Make Your Own Air Freshener
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GEL AIR-FRESHENERSupplies:
2 Cups of Distilled Water
2 Tablespoons of Salt
Food Coloring
Glass or Plastic Jars/Glasses/Bowls
4 Packages of Plain Gelatin
Spoon
Drops of scented essential oil or fragrance
Eyedropper
Plastic wrap
Ribbon
Instructions:
Heat to a boil one cup of distilled water and two tablespoons of salt in a saucepan adding as much or as little food coloring as you’d like to obtain the desired coloring to match the room where the air freshener is to reside.
2 Tablespoons of Salt
Food Coloring
Glass or Plastic Jars/Glasses/Bowls
4 Packages of Plain Gelatin
Spoon
Drops of scented essential oil or fragrance
Eyedropper
Plastic wrap
Ribbon
Instructions:
Heat to a boil one cup of distilled water and two tablespoons of salt in a saucepan adding as much or as little food coloring as you’d like to obtain the desired coloring to match the room where the air freshener is to reside.
A clear gel air freshener will result if no food coloring is added.
Mix the packages of plain gelatin into the remaining cold cup of distilled water.
Upon boiling, remove the distilled/salt mixture from the heat and add the gelatin/water mixture. This will slightly change the coloring so add more food coloring if necessary.
Stir until the gelatin crystals are dissolved.
Add the essential oil or your favorite fragrance to the air freshener container (about 10-30 drops works well).
Add the gelatin mixture to the jars – it will look cloudy but will clear upon cooling.
Allow the containers to “set” at room temperature overnight.
If you need to cool the mixture faster, place in the refrigerator for a few hours but be aware that the scent will permeate the refrigerator.
Cover the containers with plastic wrap and a coordinating ribbon.
Store at room temperature.
To release the scent, remove the plastic wrap.
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AIR FRESHENER
Gather the following ingredients:
4 tbsp. dried sage;
30 to 40 crumbled, dried bay leaves;
and 1 c. witch hazel (liquid).
Combine ingredients in a medium-sized glass jar.
Mix well and cover with a lid.
Let mixture sit at room temperature for three days.
Mix again.
Strain herb leaves from mixture.
Pour the liquid into a spray bottle.
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AIR-FRESHENER SPRAY
Dissolve 4 TBS of baking soda in 2 cups hot water.
AIR-FRESHENER SPRAY
Dissolve 4 TBS of baking soda in 2 cups hot water.
Add fresh juice of one lemon.
Pour into spray bottle.
Spray as needed.
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Baby Food Jar Air Freshener
Things You'll Need:
Baby Food Jar Air Freshener
Things You'll Need:
3 cups of distilled water
6 packages powdered gelatin
Essential oil or concentrated liquid potpourri
Clean baby food jars
Food coloring (optional)
Heat 1 ½ cups of the water to a simmer, but don't allow it to boil. Add the powdered gelatin and stir the mixture to completely dissolve the solution.
Remove the mixture from the heat and add the remainder of the distilled water.
Add 20 to 30 drops of the essential oil and a few drop of food coloring, if you like. If you use concentrated liquid potpourri, substitute it for the water. The procedure is the same.
Pour the mixture into the baby food jars and leave it overnight at room temperature to set up.
Wrap some colorful tissue paper, fabric or a doily around the jars and tie a ribbon around them for an attractive gift.
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Solid Air Freshener
Things You'll Need:
Spring or distilled water
Medium saucepan
Unflavored gelatin
Concentrated fragrance oil of choice
Food coloring (optional)
Salt
Small glass jars
Bring one cup of spring or distilled water to a boil in a medium sized saucepan over medium-high heat.
Add four (1 oz.) packages of unflavored gelatin to the boiling water. Stir until the gelatin is dissolved completely, and then remove the pan from heat.
Add one cup of room temperature spring or distilled water to the gelatin mixture. Stir well to combine.
Add 15-20 drops concentrated
Add 1 ½ teaspoons of salt to the mixture, and stir well. Make sure it is thoroughly mixed in before moving on.
