Best Holiday Gift Picks For The Home To Celebrate The Glamorous Hospitality Spirit All Year

Do you want to gift ~ and maybe receive (or gift to yourself!) ~ thoughtful and unique home entertaining presents? 

I have curated some swoon-worthy ideas for your consideration. To inspire you …

I’m ever so grateful to all who tell me that you delightfully relish my garden designs, my tablescapes, and my garden-to-glass creations.  

In turn, I thought I could best demonstrate my gratitude by sharing and suggesting some of the items that make my world sparkle and shine. So in the spirit of the season, here is my curated list sure to elevate your holiday gift-giving.

Seeing Red for the Holidays: A Festive Pomegranate Lemon-Ginger Cocktail Recipe from Gail Simmons

 

It wasn’t all thaaattt long ago that I was invited to attend a Pure Leaf tea tasting ~ for the second time ~ featuring celebrity chef Gail Simmons and her tasty drink creations for the brand.

Gail created a refreshing, seasonal drink that’s just so perfect for the holidays ~ especially with the red pomegranate juice and garnish, along with the warm-tasting cinnamon..

Here’s the tasty recipe that’s sure to make your holiday Happy Hours joyful for you and your guests: 

Tips on How to Make the Best Ice For a Prettier, Better-Tasting Cocktail

 

Just saying the word “ice” is cooling, crunching, crackling, isn’t it? 

It’s a kind of sound symbolism or onomatopoeia ~ or at the least a phanopoeia! 

The snap, or ting, ting, ting of the ice dropping and hitting the inside of a glass is our aural cue that a happy hour is about to launch.

But ice ~ good ice worthy of a good cocktail, that is ~ appeals to more of our sense of sound. There is their sight and taste, too.

Ice is an artful, sensual ingredient in your cocktail confections. 🧊🍸

Here’s how to shake up memorable mixology:  

A Silver & Gold Holiday Tablescape to Give Thanks For, Day & Night

 

If Thanksgiving’s gray November skies make you think of gloomy, think again when setting your table. Gray is a classic color theme to add elegance to your tablescape ~ a perfect canvas or backdrop for adding gold and silver elements to shine both day and night.

Here’s how I layered the glittering look: