Serving up fabulous cocktails and mocktails is a holiday tradition in my family. We like to get creative with the ingredients and concoct our own sweet creations. Sierra Mist asked me to whip up a delicious cocktail using their all-natural drink so take a look at the recipe I created (and I LOVE that their soda has no artificial flavors - it's real sugar!). SPARKLING APPLE MIST I love the taste { Continue Reading }
Giving wine is a common hostess gift to give for all those holiday dinner parties, neighborhood gatherings, and other holiday celebrations. We thought we'd help you jazz up that bottle of wine with some free, printable holiday gift tags! Simple print on a cardstock, and cut! The hole is a 1.5" circle if you have a punch that size or if you don't, just simple use scissors to cut a slit and then { Continue Reading }
For me and many others, my work family is as much a part of my life as my real family, but adding another 27 people to my Christmas list can get quite costly. Since I have been on a baking bonanza for the last 3 weeks I decided to put together some bite-size treats for my co-workers. Working with materials I already had on hand, I was able to package them in a personalized way to give my { Continue Reading }
Creative holiday parties just make our day so this "Buddy the ELF" themed holiday brunch just took the cake! Elf is one of my absolute favorite holiday movies, and I think it's such a cute idea to design a party all around your fave holiday movie! That's exactly what Dina Hafez-Suggs of Deliciously Darling Events did for her friends! "ELF has to be my favorite holiday movie of all times and { Continue Reading }
The holidays are here and the decorating has begun! I'm so excited to share some fun decorating ideas with you and let you shares yours here too! I have partnered with Sears to share how I spread real cheer throughout the season. One of the ways I love to spread cheer through holiday decorating is gift packaging. I absolutely LOVE packaging gifts in cute and clever ways. Here are a few of my { Continue Reading }
What a chic and fun spin on a holiday party! Tanya Martinez from Save the Date for Cupcakes put together this swanky little bash for a few of her close friends. I love the idea of offering several small bites of fun foods, it allows your guests to have a little taste of everything! Plus, not only does it look great, it makes for easy entertaining, too! Tanya fills us in on all of the { Continue Reading }
This time of year, there is certainly no shortage of delicious cookie and Christmas treat recipes floating around the web. So I'm excited to share a few recipes for COCKTAILS & MOCKTAILS so your party has some super sweet sips too! Sierra Mist Mixologists (I think I'd like that job title!) have shared some of their fabulous cocktail and mocktail recipes with us today! They asked a few bloggers { Continue Reading }
Today’s homemade DIY gift idea is a set of three hot drinks and sweet treats, perfectly paired for snuggling up in front of a cozy fire. These gift sets are so simple to make (even the marshmallows!), but look impressive and taste great. Enjoy! After blending up the drink mixes and baking up the sweet treats (recipes below), package them up in kraft coffee bags and clear plastic bags from The { Continue Reading }
I teamed up with Tiny Prints for Christmas cards this year, and I'm so happy with how they turned out! Black + white stripes is a fave of mine (in fact, black/white stripes appear somewhere in both my books - and will be a signature pattern in my wedding next June). I love how we were able to get Henry in there too! I'll be mailing these in vibrant red envelopes with a custom return address { Continue Reading }
Thanks to Jennifer of May Details for the very generous HAPPY HOLIDAY freebie that we get to share with you today! Jennifer is a very talented designer whose printables cover everything from birthday parties and weddings to baby and bridal showers! Hop over to May Details to browse around (check out her Cute As a Button and Sweet Shoppe designs, my fave!) These cute printables would be { Continue Reading }
