Christmas Ideas To Make Your Life A Lot Easier

Get the most incredible ideas about the various ways of making your Christmas moment truly special, even if you're a busy person. Here are some simple and useful Christmas ideas that would surely bring a smile on your face...

CONTENTS:

1. How to make a scented Christmas greeting card
2. Make your own Christmas potpourri
3. 5 Christmas Blend that you might want to know
4. Aroma Drink
5. Christmas Gifts : What to pick?
6. Christmas Giveaways!
7. Site Update : Ask It!
8. Merry Christmas

1. How to make a scented Christmas greeting card

This card is easy to make. It has a beautiful design and perfect for you to spread holiday cheer to your friends and families!

Here's what you'll need:

• Card stock: white, green, red, goldenrod
• Ruler
• Scissors
• Small brass "Merry Christmas" stencil
• Dish towel
• Embossing stylus
• White opaque marker
• Craft punch: swirl, star, circle
• 17 inches red ribbon, 1/4 inch wide
• Paper glue pen

To Make a Tree Card:

1. Cut white card stock to 11x51/2 inches; fold in half to final card size of 51/2 inches square.
2. Cut a green 4x11/8-inch rectangle and a red 37/8x1-inch rectangle.
3. Lay Merry Christmas stencil reverse-reading on top of a folded dish towel; center and place red paper rectangle on top of stencil.
4. Gently rub paper surface with embossing tool to create raised letters. Turn paper over, and trace over letters with white opaque marker.
Center red rectangle on top of Merry Christmas stencil.Then, rub with embossing tool.
5. Punch out 10 green swirls. Punch a gold star and 3 red circles. Copy and cut out pattern from the red pot template. Download the template here.
6. Arrange swirls in a triangle tree shape on card, and place circles on tree and star at top of tree. Place pot below tree. Place green rectangle at bottom; center red rectangle on top. With glue pen, glue paper pieces in place.
7. Cut ribbon in half. Glue 1 length of ribbon along side of card, folding ends over to inside. Make a bow with other length, and glue it to top of ribbon

Credit to : Howstuffworks.com

To Scent the card :

Simply place 2 drops of essential oil (or blend of oils) onto a piece of blotting paper or cotton wool balls, then place in a self sealing plastic bag with the card that you want to fragrance. Seal and leave for 48 hours. When you remove the card it will be delicately fragrance.

Scent to pick:

Here are some selection of essential oils you can choose from:

• Pine
• Spruce
• Fir Douglas
• Cinnamon
• Peppermint
• Cypress
• Frankincense and Myrrh
• Conifer Blend
• Celebration Blend
• Winter's Warmth Blend
• Christmas Blend (as shown below)

2. Make your own Christmas potpourri

Materials:

• Dried apple slices
• Rose hips
• Star anise
• Cloves
• Juniper berries
• Sweet-gum seed balls and bark
• Pine needles
• Red peppers
• Cinnamon sticks
• Oak moss
• Assorted seed balls and pods
• Fixative of your choice
• 5 parts of chamomile oil
• 3 parts of spruce oil
• 2 parts of citronella oil

For oil you can choose essential oil or fragrance oil.

Instructions:

1. Dry the materials above.( From dried apple slice to assorted seed balls and pods)
2. After they all dried completely, mix them together
3. For each cup of potpourri, sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of powdered fixative over the dry materials
4. Add the oils to potpourri. Be sure to add a few drops only, you can add more oils later if the scent is too weak.
5. Mix the potpourri well with wooden spoon and place the potpourri in a brown paper bag. Shake well and roll up the bag tightly to expel the air. Place in dark location
6. Shake the bag once for a week then shake once a week for five weeks.
7. Remove the potpourri from the bag and place it in a container.

Source : Relax to the max by Rosevita Warda.

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3. 5 Christmas Blend that you might want to know.

What would you think when you heard "christmas blend"? Is it a coffee blend for Christmas or tea perhaps. Or a blend of essential oils which scent similar to christmas tree? Well, these are the 5 Christmas blend that are very popular. Check them out!

Starbucks Christmas Blend

Need a coffee? then try Starbucks Christmas blend. This is a really great slightly spicy coffee that is always a tasty treat. It will spread holiday cheer all season long. They give this coffee a joyful, spicy warmth with a very special and rare ingredient: aged Indonesian beans. Worth to try!!

Holiday Tea Christmas Blend

Enjoy your evening with Holiday Tea Christmas Blend. Holiday Tea by Harney & Sons is a black tea spiced with citrus, almond, clove and cinnamon. It will make your Christmas Day extra special and help you create a feast that your family and friends will never forget!

Candle Christmas Blend

Warm your house with this Candle Christmas Blend. Create a scent of splendid Holiday blend of sugar, spice & fruit! Make your house healthy by switching from paraffin candles to all natural soot-free soy wax candles! Go Green!

Pure essential oils Christmas Blend

Three essential oils blend that just right for christmas:

• Conifer Blend : fir needle, pine needle and spruce needle.
• Celebration Blend : cinnamon, orange, spruce, patchouli, and cloves
• Winter's Warmth Blend : orange, cinnamon, clove, tangerine, juniper berry and nutmeg.

Perfect for those who are very busy or a beginner. These blends are available from sample size (about 15-20 drops) to 80 ml. Click here for details

"Aromatherapy-at-home" Christmas Blend

And at last.. my Christmas blend. A do-it-yourself Christmas blend that can make your house warm and fill the spirit of Christmas. Easy to do and here what you'll need:

• 8 drops of Pine needle essential oil
• 6 drops of Cinnamon essential oil
• 6 drops of Ginger essential oil
• 4 drops of Orange essential oil

Place the blend in the diffuser and Enjoy!

Some ideas to use this blend :

You can make votive candle using this blend. You are welcome to replace the essential oils with fragrance oils. Use green color and red color in it. If you want to make it as a gift. Place 6 of them in box. 3 red candles and 3 green candles. Tie it up with a bow and a card on it. That would be a perfect gift for your neighbor and friends.

Otherwise you can place them around the house. Put them together red and green candle with some decoration. There you'll have a Christmas decoration.

4. Aroma Drink

Recline in front of a glowing fire while the snow drifts, and the tree lights twinkle. A sip from this warm and nutty aroma drink blend completes the perfect winter wonderland.

For calming your tense : put a drop of basil, marjoram, orange and neroli to a cup of water then add 1 tablespoon of honey. Stir. Serve hot/cold.

For lift up your energy : put a drop of juniper, lemon and geranium to a cup of water then add 1 tablespoon of honey. Stir. Serve hot/cold.

5. Christmas Gifts : What to pick?

Stuck for Christmas Gift Ideas? Don't know what to pick? Then let me help you. Together with amazon, I've created Top 10 most wanted gift for Christmas. This list is based on most wanted gift for Christmas, best seller on each category and my children favorite.

So here it is. I hope it will help you pick the right one.

Click here for Top Ten Christmas Gifts

6. Christmas Giveaways!!

7. Site Update : Ask It!

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8. Merry Christmas

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." ~Burton Hillis

Merry Christmas Everybody!

All the best,
Liani Widjaja