Holiday Potpourri

I saw this cute idea for holiday potpourri on...
Little Birdie Secrets.

I decided to give it a try myself...and came up with a more basic version. 

I just tied together:

• one orange
• three cinnamon sticks (found at Whole Foods (sells bulk) in their "beauty" section--much less expensive than in a regular grocery store spice section)
• a little "spice packet"--included in it...
• 6 whole cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice--or you can just do small sprinkles of cloves, ginger, and nutmeg, and cinnamon.  (I actually think that ground cinnamon helps it smell stronger than the cinnamon sticks. But the sticks are more pretty. So I just make sure some cinnamon ends up in the "spice packet" to help things along.)

For the "spice packet" I just put the items in the corner of a baggie and tied shut with a piece of twine.  Then cut the top of the baggie off so it's just tiny and fits into the cellophane with the orange and cinnamon sticks nicely.

It's been a nice option for visiting teaching type gifts that are less perishable than food...when we know we just can't get all of them delivered in one night.  I just do quite a few and keep them in the fridge.