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Easter Bunny Peeps Cocktail

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Easter Bunny Peeps Cocktail

By Erin

Easter Peeps Cocktail

Easter is almost here! Looking for a fun Easter themed cocktail? Then this bright and festive drink might be just what you’re looking for. This drink is very crisp and refreshing, every bunny will be requesting this one!

Easter Bunny Peeps Cocktail
Yield: 1 8 oz cocktail glass Prep Time: 7 min
Total Time: 7 min

Ingredients:
1 1⁄2 oz Mixed berry Vodka

1 oz Blue Curacao
Sprite

Jelly Beans

Bunny Peeps

Rimming Sugar or Sugar

Directions:

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
Add the mixed berry vodka, and blue Curacao.
Shake until chilled.

Rim the glass with sugar.
Strain into a glass, top with Sprite and stir to combine.

Add a Peep and some jelly beans for garnish and enjoy.

More Easter Fun:

Easter Egg Hot Cocoa Bombs

Lilac Bunny Soap for Easter

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Lilac Bunny Soap for Easter

By Erin

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Lilac Bunny Soap makes for some clean Spring Break fun! These handmade bunny shaped soaps made with lilac fragrance oil make a great candy alternative for Easter baskets. Or a nice gift for friends, family, and neighbors (or a really nice treat for yourself to enjoy!)

Lilac Bunny Soap

Supplies:

Lilac Bunny Soap Materials
Lilac Bunny Soap Soap Cubes
  • Bunny mold – available at Walmart in easter baking aisle
  • Microwave safe measuring cup with spout
  • Wooden craft stick for stirring
  • Spray bottle with rubbing alcohol

Instructions:

  • Cut soap base into 1×1 inch cubes and place into measuring cup.
  • Add a small amount of rubbing alcohol and the mica to a small bowl and stir well until fully combined.
  • Heat soap base in microwave for about 15-20 seconds and stir well. It should all be melted, but if not, heat for another 5-10 seconds.
  • Add liquified mica and fragrance oil. Stir well.
  • Pour into mold.
  • Let set for about 30 minutes.

If gifting then wrap them in small cellophane bags with paper grass. Perfect Easter gift or filler to add to an Easter Basket!

Happy Easter!!

Celebrating Spring with Bigelow Tea!

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Celebrating Spring with Bigelow Tea!

By: Erin

Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias® and Bigelow Tea #cbias #SocialFabric #AmericasTea All thoughts and opinions are my own, and I enjoy a great cup of tea! 🙂

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It’s springtime! When I think of spring, I think of garden tea parties, sitting out in the backyard with the roses in full bloom, sipping some delicious Bigelow Tea with some good friends.  When I think of tea parties, scenes from Alice in Wonderland, elegant Victorian decor and ladies with their pinky fingers stuck up in the air come to mind.  I have some very old, yet amazingly beautiful tea cups and tea pots that I’ve just been itching to use to have a tea party with as they’ve just been sitting around in the china cabinet, collecting dust for quite a while now. These cups and pots hold a lot of family history as I imagine they have been through many tea parties before. Some of them can even be traced back to 1910 when my great-great grandmother Carlson owned them. As spring has been approaching us, I’ve been getting more and more excited to finally host a tea party with these beauties! I gathered up a few friends who I know enjoy tea and tea parties as much as I do, and we started to plan our afternoon tea party to celebrate spring with Bigelow Tea! This led to a trip to Wal-Mart to go buy some of my favorite tea, Bigelow Tea, as well as some other much needed items, which you can see the full shopping trip here, in my Google+ Album!

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