This is what I bought at the Stuff of Life Festival on Saturday.
I’m ashamed to say that I don’t know who I bought it from.
Well, obviously, I know that I bought it from a nice lady with a stall full of handmade felt goodies.
But what I mean is that I thought I’d picked up her card, but then found I hadn’t. And I can’t for the life of me remember the name of the stall.
So I can’t give credit where credit is due. Apologies for that.
I also bought a cheery felt gingerbread man (at lad’s insistence) for our christmas tree. A bit premature perhaps, but I just couldn’t resist lad’s demands.
The only thing I’m not so keen on is that both bunny and biscuit bloke are scented.
I was actually going to buy a rather super owl as well, but it was fragranced, if that is the word, with rose. Which is a scent that I can’t stand. At least, not the sickly, synthetic version. Real roses are, of course, a different matter entirely.
And I find that now I’ve got them home, I’m not hugely keen on the smells emanating from my purchases either.
I think they’re meant to be either sandalwood- or jasmine-scented, but to me they just smell like cheap joss sticks.
So, I think I’ll pop them up in the attic for now, and hope their pong is past it by the time they have to adorn the tree. ♥
They are sweet, but it is ashame about the smell. Perhaps pack them with some sodium bicarbonate? (Don’t know if you call that baking soda, like we do)
Maybe they scented them to mask any smells they may have picked up from where they were made, if people have cats, or smoke, or like me, cook spicy vegetarian food!!
I think the scent is supposed to be a bonus – decoration + air freshener! But I would definitely have preferred them unscented!
Oh I can’t abide rose scent either! Too bad on the ‘bonus’ scents. I agree with Erica-the soda might work.
I’d try baking soda or cat litter … you can use it to take the fusty smell from old suitcases and the like, so it might work to absorb the scent from your felties … Bee xx
Thanks! I’ll try it! I have a nasty feeling that they might actually have some sort of scented stuff – possibly even an incense cone or pot pourri – inside the stuffing, but without actually unpicking them I can’t really tell!
I don’t understand some people’s obsession with fake smells! Just open the window…..Nothing is as good as fresh air but people would rather spend a fortune on air freshners….and don’t get me started on fabric conditioners. Rant over!
Totally with you! The worst are those plug-in air fresheners that exacerbate asthma and allergies and smell horrid. Mind you, not as horrid as my felt purchases, I’m sorry to say!