I'm Victoria, craft designer, creative director and founding editor of Styled. magazine. I have a crazy passion for merry making! Read more here. Contact me (asubtlerevelry at gmail).
Ed update: Congrats to our winner of the $50 gift card, Haylee.
Twilltape.com giving away $50 gift card to their store this week. You can use it to purchase great quality tapes for wrapping or decorating. You can even have certain rolls customized for a specific event. Their color selection and quality cannot be beat (I especially love the rosy pink!). To enter, check out twilltape.com and comment below what you would use your winnings to purchase. Contest will be open until Monday night.
This party series is sponsored by Sierra Mist Natural made with real sugar, no artificial ingredients and 100% natural flavoring.
I am normally faithful to the eggnog martini as my favorite holiday drink, but this year I was encouraged to experiment. I created a recipe that I like even better (and one with less calories). A bright peppermintini! Served alongside the cookies at our tasting it was everything you’d except from a holiday drink bright, cheery and festive.
To make your own bright peppermintini combine the first four ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice and strain into a martini glass, top with Sierra Mist Natural and serve alongside scrumptious holiday cookies!
Sierra Mist Natural is giving away a complete party set today. The set includes a cocktail shaker, four drink glasses, pretty rim sugars, and a $50 amex gift card to stock your cabinet for this coming holiday week! To enter, come up with a creative holiday drink recipe (cocktail or mocktail) and share it by commenting below. Be inspired by other great tasting recipes and share your own on the Sierra Mist Natural Facebook page. Contest will be open until midnight Dec 28th.
Update: This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to Jenni for winning!
blessings.
This party series is sponsored by Sierra Mist Natural made with real sugar, no artificial ingredients and 100% natural flavoring. For more festive holiday recipes like Sierra Mist on Facebook.
Inviting a friends to gather is one of the great joys of the holiday season, there is much to revel in this time of year! We hosted a cocktails and cookies gathering to celebrate the first batch of freshly baked goods and taste our way through a sampling of festive holiday drinks.
Since the house is already decked out for the holidays, decor for a winter gathering is quite easy to pull together. A few branches of fresh cut evergreen, glass bottles filled with snow poms, and a sampling of pretty ribbons created the casually festive feeling I was hoping for.
We sampled two new drinks, Frost Bite Cocktails and Meet me at the Mistletoe Martinis. Which of these Seirra Mist Natural cocktails would you like to try? It was really fun to taste new drinks and by choosing just a few recipes, sampling becomes a very affordable way to host a gathering. We snacked on freshly baked treats (peanut butter blossoms are my favorite!) and sent home goodies in thrifted Christmas tins which are plentiful for the picking if you stock up during summer.
PS. Special thanks to Liz for being so great about tasting under the camera lens.
blessings.
Update: This contest is now closed, congrats to Julie for winning the gift card!
If you are still looking for gifts for the little ones. I am happy to introduce you to one of our sponsors My Sweet Muffin. A shop that carries the most adorably sweet baby and toddler items around. The entire site is filled with high quality gift ideas to snatch up for your list of loved kids this year.
One reader will win a $50 gift card to the store this week. To be entered check out My Sweet Muffin and comment to share what you would spend the winnings on. My kids would love the dinosaur shadow puppet set or the adorable Appaman Braids top. Contest closes Friday night.
blessings.
Update: This contest is now closed. Congrats to Kristen for being our randomly selected winner.
I have a special giveaway today from a new favorite site, Daily Grommet. Every day at noon, they launch one product that you likely have never seen before. Watch a short video as they explain what makes each find special, many products are hand crafted and incredibly unique (love!). They have great finds for entertaining this holiday season and something for everyone on your gift list.
Daily Grommet is giving away a $50 gift card to one lucky reader this weekend. Check out the site and share with us what you would buy. I really like the fish vase and the winter terrarium. Contest is open until Tuesday at noon.
PS. Last week I hosted my first ever twitter party with Daily Grommet. It was fun to converse and share wrapping and holiday tips. Check out the party on my twitter page or by searching #holidayhelp.
blessings.
Update: Congratulations to Tristen for winning this giveaway.
Today’s giveaway is from Calliope, for a pewter love puzzle along with your choice of either the elliot bird circle pendant or earrings. Nicely timed for any last minute gifts! To enter, click over to Calliope and check out all their great gift ideas. Comment to share what you love the most. Contest will be open until Friday at noon.
Calliope is also offering a special discount of %15 off for my readers this month, enter code ASR11 at checkout.
blessings.
Update: This contest is closed congrats to Cynthia and Chelsea for winning our apron prizes!
This week’s giveaway from sponsor Main Street-Store is for a cupcake apron or tote. Two lucky winners will get their choice. A great win for this cookie baking, gift toting time of year. I’d love for you to visit Main Street’s gorgeous collection of aprons, dish gloves and totes. Let me know which you like the most by leaving a comment to be entered. Contest closes Friday at noon.
blessings.
