Lavender and Orange Macarons

i made them smaller than usual as i was unsure how they would turn out. i also gave each one a bit of a twirl hairstyle, rather than the regular flat top. i used culinary lavender. when cooking, the smell from the oven was lovely - almonds, lavender...odd combination i suppose but it works nicely. the buttercream filling is where the orange comes in. it's regular buttercream but instead of using turron or almond paste (or whichever flavouring you have used before), i used zest from one orange. i will have to fiddle a bit with the colouring next time... given the potential for disaster with the lavender macarons, i also made my failsafe turron macarons as backup!