A friend of mine showed me a lavender wand a few years ago and I forgot all about it. She mentioned it a few weeks ago and asked if she could come over to cut some lavender to make fresh wands. She uses them to freshen drawers and storage spaces. I told her she could come over and gather as much as she wanted. I was impatient so I looked up online how to make a wand for myself and decided to try it with some supplies I had on hand.
Here are the directions I used: Make A Lavender Wand.
Here are a few photos and my results. I used what we call English Lavender and instead of ribbon (which I didn't have a long enough piece) I used seam binding in a green color. It was a little stretchy but it worked. I am going to get some pretty satin ribbon to make some more wands soon.
The hardest part was getting the weaving started. I used 18 stems of lavender and I think next time I will use more to make a thicker wand.
What a great way to spend a hot summer evening and great results even for a first try! It smells heavenly!
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
6 comments:
What an interesting idea! I'm going to have to grow some lavender and give it a try.
Your wand is beautiful, and so is your lavender patch!
I remember fondly my mother teaching me how to make lavender wands when I was younger. We also made little pillows stuffed with lavender, which smell so nice to sleep with.
Oh, I love Lavender Wands so much and looked forward to making them with my kids, but my older two children turned out to be very allergic to lavender...like it will bother them if they go outside and lavender it is growning in the area. Perhaps I can get some lavender and do it away from the house with the younger ones sometime. Thanks for the reminder.
Wonderful! I love lavender...I even have an Etsy shop full of lavender! I keep some in the car because the heat and lavender make the car smell great.
Those are beautiful! Thanks for being "impatient"... ;)
Love these! I've bookmarked how to make them since we have some overly-abundant lavender plants at our house, too!
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