{"id":152,"date":"2009-09-19T15:13:51","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T19:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2009-09-19T15:13:51","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T19:13:51","slug":"lavender-wands-and-a-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Lavender wands- and a giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lavender<\/a> <\/p>\n

People are always telling me that I shouldn’t care if people comment or not.  <\/p>\n

After all- I did say that I needed to write and this is a good way to do that and keep in touch and to mark and remark upon the happenings around me.<\/p>\n

That is all true.  But I LIKE it very much when I get some response to my scribblings and odd photos.  And lately- there has been little or no comments.  I know I’ve moved around a bit and that can be disconcerting and that it has been a little difficult to comment, but hopefully, the bugs have been all worked out and now it is easier to comment and read.<\/p>\n

Today, I wanted to share a craft I’ve been making for the last 25 years or so.  I saw some for sale at the Herb fair at Quailcrest and was rather disappointed in the quality and style.  So I made a couple of my own and dug up some that I had packaged for sale and gift giving over the years.  The give away is a fresh lavender wand and it will go to a blog reader who comments on at least 4 postings over the next week.  Once you qualify, I will have Jordan pull a name out of a hat and I will notify you here and then send you the wand.<\/p>\n

Lavender wands (sometimes called lavender bottles) have  a long history.  At least since Elizabethan times, women in their still rooms have been weaving ribbons into the stems of lavender and enclosing  that wonderful scent into a small area where the fragrance of the flowers is preserved .<\/p>\n

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You start by picking an odd number of long lavender stems.  Then you match the area of blooms so that they are in a small bunch.  Choose a strong satin or grosgrain ribbon and tie a small knot at the bottom of the bouquet-close to the last blossom.<\/p>\n

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Turn the bouquet around in your hand.<\/p>\n

Then gently, carefully – without breaking them, bend the stems down over the blossom heads so that it looks like the skeleton of an umbrella.  Make sure you do this evenly around the bunch so that the stems are all around the heads.<\/p>\n

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Then start weaving the ribbon over and under the stems.  Since you have an odd number (9,11,13) stems, you will be able to go around in a descending spiral and capture all of the blossoms within your wand .<\/p>\n

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Continue to weave, over and under, catching the one  you went under the last time to be on top on the next circle.<\/p>\n

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Depending on the size of your ribbon(nothing wider than 1\/2 inch- 1\/4 inch is optimal) and the number of lavender sticks you use, and of course the tightness of your weaving,  you should end up with something looking like these.<\/p>\n

Or you could just comment and maybe win one of these beauties!<\/p>\n

Don’t forget, you need to comment on at least 4 different postings to be in on the giveaway!  <\/p>\n

Hope to hear from you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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