Brand New Post for TODAY’S NEST: Summer Entertaining!
The cocktail flag is up! If you like flirty cocktails and pretty DIY summer entertaining ideas, drop in on my BRAND NEW post, featured on TODAY’S NEST! It’s up! So excited to be a contributor! I hope you like it! Thank you Sam! The beautiful images by Stefanie Knowlton Photography are so inviting! Hope you’ll...
Cinco de Mayo ~ Peach and Mint Margarita
Just peachy! Get your Cinco de Mayo CELEBRATION off to a peachy start with my Peach & Mint Margaritas! AND while you are at it why not pull together a simple and pretty Margarita bar tray to go with? It’s Margarita central! Include: fun stemware – LOVE these...
The Bar Cart
Retro Refreshment ~ Image via Pinterest via A Beautiful Mess * * * It’s a stylish entertaining essential and it’s my lifestyle topic of choice…on this segment of Hart & Home on KOMO Newsradio! I hope you’ll listen as news anchor Larry Rice and I talk about this retro-style must have! Click...
Cocktail Corner: The Meyer Lemon-Thyme Drop
Luscious Golden Lemon ~ Thought our Easter celebration could use a pretty little citrus- cocktail infusion. So, I came up with this signature cocktail: The Meyer Lemon-Thyme Drop. (You know me…with my herb obsessions!) It’s super simple. The magnificent Meyer, gives the libation a golden richness and there...
Wild Huckleberry Smoothies
Do you smoothie? Everywhere I go, people are talking about the benefits of smoothies. Breakfast smoothies, detox smoothies, builder smoothies… so now, I’ve jumped on the smoothie bandwagon too with the Wild Huckleberry Smoothie! It’s a yummy & low cal, detox smoothie, packed with protein & antioxidants. It’s my breakfast and/or snack time…’go to’ small meal...
Silver Margarita Pops ~ Cinco de Mayo and Summer Soirees
Silver Tequila & Lime ~ While taking part in a cool Twitter chat, organized by Today’s Nest… (So excited to be asked! Thank you Sam!) we arrived at the festive topic of, stepping up your Cinco de Mayo celebration. I suggested this: Margarita Pops… Silver Margarita Pops, a grownup take…on the ice pop! Great for Cinco de...
Lavender Martini Drops and French Silver
The Color Purple ~ It started with this beautiful French find. A Parisian silver cruet, turned tiny vase…at our Easter table. So pretty, filled with a small nosegay of fragrant purple freesias. I love the posh silver against the shabby, French wooden bottle carrier. Our old style, champagne glasses seem right at home. But it doesn’t stop there. Our...
Hot Chocolate with Star Anise and Thai Chile ~
Winter Warmth Don’t know if it’s the upcoming holiday of l~o~v~e or a recent viewing of, ‘Chocolat,’ a film favorite but I’m craving chocolate, hot Chocolate and not just any hot chocolate. This batch, is made from 3 ounces of unrefined Dark Spanish Chocolate… roughly chopped and a cup of whole milk, infused with Star Anise, that shapely, licorice...
Halloween Bar ~ Spirits ~ Salted Caramel Cocktail
Creepy Cocktails Don’t forget to ‘set the bar’ this Halloween. A few creepy… crawlers, Blood orange bitters… and bone chilling, Halloween bar, accoutrements, will do the trick. And as the bewitching hour approaches…. This sinfully sweet & salty cocktail concoction, will warm your soul and keep the Halloween ‘spirits’… at bay. * * * Salted Caramel...
Refresh ~ Prosecco & Elderflower Liqueur
Floral effervescence On a sweltering summer day, cool down with… a glass of prosecco, infused with the delicate floral undertone of Elderflower liqueur and a drop or two of tart, freshly squeezed lemon juice. So refreshing, so pretty too! I’m loving the elderflower these days, adding it to all sorts of things, with wonderful results....
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