Whiskey Week!

I am a big Jack Daniels Girl! my momma is a Big Jack Daniels Girl I mean we are whiskey lovin family lol. I know it may seem odd but I can do jack straight up in shot glasses or in my fave ever whiskey sours etc...so in honnor of my momma who had surgery this week on her toe lol i know silly reason lol but it has inspired me to do a week of Jack Daniels! ...well that and the fact I am almost out and I wanna go but a new bottle! lol I hate having almost empty bottles in my stash he hee

Drink of the Day 9/21/09

Day 11

Jack Daniels Lynchburg Lemonade

1 part Jack Daniels

1 part sweet and sour mix

1 part triple sec

4 parts sprite soda

pour over ice a stir do not shake. garnish with lemon slices and cherry's!

I love this! It has the components of one of my fav drinks ever...a jack 'n sours he hee (whiskey sours) but with a refreshing twist with the lemon lime soda, and teh triple sec has that citrus note to it as well that smooths thing sout as well

Drink of the Day 9/22/09

Day 12

My momma's frozen lynchburg lemonade!

1 part Jack Daniels

1 part tripple sec

2 parts sweet and sour mix

....mix in a large tupperware container and stick in the freezer! it is better to stir every once in a while it makes it more slushy like and not too icey but i dont mean like every five minutes i mean every hour or so until its ready once it is slushy and semifrozen it is perfect! scoop into a glass and enjoy with a spoon...and dont forget to garnish with that bright red cherry!

Drink of the Day 9/23/09

Day 13

Whiskey Sour ( well I did mention it was one of my all time favs earlier so I of course had to make one!)

1 1/2 oz Jack Daniels

2 oz sweet and sour mix

serve in an old fashioned glass with ice, garnish with a lemon slice and cherry...to make a little sweeter and prettier take about a table spoon of the cherry juice and carefully pour across the top i love when colors blend so pretty! and this drink is simple but perfect!

so until tomorrow...Cheers!

catching up on Drink of the Day's! 9/16 - 9/20

Sorry I have fallen behind sooo much going on! I'll catch you all up on that tomorrow after i get back home from my mom's surgery...

So for now lets catch up on the last few days worth of drink of the day

Drink of the Day 9/16/09

Day 6

Kamakazee Shots

2 oz vodka ( I like absolute in these but the sky is pretty good as well but I hate the smirnoff, you can use others like grey goose or your fav this is just my opinion)

2 oz tripple sec

1 oz lime juice (I prefer fress limes, if you do as well use just 1 lime dont worry about measurements)

add ingredients into shaker full of ice, shake well and then strain into shot glasses these measurements should give you 2-4 shot glasses worth (depending on size or shape of your glasses)

I love these shots! these were teh 1st shots I have ever had and they were sooo yummy and smooth! they should be slightly tart but not too tart and well with lime juices some brands vary in tartness bottle to bottle sometimes depending on the harvests or even the real fruits which stinks because every once in a while it will end up more tart than I liek it like I said its ok to have a little tart but it should be smooth so I always suggest take a little taste when you make your 1st batch and make sure it is too your liking if it is a little to tart or bitter add a dash more vodka and tripple sec until you are happy with it but make a mental note to yourself as to the changes. if you feel it doesnt have enough lime flavor then add a dash more until you are happy with the mixture. More often than not these measurements will be perfect however from time to time I get a batch that is more bitter than I would like and I just add a dash more the alcohols to it and it always seems to work out great!

9/17/09 Drink of the Day

Day 7

German Chocolate Cake Shots

1st take a lemon give it a little roll to release the juices and cut wedge slices out of the fruit. use a small plate or bowl and pour some regular white table sugar onto your dish.

the shots are

1/2 frangelico's Hazelnut liquor

1/2 vodka

if you liquor is kept col you can pour straight into shot glasses, otherwise pour into shaker with ice 1st. when doing this was just figure roughly 1 oz of each liquor for every 2 shots for a standard shotglass

so now here is the fun part!...have each person take a lemon wedge and dip it in the sugar coat both sides. You take the sugar coated lemon in your mouth and suck out all the juice from the lemon and all that sugar, (don't swallow!) then take your shot of the frangelico's and vodka mix (now you can swallow...if you want he hee it gets so tasty you might wanna savor it lol and that is your choice hee hee)

when the fruit juice and sugar meets the alcohol the flavors meld and you get this super jummy taste of german chocolate cake!

