To continue the Thanksgiving holiday atmosphere into December, there are many beautiful crafts that can be made to celebrate the season including spectacular wreaths, colorful centerpieces, bountiful horn-o-plenty and fragrant potpourri.
So, keeping this in mind, I thought that creating a lovely holiday mixture of autumn colors and assorted fragrances would keep us in a festive mood and allow us to extend the colors of autumn flowers and leaves for a little while longer.
We have two ways to make our potpourri. First is to use any of the dried flowers I hope you all have been drying and accumulating throughout the year. If you have a supply, get them out and select the flowers you want to use. Of course, the color combination is your choice but we are working with the last of the autumn colors so I would suggest any flowers you have in orange, yellow, beige, white, etc. Also, any bits and pieces of flowers, leaves, stems, pods and petals you have collected from your other dried flower projects.
For those of you who did not dry any flowers, that’s okay. You have two options for creating your homemade potpourri. Like the group above, take the snippet pieces you have collected from previous craft projects and add to these additional flowers and stems from your inventory of flowers. If you’re low on product, supplement by purchasing several dried flower packages to use in your mix.
A visit to the park is also a good idea, weather permitting, to collect any small pinecones. I collect cones throughout the year so I have them this time of year. If cones are not available in your part of the country, your local craft store should have them in stock.
You will also need small cinnamon sticks, whole cranberries, and of course, your choice of fragrance oil. The cinnaminni, nutmegie and allspicy fragrance will have your home smelling so wonderful!
Your choice of container is also up to you. Whether you want to use a glass container with a lid to be opened periodically to let out the fragrance or if you want an open container such as a basket that will allow those enticing aromas to waft through your home throughout the day, is up to you.
If you choose jars with lids, keep in mind that these make very nice little gifts for friends and co-workers. Just tie a ribbon around the neck of the jar if you like and include a bottle of oil so they can enhance the flowers as the fragrance fades. You can be very creative with this craft project as a gift.
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