Easy Gift in a Jar Ideas | 4 Favorites Anyone Would Love | 2022
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Today I'm sharing 4 of my favorite gift in a jar ideas!
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Do you love making gifts in a jar?
These darling jars are perfect for gift giving, or make to have on hand for yourself!
The best is I'm showing you what you need to make just 1 jar so you can easily double, triple it, or however many you need if you want to make a bunch for gift giving!
I'll also be sharing fun, easy and affordable ways to gift these! Wait until you see!
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HOLIDAY SIMMER POT GIFT IN A JAR
What yo need -
Fresh cranberries
Apples
Oranges
Rosemary
Cinnamon
Cinnamon sticks
Ground allspice
Ground cloves
Mulling spices
16 oz mason jar
Add cranberries to a small pot. Add water and bring to a boil on the stovetop until the skins of the cranberries begin to pop.
Drain, rinse and pat gently pat the cranberries dry.
Slice apples, oranges, pat dry and add to a large baking sheet in a single layer.
Add cranberries and rosemary sprigs.
Bake in a 200 degree oven, flipping every 30 minutes until fruit is dried, about 4 hours depending on the thickness of fruit.
Rosemary will only need about 45 minutes.
Allow to cool.
Sprinkle some mulling spices in the bottom of mason jar. Add add dried fruit and cinnamon sticks. Top with dried rosemary, sprinkle more mulling spices on top and add a dash of allspice and cloves.
Add lid.
BREAD BREAD
What you need -
3 cups self-rising flour
2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch of salt
1 Quart size mason jar
Mix ingredients in mason jar and cover with lid.
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HOMEMADE PANCAKE MIX
What you need -
1 cup self rising flour
3 tablespoons instant nonfat dry milk (Carnation)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
Quart size mason jar
Stir ingredients together in mason jar. Cover with lid.
Printable tag has remaining instructions including additional ingredients needed.
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES IN A JAR
What you need
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup chocolate chips
Quart size mason jar
Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in mason jar. Tamp down.
Add brown sugar, tamp down, then white sugar and tamp down.
Top with chocolate chips.
Cover with lid.
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Easy Gift in a Jar Ideas PART 2 | 4 Easy Gift Ideas! | 2022
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These darling jars are perfect for gift giving, or make to have on hand for yourself!
The best is I'm showing you what you need to make just 1 jar so you can easily double, triple it, or however many you need if you want to make a bunch for gift giving!
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GINGERBREAD COFFEE MIX
1/2 cup good quality instant coffee (I like Starbucks)
1 cup sugar
1 cup nonfat powdered milk (Carnations)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Pinch of ground cloves, ground allspice and ground nutmeg
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl until combined. Add mixture to jars for gifting.
To make, add tablespoons coffee mix with 1 cup hot water. Top with whipped cream and a dash of cinnamon if desired.
PEPPERMINT SUGAR COOKIE SCRUB
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup coconut oil
10-12 drops of peppermint essential oil
1-2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl then add add to jar for gifting.
RUSTIC BREAD DIP
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tablespoon freshly cracked black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon dried minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried minced onion
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
Mix all the spices together in a small pint size jar.
To make, add 1 tablespoon of spice mixture with olive oil.
Serve with bread.
CINNAMON OATMEAL COOKIES
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2-2/3 cup Hershey's cinnamon chips
In a quart size mason jar mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Tamp down.
Add light brown sugar then tamp down.
Add sugar then tamp down.
Add oats then tamp down.
Top with cinnamon chips.
To make you will need 1/2 cup (1 stick butter) softened, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Beat in a large bowl. Add cookie mix and mix until combined. Drop tablespoons size dough on cookie sheet and bake for 12-14 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
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Gerbil Bedding Potpourri : Trailer Park Christmas Craft
Merry Trailer Park Christmas!
Make a great gift using Gerbil and Hamster Shavings!
Did you know you can make your own Fancy Potpourri?
A gift that you make yourself is the best!
My Gerbil Bedding Potpourri is so easy to make, and uses left over animal bedding!
Everyone is running around trying to find these Robotic Zhu Zhu Pets...
When I was growing up, we had to get a REAL mouse or a REAL hamster!
They usually croaked, and you'd be left with a playset, things that hang on the cage, and tons of Animal Bedding.
If you had to spring for a real mouse because you couldn't find the robot one, and it's already croaked.. Why not use up the leftovers?
Use up those Cedar or Pine Shavings in this simple gift!
Jolene will even show you how to Re-Gift those body sprays that you might not want that you get at the Holidays. Shhh! It's a secret, and no one will no you did it!
You can really make this your own, Add Pinecones, feathers, seashells, special stones!
Use a fancy basket or glass container, and your on your way to a great smelling holiday gift!
Oil from the Dollar store comes in so many great scents that store bought potpourri doesn't!
Make Bubble Gum Scented!
How about your favorite Knock Off Perfume?
The possibilities are endless!
This would look so lovely in your bedroom, your washroom or even Kitchen!
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Happy Holidays!
Love,
Jolene Sugarbaker
The Trailer Park Queen
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18 Simmering Potpourri Recipes To Make Your Home Smell Heavenly - DIY & Crafts
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18 Simmering Potpourri Recipes To Make Your Home Smell Heavenly - DIY & Crafts
One of my favorite things about fall is simmering potpourri. I use potpourri throughout the year but the scents of fall and the holidays wafting through my home just really set the holiday mood. If you don’t simmer potpourri for the holidays, you should and I have found 18 wonderfully scented recipes to get you started. These range from smells of Christmas to just a clean fresh fragrance that you are going to love. They are all really easy to put together and are much less expensive than store bought sprays and candles. And, they fill your entire home with fragrance.
