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Blushing Rose Fizz Cocktail/Mocktail

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This is a gorgeous and refreshing fizzy drink that is perfect for Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day. Bubbly champagne with the effervescent floral notes or rose and elderflower make this the ultimate feminine drink. I’m sharing my recipe for my Blushing Rose Fizz Cocktail or Mocktail below. Scroll down for my recipe 🙂

Blushing Rose Fizz Cocktail

Ingredients:

Fresh raspberries
Champagne (measure with your heart)
Rose water (1 jigger)
Splash of St Germain Elderflower
Rose petals

(makes 1 glass)

Directions:

Start by adding a few fresh raspberries to the bottom of your glass.
Pour a generous amount of champagne (Measure with your heart)
Add about 1 jigger of rose water and a splash of St Germain Elderflower.
Top with fresh rose petals.

To make the non-alcoholic version

Blushing Rose Fizz Mocktail

Ingredients:

Fresh raspberries
Belvoir Farms Elderflower and Rose Presse
Rose petals
Optional – if you want to make it a little sweeter add a splash of elderflower cordial

(makes 1 glass)

Directions:

Start by adding a few fresh raspberries to the bottom of your glass.
Fill the glass with Belvoir Farms Elderflower and Rose Presse.
Optional – add a splash of elderflower cordial to make a little sweeter.
Top with fresh rose petals.

Cheers!!!

If you make this, tag me on Instagram @ourtiny_nest! I love to see when you re-create my recipes!

I’m linking some of the ingredients and some of my favorite cocktail must haves below

For more of my favorite drink recipes check out

My rainbow sangria

Lilac Lemonade

Cucumber elderflower margarita

Pineapple grapefruit paloma

4 Champagne cocktails

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February 6, 2023 By Nicolle

14 In DIY

DIY homemade tea bags

These DIY homemade tea bags make the perfect thoughtful, personalized gift idea for Mother’s Day or birthdays. Scroll down to see how I made them. This post contains affiliate links.

I have always appreciated receiving handmade gifts, to me they are more meaningful. Our mom loves tea and growing up we used to do always have tea parties. This year we surprised her and threw our Mother’s Day celebration a few weeks early with a Mother Daughter Tea and these DIY homemade tea bags. She loved them and they looked really cute on the table too!

If you make these, be sure to share a photo and tag me on Instagram @ourtiny_nest so that I can see how they came out! If you’re not following me already, click here to follow me on IG 🙂

You will need:

Coffee filters
Loose leaf tea
Twine
Cardstock or printed photos
Stapler

Directions:

1.) I started by printing out some of my favorite photos that I wanted to use for the tea bags and cutting them into small squares for the tags. If you’re not going to use pictures, you could also do cardstock and write little personalized messages on them.

2.) Take a coffee filter and scoop 1 1/2 teaspoon of loose leaf tea into the center of the coffee filter.

3.) Bring the edges of the coffee filter up to make it into like a blossom and pinch the center to close it off.

4.) Take a piece of twine and wrap around the part of the coffee filter that you have pinched off and tie closed leaving enough of the twine coming off the tea bag for steeping.

5.) Using a stapler, staple your picture or cardstock to the end of the twine.

We chose to have them all set out on the table. I think they would also be cute made into a basket with a tea canister, a tea cup, some biscotti and maybe some macaroons.

Linking some of the items from our tea party below

Tea pot

Tea cups

Tiered cupcake stand

Tea Cannister

For more Mother’s Day Ideas check out:

My Mother’s Day Gift Guide

These DIY Coffee Scrubs

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April 24, 2022 By Nicolle

0 In Gift Guides

Mother’s Day Gift Guide

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Mother’s Day is only a few weeks away. Here is my Mother’s Day Gift Guide with gifts for your mom, sister, friend or other important mother figures in your life. Scroll down to see all of my Mother’s Day Gift Ideas and click the links to shop.

Mother’s Day Gift Guide

Sticker Books – If she likes art or likes to color, these are very calming.

Breakfast in Bed Tray – so she can relax on the weekends.

Custom embroidered sweatshirt– this is a really nice gift idea for grandma too!

Bamboozle composter – for the mom who is environmentally friendly. This composter looks aesthetically pleasing.

Aerogarden Indoor Hydroponic Garden – Now mom can grown her own herbs indoors all year round so she is never without basil our fresh mint for her mojitos.

Shower steamers – these smell amazing and will melt away all of mom’s stress. They come in other fragrances too!

Mother’s Day Basket – This is great if you live far away or won’t have time to put a gift together. Send mom a little basket already wrapped in a bow.

Foot Spa – She’s on her feet all the time, so let her pamper herself with this at home foot spa.

Bracelet – from Little Words Co and you can personalize however you wish.

Pretty pajamas – These pajamas are so pretty and they look wicked comfortable too!

Check out these Mother’s Day DIY’s

These DIY Personalized Tea Bags

DIY Coffee Scrub

And for Mother’s Day Brunch Ideas check out these recipes:

Rainbow Sangria

Cucumber Elderflower Margarita

Red Velvet Waffles

Spring Vegetable Goat Cheese Quiche

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April 23, 2022 By Nicolle

2 In food/ Recipes

Spring vegetable goat cheese quiche

This spring vegetable goat cheese quiche is the perfect dish to serve for Easter, Mother’s Day or your next brunch. Serve with a side salad, some fruit and a cocktail and you’re guest will be wowed! Scroll down for my recipe.

Spring vegetable goat cheese quiche

Ingredients:

1 store bought refrigerated pie crust (I cheat and use a store bought crust to save on time but you can absolutely make your own if you wish)
All purpose flour (for surface)
4 eggs (plus 1 more for the egg wash for crust)
1 cup of milk
2 cups of roasted vegetables (I used asparagus, red peppers and red onions but you can use whatever you want or have leftover in the fridge)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
8 oz crumbled goat cheese
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp ground mustard
1/2 tsp thyme
salt and pepper (I don’t measure, I just eyeball it)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Roll out your pie crust onto a lightly floured surface. Transfer into a lightly greased tart pan or pie pan (I got this set of 2 on Amazon), pressing the edges. Bake according to directions on package and then let cool.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs and milk.
Add in cheddar cheese, goat cheese, garlic powder, ground mustard, thyme, salt and pepper.
Once the crust has cooled and before pouring in your egg mixture, make an egg wash and lightly brush over the crust. This will prevent the crust from becoming soggy.
Pour your egg mixture into the crust. If you have any additional veggies left over, sprinkle them on top.
Bake at 375 for about 20-25 minutes or until center of the quiche is done (it will no longer be jiggly) and the edges of the crust are golden brown.
Let cool in pan for about 15 minutes prior to serving.

This quiche serves really well with this arugula roasted potato salad. Click here for the recipe!