I have not been good with the camera this past year. I let several opportunities to take pictures
of products I made, recipes I tried and activities I did go by without being
recorded. I vow that will not happen in
2013.
To prove to myself I can get work done and take pictures and post them, I
decided to record the making of scented notepaper or cards.
Every Winter I make scented cards. Many of them I give away near Valentine’s Day
or Mother’s Day. Sometimes I also pop
them into an Easter Basket.
So here are the steps to making your own scented cards.
The materials are simple:
Cornstarch, plain white envelopes, your favorite essential
oils, plastic zip seal bags and several sheets of note paper, envelopes or
cards to scent.
Place about 1 ounce of cornstarch in a bowl for every card
you want to scent. Use several bowls if
you want different scents. On this day I
was making , lavender, citrus and rose scented cards, so I used three
bowls. I placed about 6 ounces of
cornstarch in each bowl (that’s 6 Tbls.)
Mix the cornstarch thoroughly working out any lumps.
Spoon the mixture, about a Tablespoon, per envelope, into
the plain envelopes.
Stack them all up together and place in the zip
seal bag. Keep the scents separate from
one another in the bags. Press out all the extra air seal closed. Place the bags inside a box or container away from sunlight and let them meld for at
least a few days, up to three weeks.
When you remove the cornstarch filled envelopes they will have imparted
their scent to the note cards and envelopes.
bagged and sealed and about to go into a box |
If you are careful and do not seal the plain envelopes you can re-scent the cornstarch and make another batch of cards.
When I take these cards to shows and markets, especially
outdoor shows, I leave the scented envelopes in-between the note paper and
remove it only if the item is sold. That
keeps the sun and heat from robbing the notepaper of its light herbal scent.
6 oz. cornstarch
7 to 10 drop of your favorite essential oil
6 plain paper envelopes
1 plastic bag
6 sheets of note paper or note cards and envelopes
In a bowl combine the powder and essential oil. Spoon the mixture evenly into the six plain
envelopes. Place these between the
notepaper and envelopes and seal in the plastic bag. Allow to meld for a few days or as long as
three weeks so the scent will permeate the paper.
If you are interested in purchasing any of the card sets you see here, please visit the Seasonal Items Section of our Etsy Store as once these are gone they are gone!
If you are interested in purchasing any of the card sets you see here, please visit the Seasonal Items Section of our Etsy Store as once these are gone they are gone!
I was wondering how to make scented acid free tissue paper. I use this paper for folding clothes and storing them. What do you suggest? Thanks tania
ReplyDeleteMy suggestion for scenting acid free tissue paper would be to use the essential oil on blotter paper method. You put a few drops of essential oil on watercolor or blotter paper. Then you wrap the blotter paper in thin cotton muslin and lay it in the bottom of a box. Place the sheets of acid free on top and close the box. Then let the scent permeate a week or two. You can also layer other sheets of wrapped blotter paper within the stack of acid free for better scenting. I use this method for my xmas cards.
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