It will be poppy season here soon- I found lots of baby plants springing up in the garden last week. I made a poppy stamp by carving it from an eraser, and used it to make these lavender sachets for a friends' birthday. The poppy stamp was used to print loose-weave linen (so lots of lavender scent can escape) and then I backed them with cotton lawn. Is there a better scent in the world? I think not.
hand carved stamps? wow. they are so very, very pretty!
and no, no better scent. we went lavender-a-picking last week and everytime i walk past the kitchen, stop for a sniff!
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lovely poppy stamp.
I put some lavender in my eye mask to help me sleep better.
Yap, best scent there is.
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Your stamp is amazing. It looks fantastic. Must try my hand at it. What sort of ink do you stamp with?
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Hi Melissa,
Lovely work on a lovely Spring day.
Cheers
Karen
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your poppy stamps are so lovely! I spent part of the weekend finishing the task of stripping my dried lavender stems – and now I have a nice big bag of lavender: I too love the scent!
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The poppy stamps look great! And thanks for the fudge recipe – I made it on the weekend 🙂
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Hello there! I’m doing some bloghopping and have just discovered yet another interesting blog! Your poppy-stamps are adorable.
Your second photo also captured my eye, especially the mint green fabric with the 60’s like flower pattern. Is it to much to ask for where you bought it? I’ve been looking for something like this for a very long time and this one is absolutely gorgeous 🙂
Thank you for sharing!
Greetings from Norway,
Halina
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hi halina,
thank you! the green fabric was actually recycled from a skirt that used to belong to a friend of mine… the zip had broken and there were a couple of holes in it… so she gave it to me to re-use. 🙂
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thats so nice- to harvest your own lavender! (my plants are always straggly looking…)
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thanks natalie, i use fabric ink called versacraft- you can find it on etsy. 🙂
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just lovely melissa
you week is off to a beautiful start
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These are beautiful… you are so clever!
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Lovely poppies- the green cotton lawn is beautiful. What a terrific gift.
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i love the print! (and yes, lavender is the best scent in my world too!) have a lovely week ahead! xx
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Have you tried cutting them down in the spring? Usually does the trick and makes them wild and bushy.
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thanks, mona- ill give that a try 🙂
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Oh wow, please make some bundles of these for your shop so I can buy some for presents. These are the prettiest lavender bags I have ever seen, no hyperbole
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i love lavender bags. is there a time when it is best to harvest lavender? there’s nothing like that smell. its sooooo good. x
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hi rachelle, i dont know about lavender… i have many plants but theyre all nearly dead! maybe i need to get a book out of the library…. 😉
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thank you lizzie, im glad you like them! yes i will make some for my etsy shop- do you think theyd get to you in the post allright?
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These are lovely, fed up of seeing lavendar hearts but these little pouches are very nice. I love everything you do to be honest!
Aqeela xx
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Love these and the smell of lavender — mmmmm. Will you have these up on your Etsy shop?
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Gorgeous poppy stamps Melissa. You are so clever! I have some lavender I picked at the end of last summer, it’s all dried and ready to use. You’ve inspired me! Not sure I’m quite up to carving my own stamps but I’m sure I could whip up a few little lavender sachets using some of my old fabric scraps 🙂
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where do you buy your stamps that you carve into? is is just lino? what thickness?
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hi stacey, i use lino cutting tools, but to cut rubber blocks and to get these, i just buy rubber erasers from the stationery store. hope that helps!
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