Handmade Eye pillow with Lavender
 
What is an Eye Pillow?
 
Eye pillows, also known as dream pillows, are mask shaped or rectangular pouches made from a fabric such as cotton or silk and filled with scented or non-scented herbs.
At one time, eye pillows were called comfort pillows and were used in sickrooms to ease nightmares and to disguise the scent of illness. Herbs such as flax seed, lavender, chamomile, eucalyptus, and rose petals were used as fillers in eye pillows to help comfort the sick and ease them to sleep. Lavender is said to be a natural anti-depressant and to help with insomnia, stress, and headaches.
Eye pillows are typically used to shield the eyes from light and to apply a gentle relaxing weight over and around the eyes.
 
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_pillow
 
 
Story of my "Aerope"

This fabric was a very nice blouse which I once burned while ironing it....
Long story short and some tears and swearing later....and it transformed in to Eye Pillows. 
 

Who was "Aerope"?
 
Aerope was the daughter of Catreus in Greek mythology, who ruled over Crete, and granddaughter of Minos. She had three siblings; Clymene, Apemosyne, and Althaemenes. Catreus found his daughter having sex with a slave, and commanded that she be drowned. However, Nauplius, who was given the task of killing her, spared her life; she fled and went to Mycenae, where she married Atreus. Aerope and Atreus were the parents of Agamemnon and Menelaus, the famous protagonists of the Trojan War. Other accounts have it that she married Pleisthenes, and that he was the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. It was suggested that Aerope initially married Pleisthenes, and that later, she married Atreus, who adopted the children of her first marriage.
 
source: https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Aerope/aerope.html
 
 
 
 
How to use "Aerope"
 
A. If you have half an hour or more
Wear something comfy 
Microwave or Refrigerate your Eye Pillow
Roll out your mat
Put on a relaxing tune
Lay down on your back. Feet hip distance apart, hands next to your body palms facing up.
Place your Eye Pillow on your eyes.
Breathe. 
Inhale calm.
Exhale what doesn´t serve you anymore.
Trust that you are exactly where you are supposed to be.
 
B. If you have 3 minutes
Lay down on your back. Feet hip distance apart, hands next to your body palms facing up.
Place your Eye Pillow on your eyes.
Breathe. 
Inhale calm.
Exhale what doesn´t serve you anymore.
Trust that you are exactly where you are supposed to be.
 
Care instructions
 
Remember to store your Handmade Eye Pillow in a box or bag if scented for it to last longer
Keep in mind to avoid using your Handmade Eye Pillow when wearing make up or prefer a darker colored Handmade Eye Pillow if you want to use it anyway.
Every now and then remove the outer case and wash it at 30°C.  In the meantime you can air the inner case with the filling outdoors for 15 minutes.