I am sure you could try other hazelnut liquors and it will probably work but my hubby bought me the frangelico's which is more the name brand. I like using absolute in most my shots and that is just for me i find it a smoother vodka compared to say smirnoff, smirnoff burns in my opinion lol but Absolut isnt the most pricey so its good If you have a favorite higher quality vodka you woudl rather use go for it I just give you my opinions and preferences in a drink like this the flavor is transformed into something so different that as long as it is a fairly smooth liquor it will be delish!

9/18/09 Drink of the Day

Day 8

Rum Jungle Juice!

full sized glass filled with ice cubes...(crushed ice better if you have it)

now this drink is done in layers so you must pour them in this exact order!

2 oz - midori (or melon liquor)

2 oz - Coconut rum

1 oz - Stroh (this is a butterscotch liquor but it is 160 proof which is 80% alcohol you can sub off brands of the other liquors accept i do not reccomend subbing this)

by now your glass should be mostly full so just top off with pineapple juice I would say about 1" or less of juice

now doesnt that look pretty!!!

you can garnish with fruit slices such as an orange or pinapple.

now as pretty as it is lol you dont wann adrink it that way lol the flavors will be very sperated so mix it all up and it wont be so pretty but boy will it taste yummy! be carefull with these though, they are almost all alcohol (only about 1" juice remember) so they will sneak up on you quick if you are not careful

9/19/09 Drink of the Day

Day 9

Midori Sex on the Beach

1 part midori

1 part vodka

1 part peach schnapps

1 part pineapple juice

1 part cranberry

shake with ice and then strain and serve in a tall glass with ice

....honestly...I hated it! lol I am sorry I have never had sex on the beach and I do like midori in some things like say a midori sours or the rum jungle juice, however...this drink just wasnt great I would never make it again and that is my personal oppinion and if it sounds yummy to you please feel free to try maybe you will love it, it just was not for me

9/20/09 Drink of the Day

Day 10

Jelly Doughnut Shots

1 part Chambord raspberry liquor

2 parts irish cream (bailey's)

wet the rim of your shotglass and dip into sugar (if you have a tiny ramakin this is my suggestion pour justa little of the chambord into it we dont want to waste this so thats why I said a very small dish and just enough alcohol to coat the bottom dip your shotglass in this and then in the sugar for a rasberry hint to the sugar) add your 2 to 1 mizture to the glasses and Salute! ( i always loving saying cheers in italian he hee) this one when those flavors meld and mix they really do taste like a jelly filled doughnut!

I like thes kind of drinks cold I keep my bailey's in my fridge so it is always cold or if i am using it for a party or something Istick in the freezer for the night I dont leave in the freezer as I am weary about what may happen but I do like mine very cold, because warm cream is not so yummy anyways if yours is not cold and you are like me then just shake it in a shaker with ice it will work just fine.

well that is it for today we are all caught up! and I can;t wait to share more with you! I really will try to stay on top of this daily! lol so until tomorrow... Cheers!

oh no the freebie wasnt working so well

FREEBIE NO LONGER AVAILABLE 9:07 PM pst 9/16/09

I dont know what happened but blogger decided it didnt like me today lol so I treid again I hope this one works better

Drink of the Day 9-15-09

Ok well I havent had tim eto mix any drinks the past couple days so I ran out of ones I tried (cuz I tried more than one on Friday night lol and I didnt drink the rest of the weekend or yesterday, cuz my moms cat is sick and has to stay at the vet a few days...she had jaundice, and then I went to the church for a meeting to start helping out with the youth group! yay and after that I went to work out and after that it was late but ihad to finish setting up my store and posts for today lol soooo it was a but crazy) ...anyways instead of a mixed drink how about a product review...of sorst lol

I love mikes hard lemonade and bacardi silvers and smirnoffs! I am not a beer person every beer I ever tasted was just gross!

