Merry Christmas from the Merkley Family to YOU!
Hoping you are spending this day with family, friends and loved ones as you celebrate the Birth of our Savior. 
Merry Christmas!!
-
- Pin It
- Share
-
White Chocolate Hot Cocoa + 10 MORE Hot Cocoa Recipes
I LOVE Hot Cocoa!
Today I wanted to share with you a recipe my mom made up for the The Best Hot Cocoa EVER:
WHITE CHOCOLATE HOT COCOA
She made it up for my wedding reception 6 years ago, and I still have people come up to me who were at that reception to tell me how much they loved the hot cocoa {For Reals!!!}
So, without further adieu…
| White Chocolate Hot Cocoa |
Recipe Type: Drink
Author:
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 3 hours
Total time: 3 hours 5 mins
The Best Hot Cocoa EVER!
Ingredients
- 1 gallon chocolate milk
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Pour all ingredients into a crockpot on HIGH for 3-4 hours {until chips are melted and drink is warm}. Serve immediately.
And here are 10 more Yummy-Looking HOT COCOA RECIPES:
Nutella Hot Cocoa from The Hungry Housewife
Frozen Hot Cocoa from A Cozy Kitchen
Pumpkin Spice White Hot Chocolate from Good Life Eats
The Best Hot Cocoa from Bakingdom
Hot Cocoa with Mini Donuts from Martha
Joy’s Frozen Hot Cocoa from Women’s Day
Hot Cocoa from Hostess with the Mostess
Mexican Hot Chocolate with Dulce de Leche Spiced Cream from Babble
Frozen Hot Cocoa from Women’s Day
Hot Cocoa from The Inspired Bride
And don’t forget these Hot Cocoa EXTRAS…
Hot Cocoa Dippers from Good Housekeeping
Hot Cocoa Gift from BHG
Chocolate Spoons from Delicious Delicious Delicious
Cup of Cheer Prints from Twig & Thistle
ENJOY!
20+ Gift Wrapping Ideas
Are you done wrapping all your presents? I haven’t even started!
Here are several collections of Gift Wrapping Ideas that are sure to inspire…
From Design Sponge
From Lupin Handmade
From A Creative Mint
From Style Me Pretty
From Pretty Petals
From Gift Packaging Ideas:
Cupcake Carnations Gift Toppers
And from Martha….
Christmas Tree Silhouette Wrap
Punched Snowflake and Tree Gift Wrap
From Country Living:
Amazing, right?? Not sure if you’ll have the time to wrap your gifts as beautifully as these were done, but hopefully they will inspire. The kids will be lucky enough if the gifts are put into Gift Bags this year – LOL!
ENJOY!
Sears Holiday Shop PART 2 #Searsrealcheer #CBias
I can’t believe Christmas is almost over.
Before the festivities are done, the decor is put away and the lights are taken down, I wanted to show you the lights we were able to put up this year. We didn’t do anything extreme, but we have at least bought a ladder, bought some lights, and figured out how to hang lights on our extremely high roof edges.
Not sure if you remember, but I was able to do a campaign for Sears that I first posted about HERE. I was given $100 to buy Outdoor Lighting from Sears, so we were thrilled to go and find some awesome products.
The hubby came with and mostly picked up lights and a a few other items.
We got a TON of icicle lights… We put these under some red and green lights.
I was extremely excited about our Spiral Christmas Trees:
We got one tree that was WHITE and one tree that was GREEN. {My FAVS!!}
The hubby had a whole process of getting the lights up, but he first zip-tied the red and green lights to the icicle lights so it would be easier for hanging {Brilliant, huh?!} He then winded it into a circle, put them in the red bin below and pulled the lights from there as he hung them. Quite a process, but he says it helped a TON!
More than anything, I just felt bad that he had to hang the lights on our roof which is so high. He admitted that it was pretty scary. I was wishing I could help him, but I’m deathly afraid of heights and knew it wouldn’t happen.
{He had to go all the way UP THERE, which doesn’t seem too high, but it was!!}
I was extremely happy with how the lights turned out and with the products we bought. We definitely plan on hitting Sears up next week too for even more Christmas Goodies.
So, my question for you is:
Do you put up Christmas Lights? And if so, when??
—————————-
To see my entire Sears Shopping Experience, you can visit my Google+ Story HERE.
For more Christmas inspiration, please visist the Sears Website.
This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. #Searsrealcheer and #CBias
All opinions are my own.
Christmas Cards Banner
Today I wanted to show you how I made a simple but cute Christmas Cards Banner and Display.
I decided to make a paper banner for my mantel, but after I started receiving Christmas Cards from family and friends, I decided to turn it into a Christmas Card holder.
It was EASY PEASY…
Here is how you can make one really quick too…
SUPPLIES:
-2 inch circle punch
-Various cardstock scrapbook Paper
-Hole Punch
-Ribbon/Tulle
-Mini Clothespins
DIRECTIONS:
1. Begin by punching circles out of your scrapbook paper. You will then punch on either side of the circles for the string to go through.
2. String your circles through your ribbon/tulle.
3. Hang your paper banner, and then pin cards on with mini clothespins {I found mine at Wal-mart}.
Super Easy. Super Cute. And Super Useful for all those Christmas Cards!
What’s great about it too, is that without the cards, it still is an easy and adorable paper banner.
ENJOY!
