Wardrobe Sachets

Obviously I am on a theme this christmas, and have made smelly linen and leather sachets to hang in the wardrobe. 

I have filled these bags with herbs from my garden - lavender and rosemary - and with lemon rind, star anise, cinnamon and cloves. I added a couple of tablespoons of linseed to each bag to give some weight and something for the herbs and spices to rub against when they are moved around.

I bought patterned and plain linen from Rathdowne Remnants, and cut up some brown leather strips for the strap.

They really look lovely, and I going to give them to my Nanna for christmas. 

Essential Oil Diffusers

On Sunday I had a great idea for our home made christmas, and headed off to Camberwell market to get some little old jars.  I had in mind some old half milk bottles (cream bottles) but the man who sells them wasn't there (1st Sunday of the month apparently) so I found some ink bottles and old alcohol bottles instead.  The advantage of the alcohol bottles is that they have lids, so they can be transported around without spilling the oil.

I followed some online instructions and mixed almond oil with a tablespoon of vodka, and then added  a blend of essential oils.  I bought rattan at Cobra Cane in Collingwood  (in hindsight I think I already had some in my garage from when I made a mobile once - and I bought it from Spotlight ...).  I did try bamboo skewers first, but they didn't soak up the oil enough (rattan has little tubes all the way through which apparently helps absorb the oil better).

Anyway, I am happy with the finished product.  They look very cute and they smell great.