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feeling festive<br />
Essential oil perfume<br />
You can make a wonderfully<br />
unique scent for your loved one –<br />
no one will be wearing the same<br />
perfume!<br />
You’ll need:<br />
• 5 or 10ml roller bottle<br />
• 2 or 3 essential oils, e.g. ylang<br />
ylang, grapefruit, lavender, or<br />
vanilla. You can find guides online<br />
that tell you which scents go best<br />
together<br />
• An unscented carrier oil, e.g.<br />
almond or coconut oil<br />
• Dried flowers like edible rose<br />
petals or lavender<br />
Take the rollerball off of the bottle.<br />
In the container, combine 10 or<br />
fewer drops of your essential oils.<br />
Remember, you can always add<br />
more, so start slowly. Swirl the oils<br />
in the glass together to combine the<br />
fragrances.<br />
When applying directly to your<br />
skin, essential oils should always be<br />
diluted, so add your carrier oil and<br />
any dried/decorative flowers you<br />
might want. Fill with the carrier oil<br />
until you reach the top.<br />
‘Reasons why I love you’ jar<br />
Fill a large mason jar with hand<br />
written and sentimental notes for<br />
your loved one.<br />
Use the following prompts to<br />
inspire you:<br />
• Reasons why I love you…<br />
• Remember when…<br />
• Quotes/lyrics…<br />
• You/we have to do this…<br />
You could fill it with 52 notes (one<br />
for every week of the year) or, if<br />
you’re feeling ambitious, you<br />
could aim for daily memos with<br />
365. Tell them to pull out a note<br />
any time they’re feeling down – to<br />
cheer them up and to make them<br />
think of happy times with you.<br />
Create (and bake) your own<br />
food hamper<br />
If your loved one’s a bit of a foodie,<br />
the best kind of present might be<br />
one that speaks to their stomach.<br />
Putting together a personalised<br />
food hamper means you can<br />
choose a few of their favourite<br />
sweet or savoury foods.<br />
If they’ve got a favourite dish<br />
– something they always order<br />
when eating out – you could buy<br />
a few of the key ingredients, and<br />
make them their own step-by-step<br />
recipe card. You’ll find lots of great<br />
templates on canva.com that you<br />
can edit, download, and print.<br />
To make it even more personal,<br />
you could give them something<br />
you’ve cooked or baked. Some<br />
Christmas cookies would be great<br />
for someone with a sweet tooth<br />
(check out our recipe on p56), or<br />
a chutney (to go alongside some<br />
cheese) is a great choice for a<br />
savoury snacker.<br />
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