Whether you enjoy the scent of cinnamon and orange for Christmas or you prefer cranberry, apple cider or something floral, you are going to find the perfect simmering potpourri recipe to fill your home with wonderful scents this holiday season. Homemade potpourri is really easy to make and can be done with things that you likely have on hand. And, you can upcycle things like orange peel and apple cores to make them. If you really love creating your own scents, you should be sure to check out these fabulous DIY scented oil mason jar candles.
These room scents are wonderfully strong – not too strong – and they’re easy to simmer. You can do these in simmer pots or you can simply put them on the top of your stove and let them simmer in a regular pot. I love how easy they are and how wonderful they make your home smell. These are perfect to leave simmering throughout your family gatherings or just anytime you want the wonderful scent of the holidays to waft through your home. And, if you want to add to your festive décor, you can add a few of these 15 decorative candles and votives. You can make these for under a dollar.
Lavender is a wonderfully clean and fresh scent and when you mix it with fresh rosemary and anise pods, you get a wonderful simmering potpourri that will fill your entire home with freshness. You also add lemon extract and water to this and just let is simmer on the stove or in a simmering pot.
Apple spice is the perfect fall scent and this apple cider potpourri will fill your home with warm and inviting smells. To make this one, you need dried apples as well as cinnamon sticks, ginger and cloves. It smells like hot apple cider and you can make this one with the peelings and cores from your apples if you don’t want to use up the actual apple, like after you’ve made cinnamon apple rings. Just use what’s left after you slice up those apples.
This simmering potpourri is made with bay leaves and anise so it smells like licorice. It’s perfect for adding wonderfully warm and inviting autumn scents to your home. You just add the bay leaves with cinnamon sticks, anise, ground cloves and orange peelings to a pot of water and simmer on the stove all day. Remember to keep an eye on the pot and add water whenever needed.
Orange peel, cinnamon sticks and cloves are the perfect scents for the holidays. This simmering potpourri recipe uses all three of those and you can make it in the slow cooker, so it’s super easy. You just add your orange peelings and other ingredients to the slow cooker and ad din water. You can use any type of citrus you want for this one and change up the scent just a bit.
This cranberry and cinnamon stove top potpourri definitely smells like the holidays. It has fresh or frozen cranberries, cinnamon sticks, oranges, cloves, nutmeg and rosemary and it smells absolutely amazing while it is simmering. If you want something to get your home ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas, this is definitely a scent that you need to try.
Pine or cedar twigs are perfect for creating that great old fashioned holiday scent. If you are looking to create a country style Christmas, this is the perfect simmering potpourri for you. You just add those twigs to a pot and put in bay leaves and nutmeg. You can also add cinnamon – I think cinnamon and pine work really well together for the holidays – or any other spice that you prefer. This would pair wonderfully with your DIY farmhouse style Christmas decorations.
Anytime you get flowers you should save them. This goes for those wonderful spur of the moment surprise flowers from your significant other as well as those that you buy yourself. Once those flowers have dried out, you can use them to create wonderfully scented simmering potpourri and you don’t even need that many supplies to do so.
Oranges are great for creating fall and winter scented potpourri and what you add to those oranges can completely change the scent. I love this fall scented simmering potpourri that has orange peel, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla bean to give it a warm and welcoming scent. The vanilla will make it smell like you’ve been baking all day and really set the mood for the holidays.
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Christmas Tree Potpourri | Turn your Christmas tree or evergreen trimmings into potpourri
???? Make a lovely scented potpourri with cuttings from your dried-out ???? Christmas Tree! Or, use fresh evergreen cuttings from your yard or neighborhood to craft this thrifty potpourri. It is sure to uplift the ????holiday feel in your home and makes a lovely gift when stuffed into a very simply sewn pouch for a sachet. Smells amazing!!! Stores well!!!
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✳️ORRIS ROOT POTPOURRI FIXATIVE
I suggest supporting a local herb business in your city or town, if possible. If you must order online as I do, here is a link to one of my favorite garden centers that carries a very high quality orris root powder and is wonderful to do business with.
????????????CHRISTMAS TREE POTPOURRI ????????????
12 cups fir needles or clippings (add some cedar, if desired)
1 cup dried tangerine peels (orange peels are good, too)
Small pinecones (alder or fir)
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon or several broken cinnamon sticks
2-3 tablespoons whole cloves or 1 tablespoon ground
2 tablespoons orris root powder (this is a fixative that helps potpourri hold its scent)
Essential oils: tangerine, cinnamon, and clove (or scents you associate with Christmas)
I used about 20-30 drops each; less of the clove oil as it is more pungent.
Toss everything together in a large glass or ceramic bowl. Transfer to a gallon jar, cover, and set aside to mature for 30 days in a dark, cool closet. When mature, display Christmas Tree Potpourri in bowls around your home. Decorate the top with found items such as moss, lichen, more pinecones, leaves, etc. Stitch up a quick fabric pouch or two for your linen closet or to give as gifts. Enjoy!
Thanks for visiting Chocolate Box Cottage! Hope to see you again soon, Michele
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Mason Jar Screen Dome - Great for Potpourri, Herbs and more!
Farmhouse country decor.