Here is a quick gift idea for you. I made 18 of these for a swap. They make great gifts for neighbors, co-workers, teachers, etc. The wine doesn't haven't to be expensive since you'll be cooking it.
I'm sure you can find a much more exact recipe. I just sort of put the ingredients together until they looked pretty. Here's what I included:
whole cloves
whole allspice
dried orange peel
crushed & whole cinnamon sticks
dried cranberries
I put 3 whole cinnamon sticks along with 1/4 - 1/3 cup of the mix into glassine bags and tied them shut with bakers twine and another whole cinnamon stick. I included the recipe for mulled wine on a pull out card but you could also use apple cider or a mixture of the two (but the presentation works better with a bottle of wine so that's why I did it this way). The large snowflake is a die from Sizzix and the smaller is the large Himilayan Snowlflake from Martha Stewart. The 1-1/4 inch circle punch is a perfect fit for the neck of the wine bottle and the punched out circles made backers for the A Muse wine glass stamp.
I could use some hot mulled wine or cider right now. Kayla and I are in Toronto, ON, Canada and it's COLD here!
