These “flower flag” swizzle sticks featured in InStyle’s Southern Weddings gallery are such a cute idea! Created by attaching a small rectangle of paper to a wooden dowel and glue-gunning a yellow or green mum to it, these creative swizzle sticks are a great idea for dressing up signature cocktails and mocktails at any type of shower or celebration!
New cocktail recipes are up in The Recipe Box! A few favorites pictured above include:
French Martini
French Kiss (cute for bridal showers & weddings)
Basil Grande
Chambord & Champagne (super easy – just like it sounds!)
More newcomers: Raspberry Manhattan, Midorita, Midori Melon Ball Punch, and Chambord Margarita.
St. Patrick’s Day is less than a week a way, so it’s probably time to start talking about celebrations for this fun, super-lively holiday – and we know there will be a lot of them! Today on Real Simple: Celebrations, I posted some tips & ideas for St. Patrick’s Day drinks – from the all-important [...]
Vodka never looked so pink…or so chic! I have to admit that Pinky Vodka has their packaging down pat – this pretty bottle and pink-hued beverage would fit right in at a Parisian bridal shower, lingerie shower, bachelorette party, or really any type of girlie cocktail party.
Recipe quick links from thenest.com:
Chocolate Pinky Valentini {This sounds [...]
Jazz up your midnight toast this year with some festive, toast-worthy recipes from cocktailtimes.com:
Lava Lamp Cocktail
Junior Lava Lamp (Non-Alcoholic)
Rising Star
and this extremely yummy-looking Blackberry Bellini
*All recipes above except for the Junior Lava Lamp are champagne-based. To create mocktail versions of champagne-based cocktails, substitute ginger ale or lemon-lime soda for the champagne.
I stumbled on some wonderful holiday inspiration in the most unexpected place the other day – my grocery store’s website! I was trying to figure out if something I needed was sold at a regular grocery store, so I went to the VONS website, spotted a little section called “Inspired Holidays“, clicked on it, and [...]
I love the winter snowflakes design.
would love to have the sleek looking salt and pepper grinder and beautiful soaps for all my guest washrooms.
Thanks MC - the utensil holders are from Target a while back (see comments above) but I've not seen them
Chris - Not yet....sigh. I seriously need a time-freezing machine so I can catch up on everything :0 It's on my
Black and white paisley and blue polka-dots are both cute!!
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Pot o’ Gold Brie + Salad
Basil Grande Cocktail
French Onion Soup
Better-than-Classic Butterscotch Pudding
Trellis Travel Mug
Cheeky and Cheerful Occasion Cards
Tipsy Toes Ice Cubes Set
Eat, Drink & Be Merry Tags
“Happy it’s Happy Hour” Flask
