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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

P O T P O U R R I

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER

Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking



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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
Dried Lavender buds and rose petals from my garden; Homemade Labels.  Copyright 2011 Marcia Norwood
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.  



Vermiculite (in bag) and Homemade Potpourri Labels.  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

 
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
  
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



Thanks for stopping by!

Come again, and bring a friend!

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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