortbread is one of the staple recipes, and works so well because the fresh lavender flavour cuts through the butteriness of the biscuit.       Recipe – Makes 16 small rounds Ingredients 150g plain flour pinch of salt [...]

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