Happiness is Homemade - Autumn Gifting | Mulling Spice Recipe

Isn't it fun to give just because? I find that Autumn brings out the gifting spirit in my soul and all I want to do is shower everyone with goodies! Especially home-made goodies :)
And one of my favorite fall gifts is homemade mulling spice pouches, which are super quick and easy to pull together, but are such a tasty and fun treat to share with loved ones. I've included my quick recipe below, but first let's chat about the itty bitty pocket. 


To start the pocket, I used a bit of soft yellow cardstock and PTI's Seed Packet die. Around the edges, I stamped, PTI's Stitch in Time borders in two different embossed colors, white and soft yellow.


To the top of the card I added a few bows, one made of paper, one of felt and another colorful embroidered trim. 


For the sentiment, I used PTI's Petite Places: Home and Garden stamps, stamped and embossed in Rose Quartz. 


For the adorable pie, I used an older Spellbinders die set, but you could just as easily use this cute Lawn Fawn one! Instead of stamping, I used my copic markers to color the top, and some sweet little floral stamps to add a Pyrex look to the pie dish. I used PTI's Home and Garden stamps for the itty bitty flowers. The cutlery was included in the die set, but you could use this set instead.


At the bottom I added a sweet heart trim from PTI.

All this little gift needs is some simple mulling spice mix. For each pouch, you will need:

4x4 inch piece of cheesecloth - doubled up
1 tsp each of allspice berries, whole cardamom, and whole star anise
1 cinnamon stick, cut in half
1 tsp of dried lemon zest or orange zest (optional)

I take each piece of cheesecloth and tuck all my ingredients in the center, and then tie up all four corners into a little pouch. I typically make 5-6 for each gift and also add a bottle of fresh apple cider, but regular apple juice would do. To mull the cider, it typically takes an hour or so, on low heat - on the stove or in a crock pot, but it can be mulled for much longer if a stronger taste is desired. It can also be watered down by adding more fresh cider or water.

I usually package the pouches in a cup (as pictured above) and sometimes add a wooden spoon for stirring and pulling out the pouches.

I hope this gives you a fun and easy gifting idea for the upcoming Holiday season!

Thanks for joining me today friends,

Ivana

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