You Can Use Liquid Potpourri in What Crafts?
In addition to simmering in fragrance warmers and filling rooms with pleasant, long-lasting scents, liquid potpourri can be used to create crafts, such as gel candles. Once your skill level with making such crafts improves, try giving them as gifts or selling them at craft fairs and farmers' markets.
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Scented Jars
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Use liquid potpourri to create scented gels, which can be poured into small glass jars. Scented gels are an excellent craft for reusing candle jars or any old jar you have. Concentrated liquid potpourri is combined with unflavored gelatin and heated before being poured into your selected jar. When creating scented gels, leave them out overnight or place them in your refrigerator if you are short on time. Use lace, ribbon or other embellishments to decorate the jars, which can be given to family and friends as gifts for any occasion. Using custom fabrics and ribbons based on what friends and family members enjoy is also an option.
Gel Candles
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Use concentrated liquid potpourri to create scented gel candles. This requires candle gel, candle wicks, a candle container and a stove top to heat the candle mix. Try adding small, non-flammable objects to the gel, such as small metal figurines or mixing glitter with the candle ingredients. Remember that gel wax does not shrink as it cools like regular candle wax and wait at least four hours for the gel wax to cool completely. If the candle wax should catch fire, use baking soda rather than water to smother the flame, according to the Craft Expert website. As with liquid potpourri scented jars, gel candles make great gifts for friends and family.
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