Cranberry And Rosemary White Christmas Sangria

I'm not much of a drinker, but I thought I would give this a try.  It looks festive and plus you can eat the fruits afterwards to make this drink last a long time.

Ingredients:

1 Granny Smith Apple
1 Braeburn Apple
1/4 cup of granulated sugar
1 cup of fresh cranberries
1/2 cup of white grape juice
2 cups of club soda
1 1.5 liter of Pinot Grigio wine
Rosemary Sprigs and granulated sugar to coat them with

The first thing I did was core my apples and slice them into small pieces.

Put into the mixing container and add  1/4 cup of sugar.

Add one cup of fresh cranberries.  I put a slit in each one of mine so it will infuse with the rest.

Add 1/2 cup of white grape juice.  

Add 2 cups of soda water.

Add 1.5 liter of Pinot Grigio wine.

Add a rosemary spring and mix really well and place in the refrigerator for about an hour or so.  

When ready to drink, spoon a little bit of the fruit into your wine glass, then add the liquid portion and top with a slightly damp rosemary sprinkled with sugar.

  

I must admit, I am more of a White Zinfandel wine drinker, but with the added fruit, this is defiantly a keeper. This is a great festive Holiday drink.   

If your your like to know how I made the crochet peppermint cover for the wine glass stem, head on over to here to get the free pattern.   

Adapted from the recipes of:  http://cookingstoned.tv/recipe/cranberry-rosemary-white-christmas-sangria/

Enjoy,

Debra

Crochet Peppermint Wine Stem Covers

I made this drink for a White Elephant I attended  I'm not much of a drinker but this one was festive looking and I know I could make it last a long time with all that added fruit to munch on.  

I also was concerned about keeping track of my glass and making sure I wasn't sharing my glass with anyone.  Not that I don't mind sharing, but I'm not much into sharing germs, this time of year.  

These are really easy to make, and here is how I made mine.  

Supplies Needed:

Worsted yarn in the colors of red and white.  

An F hook

Here we go:

Put the two yarns together and ch 40

Using both the red and white yarn together, sc 3 times in 2nd ch from hook.  

Continue to repeat the previous step in the next chain, until you have 3 sc in each of the chain loops.  

Fasten off and weave in ends.  

As you will notice the yarn will swirl and become a curly cue.  

Wrap the yarn around the stem of your wine glass to your desire.  Mine kinda gave the effect of round peppermint candies.  

You could always attach your curly cue to a stirrer, or wrap it around the bottom stem of your wine glass.  

All would be beautiful and fun.  

Simple but festive, don't you agree?

If you are interested in making the drink, head on over here.  

Enjoy,

Debra

Christmas Rush

With all the events taking place, I'm finding myself overwhelmed in a good kinda way.  I'm always one tiny step behind.  All the Christmas decorations are starting to be marked down and I can't resist to shop for next year.

I have a gazillion ideas running through my mind for patterns and I'm constantly bumping into things as I'm jotting down notes for upcoming patterns.  I guess I can't walk and jot at the same time.

I love the parties, especially the food but most of all the company with old and new friends.

This week my plans are:

Free crochet patterns for bottle ring wreaths and trees.

2 new recipes, since that is where I am spending the next few days.

A new pattern for a Santa Wine Cover/Cozy.  Here is a sneak peak.

Did I capture everything that I missed last week.  

Oh, I need to finish the salt dough frame imprinted with a crochet doily.  

And last but not least, don't forget to enter the giveaway for the watch, pin and coin purse set, just click here.

I can see hits on my blog, I don't know who you are, but it kind of scares me to think that it may just be one person checking me out that many times per day.  Reassure me that there is more than one person looking at my blog and enter this giveaway.  

This is travel week, be Safe and Merry,  

Debra