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20090924

Free Blank Recipe Cards that match my Martini Art & Gifts!

This new free blank recipe card is actually the background for my newest Martini Art upload to The Martini Diva Boutique - Razz-A-Tini Martini. I absolutely love doing these backgrounds - they are so much fun to do and to look at. They also make great backdrops to my fun Martini Sketches. Now you can even get an apron to match your free recipe cards!

I'm also going to upload this background to my Business Branding Graphics store Taking Care of Business sometime tomorrow because it makes a great masthead and graphic for customizable letterheads, fliers, business cards and even matching tees and shoes!!

In the meantime, check out the great products you can get this design and it's sister with the martini on it, Razz-A-Tini:







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20090922

One More Free BLANK RECIPE CARD


Here's another free blank recipe card for your to download and save/print. It's called Power Play and it's one of the abstract designs I created for my Taking Care of Business Store (affordable business branding packages - customize my designs for your company's business cards, letterheads, promotional materials and order right from my store!)

I'll be adding more - just finished up doing two for Halloween and will be posting those in October!

I've had an infection and been taking medication so no martini drinking or creating lately, but - never fear - the Halloween martinis are coming!


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20090918

FREE BLANK RECIPE CARD and Halloween Martini update!


This blanc recipe card design is called Incorporated and I created it for my new Taking Care of Business Graphics Store and Stock Business Graphics (so if you're starting a new enterprise and need AFFORDABLE graphics check them out!)


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20090915

COCKTAIL SHAKING TIPS


TIPS FOR SHAKING YOUR COCKTAILS

1. Chill the Shaker First - you can do this by sticking it in the fridge/freezer or filling it with ice cubes. If you choose the method of using ice cubes be sure to empty out the melted ice and start with fresh cubes for each drink.

2. When you shaker is nicely chilled add your ice for the drink - I fill the shaker about half full to allow room for the drink ingredients.

3. Shake vigorously with some rhythm - sing, hum or have some good music on in the background, it helps establish a rhythm and it gets you in the mood for cocktail hour too! Remember, some drinks - like a classic gin martini - should be stirred not shaken so keep that in mind. Shaking is fun and part of the ritual of making a martini but stirring can be fun and it's retro - remember those old Thin Man movies and the classic glass cocktail pitcher with a glass stir stick?

4. If your drink is a blended drink like a daiquiri or a colada you're not going to shake at all you're going to use a blender and crushed ice and blend to the consistency of a slushy - think the consistency of that Cherry Icee you loved as a kid. (BTW, blended drinks can cause "brain freeze" so remember to be careful with those first sips!)

5. Unless you're muddling some ingredients, muddle before adding ice and shaking.  I know this sounds like advice you don't need, but you'd be surprised the number of people who try to muddle with all the ingredients present. If there's too much liquid, you won't get the result you're looking for.

6. If you are muddling remember to make use of a cocktail strainer to keep those chunkier elements out of the drink. Remember it's a drink not dinner. Anything that needs to be chewed should be skewered on a martini pick or added to the rim as garnish.

One last reminder, your cocktail will stay colder if you chill your ingredients as well as your martini shaker. Warm ingredients melt the ice quicker and water down the cocktail. Now go forth and shake, shake, shake yourself happy and enjoy!

 Updated 8-2016
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20090911

COCKTAIL & MARTINI ART & GIFTS


Looking for some fun cocktail art and gifts? Look no further than MartiniDivaBoutique.com!

You'll find posters, cards, stationery, clothing, home decor and even some entertainment gifts.

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20090907

FUN GRAPHIC, ART INSPIRED BLANK RECIPE CARDS

I've been so busy with my businesses this summer than I haven't posted a lot of new recipes - you'll have noticed I've been doing "re-runs" - like television does in summer, lol. Of course, there are already over 100+ designer martini recipes here so it's not like you don't have a nice variety of martini recipe choices, right?

What have I been doing? I've been creating new art for several purposes and some of them were so cute I thought they'd make great blank recipe cards for my faithful martini loving visitors to download and print out for their recipe filing! You can also save them up, print out a bunch of them for great gifts too.

TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL 5"X3" IMAGE CLICK THE IMAGE THEN RIGHT CLICK THE RECIPE CARD TO SAVE AS

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Updated 8-2016