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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.
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| 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.
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| Daughter Sarah ZK stops to smell the roses in our garden. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| Knockout Roses, Salvia, Lemon Basil, Daylilies, Dwarf Alberta Spruce... Along the Street in our Front Yard. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| Knockout Roses, Salvia, Lemon Basil, Daylilies, Dwarf Alberta Spruce... Along the Street in our Front Yard. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| 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.
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| 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...
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| Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
AND
BULK APOTHECARY
http://www.bulkapothecary.com/
AND
SAN FRANCISCO HERB CO.
http://sfherb.com/
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| Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
Potpourri is packaged
in sealed containers:
mason jars,
covered bowls,
bags or
homemade sachets.
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| Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| 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.
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| 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!
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| Homemade Soap. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| Homemade Soap. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
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| Marcia Booth at The Little Blue Art Fest, Blue Springs, Missouri |
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