4 perfect cocktail mixers for Spring

It seems like all of the sudden there is a cocktail mixer explosion. The competition has never been more fierce! Lucky us!

But what's the difference between shrubs + simple syrups?

Shrubs (or drinking vinegars) are made from combining fruit, sugar + vinegar. They're sour, sharp + slightly fruity.

Simple syrups are made by boiling equal parts water + sugar. But that's only where they start. You can add herbs, dried flowers, citrus, basically everything goes. Strain out anything you put in + you have a syrup ready to go.

You can make your own of both, but honestly there are so many companies out there making beautiful shrubs + syrups. I collected a few that look so delicious for Spring. Spring flavors are light, bright, sometimes floral + citrusy. But I can imagine all of these in a spritzer with some wine, carbonated soda + fresh fruit. 

Drink up!

shrub // syrup // drinking vinegar // simple syrup

[VIDEO] January Hatchery box review

Hey, it's another month so it's time for a Hatchery unboxing video!

Review: Hatchery is a subscription service offering up small-batch food products. Each month you get five samples, but if you want full-sized products they have a great selection of those too. January was my second month subscribing to Hatchery. 

Scroll through the images to see the featured products, then click through the video to take a look. 

Watch the video below for the full review. Be sure to give the video a thumbs up if you enjoy it!

4 warm drinks for winter

STFU it's already cold weather, warm drink season!

Even though it's a snow storm out there, it was 60-something degrees out when we were shopping for a Christmas tree last year. So, hey we haven't seen the worst yet.

So for these cold days I absolutely love the ritual of warm weather drinks. It's the silly dance moves I do while the kettle is warming up to a boil. It's the smell of freshly scooped coffee grinds or the tea bag as it leaves the packaging. It's slicing lemon for the tea or shaking the whipped cream can over hot chocolate. It's a lot of things, but honestly warm drinks are just so comforting.

And delicious, let's not forget about that.

Stay warm this weekend + shop my picks below:

hot chocolate // coffee // chai tea // tea

Fruit bowls to gift this holiday season

We're heading in prime eating season people because #thedietstartsnever, but also it's the holidays. To counteract all of the sweet + fatty food that will be on the menu in the coming weeks, let's work on building up our fruit bowls.

A few fruits I can't stop snacking on this time of year includes juicy clementines, crisp apples + soft pears. We're keeping the fruit bowl stacked with them. But what would all that beautiful produce be without a dreamy bowl for them to sit in?

My sneaky, sneaky reason for loving fruit bowls as a holiday gift is that it serves as the perfect vessel for a modern gift basket. Not that wicker doesn't have it's place, but I think a handcrafted ceramic bowl filled with local produce or packaged goods is money. Going home to your lova's home for the holidays? Bring something like this + you'll be everyone's hero.

Shop my favorites below:

moon bowl (find similiar) // ceramic fruit bowl // large harvest bowl // ivory fruit bowl

Four of my favorite coffee mug designs right now

When I went off the college my mom got me a mug. Not just any mug, but a mug with my dog's face on it.

I thought it was kind of silly, but it always came in handy. Heck, even my roommates liked that mug! So much so that the interior was stained brown from how often it was filled with black tea.

These mugs are not like my college mug, but they certainly are winners as well. Each is ceramic, but has its own story + unique design elements. I love these mugs because they are effectively like art pieces but they are incredibly functional. Shop them all below!

white ceramic cloud mug // ceramic coffee mug // speckled mug // gray woodland coffee mug