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""What is that wonderful auroma?""

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, lemons...

"I came up with this recipe when my boys were just being…boys. Their clothing was not getting clean with the standard Fels soap recipe. I found myself adding more of this and that and so I just designed this recipe. I make no claims except that it works for my messy, grass stained, paint slathered, dirt ground in boys clothes."

Ingredients: borax, glycerin...

"My daughter spilled a cup of grape juice on her hot pink shirt. This did the trick, and the shirt's still pink! I got this from my sister in law and am posting it here so I don't lose it. The "dish detergent" is actually Cascade automatic dishwasher detergent-it wouldn't let me enter that as an ingredient."

Ingredients: dish detergent, hot water...

"Looking for a gift idea for friends and family? Or maybe you're looking for some ornaments for a Christmas tree! Try these fragrant ornaments! Maybe you could make this a pre-holiday family activity and get everyone involved!! Cook time includes drying time for ornaments. 2 trays of ornaments, depending on size of cutters used...this is a guess-ti-mate!..."

Ingredients: nutmeg, ground cloves...

"This test will determine if any bacteria are present in your drinking water."

Ingredients: granulated sugar, tap water...

"Pomanders were originally metal or ivory filigree balls filled with spices fixed with ambergris, hence the name (from the French "pomme d'ambre", or apple of ambergris). Having a bowl of these fragrant oranges (or lemons) near an entryway or on a kitchen table is one of my favorite and easiest holiday decorating traditions. Prep time..."

Ingredients: ribbon, ground allspice...

"Making your own Yule logs is part of the fun of an old fashioned Christmas. Be careful that your children stay away from the coloring chemicals they can be harmful. Yule logs make a nice gift too just wrap them in Christmas wrapping paper. Only use newsprint not the shiny paper as it does not absorb as quickly"

Ingredients: coarse salt, bluestone, borax...

"This has been great fun gathering all the stuff, now I am patiently waiting "a few weeks", it should be ready for Christmas. I will place it in among the plants inside our front door entrance, hoping the scent will welcome visitors. Comes out of our local tourism magazine "Okanagan life"."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, cloves...

"My co-worker Amy is talented in all things craftsy: basket-making, soaps (the real kind, with lye!) and this is her recipe for gingerbread craft dough for holiday ornaments, etc. You can protect them with clearcoat to save for future holidays, but this will mask the delicious spicy fragrance, so I'd just make more next year and enjoy the aroma..."

Ingredients: molasses, shortening, sugar...

"Fermented Tea Kvass. This recipe is for about a gallon and a half. It is an 11 day process but once you start, you just can't stop. You need a 2 gallon glass or safe ceramic crock and some cheese cloth for a lid. A clean room averaging 78 degrees. Avoid any major temperature spikes.You will need to purchase a SCOBY culture and build up to..."

Ingredients: tea, sugar...

"I found this recipe on yahoo answers so I put it here for safe keeping. I live in East Tx and we have ant problems year round. I can't wait to try this."

Ingredients: tea, orange oil, molasses...