Pour the air freshener into small glass jars. Baby food jars work well but you can use anything you have on hand, such as old candle holders.
Place the jars in the
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POTPOURRI
Things You'll Need:
4 to 5 cups fragrant dried flowers, leaves, roots and seeds
1/4 to 1/2 cup dried citrus peel
4 to 5 tbsp. crushed spices such as cloves, nutmeg or cardamom
5 to 6 drops of essential oils
2 tbsp. fixative such as orris root or gum bezoin
Texture elements: bark, shells or pinecones
Large bowl
Non-metal spoon
Begin by mixing ingredients together in a large bowl. Potpourri should primarily be composed of fragrant herbs and flowers, for example lavender, lemon balm, rose, sweet pea and rosemary. To provide accent colors, up to a quarter of the dried flowers can be tulip or peony petals, bachelor's button and/or foxglove. Choose additional brightly colored flowers to intensify desired color.
Smell the mixture. When the blend of scents is satisfactory, continue on to the next step. If not, try adjusting the ratios of different herbs until you are pleased.
Pour mixture into a covered container.
4 to 5 cups fragrant dried flowers, leaves, roots and seeds
1/4 to 1/2 cup dried citrus peel
4 to 5 tbsp. crushed spices such as cloves, nutmeg or cardamom
5 to 6 drops of essential oils
2 tbsp. fixative such as orris root or gum bezoin
Texture elements: bark, shells or pinecones
Large bowl
Non-metal spoon
Begin by mixing ingredients together in a large bowl. Potpourri should primarily be composed of fragrant herbs and flowers, for example lavender, lemon balm, rose, sweet pea and rosemary. To provide accent colors, up to a quarter of the dried flowers can be tulip or peony petals, bachelor's button and/or foxglove. Choose additional brightly colored flowers to intensify desired color.
Smell the mixture. When the blend of scents is satisfactory, continue on to the next step. If not, try adjusting the ratios of different herbs until you are pleased.
Pour mixture into a covered container.
Store 4 to 6 weeks in a cool, dark area to allow the scent to develop. Shake or stir every 2 to 3 days.
Arrange potpourri in dishes, trays, baskets or glass jars. Use potpourri to fill sachets.
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Various Potpourri Blends
Experiment making your own potpourri blends. In general, mix 4-6 different flowers and leaves and 3-4 herbs and spices to make a botanical blend. You'll need about 2 cups fixative for 4 cups of dried materials. Add one or more essential oils to the fixative drop by drop to simply moisten, not saturate, the fixative. Here are just a few of the many fragrant blends you can make.
Rose Blend
This distinctive perfume of rose oil is mixed with a fixative of orris root, then blended into a combination of rose petals, yellow pansies, myrtle, purple statice, and red pepper-berries.
Winter Blend
This is a spicy and woodsy potpourri that uses calamus root as the fixative, bayberry oil, and a blend of purple delphiniums, seed pods, white gompherena, and cedar chips or shavings.
Almond Blend
A hint of almond is achieved when bitter almond oil is added to an oak moss fixative and blended with woodland mix of honesty pods, white gomphrena, bits of bark, and gold sprayed leaves.
Strawberry Blend
Orris root is the fixative for this potpourri of myrtle, white gomphrena, rose petals, and rose hips. Strawberry oil mixes with the natural scent of the roses to create a strong and pleasing summer fragrance.
Spice Blend
Cinnamon oil and calamus root fixative serve up the spice that makes a nicely piquant potpourri filled with a mix of textures and exotic blossoms of yellow static, cockscomb, myrtle, hibiscus, orange rind, and juniper berries.
Lavender Blend
The sweet, long-lasting scent of lavender makes a good base. Unless the dried lavender has a particularly strong scent, add lavender oil to an oak moss fixative to add depth to the fragrance. Then mix with lavender, myrtle, blue static, and rosebuds for a richly scented traditional potpourri
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