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Potpourri
Noun
Pronounced: Po (long o) - purr (like a cat) - ee (long e like in tree)
1. Stuff that smells good.
2. Dried flower petals and spices and oils mixed together and used to make a room smell nice: usually kept in a decorative bowl or jar used to perfume a room or closet or drawer.
3. A collection of different things....seemingly unrelated items; an unusual assortment.
Pronounced: Po (long o) - purr (like a cat) - ee (long e like in tree)
1. Stuff that smells good.
2. Dried flower petals and spices and oils mixed together and used to make a room smell nice: usually kept in a decorative bowl or jar used to perfume a room or closet or drawer.
3. A collection of different things....seemingly unrelated items; an unusual assortment.
Origin
The name potpourri comes from the French phrase
pot pourri, which literally means "rotten pot." The phrase was used to describe a stew.
Something must have been lost in translation.
However, I do make potpourri a lot like I make a stew: gathering ingredients to suit my individual taste, and blending them all together.
My homemade potpourri begins by gathering roses and other flowers (even pine cones) from our gardens.
Daughter Sarah ZK stops to smell the roses in our garden. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
Knockout Roses, Salvia, Lemon Basil, Daylilies, Dwarf Alberta Spruce... Along the Street in our Front Yard. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
Knockout Roses, Salvia, Lemon Basil, Daylilies, Dwarf Alberta Spruce... Along the Street in our Front Yard. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
Knockout Roses, Salvia, Lemon Basil, Daylilies, Dwarf Alberta Spruce... Along the Street in our Front Yard. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
Flower petals and leaves of herbs are dried in baskets...or on towels on the counter. Air-flow is important so the flowers do not mold.
After the flower petals have dried...Add a fixative (like orris root or Vermiculite) in with the dried petals.
Next - add scented oils to the fixative. Orris root is the root of the iris plant. Vermiculite is available at garden centers.
I purchase essential oils and other supplies to make
homemade perfume,
potpourri and
lotions
from
Hobby Lobby...
Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
AND
BULK APOTHECARY
http://www.bulkapothecary.com/
AND
SAN FRANCISCO HERB CO.
http://sfherb.com/
Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
Potpourri is packaged
in sealed containers:
mason jars,
covered bowls,
bags or
homemade sachets.
Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
I create personalized labels in Microsoft Publisher, and print them on cardstock or photo paper with my Kodak Easyshare 5300 Printer.
Potpourri makes wonderful gifts.
I also package it in small bags for sachets to be used in closets or drawers...and sell it at fairs.
Marcia's booth at Independence Events Center, Independence, Missouri. http://www.independenceeventscenter.com/ |
We'll talk about how to make homemade SOAPS, in upcoming blog!
Homemade Soap. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
Homemade Soap. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
Marcia Booth at The Little Blue Art Fest, Blue Springs, Missouri |
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