I am going for the gold this weekend. The final touches to the house will be implemented and we are almost guest ready and I almost feel in control.
All that is left to do is staying indoors and finding creative ways to beat the heat. It is brutal at the moment in the southeast. Today the heat index was 108 degrees Fahrenheit.
Happy Weekend Peeps!
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Recipes for Gold, Silver and Bronze Martini's.
Gold Cocktail
•2 1/2 oz Stolichnaya Elit vodka
•1 1/2 oz Malibu Coconut Rum
•1 tsp shredded coconut
•Garnish: Coconut flakes
•Edible gold powder (available at bakery/cake decorating outlets)
1.Coat bottom of martini glass with gold powder.
2.Combine remaining ingredients into a shaker with ice.
3.Shake well.
4.Strain into gold-coated martini glass. The gold powder should float to the top.
5.Sprinkle extra powder to deepen color.
6.Garnish with coconut flakes.
Silver Cocktail
•2 oz Malibu Rum
•2 oz Cupuacu puree
•Splash of fresh lime juice
•Edible silver powder (available at bakery/cake decorating outlets)
•Garnish: Lime wedge
1.Coat bottom of martini glass with silver powder.
2.Combine remaining ingredients into a shaker with ice.
3.Shake well.
4.Strain into silver-coated martini glass. The silver powder should float to the top.
5.Sprinkle extra powder to deepen color.
6.Garnish with lime wedge.
Bronze Cocktail
•1 1/2 oz Kahlua
•2 oz Monte Cristo 12-year
•1/2 oz Grand Marnier
•Edible bronze powder (available at bakery/cake decorating outlets)
•Garnish: Coffee beans
1.Coat bottom of martini glass with bronze powder.
2.Combine remaining ingredients into a shaker with ice.
3.Shake well.
4.Strain into bronze-coated martini glass. The bronze powder should float to the top.
5.Sprinkle extra powder to deepen color.
6.Garnish with coffee beans.
Olympic Cocktail recipes courtesy of cocktailtimes.com
Fantastic photography ~ have fun with your girls and the pizza party ~thanks, namaste, (A Creative Harbor)
ReplyDeleteYes! I totally get into the olympic spirit too! My friends actually had a beer olympics party in 2008...lucky for me, I did not win any of those events :)
ReplyDeleteLove your pictures and your children are adorable!
Andie
Andie's Traveling Pants
Wonderful photos, they're all so happy.
ReplyDeletePreparate que por ahi vengo ;)
Summer Olympics . . . I'll never forget when they were held in Atlanta. Glad you are enjoying these, as we are, and celebrating summer with your little ones.
ReplyDeleteStay cool in this heat!
Blessings!
Everyone in our household has Olympic fever too! Great post!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos :) Love the one with the bird!
ReplyDeleteNow that is an awesome sounding mixed drink:) as always the photographs are spectacular! happy comment love day doll.
ReplyDeleteOlympic fever everywhere it seems!! Here too. Your coconutty drink sounds nice!
ReplyDeletenada como los tragos que te voy a preparar yo!! wooohooo!
ReplyDeleteAren't the Olympics just fantastic. I have linked in to Claire Justine a post about the artist Klimt. Cheers
ReplyDelete-I swear,
ReplyDeleteyou can make a party out of any occasion <3
I love it Xxxx
Hi!
ReplyDeleteIts the olympic fever again! Hope you guys enjoyed the Pizza Party and the opening ceremonies. What is more meaningful than to spend time with the loved ones.
The picture of the flying bird is really great, and I like the picture in your header as well. Your blog looks very nice and cheerful.
You have all the heat and we have all the rain. Lets do switches! I'm loving the Olympics too. I always cry for the winners and the losers!
ReplyDeleteMenudo trago!!!!!
ReplyDeletepor aquí también seguimos los juegos olímpicos, aunque yo sólo los deportes de agua... será porque hace demasiado calor y me aterra la idea de hacer más ejercicio???
preciosas las fotos, como simpre