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I love the Fall. The turning of leaves. The colors
and scents of season's change. This is my favorite time of
year. A time of harvest. Pumpkins. Ornamental Corn. Goblins.
Apple Pie. Stew. The smell of bread baking.
I
adore the ritual of making potpourri.
My
fall and winter blends will be available starting in September of
2008. I will be offering four blends.
***
Harvest Moon Potpourri ***
A beautiful
blend of botanicals fragranced with a delightful Fall
scent.
***Snowy Night Potpourri***
This blend
is bursting with cones, pods, fruit, berries, flowers, spices and
select botanicals, scented with another of my all-time
favorites.
***Pumpkins on Parade Potpourri***
This happy
blend consists of putka pods, rose hips and cinnamon stick. Scented
with oils of orange, cinnamon and clove.
***My Cabin Fever Winter Spice Blend***
A simple
blend of cinnamon, orange peel, rose hips, cloves and star
anise.
This
blend sits well in a bowl. Or scatter around a candle plate for
a festive look. Or place a bit in a tart burner with water.
Or put a handful in a pot of simmering water. You can add
sliced fruit for an added touch. Keep an eye on your tart burner
and/or your simmering water. Add more water when needed. The
simmered blend will keep. Pour contents in jar and store labeled in
the refrigerator. Label the jar. Not for human consumption.
Me and my
potpourri fixins.
Muschi likes to help.
My vintage pine box.
Snowy Night
potpourri resting in the pine box.
My blends are lovingly handcrafted from the best
botanicals available. You may purchase my blends from
the Oklahoma Food Co-op website. If you are not a member,
please join today!
www.oklahomafood.coop
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Fragrance your home.
Display
your potpourri in bowls, buckets, baskets, candle pans or what have
you. Use as a part of a festive holiday centerpiece. Scatter
potpourri around a candle that is seated on a candle plate.
Extend the life of your potpourri.
Don't throw
your old potpourri away! Your botanicals will last for
years. If you have some old potpourri sitting around that
doesn't have fragrance, purchase some fragrance oil. Fragrance oil
is generally bottled with a spray or a dropper type lid.
Either will work. Add a few drops or a few quick sprays and your old
potpourri will be as good as new.
Recycle.
You can
keep several varieties of potpourri on hand. Just because the season
changes, doesn't mean the potpourri needs to be thrown
out. Store botanicals in a capped jar in a dark and dry place
and reuse and fragrance with the changing seasons. Best stored in
non-metallic containers.
Refreshing your potpourri.
The fragrance oils are very concentrated. Use caution and
wash your hands after handling. And remember that oils can
ruin wood furniture finishes. So, keep your bottles off of your
good furniture. I've learned the hard way, several times
too.
You
can use your refresher oils directly in your botanicals. A few drops
will do. Or you can re-fragrance in a bag or jar and let the mixture
rest and cure for a few days.
As
with all fragrance and essential oils - keep away from
children.
Spring and Summer Offerings
I will be
offering a summer blend of moist potpourri. This blend is
carefully prepared using sea salt with fresh bay pounded into the
the salt. To this bay salt I add fresh picked, and
slightly dried fragrant botanicals, spices and essential oils. This
blend sits for several weeks to cure in a crock, hand-turned
daily. This is a very old recipe. Victorian ladies made this
recipe to fragrance their homes. Some of these moist blends last for
decades, if kept and properly fed.
I will also be
offering smelly jellies with slotted, closing lids. My
homemade recipe is a hooha favorite.
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