Photo credits: 1) Linda Banning 2) Sunflower Futures 3)Ron Pem 4) Martin Smith 5) Cupcakerycupcakes
Inspiration: The gorgeous lavender parcel I have in a drawer
Color: Cool relaxing lavender
Story: When I think of lavender I think of two experiences. 1) a fabulous day spent at a lavender farm just outside of Melbourne, Australia. It rained all day long and I can still remember the scent in the air from this restful place. I often think of that day where my friend and I wandered around, breathing the scent in under our umbrella’s. 🙂 2) Spending a labor day weekend away with friends near Woodstock, NY in a country house down “Lavender Lane”. I often dream of having a lavender garden and how I can make it a bigger part of my life. When I have my country house, there is sure to be a lavender garden there for me to sit and relax in – I can almost see it now.
Lavender is also the essential oil for the Solar plexus chakra, soothing aches, pains, digestion and helping headaches, migraines and promoting good sleep, stress relief and tension. I have to say it’s my favorite remedy and the regal spiritual color alone lifts my spirits higher. How about you?
What are you reminded of when you smell lavender?
Hi, I'm Louise and thank you so much for visiting me here. I am a mixed media artist, who is passionate about combining the healing energy of nature and color with the meditative process of mandala making
I cannot think of lavender without thinking of my grandmother. She always smelled like lavendar. I think it is such a quintessentially Australian thing as well. As soon as I saw this post I thought it would have a reference to your time in Australia.
I love all these color stories! What a great idea! I will have to cull together some of my photographs and come up with some new color palettes! Lavender always makes me think of my Mother and our trips together to England. It’s her favorite scent and we are always buying up Lavender things when we visit the UK. My favorite…Lavender scented truffles from a little chocolate store in Hay-on-Wye in Wales. Yum!