Aromatic Christmas Cards

Although the American Thanksgiving is still around the corner, here in Canada all the stores are filling up with Christmas goodies and people are starting to think about Christmas.

A fun way to use essential oils around this time is to scent your Christmas Cards and send out aromatically festive greetings. This is really simple to do but for the aroma to penetrate the cards you need to do this a little ahead of time. The principle of scenting cards is the same no matter what kind of card it is. On the website I do have an article on Aromatic Wedding Invitations.

First create your blend. You will need about 6 drops on each tissue, cotton ball or piece of blotting paper (whatever you have handy). The number of cotton balls etc you need will depend on how many cards you have. On average I think 4 - 6 cotton balls should work OK. Place the cards and aromatic cotton balls/tissues/blotting paper into a closed container and leave for a minimum of 24 hours. The longer you can leave them the better the aroma will permeate the cards.

I have four Festive Blends on my web site but this is a fun project to play around with and come up with a blend you love and that captures the season for you.

Some of my favorite blends for this time of year are:
Gift of the Magi: 2 drops Myrrh; 2 drops Frankincense; 4 drops Bitter Orange
Spirit of Christmas: 6 drops Orange; 8 drops Mandarin; 15 drops Tangerine; 3 drops Geranium; 2 drops Cinnamon.
Winter Wonderland: 3 drops Juniper; 6 drops Black Spruce; 3 drops Cypress; 7 drops Fir; 6 drops Pine; 1 drop Peppermint; 1 drop Benzoin; 1 drop Vanilla.