Making potpourri from flowers is an easy dried-flower craft. It smells lovely and makes a great gift and looks pretty in bowls, baskets, and jars, reminding us of summer.
You will need to harvest some of the different flowers that you grew in your garden this summer. Make the bulk of your potpourri from neutral colored filler material such a light -colored petals, artemisia, scented geranium leaves, chamomile flowers, and lavender, and any other herb leaves that have scent. Add some cinnamon sticks and cloves if you want a spicy scent. If you like citrus, use dried orange or lemon peel, lemon balm or lemon verbena.
Next, add dried colorful blooms from plants such as monarda, yarrow, cockscomb, and any other flowers with interesting shapes and colors. Always take off the stems before you add them.
You can also add drops of a fragrant essential oil. Ten to 20 drops will scent 5 cups of potpourri. You can also add a fixative to make it last longer. Orris root and oak moss, available at craft shops, are some reliable types.
Dry any garden flowers such as roses, violets, and other late summer blooms and keep them on hand or buy marked down blooms at the grocery store and dry those to have on hand when needed.
This is Moya Andrews, and today we focused on potpourri.
