FESTIVE CHRISTMAS MIMOSAS

I was so excited to make these Christmas Mimosas, and I must admit I drank two in an afternoon. They are just so beautiful and festive and so easy to make. You will WOW your guests.

These new silicone extra-large Ice Cube Tray are the bomb. I remember a few years ago, Mr. Nine’s BFF got him some of the round whiskey familiar glass ice cube molds and I was smitten. These are a whole new level because you can add so many fun things to your cubes. I got mine for six bucks at Kohl’s and I’m starting to see them all over. 

Since it’s the 12 days of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to add 12 cranberries to each mold and it was perfect. I used two different juices and that’s what’s awesome you could use one you could use three and you could literally use whatever juices you wanted. I chose apple and cranberry pomegranate, and they were delicious.

The coupe Campagne Glasses are absolutely stunning. I’ve always wanted some of these and these are some of the prettiest I’ve seen from Amazon.

 

 

In case you want another festive cocktail recipe, check out the Reindeer Mules that I made HERE!

Christmas Mimosas Recipe

*Cranberries

*Rosemary Sprigs

*2 Juices, I used Apple & Cran-Pomegranate 

*Prosecco (or Sparkling Grape Juice for a non-alcoholic version)

 

Fill your molds with 12 cranberries each. Add equal parts of each juice. Add rosemary sprigs and freeze until set or ready to use. Carefully push out cubes and place in glasses. Pour Prosecco over about 3/4 full and enjoy! 

Glasses HERE // Ice Cube Molds HERE & HERE

Order now and they will be here in plenty of time for Christmas!

Christmas Mimosas Please🥂

What’s your favorite Holiday Beverage? 

Cheers my Dears!

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REINDEER MULE....FESTIVE CHRISTMAS COCKTAIL

I think this is the most excited I’ve ever been to create a holiday cocktail for you all! I have missed the Reindeer Mule! So, this is how it came about; several years ago, I had this at a local favorite restaurant/brewery of ours and it was out of this world delicious. I remember I took a picture of the ingredients that were in it although it didn’t give the amount. Last year when we went, it was no longer on the menu despite be wildly popular and I was so sad. Enter this year when my dear friend Kellyann told me about the Jack Daniels Winter White Whiskey Cider! I knew I wanted to create a cocktail with it, and it got me thinking about creating my own Reindeer Mule at home for the Yeti Bartender! I had made my own simple syrups before so I knew I could create the cinnamon cranberry simple syrup that is such a great base for this and thus this festive and beautiful Holiday Mule was born! I will be drinking this all season long!

The photo below is the restaurant inspo, 

not near as pretty as mine, lol!

What You'll Need

Reindeer Mule 

Makes 2
 
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 oz Winter Jack Daniels 
          Whiskey
1/2 oz Fireball Whiskey 
1 oz lime juice
1/3 cup Homemade Cinnamon   
        Cranberry simple syrup
1 cup sugar or sugar sub like 
    Swerve or Monk fruit
1 cup water
1 cup cranberries
2 cinnamon sticks
 
12 oz Ginger Beer (can use Diet, or Cranberry Gingerale) 
 
Optional Garnishes:
-Cranberries
-Lime wedges & slices
-Mint Leaves
-Cinnamon Sticks
 
DIRECTIONS
Ok, first of all, you want to make the delicious homemade cinnamon cranberry simple syrup which is the essence of this amazing take on the Festive Moscow mule. 
In a saucepan, bring the cranberries, sugar, water, and cinnamon sticks to boil, reduce the heat and let simmer for about 10 minutes until the cranberries are starting to burst open. Put a mesh strainer over a large bowl and pour the liquid through it. Use a masher or fork to mash the cranberries to get even more liquid through the strainer. Store the syrup in the refrigerator in a glass container for up to three weeks, it will make enough for several cocktails.
To assemble the cocktails, in an ice filled shaker, place the Jack Daniels whiskey, the fireball, the lime juice and 1/3 cup of the cranberry simple syrup. Shake well import evenly into two ice filled Moscow Mule mugs. You can use cocktail glasses too as it is such a pretty red color! Open your ginger beer and add half into each mug. Garnish with desired garnishes and serve, so festive!

No prob to put it in a regular cocktail glass, 

I mean, just look how pretty!!

And here is the darling T-SHIRT I wore for the 

Latest Yeti Bartender which you can view below!

CHEERS!!

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FRIDAY FAVORITES...NOVEMBER NICE

I must say, November has been way “NICER” than October but it’s going to dang fast! Slow down please! I cannot believe Thanksgiving is Thursday but I’m so ready for that turkey dinner with my sweet, small crew!

1. So "DEER'

Well, I’m happy to say all my decorating is complete! One of our sons came home Saturday to help with the outside stuff and put together the glorious lit deer family that my mom got me as part of my Christmas present. I just love them to pieces. And I love that our boy will still get up on the roof and hang those high wreaths. Balls too! What a great helper!

BUY SIMILAR DEER SETS HERE and HERE

And then the next day we had a 50 mile an hour winds and knocked one down so it actually took two sons to get it back up there later in the week, LOL!

2. "Reindeer Mule"

YETI BARTENDER

It was an absolute no-brainer that I would create my favorite holiday cocktail of all time for the Yeti Bartender Series! I first had this delicious Reindeer Mule at a local brewery several years ago but last year they took it off the menu and I believe I even told them how incredibly sad I was about that. LOL. But I had taken a picture of the ingredients one year so I was able to concoct it at home along with my own homemade cinnamon cranberry simple syrup!

Check out my latest YouTube video.

AND on Sunday here on the Blog, I will have the entire recipe and a post dedicated to said yummy Reindeer Mule!

3. Home for the Holidays

TARGET GIFT GUIDE

Here is another great gift guide, this time dedicated to Target Holiday Hone! You guys, they have so many good pieces right now and my favorite is the musical Snow Globe. 

1. Oven Mitt Set //2. Merry Christmas Mug // 3. Candles //4. Snow Globe //5. Pom Tree //6. Fringe Tree Pillow // 7. Pom Stocking  //8. Merry Everything Pillow // 9. Merry Christmas Pillow //10. Set of Striped Bowls//11. Gingerbread Mug //12. Apron

While 2020 has been tough for many reasons, there have also been many bright spots so I got a couple of these $10 Snow Globes as gifts as a reminder of the good! The red truck with a Christmas tree in the back and sweet snow swirling while playing Jingle Bells is just delightful! I also have the three wick candles and they are amazing and only 10 bucks.

4. Target PJ's

Speaking of Target Goodness.... OK, I keep saying this but every pair of coziness I get becomes my favorite and these thermal plaid joggers and long sleeve shirt SET from Target have my heart big time! Get you some, they come in several patterns and would also make a great gift, it would even be good to layer them under your clothes for outside play. And you MUST Have some fuzzy Leopard Slippers

LOTS more Options in my LikeToKnowIt. If you don't have the free app, you need it for great shopping Inspo!

LIKEtoKNOW.it is a shopping discovery app that allows consumers to shop their screenshots. 

You can find me there by searching: livingoncloudnine9

5. Misc. Fun

POSTS OF THE WEEK

Monday ~ Gift Guide 2020 COZY GIFTS

Wednesday ~ What to Wear for Thanksgiving

 TURKEY CHEESEBALL

A friend of mine asked me for the recipe for this turkey cheese ball and well I’ve shared a photo of it with y’all before, I decided I should share the recipe in case you wanna make it next Thursday!

Turkey Cheese Ball

Ingredients

1 14oz tub sharp cheddar cheese spread (we like Merkt’s)

1 block cream cheese, softened 

1/2 teaspoon garlic salt

1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 

 Chopped pecans & optional fresh parsley to roll the ball in. 

 

Stick pretzels, candy corn, candy eyes (I got mine at Michael’s and I’ve also seen them on Amazon) and a little frosting to hold the eyes and candy corn on with.

 

Directions:

Mix the sharp cheddar cheese and cream cheese with a hand mixer until very creamy, add in garlic salt and Worcestershire and mix well again. Wrapped in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least two hours. Remove and roll the cheese ball in the pecans & fresh parsley if desired. Stick the pretzel sticks in the back for the feathers and with an additional pretzel stick add a little frosting to the top for the eyes and the front for the candy corn nose. Chill on a cheeseboard until ready to serve. The cheese ball itself can even be frozen ahead of time and just let it thaw a little bit before creating the turkey appendages.

