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Category: Lavender

Essential.blue lavender invitation card
Lavender invitation make it your self with real lavender

Kraft cardboard and the full colours of good dried lavender go together very well. Today I felt like doing a little DIY project. Make your own lavender invitation card from Kraft cardboard and lavender. You can, of course, buy envelopes and cards, but I happened to have Kraft cardboard. Besides, you can make your lavender invitation card so much more personal.

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How a lavender eye pillow helps you to relax

The scent of lavender is soothing. That is why a lavender eye pillow helps so much to relax. But that’s not all. A good eye pillow is loose-fitting, allows for full darkening and gives a slight pressure on your eyes. In yoga, an eye pillow is well-known, but less so outside. That is a pity. Because anyone who has a stressful job or family life can benefit greatly from it.

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Very easy lavender bath salt make it yourself

Epson salt can be used in the body scrub I wrote about last week. But of course you can also use Epson salt in your bath. Making lavender bath salt is very easy. For yourself or as a present for een friend to have a relaxing bath or foot bath.

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DIY body scrub with lavender and Coconut Oil

Make your own DIY body scrub. It is very easy to do and much better and healthier than the onces you buy. It takes you just 15 minutes. I made this body scrub from coconut oil, Epson salt and dried lavender. If you want you can add a few drops of lavender oil, but you don’t have to.

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Essential oil storage system DIY
Essential oil storage system DIY to keep bottles upright

Properly sealed and in the dark, essential oils keep for a long time. I thought I had stored my essential oil well, but it turned out that some bottles had fallen over and where slowly emptying. So I needed a essential oil storage system. How to store bottles of essential oil so they stay good and without falling over? Simple DIY project that takes only 10 minutes of time.

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wild lavender stoechas
Lavender stoechas, wild surprise in Andalusia

On our land grows a wild lavender. It is the lavandula pedunculata, or a lavender Stoechas. Here in the mountains of Andalusia the lavender stoechas or cantueso as it is called here blooms early in the year. While I start to harvest lavandula angustfolia, the stoechas has almost finished flowering. Today I’m going to prune the plant and harvest the flowers. The oil would be good for headaches and colds.

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How do you make lavender cuttings?

Lavender cuttings I make at the same moment when I prune the lavender. In (early) spring with no more risk of frost. And after the summer bloom, in autumn. There are growers who prune in early spring and store the cuttings, if it’s still too cold, before they go into the ground. I try to find the optimum time for both.

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