incense making

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Permalink Reply by Rev. Phoenix FireStar Rising on October 19, 2009 at 7:19am

Thx for adding this Jen. I hadn't gotten around to posting here. Life was hectic this weekend with taking my kid to the airport on Friday, surviving without her over the weekend and picking her up last night. But now I think (I hope) I'm back on track.

YES I want to learn how to make my own incense. .... any help would be appreciated.

Writer Waif/KJ

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Surdam on October 20, 2009 at 3:50am

NP, just figured I'd see if anybody was doing it! I couldn't find your message, but I knew you'd posted one, so... here we are! LOL ;)

Permalink Reply by Bar Wench Bettie on October 19, 2009 at 6:34pm

Merry Meet. I've been experimenting on making them. My first batch got moldy and wouldn't stay lit so I tried a different way and they are in the process of drying. I will let you know if they work and if they do I will post the recipe I have! Blessed be!

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Surdam on October 20, 2009 at 3:52am

Thanks, it's always good to know directly from people who have been working with them, especially when you know right and wrong ways to do things. It would be good to hear what you did that made the first batch go moldy, etc., so we'd know where we might could go wrong in the process! Any tips and stuff like that would go over very well with all of us, I know that much!
Hugs and BB,
jen :)

Permalink Reply by Bar Wench Bettie on October 21, 2009 at 12:32am

The first batch went bad because I covered them and the moisture stayed in them. I found out you want to leave them out and uncovered perferably in the sun. The weather is bad here so during the day I leave them in the table where the sun can hit them through the window. You also don't want to bake them cause if they dry to quickly they won't work.

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Surdam on October 24, 2009 at 12:46am

Kinda had this discussion on another forum, but thanks for the suggestion... :)

Permalink Reply by Lady LaFay Avalon on October 24, 2009 at 12:54am

yes i have tried a lot of the recipes in cunningham's incense,oils & brews it is great.

Permalink Reply by Lady LaFay Avalon on October 24, 2009 at 12:49am

The best site I have found for making incense, complete with great recipes and instructions is scents-of-earth here is how I make them. From my kitchen to yours .Hope this helps paganunite.ning.com/group/incense

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Surdam on October 26, 2009 at 12:20am

Cool. Do you have to be invited to this particular ning site?
Thanks! Hugs and BB,
jen :)

Permalink Reply by Heidi on November 19, 2009 at 12:26pm

I was wondering what kind of incense you were asking about, loose that burns on charcoal or sticks. After reading the responses, I figured that it was sticks. Personally, I love a resin incense on charcoal but it's not something to use inside unless there's plenty of ventilation.

Good luck!
Heidi

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Surdam on November 19, 2009 at 12:46pm

I'd honestly take instruction on how to make any incense at this point! :D
Thanks. Hugs and BB,
Jen :)