So... Mikes Hard lemonade has some limited edition seasonal favorites out right now.

1st up they have PINK LEMONADE!!! how great is that not only does it taste yummy like pink lemonade they created it to sponsor a great cause...Breast Cancer Research! so if you love mikes and you love pink lemonade this is a must try!

2nd they have another limited edition seasonal favorite!...Raspberry lemonade! now it isn't as sweet as you would get from a reg raspberry lemonande but it is sweeter and fruitier than the reg lemonade it was very yummy!

The only prob with these 2 new beverages is they are limited edition!...I want more!!! ...that and that the hubby keeps stealing my drinks! lol he even things they tatste great! he will drink a reg mikes but he still will usually pick a beer but now he keeps drinking mine all up because he liked them sooooo much!

Now Bacardi silvers are great! they are not as heavy as smirnoff if that makes any sense?!?! they are lighter and smoother the Bacardi Silver Raz is my fav!!! but they just put out a lemonade!!! and it has a lighter taste than mikes it tatstes great but it just tastes crisper and smoother and not as heavy as say a mikes ...another one the hubby keeps stealing lol

so anyways these are all very yummy choices if you can find 'em

Thanks for stopping in today, ill have another mixed drink for you tomorrow!

Cheers!

Happy Release Day All!

I have to say Halloween is one of my fav Holidays!

I think that is the Fashion/Costume Designer in me.

When I decided to go into Fashion I wanted so bad to be in Costumingdesigning for movies would have been soooooo awesome! Instead I ended up in intimate apparel lol pajamas bras etc ...however not long before the company closed I did get a chance to go into sexy halloween costumes! It was soooo much fun! unfortunately the company had to close down before they got to produce any of them =(

And I want to say to me halooween is fun in its Comercialized form but I also respect the holiday as All soulds day or All saints day the Catholic tradition behind the holiday as well, or the mexican tradution of Dia de los muertos the day of the dead... but the costumes and trick or treaters is my fav part!

So this release was soooooo much fun to design! The only problem was I had WAY too many ideas and not enough time to make them all come into fluition.

So.... if you havent been by the Sassy Studio Designs blog to see what we have going on I suggest you make a stop by there as well as the other DT members (they are listed and linked on the SSD blog)

So...my TREAT for you today is....A Freebie!!!! (well 2 technically!)

We have a Witches Cauldron and some potion bottles!

But snatch these up while you can...they are only available until midnight PST the 16th (thats only 2 days!)

FREEBIE NO LONGER AVAILABLE 9:07 PM pst 9/16/09

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Happy Trick or Treating!!!

Drink of the Day 9-14-09 Vodka Daquiri

Ok so one of my all time fav drinks is a Strawberry Daquiri!

I usually make mine abit strong instead of using half a can of rum i use a whole lol...but tonight ...no rum! Why is all the rum gone?

lol soooo anyways I decided to make up my own twist! I love freckled lemonade! and I just bought a bottle of lemoncello! mmmmm soooo since I was debating between a strawberry daquiri and a lemoncello martini I decided to do my own thing!

1 can of Frozen Strawberry Daquiri mix

1/2 can of vodka (I like absolute)

fill the blender with Ice and Blend until smooth

...pour in glass and top with about a 1/2" of lemoncello on the top and swirl in and enjoy!

it was more strawberry with a hint of lemon but it was tasty!

CHEERS!

Drink of the Day 9-13-09

Happy Sunday Everyone!

So thanks for stopping in for my 4th Drink of the Day Has anyone had a chance to try any of the previous ones? what did you think

Well today I felt like a litte vacation so How about a Blue Hawaiian?!?!

