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HERB & SACHET BAGS

Freshen your clothes, bed linen or closet with a fragrant sachet or herb bag.

First you'll need to make a dried potpourri mixture to suit your personal preference. You can browse through some of the potpourri recipes

Dried Floral Crafts
Rose Potpourri
Citrus Mint Potpourri

Try a rose recipe as a pillow sachet that will aid in sleep. Choose mixtures that are not to bulky or the sachet may look lumpy.

For a simple sachet that requires no sewing at all take a square piece of fabric, put a small ball of padding in the center and add a scoop of potpourri. Bring the edges up and around the padding and secure them with a ribbon.

Use natural fabrics that allow the scent to escape best.

You can also add lace edging around the square piece of cloth before securing.

YOUR PUMPKIN CRAFT IDEAS:

JEANNETTE of CHEROKEE, IOWA

"I use pumpkins in fall decorating rather than halloween carving. I cluster various sizes with leave garlands and a scarecrow" 
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Shelley Tyson of AB, Canada - I love to buy the mini ornamental pumpkins and place them all around the house along with decorative corn cobs and wheat, gives such a great fall feeling. 
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Linda of Virginia - Pumpkin Pie Soap Ingredients: 
15.3 oz. Lard 
15.3 oz. Olive Oil 
12.8 oz. Coconut Oil 
2.5 oz. Castor Oil 
5.1 oz. Sunflower Oil 
3 tsp. of sugar in the water before the lye 
1.5 tsp of salt in the water before the lye 
3 oz. of canned pumpkin 
2 tsp. of pumpkin pie spice 
2.2 oz of Pumpkin Pie fragrance oil 
7.2 oz. Lye 
11.5 oz. of water (discounted 3 oz. to make up for the pumpkin)

Get all of your ingredients and equipment ready (including pre-measuring out all of your additives) and let's get started!

Melt Your Oils Add the Lye and Blend Separate Out Some of the Soap Add the Pumpkin and Fragrance Oil Add the Spices Blend Both to Trace Layer the Two Colors Swirl in the Mold Cool, Cut and Enjoy!

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Sheryl of Vancouver WA - Hollow out a medium sized pumpkin to use as a decorative pot holder for your Fall Mums. 
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Fran of St. Charles, MO

"Before you light your Jack-O'Lantern this Halloween, sprinkle cinnamon and cloves on the underside of the pumpkin's lid. When you light the candle, your trick-or-treaters will be treated to the spicy aroma of fresh pumpkin pie! I've had lots of little spooks tell me "it sure smells good here."

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Anne of Nova Scotia -

"I dry pumpkin seeds and use them to make tree decorations. Cut out a round circle about the size of a 50 cent piece. Leave a emply circle in the middle( you will put a dab of glue here and add some yellow split peas) the split peas resemble the yellow buds of the poinsettia plant, then start placing the seeds in a circular fashion, overlaping each new row. When the glue dries, the pumpkin seed poinsettia decoration can be painted with a wash of red, pink or whatever you desire. Attach a narrow ribbon. They are quite pretty."

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Tamera - of Santa Clarita

"When your pumpkin starts to look a little shriveled, place the ENTIRE pumpkin into a sink or bucket of warm water.  After an hour or so it will expand back and look fresh! This is a great tip so you can enjoy your pumpkin longer" 
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Kathy of endwell, NY

"Carve out the pulp of a pumpkin and use it as a "vase" to hold sunflower and mum bouquets!! Makes a great centerpiece!"
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Vale of Sutton On

"One year i had so many pumkins at maturity from my vegetable garden that I gathered all of them and lined my driveway with them.   I collected pictures of faces for them and more than 40 pumkins were painted with poster paint to watch the children as they marched to the house on Halloween night"
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Amy of PA

"When carving a jack o`latern always cut from the bottom instead of top makes it easier to clean and you can just slide the hole right over the candle"
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Elaine of Williamstown WV - "dry them to use for large bird houses" 
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Lorraine of Bronx NY "line the street or walkway in front of your house with carved out pumpkins with votives inside of them , don't forget to put sand in the bottom." 
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