Curbly Video Podcast: How to make aromatherapy 'sweets'

By: Diy maven Apr 14, 2008

created on: 04/14/08

Aromatherapy 'sweets' are fun and easy to make. Great for your mom or mom-equivalent on Mother's Day or as bridal or baby shower favors, they would make a great addition to any lingerie drawer!

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What you need:

a candy mold (2 bucks at Michaels)
acrylic craft paints and paint sealer
paint brush
1/4" fabric ribbon
craft glue
aromatherapy oil (I used lavender oil)
Plaster of Paris
measuring cup(s)
popsicle sticks or other appropriate utensil for stirring
cold water

What you do:

mix Plaster of Paris according to instructions on package
pour plaster mixture in candy mold, wait 20 to 30 minutes
pop 'candies' out of mold and let dry completely
if the 'candies' have any rough edges, you can file them down
put a coat or two of paint on the 'candies' followed by a coat of sealer
when dry, put a drop or two of oil on the back of each 'sweet', let oil absorb thoroughly
with craft glue, glue 'candy' discs together
finally, cut a strip of ribbon and glue it around the edge of each 'sweet' to hide the seam

And that's it! Of course, these 'sweets' are just for smelling, not for eating!

Tagged : How-To, aromatherapy, potpourri, fix-its, video, CurblyVideo, podcast

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Talk about great minds! Since winter finally seems to be over here, I'm going to do my next project outdoors. Mostly because it's messy, but it does have a gardener's/plant-lover's theme. As far as HGTV goes--oh man, wouldn't that be awesome?!?! I could do the crafty stuff, and you could do the upholstery. Speaking of which---where's that podcast??

Miss Maven, you are getting very comfortable in front of the camera. Possibly an HGTV show in your future-how about crafting in the great outdoors?

My camera has a/v outputs that have never been of interest to me until now. One of them is an ear-plug-like connector. That seems like my best hope, as far as the mic is concerned. The wave editor sounds promising. I'm using Windows Movie Maker, which, as far as I can tell, it isn't much help as far as manipulating audio recorded during filming. Oil added to plaster: yeah, I don't think it would cure properly. Or, if it did, the oil in the plaster wouldn't let it take paint as well. But I'm just guessing.

I don't reckon you'll be able to use an external mic, because I don't know where you'd plug it in. If your camera's USB port can recieve information, you may be able to find a USB microphone, but for all that effort and cash, you could probably buy a video camera with a mic in.

A big help would be to run a noise-reduction over your audio. What software are you using to edit? It may have a noise reduction plugin, or you could export the audio and run it through a free wave editor, and then import it back into your video.

Or you might be able to record the audio onto your computer and then sync it with the video, if its possible with your video software.

PS - Why can't one add the oil to the wet plaster? Will it not cure properly?

Yup. I'd like to ehance the audio of the camera (Canon A720IS) for the non-voiced-over parts. I'm not finding anything specific--as far as external mics go--for digital point and shoots. Any suggestions?

Good work! Was this a solo effort?

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