Mother’s Day “Love Chain” Card and Setting the Table
Mother’s Day is a universally celebrated holiday and can certainly be considered one of the most sentimental. Play up the nostalgic nature of this day by creating a home made & fully customized “Love Chain” Card made by the entire family with photos and memories of special moments from childhood all the way up to present day. Mark’s design includes various shapes to choose from: flowers, hearts, boy figure, girl figure, note section and letters M-O-M.
- Simply print the downloadable template at here from your home or office computer, cut out the shapes and glue, tape or staple them together into a long chain. Decorate using crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc.
Setting the table is as easy as 1-2-3..
- A bright colored tablecloth in Mom’s favorite color sets the tone for brunch
- Mom’s favorite flowers make a touching centerpiece or individual bud vase with a single flower on a breakfast tray
- Personalize with table accessorize – my Table Chameleon napkin rings adapt to any table decor by inserting colored paper insert.
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“The Black Rose” — Recommended by Morticia Addams
Morticia
Morticia, the beautiful wife of Gomez Addams and mother to Wednesday and Pugsley, enjoys spending her time in the garden, cutting the heads off her roses and leaving only the stems.
Cocktail:
The Black Rose
5 oz Champagne Flute
Ingredients:
1 oz Smirnoff Vodka
1 oz Pom Juice
½ oz Rose sherbet
Splash of Moet & Chandon Rose Imperial
Measure 1 oz of Smirnoff Vodka, 1 oz Pom Juice and ½ oz Rose sherbet into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until the vodka and juice are blended. Strain the contents into a champagne glass and fill with Champagne on the top of the glass.
Food Paring:
Jack-O-Roons
Pumpkin flavored macaroons decorated with whimsical jack-o-lantern faces
Ingredients:
Payard Pumpkin Macaroons
Wilton Ready to Use Icing Tubes – Available in numerous colors
Purchase your favorite Pumpkin Macaroons from Payard or a local bakery. Using Ready to Use Icing Tubes from Wilton, decorate each macaroon with a whimsical jack-o-lantern face.
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“Witch’s Brew” — Recommended by Grandma
Grandma
Grandma practices potions, spells, and hexes, but her craft has become a bit rusty with age. While not quite sure who’s mother she really is, the Addams Family treats her like one of their own.
Cocktail:
Witch’s Brew (warm)
Ingredients:
For spiced tea (serves 6):
4 cups Water
4 Whole Cloves
2 Cinnamon sticks
2 Whole All Spice
8 Juniper Berries
Pinch of ground Nutmeg
4 Lipton’s Tea bags
1 oz Pierre Ferrand Cognac (per serving)
Splash of Orange Juice
Coffee Beans (aka Beetle Beans)
Whipped Cream
To make the tea: In a saucepan, bring water, cloves, cinnamon sticks, all spice, juniper and nutmeg to a boil. Using a sieve, strain the boiling water into a glass pitcher and add four tea bags to the mixture.
To make the cocktail: Add 1 oz. brandy or cognac and 4 oz of tea to the snifter and garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and 3 coffee beans (aka beetle beans). Serve hot.
** To make non-alcoholic, omit brandy.
Food Paring:
Witch Fingers
Frightening candy fingers on pretzel sticks
Ingredients:
Pretzel Rods
Wilton Candy Melts – Available in numerous colors and flavors
Wilton Witch Finger Candy Molds
Melt chocolate in the microwave using the instructions on the packaging. Using the Wilton Candy Molds, fill each mold with a pretzel rod and the chocolate colors of your choice; refrigerate to harden. When hardened, slightly twist the tray to remove the Witch fingers.
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