Sunday Bits #60 (Mocktail recipes, bar cart tips, charcuterie boards)
- themarigoldgc
- Dec 17, 2023
- 3 min read
One week from today is Christmas Eve! The big day! I can hardly wait! Am so excited to have everyone over. We celebrate on the eve, the 25th is a down time day, a do nothing day. It's a day to read that gifted new book, eat lots of (Turtles) chocolates, wear new loungewear all day long, eat leftovers, and just hang about. We sometimes go to the movies in the evening, but probably not this year as my son (the big movie guy) is not able to come home for the holidays.
We are ready! We have guests coming tomorrow so I need to do a quick clean... while hubby does the cooking, hah! I then have the cleaners coming on Wednesday to do all the big stuff, the stuff that I cannot do, so then all I have to do is keep it sparkling till the big day.
Check out this article with tips on how to clean your whole house for the holidays in 5 days.
This is what we are serving the guests tomorrow... well, our version of it, plus a veggie tray for yours truly. This easy holiday cheese board would work great, too.
Here are this week's Gardening Bits
You know we (crazy?) gardener's are still reading about all things growing, that never stops. Here are this week's tips and reads that caught my eye....
First of all, I wanted to share this sale on heirloom tomato seeds from Tomato Fest. One of my most favourite tomato suppliers of all, they have a bit of everything. Sale on till January 2nd.
How to get rid of those annoying fungus gnats!
This gardenhouse/greenhouse is gorgeous, very inspirational. The wee workshop we are in the midst of building, will also be more of a garden house than a greenhouse... but this one is ott, in a really good way, is the stuff that dreams are made of!
This house is retro and fun and beautiful. Those dark green wall tiles! Has such a cool vibe to it.
The kitchen in this house is so pretty, and that mudroom makes my heart go pitter patter!
This piggery turned guest cottage is amazing. Love the kitchen, the velvet sofa is to die for, the porch... well, it all is just absolutely lovely! However, one thing I can say for certain... I would not ever, ever, ever climb those stairs to the loft, haha!
Wow, this laundry room! The mudroom is pretty awesome, too!
What do you all think of shaker pegs? I have been trying to figure out where and how to incorporate them into this house since we moved in. So practical but I just don't seem to know where a practical place to put them is. Maybe if I move this clock, I can put a small beadboard wall with pegs there?
Christmas Bits (tips and recipes)
I would love to go visit Denmark and see these Christmas markets. What a lovely post this is.
These super cute vintage Santa gift tags for your wrapping!
This Christmas breakfast (or anytime) bake!
If you missed this in yesterday's post, it is worth a read. Such a good gift idea from the local shops. You can adjust any which way to fit your price point, too.
How to set up the perfect bar cart/table for your gatherings. I am using these tips on the 24th. Our living and dining room is just too tiny to do it all in there, so moving into the kitchen nook for the perfect bar/beverage set up.
I also wanted to share these yuletide bevie ideas. All can be made into mocktails, too. We are doing mostly mocktails this year, a bit of virgin wines, plus a good red, or two.
There will be no Bits post next Sunday as we will be in full holiday mode.
Not to fear, several posts coming out yet this year though!
Happy Sunday & Happy Holdays ~ Tanja
Ps. the spell check is still on the fritz! I try to catch any bloops but may have missed some. My apologies if you find some!
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