(by the way I try these a day or 2 before my posts lol in case you are wondering he hee I am setting my posts for 12:01 am each day and somedays like sunday I don't usually Drink or just sometimes I dont feel like it lol so I try out an extra one or two on Fri or Sat so I can have one a day here on my blog lol)

Anyway, Blue Hawaiian!

1/2 oz sour mix

1 oz Blue Curacao

1 oz Vodka

1 oz Light Rum

2 oz Pinapple Juice

Shake with Ice and serve in an old fashioned glass on the Rocks

MMMM Pinapple Juice anything sign me up! he hee and the Blue Curacao wow that makes a great tropical drink! However you have to watch the ratio to other colored products too much juice the color wont look so pretty lol but it looked just fine with the 2 oz the recipe called for.

You know what I think would be a super yummy option instead of plain pinapple juice using the pineapple orange juice I'll have to try it another day but it does sound good and I am sure it would taste just fine

Well have a great rest of your weekend and...

CHEERS!

Drink of the Day 9-12-09

It's Saturday!!!! so let's go a little nutty!!!

Todays Drink of the Day is the Nutty Irishman

1 1/2 oz Frangelica (Frangelico Hazelnut Liquior is brand name)

1 1/2 oz Irish Cream

Served on the rocks in an old fashioned glass

This is another super yummy super creamy drink that can so just be my desert!

It is best COLD so combine with ice in a shaker before pouring or keep your liquor cold

Though it was great on it's own I wasnt in teh mood for such a strong drink tonight So I also saw another version of this recipe that called for an equal part of cream, well no cream in my house =( so I just added 1 oz of 2% milk and it was just fine. I love drinks like this that you can mild down when your not in th emood for something too strong but you also have the option to leave as is when you are in the mood for something a little stronger

CHEERS!

Drink of the Day 9-11-09

Woo Woo today is day #2

lol and today's Drink of the Day is called a Woo Woo! he hee

1 1/2 oz vodka

1/2 oz peach schnapps

2 oz cranberry juice

Served on the rocks on an oldfashioned glass or cocktail glass

Sorry no pic today couldnt find a good one, I'll be sure to set up and charge my camera and start taking my own pics

This was a tasty cocktail We enjoyed it with some cheese and crackers, and if you find it a little strong for your mood you can always add a little more cranberry juice, also 100% juice would probably be better than cranberry cocktail drink that I used since it will have a stronger cranberry taste to mellow out the alcohol.

Drink of the Day 9-10-09

Ok so I dont know if I have ever expressed this before But I love mixing Drinks! he hee Its fun to try new things, I am not a Beer person at all, and I would love to be a bartender! how fun does that sound...soooooooooo while I am working on my journey to loose weight I am also going to be teaching myself some bartending basics and recipe's (I know that it will make the weight loss harder , but I figure one shared drink a night with the Hubby is fine if I count it in my points (weight watchers) and do my workouts everyday as planned)

So I thought I would share with you some of the supre yummy drinks I find...well and let you know the yucky ones too he hee

So to start us off the 1st day I thought a super yummy one would be good

So Day 1 - Butter Nipple Shot

Use a frosty shot glass and chill your liquor before hand in order to get the layered look, or you can shake together with ice in a shker but then its just beige all teh way through

1/2 shotglass Buttershots (or butterscotch schnapps)

1/2 shotglass Irish Cream on top (pour slowly to keep in layers)

This Shot can be done quickly however it is smooth and sweet and very yummy you can even sip slowly. I honestly think this would take place of desert! It really is that decadent and yummy!

Anyway Have a great day and I hope if you get a chance to try this you will let me know what you think as well check back tomorrow for another fun Drink of the day

(the photo was found using yahoo image search)

Its another anya kinda day

...Well week lol

I havent had much time to craft lately because of the house hunting and designing lots and lots of new images for all 3 stores...but I did squeeze in a little time to finally get to use some of my new sets I hadn't even touched...they were screaming out play with me..play with me!!! he hee

(by the way I got an amazing birthday gift a week or so ago from Jacquie...and i havent showed it off yet...I will work on taking a pic and I'll post it soon)

but for now...

