My New Love

Making lavender sachets has been fun and satisfying from the beginning.  It's one of those things that is quick to make from start to finish, so you see a finished product in no time at all.  When I first started, it would take some time to pick out the right fabric to go with the vintage hankie and then figure out which part of the hankie fit best.  Then there was the measuring and making sure corners were pointed and centered and everything had to be perfect.  I didn't mind doing any of this. 

When I decided to donate two sachets for a fundraiser, I wanted them to be different from what I had always made.  I looked at the fabric stash and chose two colors of scrap fabric.  Next, I looked at my stash of everything else and just started pulling out things like lace, buttons, ribbons and beads and just started layering everything together.  It didn't matter anymore if it wasn't perfect.  In fact, the more imperfect it was, the more perfect it became!  It was like someone told me I could color outside the lines and it would be okay!  I have truly loved this new process of creating!  It's okay if no one likes them....I have discovered something inside of me that I didn't know was there and THAT is exciting and inspiring!

These two sachets are my newest creations and are in my Etsy shop, So Many Memories.

I have always believed that I wasn't creative.  That I needed a pattern and instructions, and I couldn't come up with an original idea.  For once, I don't mind being proven wrong!