Cranberry Cosmopolitan Cocktail & NEW Blog Design!
Please enjoy a virtual toast of this festive Cranberry Cosmopolitan Cocktail to celebrate The Foodie Affair’s new blog design! {Clink, Clink}
Pinch me, so I know I’m not still dreaming about this day. I’m soooo excited to have a new website design!! I seriously can’t stop smiling when I look at all the details that make my new site design lovely to look at!
Do you know how long I’ve been planning for this launch? Pretty much since I pushed the publish button to my first post at the end of 2011!
I taught myself how to take better photos, how to navigate social media, and a host of details that are behind the scenes of blog ownership, but the computer techie stuff and graphic design takes me a very long time to grasp. I knew that I would need serious help from someone I completely trusted, so while keeping an eye out for the right person to help me with my vision, I kept note of what I wanted my blog to look like.
Don’t you feel grateful when people come into your life and you have great rapport and respect for their expertise? Camila from TitiCrafty has been that person! Creative, professional, quick to respond, and an extremely talented graphic designer! I’ve been following her for awhile and when I read on her blog that she was available to take on some clients I knew right away that I wanted her to be the one to turn The Foodie Affair into a pretty site to visit!
Cami shared with me the current trends in web design and provided me with the professional advice I needed to make the best decisions for a custom site. My new home on the internet is just what I had imagined it to be!
If you need updated icons, a personalized signature design, a logo, headers for any social media site or a complete website overhaul, I recommend Camila from TitiCrafty!
And now for cosmos! I combined fresh cranberries and orange peel mix and let in infuse with vodka for a couple of days. This combination would be a delicious cocktail holiday gift! Attach the cosmo recipe and a nice ribbon on the jar or bottle!
I put together a make your own drink bar set up during our Thanksgiving gathering. All the ingredients were in one area with the recipe to follow. This set up works great for parties or large gatherings!
Cranberry Cosmopolitan Cocktail
Ingredients
- Cranberry/Orange Vodka
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 1/4 cup sweetener granulated sugar, xylitol
- 2 Tablespoons water
- 3 cups vodka
- large slice of fresh orange peel
- Cranberry Cosmopolitan
- 1 1/2 ounces Cranberry/Orange vodka above
- 1 1/2 ounces cranberry juice
- 1/2 fresh lime juice
- 1/3 ounce orange flavored liqueur triple sec, Cointreau
- Ice
Instructions
Cranberry/Orange Vodka
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, water and cranberries. Stir until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries begin to pop. Take off the heat and let cool for 30 minutes. Pour the mixture into a large Mason glass jar. Add the vodka and orange peel. Cover and let the ingredients infuse for several days. Strain before using in cocktails.
Cranberry Cosmopolitan Cocktail
- In a cocktail shaker with ice, add cranberry/orange vodka mix, cranberry juice, lime juice, orange liqueur. Shake several times to mix all the ingredients together. Enjoy immediately.
Nutrition
Disclaimer
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This recipe is based on Martha Stewart’s Cranberry Cosmopolitan cocktail.
A cosmopolitan is one of my favorite cocktails when I go for a night out. Yours looks great just like your new blog design…love it. I have not tech skills, if I did I’d love to be a .com blog.
Congrats on a fab blog site. I’m excited to try the cranberry Cosmo. Great visual makes me thirsty just looking at it!! You are going to do great!! Bravo❤️
Thanks, Sherry! I’m so glad you stopped by. Wish we could enjoy a cosmo together!
Your new blog design looks beautiful.
Thank you, Michele! A lot of work went into the change, but so worth it!
I love the new design! Crank out one of those cosmopolitans and we’ll toast your blog’s new dress!
On it, Maureen! 😉
Your new blog design is gorgeous. Seriously I love it. And tis the season for cranberry!
It is the season for cranberries! Love to see them this time of year in lots of recipes! I’m glad you like my new site. I’m giddy about it 🙂
Congrats on the new design!! It looks great and a beautiful cocktail for toasting is just perfect!!
Thanks a million, Marion! I’m glad I have such great support from my fellow blogging buddies.
This is beautiful! How would you suggest making it non-alcoholic?
Hi Jen, you can add club soda for some fiz, and a little sweetener of your choice.
Gorgeous design and crazy delicious looking cocktail! Bravo!
🙂 Thank you, Kristin! I had to celebrate with a pretty cocktail!
Love the new design! And, I love the looks of this drink! Yes please!
Thanks, Stephanie!
These pictures are so lovely! Absolutely beautiful!
Thanks! I love how pretty the cranberries made the drink so bright and cheery!
I LOVE the new look of the site! Congrats. So much fun!
Thank you, Sarah! I’ve wanted to update my blog for a long time. I’m thrilled with it!
I’m going to feel like Carrie when I make these for my Christmas party with the girls!! 🙂
Yes! and I hope you wear a pretty dress with six inch stilettos for the occasion! 😉
First, love the drink! I’m all about cosmos 🙂 And, the blog looks so great! Love the color scheme and the little detailing in your sidebar. Excellent job!
Thanks, Valerie! Cami did an excellent job. She really has an eye for detail!
GORGEOUS HOT RED!
LOVE the idea to share the recipe at a “make your own drink” bar!
Isn’t this a fun drink? A pre-set bar is so convenient, especially if you want to mingle and have fun yourself.
Yummy yummy! I could go for one of these today… ok, maybe 2!
Clink-clink! Right there with you 🙂
Sandra — YAY!! I’m so excited for you! Your site looks beautiful — I know how hard you have worked! You were one of the very first friends I ever made at this crazy thing we call “work” I am so so so happy to see your vision come to life! One of these days we will share a cranberry cosmo!
P.S. I know I am a bad blog friend and don’t get to comment much but I do still get all your newsletters and am always so excited when all your pretty food is in my face in social media! 🙂
Awe, Heather, thank you! First buddies are forever friends 🙂 I’m excited to see this transformation take place. I’ve come a LONG way!
That sounds delicious. I should make those for the party I am hosting on xmas eve!
It’s a great drink for holiday parties. So festive and tasty!
Congrats on the redesign. We redid ours at this time last year and it sure it nice having something up-to-date!
Thanks, Scott! It sure is nice. I like hanging out here!
That drink looks really good. I love the tartness of cranberries.
Me too!, Michelle! I don’t care for the super-sweet drinks. This one is just right 🙂
It looks great! Awesome job on the design!!
I love my new home on the net 🙂 Thanks, Heather!
Your new blog look is fabulous!!! Congratulations! And I love that you made the cranberry vodka for these cosmos–perfect for the holidays!
Thank you, Liz! The cranberry vodka is so easy to make and makes the cosmo so tasty!