Dried Lavender

There are various kinds of lavender, which one is in your garden?

My favorite is  "English Lavender".

Every morning, I cut off some of them just prior to come into bloom.

To produce the dried lavender in a better shape, cutting them when their buds are about to burst is one of the keys to success, I guess.

The leaves separated from the stems are to put in a sheer paper back.

Putting it in my pillow, I drift off into a peaceful sleep:-) 

Let's hang them in an airy place...

Love this antique lace ribbon:-)

A couple of days later, let's decorate them...

with a handmade wire craft...

I'm wondering where the next batch should be...:)

Having a sweet smell, I feel a small happiness every morning to do this short time work:-)

Thank you for stopping by!

Dusty Miller Wreath ----Using Plants in My Garden---

Hi everyone,

I like decorating my living room with plants from my garden:)

Today, want to share a white wreath I've made using dusty miller in my balcony.

Gathered a bunch of dusty miller leaves and dried them for about a week.

And glued each leaf to the wreath base.

It took about only an hour to finish:-)

Hanged it on an iron panel.


This is my favorite corner where I placed various handcrafts:)

I'm now into flower pressing, of course this hellebore was picked up from my garden:)

I'll post other works, next time!

It is fun to make something to decorate using plants.


Do you have any good idea to use plants from your garden?

Cotton Wreath

Hi, everyone.
It has been a loooong time since the last post... Teresa reminds me of writting this blog:) Thank you, Teresa!

I've been extremely busy not deaing with work but with high school and college entrance exams our sons took last month.
Actually, they passed their first-choices of schools respectively. I'm proud of being their mother and happy to be able to share their delights!


Oh, today's post is about this wreath bellow.

 

 

My friend, Hide,  gave me a lot of cotton balls last year. So, I made this simple wreath:)

 

 

 

 

 

Aside from cotton balls, I wanted add some more materials. 

So, I looped some lacy ribbon around it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And put some white leaves and nuts as an accent.

 

 

 

 

 

In fact, I made it on New Year's holidays...This became my favorite winter wreath, but spring is coming these days...

OMG, I have to make a spring one...

 

 

 

from my younger son's graduation party:)

 

 

Mimosa Wreath

Mimosa in my neighborhood finally began to bloom

 It reminds me that spring is around the corner ...

I've been wanting to make a mimosa wreath.

One of my friends who has a mimosa tree in her garden gave me some branches:)

I prefer the simple wreath rather than the decorative one

Have a nice weekend:)

 

Lamb's Years Wreath

I made garlands with lamb's years' stems from our balcony at the last post.

And secondly...

Using floral stems,

 

made a wreath :)

 

You can put a candle in the middle of it. 

Of course,

you can hang it on the wall :)

Lamb's Years Garland

I made garland with lamb's years grown in our balcony.

They are very simple to make:)

Harvest them in spring and dry...

Cut them into 2 inch lengths.

We use only stems for garland.

Tie every 3 stems together with strings.

Glue some little dry flowers on each knot.

 

Just hang them from the ceiling.

Leftover floral stems will  turn into another special work :)