We are excited to bring back one of our favorite GRiZMAS activities….Killer Crafts & Cocktails! Sign up for a guided arts & crafts workshop led by Taylor Kamen Beardsall where you will be creating your own killer craft along with a delicious cocktail! You will be provided a list of supplies to procure along with suggestions to find supplies around your home. Taking place digitally over Zoom, register in advance to secure your spot; suggested donation of $5.

EVENT LOCATION:

Zoom (link will be included in your confirmation email from Eventbrite)

Ages 18+

5:00pm ET - Event Zoom Room Opens, Welcome!

5:10pm ET - Event Overview

5:30pm ET - Guided Arts Workshop Begins!

6:30pm ET - Event Concludes

ACTIVITY + SUPPLIES : We will be making some fun, festive, and uplifting decorations for your staycation! Join Taylor Beardsall and the GRiZ team in making a Positivity Garland! We might also make some holiday cards, too! The basics: a few sheets of paper, string, scissors, something to write with, something to add color with. To take it up a notch: you can create these on fabric (duck canvas fabric at a craft store), acrylic paint, stickers, faux flowers, fabric, permanent markers, embellishments, hot glue, oil pastels, yarn, magazines, anything else you want to create with! Supply alternatives: dental floss instead of string! recycled cardboard instead of paper! Pen! Old newspaper/magazines

ABOUT TAYLOR BEARDSALL: Taylor Beardsall is a certified Art Therapist (ATR) and Yoga Teacher. She provides creative mind-body services for individuals, groups, and organizations. Taylor is a founder and art therapist at Solstice Healing Arts Collective, an expressive arts therapies studio in Bloomfield Hills, MI. In art therapy she utilizes tenets of mindfulness, as well as a humanistic and positive psychology approach. Through these approaches, she accompanies participants as a non-judgmental, fully present, and supportive facilitator on their journey of using art-making for healing.

COCKTAIL SUPPLIES:

Find supplies around your house:

• mason jar with lid
• knife
• peeler
• shot glass
• pot to heat water
• coffee mug
• glass for drinkin’

Ingredients shopping list:

• Clear liquor (vodka, gin, rum, or tequila)
• Dark liquor (whiskey, dark rum, or brandy)
• 1 lemon
• 1 orange
• some leftover cranberry sauce or jam
• maple syrup or honey
• brown sugar
• cinnamon powder
• butter or coconut oil
• a little bit of leftover coffee from this morning
• vanilla ice cream or non dairy creamer

Drink Recipes:

"The Cranberry Orange Sour"

Ingredients...

• 2 part clear spirit (can be vodka, gin, rum, or tequila)
• 1 part lemon juice
• 1 part cranberry sauce
• a nice big piece of orange peel

Recipe...

• Put all the ingredients in a mason jar with ice, put the lid on and shake it
• Either strain it off the ice or pour it out with the ice into a glass
• Garnish with another orange peel
• Drink :)

"The Hottie Toddie"

Ingredients...

• 1 shot of dark spirit (can be whiskey, dark rum, or brandy)
• a small piece of the lemon from the last drink
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup, honey, or agave
• half a teaspoon of room temperature butter or coconut oil
• cinnamon powder
• hot water

Recipe...

• put the liquor, lemon, sweetener, and hot water in a mug and stir to combine
• Float the butter or coconut oil on top and sprinkle with cinnamon
• Drink carefully, it’s HOT!

"The Coffee Softee"

Ingredients...

• 1 shot of dark spirit
• 2 shots of leftover coffee
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• tablespoon of vanilla ice cream, or almond / oat / coconut milk, WHATEVER YA GOT
• cinnamon powder

Recipe...

• Combine all the ingredients except the cinnamon in a mason jar with ice. Put the lid on and shake
• Pour out the drink and the ice into a glass
• Or just put a straw in the mason jar
• Sprinkle cinnamon on top
• Sip and enjoy :)