This week’s Etsy treasure comes from the Lady L Lovelies Victorian Etsy shop. At first glance you might think this is a breach from my normal style, and you would be right. It’s true, my name, Velvet Verbosity, might hint at a slant toward Victorian sensibilities and if this is at all true, I owe that to my mother. In fact, I can’t put a disclaimer at the end of this week’s Etsy pick because the truth is, these Victorian style lavender sachets are made by (drumroll…..) Velvet Verbosity’s very own Mother! (Hi Mom!)

I owe her a review after I cajoled her into putting herself out there on Etsy. She’s been selling on Ebay for years, and these shabby chic handmade sachets (otherwise known as the “strawberry sachets”) have been the most popular item. Each sachet is unique and made with exquisite care. You need look no further for an old world charmed gift for your dear, sweet (fill in the blank) who prefers handmade roses to sleek lines, the sweet scents of real lavender to new age Patchouli, and the richness of Victorian details over sparse modern design.



Start subliminal message…”Christmas is just around the corner…doesn’t this just smack of a Victorian Christmas? And doesn’t that make you feel nostalgic for simpler times? For warm pies, and Christmas Carols, and fur muffs, and red noses, and horse drawn sleighs complete with sleigh bells jingling through the silence of a starlit snowy night?”…End subliminal message.

Currently, there is only this one-of-a-kind Lady L sachet creation in stock.

I can’t tell you what the creative force who made me will come up with next, but I assure you, it will be beautiful. Here’s a sampling of previous handmade lavendar sachets that sold like hotcakes on Ebay.

One of my personal favorites.

I ask you, “Does it get any more Victorian?”

I’ve heard tell that the creative Lady L does not take custom orders, but she has been known to tuck away requests for colors in the back of her mind for the next time she’s feeling all “purple”, or “mauve”, or “rose”, or whatever.

I have but one favor to ask. If you visit the Lady L Lovelies shop, please drop my Mom a line and tell her Velvet Verbosity sent you. It took some convincing to get her to venture out of Ebay and into Etsy (and the new world of social networking). I want to let her know that this whole social networking thing? It’s kind of fun. And it works.

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