I've mostly been a shower gel kind of girl and have been for a long time.

Soap is fine for hands but I find it too drying otherwise.

Well not anymore, because I found these:

At the moment I'm using the top one which is organic lavender. I can't decide whether to use the plummy berry scented one next or the sophisticated scented rainbow.

They are handcrafted by Leaf House in Suffolk. I'm also slightly addicted to their baby lotion and rescue cream.

You can buy online or from their market stall in Bury St Edmunds.

Here's to lovely soaps.

This weekend I 'harvested' the lavender from the garden.

As ever there was quite a lot.

So I'm looking for ideas of what to do with it.

So far on the list I have:

Lavender shortbread

Lavender vodka

Lavender water

Lavender scented chicken

Lavender crust rack of lamb

maybe lavender scented jelly (I just need someone with a surfeit of crab apples to help out)

and of course lavender bags and pillows

All other ideas welcome there really is rather a lot of it

(to give you an idea of how much the picture is of it laid out on a table that's 5ft x 3ft)