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The Snow Queen Potpourri
Dried Flowers and Herbs
2 cups gilded freshly dried bay leaves
2 cups white rosebuds
1 cup lavender flowers
Essential Oils
20 drops rose oil
10 drops bay oil
6 drops neroli oil
Fixative
1/4 cup mixed ground cinnamon and ground cloves
Textured Elements
1/4 cup whole cloves
1/2 cup cinnamon sticks (broken just a bit)
Finishing Touches
6 pressed Queen-Anne's-lace blossoms
1/2 cup silver painted pinecones
1/4 cup silver glitter
Wrapped in a creamy white lace doily tied up with gauzy white ribbon, along with a book of fairy lore makes a perfect winter gift.
"All truth goes through three stages.
First it is ridiculed.
Then it is violently" opposed.
Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
~ Schoepenhouer
Candles will last a lot longer if placed in the freezer for at least 3 hours prior to burning.
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