Wednesday, April 15, 2015

DIY HERBAL STICKS.

Ingredients: Sage, cedar, and rosemary.
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1. Hold several stems of herbs together in one hand, all facing the same direction, woody stems together. Wrap the stems together tightly, overlapping a few times to keep it secure, but leaving a longish tail loose (we’ll use this to finish up at the end).
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2. The author used half a strand of embroidery thread, but you could use any thin, strong twine. Hold the stems loosely but firmly, and use your hand to smooth the leaves down into a tidy bundle.
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3.  Keep wrapping, wrap, wrap, wrap – doesn’t need to be too tight.
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4.  Work your way down the bundle, wrapping with string – when you reach the tip, double back and zig-zag up to the top again. then tie the remainder of string to the loose tail you left loose at the beginning.
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5. Ta - da! You’re almost done!
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6.  Trim off the scraggly bits, and let it dry in a cool-ish place out of direct sunlight for about a week.
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Thats it!

From https://freeplaycraft.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/diy-smudge-sticks-photo-tutorial/.
Replaced “smudge” with “herbal” if you don’t mind ~