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Fun Fact: I'm not as young and wild as I used to be. I've replaced credit cards with debit cards (or cash). I've replaced drinking fun beverages for coffee and water. I've replaced staying out till the late night hours with sitting at home with friends and crafting or going to bed early - dare I say it 8. The fact is, I've grown up. So now instead of going to parties where drinks are served I go to one of my besties and drink coffee and eat cake all while we craft. Its the perfect Girls Night In (GNI ya know.. for us cool kids who say things like this). We used to do this a lot before someone had a baby, but we've been getting better over the past year, especially over the holidays since we had LOTS OF CRAFTING TO DO! Its beginning to become really exciting because the babe (hers, not mine, cause my babes are cats) is getting to the age where she might be able to start crafting with us. Ok. Maybe thats a bit of an exaggeration but she's started sitting at the table with us while we craft so thats a step in the right direction. HA!
The big thing about us is that we like... ok... LOVE to drink coffee while we're hanging out. So as a surprise to my bestie I made her some super fancy coffee syrup for Christmas. I've told her not to read this post till after Friday when we exchange gifts so she best not be not trying to get a sneak peak of her gift yo! See what I did there... I tried to act like a gangsta... I'm sooo not a gangsta.
Like I've said in many many MANY previous posts. I'm pretty much addicted to Elsie Larson's Blog: A Beautiful Mess and if she makes it and posts directions, 9 times out of 10 I will try it out. So a few weeks ago I kept this post in the back of my mind and pinned it onto Pinterest. It is super simple and easy to make. THE EASIEST DIY GIFT EVER!!! It was inexpensive and fun! I kinda wish I'd let it thicken a little more but I think it will work out perfectly. Oh and one other tip, go to Ross or somewhere cheap and buy the bottles, I found mine at Ross for less than five bucks.
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| Image via: A Beautiful Mess |
For the vanilla syrup you need: 2 cups water, 2 cups sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (the clear kind is much preferred here). In a small pot heat your water and sugar over low/medium heat, stirring constantly until the sugar has dissolved. Now stir in your vanilla extract and pour into your dispenser.
Check out her blog for the other flavors.
I'm really excited to give this to her so we can have some fancy coffee with fancy flavored coffee syrup to go with our fancy desserts (she's the best baker known to man... or woman) during our Girls Night In!
xo, Steph
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