I went outside with shears today to harvest the lavender. I had to dodge the bees, but it wasn’t too scary. I cut as much as I could. I tied string around the bouquet and put it in a flower vase to dry. Once it is dried out I intend to put the lavender in homesewn sachet bags. Yay! Here is a photo of the lavender I harvested!
leahysb's Life List
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1. Sew 15 critters.
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2. Add to my vintage jewelry collection
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3. Let go of some goals that no longer appeal to me!
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4. Revamp my Inspiration Board at work
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5. Arrange vintage items in an eye-catching way on a chair in the bedroom
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6. Read an Emily Dickinson poem every night before going to bed.
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7. Enter a cloth, paper, scissors magazine contest
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8. Take Regan to meet the relatives
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9. Celebrate Regan's 21st birthday with her in St Andrews in 2010
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10. Eat deliciously healthy salads every day
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11. Plant forsythia, peonies, pussy willows, and bittersweet bushes in the backyard
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12. Arrange a photo shoot of R & me with Fearghas
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13. Go to Uncle Fun's and Paper Boy in Chicago on Belmont
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14. Meditate at least 15 minutes every day to soothing music
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15. Find my wooden shoes from Amsterdam and turn them into a work of Art!
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16. Frame my new Georgia O'Keeffe posters and hang them
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17. Enter a photography contest
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18. Play a didgeridoo
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19. Create a piece of "written on" clothing as art
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20. Take photos of colorful doors.
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21. Harvest our lavendar
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22. Rhinestone chopsticks and a Chinese food takeout container
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23. Read Sherlock Holmes book
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24. Find a junonia shell on the Boca Grande beach
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25. stop procrastinating
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26. Start my own "cookbook" of recipes I love
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How I did it: Whenever I was shopping for regular things like shampoo, food, newspapers...anything...I walked through the aisles looking for eye-catching packaging to beautify my shelves. I have made a start on this project. It will be ongoing, I can tell. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Last summer I started my journey to build a Thai Spirit House as part of an arts workshop. It took lots of thinking and visualizing to finally finish my spirit house. My favorite part is when I look in the door of the house and see an eye staring back at me. Look at the center of the photo closely...see the eye??? Read how I did it…
How I did it: I spent a Saturday at WomanSpace learning how to create a mardi-gras-themed centerpiece for a fundraiser in February. There were about 15 people in the workshop. We donate our centerpieces to WomanSpace to decorate the tables, then to be given away as doorprizes at the event. I didn't finish on Saturday so I took my centerpiece home to finish there. Read how I did it…
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Here are a few more lovely vintage pieces. I have started wearing one every day as well. It makes me smile to know I am wearing someone else’s favorite pin from long ago.






