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Dried Flowers and Herbs
2 cups deer's-tongue leaves
2 cups patchouli leaves
1 cup balsam fir needles
Essential Oils
20 drops patchouli oil
10 drops sandalwood oil
8 drops vanilla oil
Fixative
1/4 cup cut or ground oakmoss
Textured Elements
1/2 cup orange peel
1/2 cup sassafras root bark
1/4 cup sandalwood chips
1/4 cup cinnamon chips
1/4 cup vanilla bean chunks
Finishing Touches
1/4 cup vervain blossoms
1/4 cup silver-painted pinecones
1/4 cup foxglove flowers
1/4 cup silver glitter
Foxglove Facts
It was believed that if you picked the tall spires of foxglove -- the most legendary of fairy flowers -- you would offend the fairies, but growing them in your garden would surely please the pixies!
The delicate pink or white, bell-shaped blossoms are covered with tiny flecks that are said to be fairy fingerprints.
Foxglove derives its folk names of fairy gloves and fairy caps from these splendid blossoms, which became props when the fairies played dress up. Other names include fox's glew and, because of the poison found in its exquisite "cups," witch's thimble and bloody bells.
Digitalin, obtained from the blossoms of foxglove, is used to treat heart ailments.
Autumn Potpourri
"Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment."
Robert Benchley
Christmas Fragrance
Simmer cinnamon sticks, lemon and orange peel, cloves and nutmeg.
Instantly, your home will have the warm, cozy fragrance of the holidays.
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