Lavender Coated Hearts

Lavender Coated Hearts

Ingredients:

2 1/2 inch metal cookie cutter heart

3" x 6" sheet of Styrofoam, 1/4 to 1/2 inches thick

Tacky glue

1 1/2 cups dried lavender flowers

Dried flowers and herbs including small dried rosebuds

2 greening pins (available at crafts stores and florists' suppliers)

1 yard 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide satin ribbon

Lavender essential oil

Instructions:

1. With the cookie cutter, cut a pair of hearts from the Styrofoam.

2. Completely coat the Styrofoam hearts with tacky glue.

3. Cover the glue with lavender buds.

4. Let dry.

5. Glue a tiny arrangement of dried flowers and rosebuds (symbolizing love) to the front of each heart.

6. With greening pins, fasten one end of the ribbon to the cleft of each heart.

7. Add a bit of lavender essential oil to the hearts.

Lavender Coated Hearts--Big

Lavender Coated Hearts--Small

Source:

Shaudys, Phyllis. The Pleasure of Herbs. Pownal: Storey Communications, 1986. Print.

Photo Credits:

Lavender Covered Hearts:  Photo credit: tericee via VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC-SA

Lavender Covered Heart in Hand:  Photo Credit:  http://www.gardenflowshop.se/dekorera/