I saw a few other people take grad ian and turn him into harry potter and I loved that idea! but I wanted to try something different...do i stretched grad iams body and traced it (the lines were too thick to use on its own) ...and thats how I created these great hogwarts robes... I replaced the diploma with wands. Rons head was peter pan from the never ever set, Harry's head was grad ian shrunken down a little, and hermiony was the rain miss anya anyways with so much work on the characters I really wanted it to be all about them I had this great paper by CM with the tree and moon set the perfect back drop

So up til now I had never tried to change any of my TGF iamges because well I love them so much as they are, but I have seen such great things from people who did so I wanted to try a few things. I masked the flower in the hair of the dressy anya on the right and drew in the lines that was my 1st time ever masking something and it worked pretty well I think I might do that more often! then I drew 2 witches hats from scratch... Halloween is one of my FAV ever holidays!!

So I had gotten this set a while back and never had a chance to use it so I colored these 2 to match and I really wanted to use both on a card Chris and I love teh Pirates of the Carribean ride at Disneyland...and we love love love the blue bayou the restraunt that overlooks the ride so this card was made for him inspipred by all that...maybe this is how we should dress for halloween?!?!? lol but he is my best friend and my husband and the love of my life so i thought this was perfect!

Its Back to School Release day at SSD

Sorry everyone I havent posted much lately I have been soo busy! Chris and I are trying to buy our 1st house so it has been a lot of work and time trying to search and look and all that we found one we want and boy do we want it! it is perfect! it is a block or 2 from my parents which is nice and it actually was my best friends family home growing up, I spent many a sleepovers there! how perfect would that be! so we are hoping and praying our offer is accepted this time.

So in the time that I have had to work here on the computer I have been spending it designing new images!!! and boy is there lot coming out! there will be new ones at MSB and the Digishack...and of course Sassy Studio Designs...now I cant show you waht I have been upto with the other 2 stores because it's top secret! lol but I promise you you will love them!!!

But I can show you what I have been up to at my store...because today is release day!!!

We have 10 (well 9 and 1 accessory set)new images for you today! as well as a game and challenge with prizes happening on the blog today, and join us for some chatting on our PCP page tonight for a freebie!

but without further adue....the Back to School Release!

Now head on over to Sassy Studio Deisgns for more details!

It's MSB release day!!!

And what a release day it is going to be!!!!

There are soooooo many new images being released today!!!

There are so many I couldn't even count! I think every DT member got almost all different images from the next! So you have have have to go check out everyones pages to see all that they created!

My 1st creation features Freshen up!

Next we have eat drink and be merry with Precious Cheers

and lastly I have Thanks a latte featuring a to go cup.
Would you like to know the best part about these images?!?!

Well for one...many of these images are being brought back! They were images I did before and when the new store opened there wasnt time to re release them sooooooo now is the time!

And two.... Most of the new images are going to have custom scents to match them too!
so check out Modern Sugar Blvd today!

It's Word Search Time!!!

Today is our Release Party at SSD!!!

If you haven't stopped by yet you should it will be great fun!

You can find the party here - http://ssdpartyblog.blogspot.com/

We are playing a game and having challenges and all sorts of fun stuff throughout the day

I was so excited when I got to play with my own images

of course I had to use Freckled Lemonade! One because I love Freckled Lemonade! but two because I love freckles (a lil partial to red hair and freckles lol)

For m ethe idea of Freckled Lemonade is fresh and bright!. Pinks and reds and lemon yellow. but I am not a fan of yellow lol but I love lime green! he hee This SU paper Raspberry Tart screamed Freckled Lemonade to me!

And did you know that SSD is going to be releasing a limited edition set of card scents!?!? They are!!!! and they are going to have a Freckled Lemonade one! it smells like fresh squeezed Lemonade a loads of fresh strawberries!

