Thursday, September 23, 2010

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!


13 comments:

  1. These are lovely. Lavender is very soothing.

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  2. Those are beautiful! Unfortunately the only time I like Lavender is when I can't smell it. It's definitely not my favorite scent, though I know many people who love it.

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  3. Those are adorable,,I love them,,and I love lavender the soothing smell of it,,good job..

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  4. Annette - these are just 'perfect'. The rest of us have known how creative you are all along. Welcome to that feeling.

    Hugs - Marie

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  5. I love these they have a happy funky vibe to them. You are too creative !!! : )

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  6. I Love making lavender sachets too. Yours are beautiful and very creative, good job!!!

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  7. Have I not been telling you this!!!! Well done girl...these are stunning. I strive for imperfection...never perfection, that is so boring. Now go create more ;-)

    Janet xox

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  8. Congratulations on your self-discovery! That is so exciting that you were able to do the "random" thing. It is such a struggle for me to keep myself from overthinking and becomming obsessed with every little thing being just exactly right. Big loud shout-out to you!!!!

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  9. You are VERY creative and very talented! These are beautiful, Annette!

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  10. As someone who saw those two donated sachets, I can tell you, they are simply adorable in person...and they smell LOVELY! My mailbox still smells good :) I absolutely, postively LOOOOOVE those new ones. They have such a vintage flair. If I owned one, it would have to be a room freshner because I just couldn't leave it in a drawer...just too pretty!!!

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  11. that is awesome! you could customize to a baby drawer, or graduation, or getting married!
    your so creative! I think it looked great!

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  12. Oh these are amazing. You do lovely work and I can attest to that with my lovely sachet nestled on my closet shelf keeping my sweaters nicely scented.

    Have a lovely weekend, T. :)

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  13. those are so perfectly random LOVE THEM!!

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