tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post1698134364142663492..comments2024-03-24T12:54:29.192-04:00Comments on P i g t o w n * D e s i g n: Smells Like Christmas!Pigtown*Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-7483162686749899542014-12-18T11:29:06.187-05:002014-12-18T11:29:06.187-05:00I've never tried orange pomander balls... but ...I've never tried orange pomander balls... but I'm going to! Great idea! My favorite yuletide smells from childhood - the pine tree, the fire in the fireplace, freshly baked gingerbread cookies, and - weird but cool - the plastic smell of the vintage decorations that had been in the attic all year.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-46849057886742178722014-12-17T19:17:28.072-05:002014-12-17T19:17:28.072-05:00I also love the orange and clove pomanders. I also...I also love the orange and clove pomanders. I also make miniature ornaments out of cinnamon and applesauce, after drying, I attach them to a fresh balsam wreath with red ribbons. I had the idea after seeing a similar wreath on display during a holiday visit to Williamsburg. My sister-in-law gave me a Thymes Fir candle at Thanksgiving, the scent is heavenly!Debbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-34081086189198101532014-12-17T14:36:17.351-05:002014-12-17T14:36:17.351-05:00The skewers are a great idea! The skewers are a great idea! Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-74582515378247801172014-12-17T14:36:03.033-05:002014-12-17T14:36:03.033-05:00I love that piñon scent. I found some small incens...I love that piñon scent. I found some small incense cones in Arizona a few years ago. They smelled fabulous! Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-39666458831948878842014-12-17T14:35:03.555-05:002014-12-17T14:35:03.555-05:00Use the stripper side of the zester and you will g...Use the stripper side of the zester and you will get the nice long strands of orange skin.Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-64063430186623038092014-12-17T13:23:46.225-05:002014-12-17T13:23:46.225-05:00I love making these pomanders and use wooden skewe...I love making these pomanders and use wooden skewers to easily poke the holes into the oranges for the cloves. Your cake looks scrumptious. Nothing like an English Christmas cake with a steaming hot cuppa to sooth the soul (my American husband, however, is not so convinced).Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-7262102090181199652014-12-17T12:34:14.188-05:002014-12-17T12:34:14.188-05:00I like to make citrus pomanders, too. The scent of...I like to make citrus pomanders, too. The scent of piñon is winter to me after spending some time at the Grand Canyon many years ago, though I can only find that scent in incense in Southern California :)J.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10363492514927730009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-40581906392851513142014-12-17T11:55:09.737-05:002014-12-17T11:55:09.737-05:00We have made the orange and clove pomanders all of...We have made the orange and clove pomanders all of my life; however the zester is a new tip! Thanks so much Meg! Traditions like this mean so much to our families at the holidays!<br /><br />xoxo<br />Karena<br />The Arts by KarenaKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-32424525663038565372014-12-17T10:42:18.209-05:002014-12-17T10:42:18.209-05:00EWWW! I have had that happen a couple of times, an...EWWW! I have had that happen a couple of times, and other times they've just dried out nicely. Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-13789972784121673962014-12-17T10:41:43.199-05:002014-12-17T10:41:43.199-05:00Charleston looks so gorgeous at Christmas. I think...Charleston looks so gorgeous at Christmas. I think that period is especially beautiful when decorated. But that's what I am used to. I should have added incense from Midnight Mass to the list of scents.Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-26918313961499341242014-12-17T10:00:02.786-05:002014-12-17T10:00:02.786-05:00I love the orange pomander balls too. In years pas...I love the orange pomander balls too. In years past, I used an ice pick to poke a pilot hole of sorts. It helped a little but I will try your idea. When I was first on my own, I found the cloves a bit expensive a skimped on the number I put in the oranges. Yuck! It turned into a moldy, gross mess and that it not a scent that reminds me of Christmas.Kerry Steele- Design du Mondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13066816712379181399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-68537906785995881682014-12-17T09:44:27.771-05:002014-12-17T09:44:27.771-05:00as a child growing up in Miami--- no fireplace no ...as a child growing up in Miami--- no fireplace no sleigh rides, no ice skating The pictures say it is so-- but vivid holiday memories the one spent visiting my husbands parents up in Charleston SC. The candlelight Christmas eve service in a massive sanctuary from the 1800s or earlier was wonderful--- but I will say ,we would go camping in a tent during the winter break, as it did cool off aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-3504860306514428472014-12-17T09:19:17.635-05:002014-12-17T09:19:17.635-05:00I forgot about wrapping in the cheese cloth. I forgot about wrapping in the cheese cloth. Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-81777704816477553962014-12-17T09:18:56.515-05:002014-12-17T09:18:56.515-05:00The best thing about being grown up is that you ca...The best thing about being grown up is that you can make your own memories... even if you are on your own!Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-51202303191029540842014-12-17T07:35:24.235-05:002014-12-17T07:35:24.235-05:00Sorry about that typo - I don't know what I di...Sorry about that typo - I don't know what I did!onneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981012261493442575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-86909703776266748732014-12-17T07:33:56.452-05:002014-12-17T07:33:56.452-05:00Meg, ditto!! I remember my grandmother making a si...Meg, ditto!! I remember my grandmother making a similar cake that she would wrap in cheese cloth and periodically pour some hard liquor over it weeks before Xmas. I so relate to the scents and memories effect,<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> and mine are much the same: that smell of the tree and greens, a roaring fire, and the smell of spice from the pomanders. Isn't it amazing how simple onneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981012261493442575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735719884954321988.post-62607709650412235662014-12-17T07:31:46.989-05:002014-12-17T07:31:46.989-05:00I am also a Thymes Frasier Fir addict and give the...I am also a Thymes Frasier Fir addict and give them regularly as gifts. They are the best! I envy you these wonderful scent memories, Meg, as I grew up in a home where little attention was paid to the holidays. As writer Tom Robbins said, it's never too late to have a happy childhood so I work at surrounding myself with lots of visual and tactile holiday stimuli but aside from the candles Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com