I love having good smelling stuff around the house. So of course I love potpourri but didn’t like paying for it. I went making it myself and haven’t had a better smelling house. By making it yourself, you can customize it as well and make it smell the way you want it to and how strong.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup pink rose petals
- 1/2 cup red rose petals
- 1/2 cup white rose petals
- 1/4 cup chamomile fs
- 1/2 cup crushed statice (blue or white)
- 1/4 cup eucalyptus leaves
- 1/4 cup oakmoss
- 20 drops rose oil
Instructions and other variations:
Gently combine petals and leaves in a large bowl. Scatter drops of rose oil over the mixture using an eyedropper. Stir gently. Place mixture in a brown paper bag lined with wax paper. Fold and seal the bag with a paper clip and leave in a dry, dark, cool place for 2 weeks. Every other day, stir the contents gently to blend and disperse ingredients and scents. Place in glass bowls or candy dishes. Top with small white or pink rose buds.
Floral 1
Combine 3/4 cup calamus root, 1/2 cup caraway seeds, 1/4 cup ground cloves, 2 cups lavender fs, 1 cup marjoram, 1 cup mint, 2 cups rose leaves, 1/2 cup rosemary and 1/4 cup thyme. Mix well.
Floral 2
Combine
- 10 marigold blossoms
- 6 geranium leaves
- 5 rose blossoms
- 2 tsp dried lavender
- 2 tsp orrisroot
- 2 drops rose fixative
Spice
Combine 1/4 cup orrisroot, 4 cups lavender fs, 3 cups patchouli, 1/4 cup ground cloves, 1 cup deerstongue leaves and 1/2 cup ground allspice. Add 10 drops oil of rose, 10 drops oil of lavender, 12 drops oil of neroli and 1/4 tsp. oil of sandalwood. Mix well.
Cassie
Combine 4 cups cassie fs, 1/4 cup orrisroot powder and 1/2 cup starch. Mix well.
Combine:
- 1/2 cup bayberry leaves
- 1/2 cup snipped balsam needles
- 1/2 cup miniature pine cones
- 1/2 cup rose hips
- 2 tsp orrisroot
- 2 drops pine-scented fixative
Mix the bayberry, balsam, pine cones and rose hips in a large bowl. Add the orrisroot and fixative and stir gently. This makes a great Christmas potpourri!
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