Scents of the Season
For a festive holiday party, add 5 drops of peppermint, allspice, or orange essential oil to the melting wax around the wick of candles. What a fragrance ! Place 5 drops [ ...click to read more ]
Craft and Fragrance Ideas
Aromatherapy From The Kitchen
While aromatherapy these days refers to essential oils, initially it meant simply the use of fragrance for healing. Citrus: If you cook, enjoy herbal teas or garden, you [ ...click to read more ]
Lavender Cotton
Lavender Cotton – Santolina chamaecyparissus – Asteraceae (Compositae) family Although lavender cotton is a member of the daisy family, it is more reminiscent of [ ...click to read more ]
Scents and Sensibility
Fragrances can enchant us with their immediate presence. Bring a bouquet of roses into the dining room or brush against a lemon verbena plant. These scents instantly brighten [ ...click to read more ]
From the Herb Basket -16
Fall House Cleaning… This is an all – purpose, environmentally friendly, non-toxic spray; good to have on hand for wiping, cleaning, and disinfecting almost every [ ...click to read more ]
Herbal Musings
I love herbs and use them daily in so many ways. How blessed we are to share this beautiful planet with them. Dream Sachet~ Mix the following dried herbs in a bowl- 1/4 cup [ ...click to read more ]
Fragrant Home for the Holidays
We all love the smell of cinnamon and other herbs during the holidays. Here are a few ideas to give your home that holiday scent. You’ll need a small crock pot and some [ ...click to read more ]
Making Herbal Tussie-Mussies
Long before the days of the telephone, computers, fax machines and text messages, miniature herbal bouquets were a special means of communication. Tussie-mussies are composed [ ...click to read more ]
A Sweet Smelling Home
A clever way to use up surplus, dried herbs Herbs lose their flavor after about a year, instead of throwing them away, simmer them in a crockpot. Toss in a handful of the [ ...click to read more ]
Mystical Magical Herbs 