Category Archive

beverages

Make a fruity ice punch ring at your holiday party

This makes a great addition to the punch bowl for your next gathering and won’t melt as fast as a bag of ice cubes, meaning your favourite drink will still pack a…punch!

What do you know about making awesome Kombucha?

I feel like I’ve graduated — I read Offbeat Bride every day until my recent wedding and now to fill that hole I’m reading Offbeat Home.

Recently I’ve been thinking about making my own kombucha in my house. I’m wondering what advice you might have about how to go about doing that, what the best ingredients are, what considerations and items I would need?

Chill your drinks with frozen fruit

There’s nothing like an icy drink on a hot day… except when the drink gets all watered down from the ice. A cool trick you can try is to freeze some fresh fruit to chill your drinks.

Summer drink inspiration: Mexican horchata recipes

Horchata is a cold Latin American and Spanish rice-based drink usually flavored with cinnamon and vanilla. Needless to say, it pairs really well with spicy Mexican food and is a great summer drink. But after seeing these Horchata-flavored cupcakes from Just Jenn Recipes, I went looking for more interesting ways to dress it up.

Put a lid on your Mason jar to make it a great reusable on-the-go cup

Oh mason jars, is there NOTHING you can’t do? Okay, you weren’t the most portable “on the go” type beverage holder. Until now.

What to do with a box full of kitschy swizzle sticks?

I bought a bucket full of these vintage cocktail stirrers at a flea market, “swizzle sticks,” the guy called them. I want to do something with them… but I’m not sure what. I’m a pretty good DIY-er when it comes to figuring out how to make or do something, but what to use these for has me totally stumped. Do you have any ideas?

Make these DIY crystal bottle stoppers

Right? Cupcakes and Cashmere has the tutorial on how you can transform a little epoxy, a pretty stone, a cork stopper and into something super cool for the top of your liquor cabinet. Good for gifts, parties, and little presents to yourself. (The presents of which I speak are boozepresents.)