Add to the homely atmosphere of warmth and comfort every hostess wants. Many people know that you can do this with the smell, using fragrances and fresheners. To one of these home fragrances are just the pomanders - fragrant balls, refreshing and diluting the air with their unique bouquet of aromas. By the way, it's easy and simple to make a pendant yourself. Tell you how to make a pomander.
Orange Pomander
Why is the orange used for these purposes? It's very simple, it is one of the most fragrant and long-lasting fruits. Of course, you can take an apple or a lemon instead. But, in the first case, this flavor will not last long, and in the second case, not everyone will be able to tinker with the lemon for a long time because of its characteristics. So, let's move on to how to make a team of your own.
Required:
- thin-bladed oranges;
- cinnamon sticks;
- various aromatic spices.
Let's get to work.
- In warm water, carefully wash the oranges. After that, we dry them thoroughly on a towel.
- We fasten with a thin needle a paper napkin.
- A thin felt-tip pen marks a napkin on a napkin.
- Needle or toothpick pierce small holes along the entire pattern. Do not forget to remove the leaky juice.
- After the puncture phase is completed, insert asterisks of cinnamon into the holes. Agree that it is already pretty nice.
- When the whole orange is stuck with cinnamon eyes, you can roll it in a prepared mixture of spices and spices. Do not worry if your dry mix does not stick evenly to your pomander, it will still permeate with its smell.
- After the done procedures put the pomanders in a paper bag. And for two weeks we send it to a dry warm place. During this time, they seem to go through the process of mummification, carefully absorb the smells of cinnamon and spices, and extend their life.
- When the time comes, we take out the real pomanders and decorate them with ribbons. All, now you can hang or lay out ready-made fragrant balls around the apartment.
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Bouquet of pomander
Recently, fragrant paper flower compositions have become fashionable. Yes, and make paper from the pomasters with their own hands can be quite simple.
Required:
- foam rubber balls;
- flower essence;
- tape;
- strong threads;
- needle;
- scissors;
- paper flowers.
Let's get to work.
- For a few hours, soak our balls in a fragrant liquid and let them dry.
- Now pierce the balls, attach a ribbon to them and everything, it remains only to string the finished flowers. The flower pomander is ready.
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With your own hands, you can make other flavors, for example, pads-sachets .