Unlock the Secrets to Creating Personalized Potpourri with "Essence of Affection"! Dive into the enchanting world of custom potpourri with "Essence of Affection," your ultimate guide to crafting unique, aromatic blends that capture the essence of your personal style. Whether you are a seasoned crafter or a curious beginner, this comprehensive eBook will take you on a fragrant journey from understanding the basics to mastering the art of potpourri creation. Begin with a warm welcome to the world of personalized potpourri, where you'll explore its rich history and the significance of making each blend your own. Gather inspiration from diverse sources and prepare to unleash your creativity. Delve into sourcing the finest ingredients, from delicate dried flowers and botanicals to essential oils, spices, and eco-friendly options, ensuring your potpourri is both luxurious and sustainable. Uncover expert techniques for drying flowers and preserving their vibrant colors and invigorating scents. Master the basics of scent blending, understanding the nuances of fragrance families, and learning how to layer scents for a multidimensional aroma. Create custom blends tailored for different seasons, occasions, and even personalities, making each batch a true reflection of the intended atmosphere. Personalize your potpourri with sentimental additives, custom labels, and handwritten notes to add that special touch. Get creative with decorative containers, upcycling household items, and adding unique embellishments to elevate your designs. Discover the joy of giving by crafting themed potpourri gifts for holidays, events, and personal milestones, presented in beautifully wrapped packages. Enhance the visual appeal of your creations with expert tips on color coordination, decorative elements, and aesthetic arrangements. Learn how to properly store your potpourri to maintain its freshness and how to troubleshoot common issues. Finally, share your newfound passion with others by hosting potpourri-making parties, teaching workshops, or even starting your own small business. "Essence of Affection" is more than a guide; it's an invitation to immerse yourself in a world of fragrant ingenuity and heartfelt expression. Begin your journey today and transform ordinary ingredients into extraordinary memories.

is a home-grown product written by members of the church and A Writer?s Workshop! This book has something for everyone. It is great for a rainy day read, or if you need inspiration, comfort, encouragement, prayer, hope or maybe you simply want entertainment. There are confessions, testimonies, poetry and even a short story written by a 10 year old member!

We find 'passion' in each story-not only the passion of love, but also lust, infatuation, fury, and self-determination. In the first story, JULIANNA, we find the roots of "The Slum Trilogy" which launched the author into becoming a prize-winning novelist. In CARESSE, we learn how an artist is overtaken by lust who tragically ends up with more than what she wanted. In HOLDING HANDS we find that 'puppy love' or infatuation can be an experience as powerful as full-blown love. Here a Moslem-influenced teenager arrives in New York from Abekestan and is exposed to a one-on-one encounter with a boy for the first time in her life. In PURGE we meet Emily, a sixty-five-year-old woman who has lived a life of fury, but who ends up realizing that only the experience of love can bring happiness. Finally, in CHRISTMAS TEARS, we follow a six-year-old girl, Millie, who emerges from a life of parental abuse to the realization that she can develop her own personal inner strength.

This book, which describes the art of sugar flowers, offers guidance in giving a professional look at cake decorating and creating artistic-looking sugarcraft designs for the table, and for special occasions.

POTPOURRI ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME I, is a collection of poems submitted by members from a Facebook Poetry Group owned and run by Susan Joyner-Stumpf and co-owned by Cindy Toth called POTPOURRI POETS/ARTISTS WRITING COMMUNITY. Here on these pages are the collections under one roof of talented Souls that have come together to help create this Anthology with their amazing words, each varied and unique and reflecting the individual poet's style and finesse; their hopes, dreams, fears, love, laughter, joy and tears.

Highlights the diversity and beauty of fragrant flower mixes -- from a traditional rose potpourri to a modern mix such as peppermint potpourri.