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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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!

2 comments:

Dee said...

mmmm trying very hard to sniff and to imagine the scents. where is that smelling widget when it is needed? :) counting down till you arrive...

Vireya said...

I can testify that the real thing smells great!