Lavender & Chamomile

I am just..not crafty. I dig homemade for sure but I'm not very good at it. I can make a decent homemade meal or cookies but when it comes to goods..I'm not so sure yet. Now that's it's less than a week until Christmas (that cannot be right) - I have been brainstorming all of these gift ideas and then I'm like oh, reality check, that is not happening. There's no time/it can't ship by then/I can't crochet that fast/etc.
I wanted to make these (which come from a whole list of DIY stocking stuffers).
Since I feel like Christmas is about to steamroll me I've also started looking forward to the New Year's party I'm throwing here at our house. Not many people have said they're coming and I have to admit, it tends to feel like people wait until the last minute to see what other invites might come their way that are better so no committing until last minute. Is that a reflection on the parties I throw? my company? heh. I'm ok either way but a friend of mine said she was coming the day I posted an invite and I was like what? You're saying yes now? And she was just like well..yeah..I put it on the calendar and everything. Wha?! It felt nice.

 All of that..I really wanted to post some photos of the crafting I did at my mom's this weekend. I feel bad because she did the sewing and I did the prep and finishing. The finished product is nice and I hope my friends like it. I hope it feels like a gift of relaxation. I don't know why eye pillows are so soothing to me. I think part of it stems from when I started doing a restorative yoga class after Beebs was born and at the end we'd have our little lavender eye pillows and I so looked forward to that part every time. So nice.

Flax/Rice/Lavender Buds/Chamomile Flowers - I like the wt rice adds.

Filling the muslin inserts.

 I used the instructions from Handmade Home to get started but in order to simplify we did the cover more like a small pillowcase (so it can be removed and washed). We ended up making 11. I kind of wanted to do more because I kept thinking of people I'd like to gift them to!