You'll go Nuts for these Christmas Crackers

It's not Christmas until my great aunt Nita,

 sends us a batch of her infamous "Dilly Crackers".

 Totally delicious, totally addictive.

This year I whipped up a few batches to give out as gifts and enlisted a crew of 

NUTS to watch over the CRACKERS...

One bite of these savory delights

and I have a feeling the soldiers will be abandoning cracking nuts!

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Aunt Nita's Dilly Crackers

2-12  ounce packages oyster crackers

l-1/4 cups vegetable oil

1 package Hidden Valley Ranch dressing (original)

2-1/2 teaspoons dill weed

1/2 teaspoon garlic salt

Mix oil, ranch dressing (dry) dill weed and garlic salt

 Pour over crackers and coat well.  

Put into medium roaster pan and bake at 200 degrees for l hour.  (stir after  1/2 hr.)

Remove from oven and put on paper towels.  

Cool and store.

4 Festive Ways to Wrap a Bottle

Hostess gifts, neighbor gifts, secret Santas...

it seems like with along with the joy of the holidays, 

you need to have a quick, easy present on hand at all times!

I love to give Powell and Mahoney Craft Cocktail Mixes.

They are unique and special, colorful and fun.

I have 4 simple ways to festively package them so the are ready to give...

Being merry and bright is the reason for the season,

I wrapped my favorite bloody mary mix with battery operated string lights for a dazzling gift.

(I got mine in the Target Dollar section 

but they are available at many drug and big box stores and even Urban Outfitters.

Just tape battery pack to the back of the bottle then string lights around.)

There is nothing like cozying up to the bar on a cold winter's day.

Topped with a child size mitten,
your hostess will be ready to cuddle up with a cocktails after the party is over...

The holidays are all about celebrations, 

why not shake it up by tying on a mini cocktail shaker?

Travel south of the border and bring them a fiesta.

Topped with mini piñatas from Urban Outfitters, 

everyone will be singing Feliz Navidad!

You can print all four tags here on sheets of 2.5" circular labels.

Thank you to Powell and Mahoney for sponsoring this post.  All content is my own.

Holiday Dinner- Egg Nog in the Fog

After graduating from college,

 I moved to San Francisco and into a flat with 4 other girls.

We now live all over the Bay Area,

 but every year get together during the holidays for a fun dinner...

We hit the city this week for food, fun, reminiscing and reconnecting.

I gave everyone foggy-white throw blankets...

wishing them all sweet dreams and white Christmases...

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