MEMES

Thanksgiving Memes of course!

Hope you eat healthy so you can indulge next week, deck, wrap whatever festive and Have a great weekend!

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I'm done of course but I love this letter board

FRIDAY FAVORITES....IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS!!

Say it is so, say this is not the last festive Friday of the season? I get so excited for Christmas, but I really don’t want it to come next Wednesday because the season just has not been long enough this year. We do have some things to look forward to, but I just want to relish in the season a little longer! I’ll try to do all the festive things this weekend and be Christmas cozy doing it!

1. Last Minute Gift Ideas

Are y’all done with your Christmas shopping I know I know so few days to shop this year it seemed like. I’ve got a few last-minute gifts that might work for you and should be here in time!

PERFECT MASK! 

BUY MUD MASK HERE

OPRAH LOVES THESE SLIPPERS!

BUY MICROWAVABLE SLIPPERS HERE

BUY HAIR CLIPS HERE $8 for all

BUY CREDIT CARD TOOL HERE

BUY CHAI TEA SET HERE

2. Santa Purse Restored

My sweet mom to the Santa person bought the back of the rescue! Remember when I lost my Santa purse balls in Chicago? Well my mom happened to still have a similar purse, only in brown, that had the same balls on it, so she was able to transfer those and sew the straps for me. Her balls were much cleaner, LOL as my purse fur is a little dingy but I am so happy to have this cutie back in my life! Big thanks to my precious mama!

3. Week's Attire
LOTS of RED

BOOTS HERE

TUNIC HERE // PANTS  HERE //  BLAZER HERE

TOP HERE // PANTS HERE // SHOES HERE // EARRINGS HERE

4. XCVI Bringing it!

Coming at ya with another fantastic, chic and yet comfortable outfit from XCVI! Look how pretty this Down Home chenille Cardigan is, it flows so well, and I totally jumped on the windowpane pants train with these fabulous raw hemmed pants.

USE CODE: CLOUD20 for 20% off your entire order! 

Plus they have free shipping until 12/25.

BUY SWEATER HERE // PANTS HERE // HAT HERE // EARRINGS HERE // HENLEY HERE

5. LOTS of Misc. Fun
POSTS OF THE WEEK

Monday ~ Christmas Home Tour

Wednesday ~ Golden Re-Creation and Link-Up

CHRISTMAS TREE TEES

You may have seen this tree tee on Monday but it’s soooo good and comfy, I had to share again. Plus, she has sooo many cute styles for all year. Use Code andrea10 for 10% off your order.

BUY TEES HERE

SOCIETY SOCKS

You may have seen my Instagram stories about these fabulous socks by Society Socks. They’re going to be perfect for my sons’ stockings. What is so cool about this company is that for every 2 pair purchased, 2 pair are donated. I just love that plus it is a Monthly Subscription where you get two pairs of cool socks every month. And they have the cutest designs! Just look at those spaceships and turtles! 

GREAT GIFT IDEA!!!

Sock Subscription with a Social Cause!

BAD SANTA COCKTAIL 

Even if you don’t drink, I think right about now everybody is in need of a cocktail. Mention this on her blog and I knew it had all the ingredients that was begging for me to try it. Plus, the name is just so darn cool… Bad Santa!

RECIPE HERE

FUN with FAMILY & FRIENDS

Ran out of time to make collages but had some fun with family and friends this week and yummy food!

TARGET FEATURE

Monday morning, people started messaging me that I was included in the Target newsletter and I was like what? I don’t subscribe to it so I had no idea that an Instagram post of mine showcasing one of their sweaters that were on sale was included in this week’s newsletter that has like 1 million subscribers, kind of cool.

WINE PARKA 

How cute is this wine parka? I just love the furry hood. I gave this as gift to a friend of mine and it’s so awesome because it keeps the bottle of wine cool as well. 

SMOOTH WRAPPING

Just love when I am all done wrapping on my craft island and I can put it all away with a smooth surface again! 

BE FESTIVE MY FAB FRIENDS!!!!

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