Aidan, my friend Shelley, and I went to the Lavender Festival in Blanco, TX, today. It was HOT out there! We ate at a new restaurant on the square there called The Redbud Cafe’ with some friends that met us there and then shopped around at all the vendors surrounding the old courthouse. Aidan and I got to try a lavender cookie, lavender lemonade and lavender ice cream. I had no idea that you could do so much with lavender! I stopped into the “Hill Country Lavender” tent and bought some lavender foaming hand soap, lavender bug repellant and a sachet of lavender to put in my undies drawer. While I was shopping for all that fun stuff, Aidan cornered Shelley in a booth with tons of puppets and a very cool doorway puppet theatre. I think Aidan was trying to convince Shelley to buy her one or twelve of those puppets. 
Further into the festival I found a booth selling Lavender Margarita Mix from Miller Creek Lavender Farms. They had a great deal, 3 for $18.50! So, I had to snatch up 3 of those suckers. I just got a new pitcher and margarita glasses at Market Square the day before so now I have something to put in them (I do still need to get some tequila, though!) There was another booth (Simply Home Design) that I could’ve spent a fortune at with beautiful frames and wall hangings made from ceiling tiles. After spending about 2 hours in the heat (and Aidan sucking down a bottle of Lipton Green Tea like it was nothing), we decided it was time to head out. I’m very excited that we live so close to so many great Hill Country Festivals. We fully plan on taking advantage of this while we’re here.
June 16, 2009 at 7:17 am
Sounds like fun! We’re leaving in a few minutes for the NC mountains. I can’t wait to hit up all the cool shops
June 16, 2009 at 12:55 pm
What a cool festival. And I love Lavender!
June 20, 2009 at 9:39 am
I went to this last year and it was SO HOT then too. But a lot of fun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandahattan/sets/72157605875712531/
Did you get a chance to visit any of the farms? I always snatch up a bar of Hill Country Lavender’s soap as well. I just love the way it smells!
June 29, 2009 at 6:24 pm
I just went to a lavender party in Saginaw. The woman who hostessed the party had just been to the Lavender festival. She had lovely door prizes, she made lavender margaritas, lavender brownies, and other lavender treats.
She has provence lavender growing in her yard, so she had us cut some and we made the weaved wands as a craft, and we cut more for drying. The party was women only and was wonderful.