{"id":3123,"date":"2010-11-15T13:56:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T17:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2010-11-15T13:56:57","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T17:56:57","slug":"making-up-christmas-potions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=3123","title":{"rendered":"Making up Christmas potions"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was a little girl, my mother bought Robin and I a perfume making factory for Christmas.  WE LOVED IT!!<\/p>\n

Little eye droppers and funnels and tiny bottles with labels.<\/p>\n

And essential oils and sweet almond oil to mix them in- it was seriously a little girl heaven. We mixed and smelled and spilled and splashed and used it up within a week. sigh. sob. groan.<\/p>\n

Heaven over in less than a week. <\/p>\n

And we had made such an unholy mess in that week that my mother vowed “Never again!!!”.<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But we had had a taste of what it could be like- and so- we were ALWAYS finding ways to make potions.  We cut up flowers and pounded roots and mixed and shook and pulverized everything we could find that smelled good – and met with abysmal failure.  Most of our stuff was rank.  Some of it got moldy.  We quit.<\/p>\n

Until we were adults and then we started up again, albeit slowly, very slowly.<\/p>\n

I started making my own potpourri.  She experimented with spices.<\/p>\n

And we started making up our potions again.<\/p>\n

Only this time- SUCESSS!<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, I made some potions .<\/p>\n

I made  ginger and vanilla milk bath powders.<\/p>\n

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I love this fragrant and milky bubble bath- I make it mostly for myself and give away enough so that I don’t feel too self indulgent.<\/p>\n

And I made a chai tea mix-<\/p>\n

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The nicest thing about making your own is that you control the flavors!<\/p>\n

I mix darjeeling tea with lemon peel, cardamom, cinnamon and milk.<\/p>\n

-Those are my favorite- no cloves- and it is delicious with a little honey added at the end for sweetening.<\/p>\n

And finally- Mock Boursin Cheese mix-<\/p>\n

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Again- my favorite herbs in a dry mix that you add by the teaspoon to 1\/2 butter and 1\/2 cream cheese to make a wonderful spread.<\/p>\n

I want to make up some hot chocolate mixes and some nut mixes as well. <\/p>\n

And I love making fruitcake- it seems more like a marvelous mix of magical fruit and nuts than a recipe.  The whole process is so fulfilling to my senses that it is also like a gift I make for myself and share with others as an afterthought.<\/p>\n

And I think I’ll make some lip balm and rose and sea salt scrub with shea butter!<\/p>\n

Let the magic begin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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