Natural air freshener recipes

[Marrie]

I found some recipes that look pretty bird safe -

Here’s a DIY natural holiday air freshener (use the leftovers for gifts) recipe:

What you need:
2 cups cold applesauce
1 cup nutmeg
1 cup ground cinnamon
1 cup ground cloves
Cookie cutters
Wax paper

What to do:
Make a dough by mixing all of the above ingredients.
Roll dough out 1/4″ thick and make shapes with cookie cutters.
Poke a hole on the top of the shapes.
Lay out shapes on wax paper until they are completely dry, for a day or two.
Insert ribbon or string through hole and hang.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/slo...#ixzz1fsbWrFJO


COUNTRY KITCHEN POTPOURRI
This potpourri has a warm “welcome home” aroma that’s pleasant any time of year.

INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon aniseed
1 tablespoon allspice
6 nutmegs
6 cinnamon sticks, coarsely broken
1 teaspoon powdered ginger
¼ cup whole cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1-2 vanilla beans, cut into 1″ pieces
1 cup coarse salt such as kosher salt

1. Crush aniseed and allspice in a mortar and pestle.
2. Use a hammer to crack the nutmeg and cinnamon sticks.
3. Mix all of the ingredients together and fill a lidded container of your choice. Old Mason jars work well.
4. Open whenever you want to freshen the air.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/thr...#ixzz1fsc1zwxG

[Pipers Mom]

What a great idea!! I have a box of Mason jars too. Thanks for sharing You planted a seed in my head now..LOL!!

[maxollie]

What an AWESOME idea Marrie!! I would have never thought about doing something like this. I can already smell the aroma in my home and I haven't even started to make them yet!!! Thanks for sharing!

[Wuv_Bird]

Might have to try this.

Bit off topic: reading the ingredients list made me think of spices one might use for pumpkin pie... baking copious amounts of pumpkin pie is a reasonable way to freshen the air in your house too, right? lol

[Marrie]

Hehe yes, yes that would work too but I don't like the taste of pumpkin pie so it wouldn't be much use to me!

[mster70]

These sound like good ideas... I just wonder if they would lose their scent quickly or not really fill a room very well.
But hey, it's worth a try, right?