Christmas Brew

It's Christmas already--since I'm heading off to Queensland for a few days today, the preparation time is practically over. I had grand plans for making things for my friends, but the reality has been rather more limited. What I did manage was a big batch of Christmas pot pourri. It's been fun watching people sniff appreciatively and try to work out the ingredients:

• rose petals from my garden before the weeds took over
• rosemary, also from my garden--it's the only plant that's really thriving at the moment
• orange peel
• lavender oil
• cloves
• cinnamon bark
• green cardamom
• star anise
• oris root powder as a "fixative"

Sorry, the blog doesn't come with a smell widget, but try to imagine the scent in my sewing room where I've been assembling the sachets!