Last year, when we moved into our new home, Jeremy and I started a tradition of making special cocktails (and mocktails!) and naming them after our friends and family! We've had so much fun making up silly recipes, naming the drinks and making our guests feel special by serving them. It's a tradition we will absolutely continue in the coming years!
Here are a few of the namesake cocktails that we've created so far:
I highly recommend starting a tradition like this at the beginning of any new season in your life. We're saving instant photos of our friends from each time we do this, kinda like an old fashioned guest book! If you're not a cocktail fan, try it with what you love to make!
Happy tradition making! Elsie
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I absolutely love this. It makes entertaining so special!
What a great idea, I plan on doing this sometime in the future. All of the drinks look delicious, especially the The Late Blumer Cocktail.
I love this idea! It seems like it would create some great memories 🙂 I am planning on experimenting with cocktails soon!
These sound great! What a fun way to welcome people into your home.
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I love these cocktail ideas – we often rely on our favorites. What great inspiration to try our own!
OH my goodness that is so fun! They all look so yummy! I want a cocktail named after me! I definitely would love to make cocktails named after my friends. Very fun!
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I love this! These looks delicious, and that’s a great tradition to share with your friends!
This is a lovely idea! I’m always trying to use whatever I have on hand to make a creative cocktail… what a special way to record and remember them!
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Ahhh, so many cocktails, so little time to try them out. Hope you have a great day.
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the drinks always look great as usual!
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love this idea! and man, that skunkboy cocktail looks mighty fine.
This is such an awesome idea! Love it! xxx
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That gummy cocktail is straight amazing!!
that is super great idea! I’m definitely in! (:
What a fantastic idea! I am stealing this for sure. Thanks for sharing!
These all look amazing! What a great idea. 🙂 It would be so fun to have a dinner & cocktail party with a bar stocked full of namesake beverages!
Such a cute idea. Maybe book three will be a cocktail recipe book 😉
I love this! Signature cocktails are such a sweet idea. I was dying over The Skunkboy, how appropriate! I’m sure Katie loved it.
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This is such a great idea! I think I might start this tradition when we move into our new house! 🙂
This is awesome. I should try it with cakes. I love love baking and it would make it even more special.
This is such a neat idea and tradition. The Honey Tree cocktail is one of my favorites.
What a sweet idea! I cannot wait to build a cocktail bar in my kitchen.
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Hello, I just started to follow your blog through bloglovin. I like “Beautiful Mess”. Maybe you would like to check out mine as well. These cocktails look so fresh and I will try some of them.
I love the gummy man cocktail – any excuse to mix sweets and alcohol and I’m in!
Perfect cute pics!
Mi little sister is dating Joel Blumer! She always talks about how cool Ron & Sheila are! I think it’s so cute that you’ve named a drink after them! 🙂
OH they look delicious !
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I love this idea so much!
This is one of the most genius ideas I have yet to hear! I love it!! I just posted a drink recipe on my blog that we served to guests at our wedding – Here it is: http://www.iadorewhatilove.com/1/post/2013/07/recipe-the-purple-drankkk.html
Thanks for the inspiration!
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love this idea! I have just recently started getting into making cocktails when people come over! i love it and it makes people feel so special when they are served an already mixed drink! so fun!
The toy factory one is my favourite!
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oh em gee! the toy one! wow!!!!! Heart of Chic
Great idea! I’m starting my own home bar. I would love it if you would do a post on what liquors we should stock to get the bar going. 🙂
This is such a cute idea! I absolutely love it- it will definitely make me think about the little traditions I want to start doing. Thanks!
You’ve now just completely convinced all your readers that they just really need to be your friend in real life.
Brilliant idea (shamelessly stealing it)!
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yum! these look amazing
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You’ve definitely inspired some cocktail creativity over here! I’ve made a couple of my own already–yet to be named, but still delicious. I’m all about the muddle now 😉 Cheers! Xx
You should post the recipes for these, especially the Skunkboy cocktail because that one looks so fun!
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These all love lovely =] What a great idea!
Aysha x
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I’ve loved these posts on ‘Everyday Elsie’ so much! So fancy. Will definitely be doing something similar!
These are all so fun and creative! Very inspiring as well.
Thanks
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Very cute idea. I want to get a globe and have all our guests sign it, like a guest book, but cocktails are obviously much more fun.
These look delicious and I love the pictures!
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This is one thing my husband and I are starting up in our home! We love a good cocktail! My fave from yours bong The Skunkboy!
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This is the best idea ever! I love the Skunkboy one and the frozen toy! How amazing! I totally want to make a cocktail now. We already have one for my husband-a ginger mojito! (he’s a redhead. okay, okay, not very clever but I love it!)
The Honey Tree cocktail is my favourite – I’ve started making it on the regular. I introduced it to my parents and have been over a few times to discover discarded rosemary sprigs with a suspiciously, honey-like sheen in the rubbish bin!
Cute idea! I should so do this, but I rarely make cocktails anymore. I so need to do this more 🙂
Love this! Such a fun tradition!
Love cocktails ! Love the idea of naming them after your friends…
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this is such a cute idea! i love it!
I feel like my name would make a great drink name – Bailey Apple. What do you think? 😉 Throw some Bailey’s Irish Cream into an Apple Martini? (Yuck.)
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I love when you share cocktail recipe’s, they always look so delicious.
Love this idea, so fun and festive! Do you guys come up with the drinks completely on your own or have any favorite cocktail recipe books you start with?
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Such an awesome idea! And beautiful pictures.
We need to start this tradition ASAP.
Thanks for sharing!
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Now this is the kind of stuff I do like! The Korbel and St Germaine, perfect! Thanks for sharing
I want to try Honey Tree Cocktail. Looks yummy. I posted a recipe for my favorite summer drink over on my blog. check it out. http://kittenkaboom.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/dark-n-stormy/
I do consider all the ideas you have presented to your post. They are very convincing and will certainly work. Nonetheless, the posts are very quick for starters. May just you please extend them a bit from next time? Thanks for the post.
I love this idea!