One was from my friend Bernie. She had made one for each of my group of friends who were travelling down to London for the Country Living Fair last year and she gave us them on the train journey. I think she was still stitching the lavender embroidery first thing in the morning before catching the early train! (Incidentally, I am trying to persuade her to start a blog because even though she works full time she still manages to produce the most lovely crafts.)
The other came from the lovely Katie over at Make. We had visited her on my birthday last year as my birthday treat - I really wish she was a bit nearer so we could go more often - and when she found out it was my birthday she let me choose my favourite of her beautiful liberty lavender bags as a present.
Now I know it is conventional to keep your lavender under your pillow, or in your undies drawer, but I thought that if I did that then I just wouldn't get to appreciate these lovely gifts as much as I would like.
So I decided to put them somewhere I would be visiting multiple times a day - in my knitting bag and basket - so that every time I pulled out my sock knitting or my crochet I would see my lovely present and get a waft of the delightful lavender.
Bernie's is in my sock bag and Katie's lives in my crochet basket and I love having them there to remind me of my lovely friends.
8 comments:
Lovely gifts! And that aroma lasts for years.
I remember one of my first sewing projects as a little girl was making a lavender sachet - yes, for the undies drawer! ;) Nothing nearly so pretty as the ones made by your talented friends, though! Plain gingham check fabric sewn by hand, and flowers provided by a neighbor with a beautiful herb garden. A nice memory :)
What beautiful gifts. And you're brilliant to think of putting them with your yarn -- it's a win-win!!!
Lovely gifts I do love a lavender bag. Good thinking keeping than where you can smell them.
That sounds like the perfect place to keep such lovely gifts.
What a great idea! You are brilliant.
Oh, I love your lavender sachet bag. And what a perfect new use for it.
That is a great idea Lucy, you get to notice them more often and your projects smell so good too! The crochet is looking lovely xxx
I think that's a great idea. My daughter bought me what is essentially a make bag from the old bag company for christmas. These days I don't wear much make up anymore so instead I use it to keep all my knitting essentials and that way I get to use it everyday. She thought it a bit strange at first but however many weeks it is now since Christmas she can see my reasoning.
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