this is homemade with sandra lee happy holidays i'm sandra lee with a very special idea for you
this holiday season how about a champagne tree or a champagne flight very easy to make with just
some special fruit juice all you need is sparkling white wine or prosecco try cranberry juice and
champagne and you have a poinsettia how about some orange juice and champagne that is a mimosa
peach juice and champagne that's a bellini and cream to cassis now that is a kear royale
pair these with a simple cheese platter some crackers dates and nuts and you have something
very special and remember all those weddings anniversaries birthdays new year's all of those
this is absolutely perfect i'm here to share with you great ways to personalize your gift wrapping
it starts with either brown or white craft paper that you can buy in bulk
inexpensively you can decorate your craft paper with stencils or markers stamps or paint think
watercolors and your children's hand print or footprint on a package for grandma and grandpa
i like to take things like old antique books that i buy in second-hand stores and create store lines
onto my packages think about old cards or pictures that you've received in the past
maybe you like the card that you received use the front and the message and give that card right
back in gift wrap to the person who gave it to you last year making amazing inexpensive gift wrap is
simple with a little bit of imagination it's great to recycle and make the old
new again i've got a great recipe for you to celebrate in a tropical way we're gonna make
fruit cocktail trifle into the bottom of a trifle bowl goes the pound cake which has been cubed
then i like to put just candy cherries on that i want you to then take your fruit cocktail put that
all over the top and let the juice just meld into the cake that'll give it all sorts of great flavor
whipped topping goes on top of this that's your first layer you can make your own whipped topping
or just buy store bought and embellish with a little bit of vanilla extract now the second
layer of pound cake more candied cherries two more cans of fruit cocktail and then the whipped
topping topped with candy cherries and voila a beautiful tropical twist this holiday season
now i want you to take all those wonderful family ornaments or anything special that you think looks
like an heirloom or feels like an heirloom to you you're going to use it to make a great tabletop
mini tree or a beautiful wreath all you need is a frame and a little bit of pipe cleaner floral wire
gardening tape or twisty ties to secure your ornaments onto your frame some ornaments already
have their own hooks or wires on them just put them onto the tree and layer as you go to fill it
out this is going to bring so many fond memories and great conversations to your holiday gatherings
this year i call this my welcome home christmas sugar and spice sure does make everything nice
and colored sugar makes everything around the holidays better these colors are easily made with
regular granulated sugar and food coloring just a couple drops of yellow food coloring goes into
your sugar that's about a cup a cup and a half make sure you get all of the air out of your bag
and all you have to do is work the coloring through the sugar now snip the tip of the bag and
you put the sugar in these decorative little jars or salt and pepper shakers you will have a great
gift to give this holiday season that was quick inexpensive and simply perfect and who wouldn't
love to receive these colorful sugars for the holiday season now it's a wonderful lifetime
you