Sunshine in a jar

In what is turning out to be a dark, wet January it's nice to be reminded of brighter times.
Lacking the funds to travel to warmer places I have looked back to the sunnier parts of last summer and I can't think of anything that captures those days better than a batch of salves I made from the sunniest of all the weeds. Dandelion Flowers.


This method works for pretty much any infused oil but this one looks so pretty I wanted to share it.

 

 

 

 

I made a dandelion infused oil by steeping the heads in a mixture of olive and sweet almond oils

 

 

 

As you can see I use a combination of a jam funnel and a coffee

 filter to strain out the oil from the plant material

          
   I heated the oil gently over some just on the boil water.

  
When the oil was warm enough, I added beeswax and a few drops of essential oils

                                                

                                             
  I poured the resulting liquid salve into some glass jars

 

The salve labeled and ready to go.