{"id":6556,"date":"2021-06-02T20:01:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T20:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thriftingwonderland.com\/post\/making-your-own-potpourri"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:16:07","slug":"making-your-own-potpourri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/?p=6556","title":{"rendered":"Making Your Own Potpourri"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

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Making your own potpourri is easy, fun and worthwhile. Welcome to the Blog today as we talk about preserving scents from the garden and putting them to use.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Start with a drying rack. You can then make a quick trip to Lowe’s or Home Depot and purchase a pre-made window screen. These come in different sizes so make sure you bring some measurements with you. The same size screen will work on all three levels.<\/p>\n

When the screens are in place in a dry room with good air circulation add your petals, mint leaves, lavender buds, etc. to the screens. Keep them in a single layer. Allow the floral material to dry for several days. Then store in an airtight container or plastic ziplock until needed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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When you are ready to make the potpourri select a large bowl. It helps if the bowl is pretty. I’m not sure why that is the case but…..trust me…..it’s important.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Assemble all your materials. They will include all the plant material you dried as well as Orris Root (a fixative) and Natural Oil ( I used Lavender Oil for this mix). You’ll need something to stir with…..you can use your hands if you want to.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I started with some red rose petals then added dried mint leaves and some dried hydrangea. Next I added some different rose petals and some lavender buds.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Finally, I added some ground Orris Root and some Lavender Oil. The amount really depends on how much potpourri you are preparing. I used about a teaspoon of Orris Root and a teaspoon of Lavender Oil for this bowl of potpourri.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Mix it all together thoroughly. Toss lightly so as not to crumble the plant material.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Store the potpourri in a plastic bag and put in a cool, dark place for a couple of weeks to “cure”. This will allow the scent to be absorbed in the Orris Root and fixed in the potpourri.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

When the potpourri is ready you can package it in pretty bags like these and place them in drawers with your linens, clothing, or even cupboards with dishes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Or just place it in bowls around the house and enjoy the fresh scent that permeates your rooms. The colors are wonderful and look terrific in a really pretty bowl. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Making your own potpourri is easy, fun and worthwhile. Welcome to the Blog today as we talk about preserving scents from the garden and putting them to use. Start with a drying rack. You can then make a quick trip to Lowe’s or Home Depot and purchase a pre-made window screen. These come in different […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70469586,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35425,23207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-course","category-vegetarian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ziaG-1HK","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/70469586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15605,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6556\/revisions\/15605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}