A guide to help you make extra special Handmade Lavender Gifts like sachets, soaps, candles, potpourri, ornaments, arrangements, incense, and gift baskets.
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Lavender’s Crafting Canvas – Easy DIY Creations
Handcrafting gifts with lavender adds thoughtful personal touches while allowing your creativity to flourish. The aromatic purple buds lend themselves beautifully to homemade projects from sachets to soaps to floral designs. Follow this guide to lavender crafting to create custom presents, home accents, and decorative touches imbued with soothing fragrance.
We’ll explore simple methods for drying and preserving bundles of lavender along with recipes and tips for infusing it into a variety of DIY creations. You’ll find inspiration for blending
lavender with other natural elements like essential oils, herbs, and beeswax. The variety of handmade lavender gifts you can craft is unlimited.
Beyond enjoying the process, the delights of sharing meaningful handmade lavender items that spread calm and joy are boundless. Read on to embrace your inner artisan with purple buds by your side.
Lavender Sachets
Fill small cloth pouches with dried lavender to make traditional sachets:
– Cut squares of muslin or cotton and sew them together, leaving one side open
– Add 2-4 tablespoons of dried lavender and flowers
– Finish sewing shut using a whip stitch
– Decorate the outside with ribbons, fabric paint, or stitch patterns
– For potpourri, combine lavender with other dried herbs and flowers
– Add a drop of lavender oil to enhance aroma
– Make sachets in different sizes for drawers, closets, gift bags
– Scented with love, handmade sachets are cherished gifts.
Lavender Soaps
Create beautiful lavender soaps from scratch:
– Use melt-and-pour glycerine soap base for beginners
– Add chopped dried lavender buds and/or lavender essential oil
– Layer in melted soap moulds with buds between colours
– Press small buds into the top layer for decoration
– Attempt cold process soap with lye once experienced
– Use distilled lavender hydrosol instead of water
– Swirl in purple mica powder for colour
– Allow 1-2 weeks curing time
– Package creations in muslin bags or gift boxes
Lavender’s antiseptic qualities lend well to aromatic soaps.
Lavender Candles
Craft candles scented with calming lavender:
– Place lavender buds in the bottom of jar containers
– Pour melted soy wax over buds to fill jars
– Let harden completely then trim wicks to size
– For soy candles, use essential oils, not dried buds
– Add beeswax to soy wax for a creamy texture
– Decorate the outside of jars with lace, ribbons, stickers
– Preserve buds in melted wax as decorative shapes
– Use cupcake liners and tin covers for votive candles
– Make lavender massage candle blends with olive oil
– Homemade candles featuring lavender deliver aromatic zen.
Lavender Potpourri
Blend dried lavender with other fragrant elements for **potpourri**:
– Mix lavender buds with rose petals, citrus peels, eucalyptus
– Include spices like cinnamon sticks or whole nutmeg
– Add drops of lavender oil for a stronger aroma
– For visual interest, incorporate pinecones or coloured dry pods
– Display in bowls, trays, or sachet bags
– Hang bundles around the house tied with ribbons
– Put potpourri ingredients in simmer pots instead of bowls
– Use decorative tins to gift homemade potpourri mixes
– Make for all seasons like pine and lavender for winter
Potpourri potently perfumes indoor spaces.
Lavender Ornaments
Craft aromatic lavender ornaments for gifting:
– Tie bundles with twine or raffia and attach a ribbon
– Place small lavender sprigs inside glass bulb ornaments
– Arrange buds in shapes on pinecones wrapped with wire
– Press lavender between two pieces of melting beeswax
– Shape melted beeswax into spheres or disks with buds
– Decoupage lavender-printed paper onto wood discs
– Add essential oil so ornaments emit scent when hung
– Embellish with beads, glitter, tiny pinecones
– Write year or initials on ornaments
– Tuck or hang in gift bags or on mini trees
Ornaments infused with lavender make cherished keepsakes.
Lavender Floral Arrangements
Showcase dried or fresh lavender in stunning arrangements:
– Gather various lavender varieties in short vases
– Mix lavender with baby’s breath, roses, eucalyptus
– Make mini bouquets in teacups, mason jars, bottles
– Craft wreaths by wiring flower spikes into circle shapes
– Weave together buds, grasses, and vines for texture
– Place stems in florist foam inside baskets or pots
– Use lavender bundles as altar or ceremony decor
– Arrange pressed lavender between glass table layers
– Display arrangements around the home to enjoy
– Change themes by season – autumn vines and gourds with lavender
Hand-arranged lavender radiates natural elegance.
Lavender Incense and Smudge Sticks
Hand-roll lavender incense sticks and smudge bundles:
– Grind dried lavender buds into a fine powder
– Mix with mako powder and a few drops of lavender oil
– Add a small amount of water or essential oil
– Roll the mixture into cones or cylinder shapes
– Allow to fully dry then light tips to produce calming smoke
– For smudge sticks, densely wrap lavender bundles with twine
– Combine with rosemary, cedar, sage, cinnamon
– Air dry bundles for 1-2 weeks until crisp
– Decorate with beads, feathers, or bands of leather
– Light the tips to gently smoke and purify spaces
Incense and smudge wands featuring lavender cleanse and refresh indoor areas.
Lavender Gift Baskets
Make themed lavender gift baskets for all occasions:
– Choose a basket, box, or decorative container as the base
– Add sachets, soaps, candles, and arrangements
– Include lavender plants, pots, and propagators as garden gifts
– For culinary baskets, incorporate teas, honey, sugars, spices
– Make relaxation baskets with oils, bath bombs, lotions
– Craft an aromatherapy basket with oil blend bookmarks
– Use different lavender varieties for sampling baskets
– Incorporate Non-lavender items like cookies, jewellery
– Arrange items attractively within the container
– Wrap or embellish the exterior with ribbons and greenery
Gift baskets with an assortment of lavender delights delight recipients.
Final thoughts
Handcrafting items with lavender does allow you to create personalised, meaningful gifts while enjoying calming creative time. Blending imagination with the aromatic herb’s flexibility results in beautiful, useful items like sachets, candles, arrangements, and baskets. Make the most of your dried lavender harvest by infusing it into homemade soaps, potpourri, and incense.
Yet beyond the final product, embrace each moment spent snipping and bundling buds from your garden. Notice sunlight filtering through crystal jars as you gently drip purple wax. Inhale the deep floral aroma wafting from a simmer potpourri blend. Feel soft fabric as you sew lavender packets. Lavender crafting cultivates mindfulness while producing gifts straight from your heart. These personal touches convey care and appreciation.
Allow creativity to flow organically when crafting
with lavender. Experiment with different techniques and aesthetic elements until your inner artist directs the process. Share your handmade items to spread calm, joy, and inspiration. Lavender’s crafting canvas awaits your unique expression.
