How cool is this?

Um, confession: I'm not married. I'm not engaged. I don't have a boyfriend. But I read wedding blogs. I started off telling myself that I read them so I could be a helpful Maid of Honor for my sister's wedding. But really, I just love reading them! They have so many cool ideas that you wouldn't necessarily need to use for an actual wedding. You could use their ideas for any sort of fabulous party. And their party favor ideas would make cool Christmas or Birthday presents.

Like this:

I didn't even KNOW you could make your own vanilla extract! Turns out it's actually really easy. Only 2 ingredients: Vanilla beans and vodka. Seriously - that's all! Directions can be found here. Sounds pretty simple, so maybe this will show up in my friends' & family members' stockings this year!