Christmas pot pourri making tips
Pot pourri making is a growing passtime for people enjoying a more natural lifestyle. Christmas potpourri is often a spicy, woody mix. - Try adding ground or whole spices from the kitchen cupboard to your potpourri: cinnamon, star anise, clove or nutmeg.
- Sliced dried citrus are also popular, and cinnamon orange is a popular combination.
- For a winter woodland feel, add pine cones, fern leaves or dried rose hips.
- Try oils such as cinnamon, sandalwood, rosewood and other woody fragrances.
Try these links for more ideas: General pot pourri recipes, advice & ideas, potpourri FAQ Buy ready made Christmas potpourri Buy dried flowers & other ingredients
A selection of useful Christmas ingredients can be found below:
Fragrance oils SATSUMA & WALNUT, SPICED APPLE, & CELEBRATE ALL 50% OFF while stocks last, see inside shop. Christmas ideas for fragrance oils from Claremont & May. All come in a 15ml glass bottle, £1.99 each.
A wide range of fragrances to choose from:
Orange Grove / Honey and Vanilla / Cinnamon / Celebrate (Christmas) / Satsuma Walnut (Christmas) / Spiced Apple (Christmas).
Celebrate A truly festive fragrance of juicy orange, enhanced with notes of coffee and clove resting on a warm, spicy cinnamon heart with baked biscuit notes. Satsuma Walnut Sweet satsuma orange and soft fruits are warmed with soft nutty aromas, spices of cinnamon and clove and white musk. Spiced Apple Rich spicy cinnamon, clove and nutmeg twisted with fresh juicy red apple. Cinnamon Rich & warm with spicy nutmeg, black pepper, clove & cumin, with hints of ginger. Orange Grove A zesty fragrance bursting with citrus and a tangy orange peel aroma. Honey and Vanilla Golden honey gently folded with rich, warm vanilla & delicate almond.
Cinnamon sticks Cinnamon sticks, approx length 15cm each. Not for food use. About 20 sticks in 200g. Supplied in a clear plastic bag.
NEW Low prices!
Cinnamon sticks 200g was £4.99 NOW £2.99 Cinnamon sticks 500g was £10.99 NOW £4.99 Cinnamon sticks 1Kg was £15.99 NOW £7.99
SALE! Whole dried oranges for craft. 50% OFF While stocks last Whole dried oranges. These are slit down the sides and have a subtle natural marmalade fragrance. 100g contains 5 or 6 of these small oranges. Not for food use. 100g £3.99 £1.99 500g £15.99 £7.99 1Kg £28.99 £14.49
Dried mandarin orange slices for Christmas crafts, subtle marmalade fragrance. SORRY SOLD OUT UNTIL AUG 2012 Mandarin slices £3.99 (100g) Mandarin slices £13.99 (500g) Mandarin slices £21.99 (1Kg)
Cloves. 100g of this fragrant spice contains about 5 handfuls. Not for food use. SORRY SOLD OUT Cloves £2.99 100g Cloves £10.99 500g Cloves £17.99 1Kg
SALE! Star anise Not for food use. 100g contains about 4 handfuls. 50% OFF While stocks last 100g £3.99 £1.99 500g £13.99 £6.99 1Kg £19.99 £9.99 Oriental spice fragrance.
See inside shop for further Christmas potpourri making ingredients like pine cones (small, large, natural, silver or gold), physalis (chinese lanterns), nutmeg, chillis, Regent House & Ancient Wisdom fragrance oils.
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