Let's get Trashed Can

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I originally saw one of these on Pinterest  and immediately wanted to make a “Let’s get Trashed” Can for my Bride’s Bachelorette Party! As long as you have a craft cutter, this project is super easy!

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Supplies:

Office Trash Can-I found mine at Walmart
Pink Vinyl- Mine ended up coming out of a whole pack of vinyls
Silver Glitter Vinyl
Craft Cutter and Tool Set
Adhesive Mat
Transfer Tape
Let’s Get Trashed Template

1.     Using the Template Provided, cut out the words for your trash can on the silver glitter vinyl. I made mine about 11” x 11”.

2.     Now, wash and dry the surface of your trashcan so that the vinyl will stick its best. Using transfer paper (I like the Cricut transfer tape for the grid lines), adhere the words to your trashcan. I did mine at a little of a slant but do whatever you like best! To use transfer tape, take it off its backing, lay it onto the design and smooth over it to stick the vinyl to the design. Then just peel the design off its backing to be placed like a sticker.

3.     Next, make a couple different sized circles and cut them out in the pink vinyl. Once they are cut, just peel and stick them wherever you want on your trashcan!

I absolutely love how mine turned out and we ended up using it as an ice bucket in the hotel room. How will you use your cute new “trashed” can? :)

Sparkling Strawberry Champagne

Valentines Day is officially here and gone! While I will be posting about the party itself later this week I thought I would start with the delicious cocktail we all enjoyed with our tea! I wanted something a little pink, a little red, and not too sweet to go with our breakfast, and this cocktail hit the spot!

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Ingredients :

Citrus Vodka
1 Bottle of Prosecco, chilled
Sparkling Grapefruit Juice, chilled
Grenadine
1 Package Strawberries
Pink Cocktail Sugar or edible glitter

1. Clean and cut strawberries. My strawberries were simply quartered, but you could cut a couple heart shaped for garnish.

2. In each glass combine 1/2 oz. Citrus Vodka, 1 tsp Grenadine and Strawberries. Cover and put in fridge until ready to serve. 

3. just before serving, add both the prosecco and grapefruit juice to the vodka mixture. Start by adding the prosecco until 2/3 full then top with the grapefruit juice. Serve in sugar rimmed glasses with a strawberry for garnish.

I also added a little edible glitter into the bottom of each glass before serving to give a little more sparkle to this sparkling drink! Cheers and Happy Valentines day!

All That Glitters: Sparkling Cocktail Sugar

As promised in the last post, here are the steps I took to make the glitter sugar rim for the Kinky Lemon Drops. I originally planned on just rimming the glasses in glitter, but after tasting the glitter (and enduring a glittery tongue for a couple hours) I found that the glitter itself is tasteless. To me that took away one of the best parts of the lemon drop, a sweet sugary rim with a cold tart cocktail! 

To start I took some of the rose pink cake dye I already owned and dyed about 1 cup of sugar. To dye sugar your best bet is to get a gel based food coloring, which you can find in the cake section of your local craft store. Gel based food coloring won't dissolve and causes far fewer sugar clumps than liquid food coloring does and will give a much more vibrant color. I always use a mini whisk to make colored sugars but any small whisk should do the trick. Start with about a 1/4 tsp. of food coloring (I just dipped my clean whisk in the dye) and whisk into the sugar until the color is fully incorporated. Continue to add food coloring until you reach your desired color; however, if you are using the "whisk dip" method like me, make sure to clean your whisk before every dip. You don't wan't sugar or other contaminants getting into your dye! Don't be discouraged by how long you have to whisk in sugar, it takes a while but the result is beautiful!

Start of the whisking through adding the glitter.

While sugar is still slightly damp from the dye, whisk in the edible glitter. The gel dye will help it cling to the sugar and not just sift to the bottom. I ended up using about half a jar of glitter for a cup and a half of sugar and it turned out perfect!

And there you have it! A magical batch of sugar for your next cocktail party! I usually just store mine in a mason jar but any method you use to store sugar will do. If you have questions, leave them in the comments!

The Kinky Lemon Drop

Every new venture should start with a toast and the start of this blog is no different! 

The Lemon Drop is by far my favorite cocktail so reinventing it in a new (pinker) way seemed just the thing to kick this party off! The biggest challenge in creating this cocktail was the proportions of Kinky Liquor and Vodka, enough Kinky to make it a beautiful shade of pink but not so much that you lost the tartness of a traditional lemon drop.

Once I got the perfect combination, it just needed a little more pizazz so what better way than a girl's best friend, glitter! Rimming the Glass and adding a dash of edible Disco Glitter gave it just the sparkle it needed to be a truly memorable drink for any occasion.  The sugar glitter rim ended up being a little more involved than I originally thought so you will be able to see in detail how to make that in the next blog post!

Recipe:

2 oz. Kinky Liquor
1/2 oz Limoncello
1 oz Citrus Vodka
Disco Glitter for  Cocktail
Pink Sugar Glitter for rim

1. Rim the glasses with the pink sugar glitter mix by lining the glass edge with lemon juice or water and dipping it in sugar on a plate.
2. Add Kinky, Limoncello, and Vodka to a Cocktail shaker. Shake until thoroughly combined
3. Add to rimmed glass and sprinkle the top of the drink with additional glitter, enjoy!

Note: Glitter does tend to settle to the bottom and top of the glass so having stir sticks with each glass is helpful so that guests can keep their glitter "moving" around in their glasses.