I hope you'll stop by the store after 4 pm PST when all the new products will be available

Thanks for stopping by

Lindsay

YAY I got to play!!!

I am sooooooooo Excited I finally got a chance to play with my own images lol

Our release party is today be sure to stop on in at http://ssdpartyblog.blogspot.com/

I loved this Candy Apple Image!!! She screamed Halloween to me he hee

and I also played along with this weeks Cupcake Challenge

It's release day at SSD!

Today is the Day!!! It's Release Day at SSD
We have a great day of fun planned since it's a weekend release we really wanted to go all out!Our Challenges will start at 12:01 am PST and run through 3:30 pm PST!but make sure you stop back in on the Party throughout the day! we will have games and freebies and all sorts of chatter and fun! The party will begin at 10 am PSTSo to get all the info on the Challenges and to join the party go to the party blog now

Sassy Sweet Shoppe Party Blog

The Challenges are open from 12:01 am PST - 3:30 pm PST

The Party starts at 10 am PST

he game will be announced at 10:05 am PST and will go through 3:30 pm PST

There will be little prizes and giveaways and mini challenges and games throughout the day so stop on by!

The new images will be available in the store at 4pm PST on the dot!

So stop by out Sassy Sweet Shoppe

Aug 11th

It's My Birthday!!!
and I have some surprises going on over on my SSD blog so be sure to go check them out!!!

Next Up I know I haven't been around much and I appologize. There are a few reasons...One being I havent had hardly any time to craft! =( so sad! I have been so busy creating new images for MSB and the Digishack, as well as Sassy Studios which is great because we will have so much happening at all 3 stores, but bad for my crafts =( and teh #2 reason which is also a huge one as it has taken up a lot of my time and most my weekend too... Hubby and I are going to buy a house!!!! yay we are so excited!!! So we have been hunting and searching for listings online then going out and taking a look and if we like what we see we 've been meeting with the realator to view, we havent picked the "one" yet... but we have a few we are excited about! and once we get to see them fully we are hoping to make adecision soon...isnt hat exciting though!?!?! I am so happy! anyways so I just wanted to give you a little update.

and I have started scheduling my time and made sure to allot me crafting time and blogging time, so I promise I will be getting back in the swing of things very soon!
but be sure to stop by SSD today as its the only day to get these surprises I have going on

MSB Challenge Saturday

Happy saturday everyone! So today is the Modern Sugar Blvd Challenge #11

This week we have a sketch challenge, and a color challenge.

Here is the Sketch and Use the color purple.Here is my creation! no I admid I dont have a lot of purple paper options but I thought thsi was fun.

only a few days left!

I feel so bad I have been so flaky on my blog lately. I have been working my toosh off for my new sassy studios, designing new stuff for Modern Sugar Blvd and the digishack I mean It has been crazy! (and applying and interviewing for jobs Almost had on too a good one fashion design and pattern drafting yay! but wanted to pay me $10 an hour which wont even pay my bills so I couldn't take it I used to make 4ok/year and now realistically I'm looking for bare min of $14/hour so I am willingly taking a cut because I know the economy, plus where I moved to the cost of living is cheaper, however i cant go below that or I wont be able to afford to live i still have rent and car and gas and utilities etc ok I'm rambling! lol)

Anyways there is only 2 days left to join in this weeks challenge over at MSB! it is a sketch challenge! check it out here

Happy Anniversary to me!

ok so in honor of my 1 year anniversary tomorrow I am gonna offer a Blog candy of sorts!!! I will pick 3 random winners to each recieve a brand new, not even released yet image! SInce I am going to offer this on my store blog and on PCP as well we are going to do submissions Via email.

So all you ahve to do is send an email to sassystudiodesigns@yahoo.com. put happy anniversary in the subject line, and in the body just write I want some candy! and your name. Thats it easy as that! only 1 entry per person please. this will be today and tomorrow only and I will announce the winners on monday!
thanks so much!
Lindsay