The basic premise is simple: stud whole cloves into pieces of fruit. Generally speaking, the more your fruit is covered in cloves, the longer it will last. Simple clove studded fruit (like in the ...

Pomanders are easy and fun and make great gifts that bring the scent of the garden indoors to brighten cold winter days. Today, most pomanders are ornaments made of glass, ceramic or fabric filled ...

I haven’t made pomanders (clove-studded citrus) since I was a kid. I don’t know what inspired me this week, but I feel a pomander kick. I mentioned making place cards by studding oranges with cloves ...

If you ask anyone which scents they associate with theholiday season, chances are that several of them will name warming spices, and citrus fruits. From gingerbread cookies to blood oranges tucked ...

In the Celtic calendar, the Winter Solstice is the eighth festival, a time of stillness and rebirth, when the wheel of the seasons completes its turning only to begin again. The eight Celtic festivals ...

Kids out of school? Look for something to fill the time? Help them make pomanders for decorations and gifts. Thanksgiving weekend still is enough time to make and cure these time-honored holiday ...

Spiced smells abound during the winter holidays, making oranges studded with cloves one of the nostalgic Christmas trends or traditions that are dear to the hearts of many. Also called pomanders, ...

In an era before Right Guard, air fresheners and Mr. Clean, Colonial-era housewives made pomanders to add a clean, spicy scent to their interiors and combat odors. Pomanders are citrus fruits studded ...