DIY - Decorative Potpourri gift

Make a lovely gift for your friends or family in just minutes. 

Materials you'll need. 

* Small glass container with lip that turns outward

* Potpourri in the color and scent you like

* Tulle Circles
* Lace (double the length of the opening on glass)
* Any ribbons and flower or other decorations you may like.
* Hot Glue gun
* optional - Sewing machine.

First you will take the glass container and fill it with the potpourri the you have chosen to use. 

The One I chose was "Ocean Mist" and it has pretty shades of greenish-blue and teal/aqua hues.   (I added in a couple real shells to the mix)   You can add any other decorations to the glass bowl that you want to show in your decoratoin too. 

Once you have the potpourri in the glass,  you will take 1 to 2 tulle circles and place them over the top.  (I used two to be sure that no small particles would slip through) 

At this point you'll probably need a little help from someone to hold the tulle down while you tie a small ribbon around it and the glass.   (it's a pain to get the tulle on without someone helping) 

After you have held the tulle and tied a small ribbon around the lip of the glass make a knot in it, and then cut it real short.  This ribbon isn't ment to be seen. 

YOu will now be ready to attach your lace ruffle around the edge.  This is where the sewing machine is optional.  What I did is sew some lose stitches (leaving the bobbin undone so thread is loose)  and then stitched a line but didn't lock it at the final stitch.   I then pulled the thread to make the lace gather evenly.  (if you don't have a sewing machine to do this you can hand stitch it or just gather it by eye)  

Take your lace (about double the amount that would go around once)  IE:  it was  7 inches around this glass lip, so I used 14 Inches of lace.   Start glueing it around the glass to the tule/ribbon that you tied on to it.   Glue it every bit of the way little by little until the entire edge around the glass has the lace ruffle.   Make sure your lace is long enought to ruffle and gather and not just be pulled around the glass as it won't lay nicely if it's too tight.    Once you have the lace fully glued entirely around the tulle/ribbon it will keep everything in place perminently.  You can then start the decorating process. 

I chose a teal colored ribbon to wrap around the lace ruffle to give it a nice clean look (covering the glue and ugly stuff that you can see where it's connected to the glass/tulle.

I tied it in a bow and then used a few other ribbons on the front to pretty it up.    I was going for a Victorian look so I added a few different satin roses,  different shades and sizes.   All glued on with the gun.  It took about 30 to 40 minutes to complete. 

It may take you longer or shorter depending on your abilities.   But it's an easy overall project. 

After everything is said and done, I had a lovely gift to give to my nephew and his fiance which was handcrafted with love from me to them. 

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