Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Scented Pine Cones

I love walking into a craft store and getting a whiff of the scented pine cones! The problem is when the holiday season is over the scent is gone but the pine cones still look good.  To keep the pine cones from last year smelling nice I decided to "re-scent" them.


This was so simple and cheap!  All you need is pine cones, fragrance oil and a Ziploc bag. 
I chose to use Amber Vanilla for a warm cozy smell.  

Fill a Ziplock bag with your pine cones then pour in 1/8-1/4 of the oil into the bag.  Seal and shake till it looks like the pine cones are well coated!  


I left my pine cones in the sealed bag for one week.  I'm not sure if this was necessary or not, but I wanted to give the pine cones a chance to absorb the oil.  


I love how the pine cones look and smell in our fireplace!  








5 comments:

  1. So does the smell permeate through the whole house?

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    1. Unfortunately not really...just in the room they're in. I suppose you could put a few in every room then the whole house would smell! ;)

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  2. i love that idea, since i use pinecones from fall and thru winter.

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    1. Me too! Love pine cones...I've never taken them from outdoors though, have you? I'm afraid they will have bugs!!

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  3. ooo a fall smelling house! Delightful!! I would like to invite you to come link up at my Tasteful Tuesday party that is going on right now through friday morning.
    http://www.nap-timecreations.com/2012/09/a-fall-wreath-for-mid-west-girl-and.html

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