Lavender Ironing Water

by Bettina
(Canada)

Lavender Ironing Water
This looks so delightful I have to share with everyone. This recipe comes from Annie Bond's blog on Care2. You can find more of her great advice here: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/lavender-ironing-water-ask-annie.html

The simple addition of homemade lavender water to your laundry sprinkler or spray bottle allows this wonderfully fresh scent to fill the air every time you sprinkle or spritz.

Making Lavender Ironing Water
3 oz. 90-proof vodka
12 drops pure lavender essential oil
12 oz. purified water

Sterilize a 16 oz. bottle by boiling for 10 minutes or running through the pot-scrubber cycle in your dishwasher. Pour the vodka into sterilized bottle, add lavender essential oil. Swirl vigorously to mix and let stand for at least 24 hours. Add the purified water. Pour into a spray bottle and enjoy the lavender’s refreshing scent while you iron. Store in the refrigerator. Keeps for six weeks, after which it gradually loses its scent.

Caution: Do not use this in a steam iron.

Adapted from The Clothesline, by Irene Rawlings and Andrea Vansteenhouse (Smith Gibbs Publisher, 2002).

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/lavender-ironing-water-ask-annie.html#ixzz1PqFTYyxp