{holiday spiced vanilla chai mix+diy gifts}

Homemade Vanilla Chai mix

mix together:

1 cup nonfat dry milk powder
1 cup powdered non-dairy creamer
1 cup powdered vanilla creamer
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups unsweetened instant tea (like Nestea)
2 tsp ground ginger
3 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground cardamom
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp allspice

From here its pretty simple :) Mix together in a big bowl and blend it up! If you blend it, it is a much finer powder and mixes much easier. Plus it looks prettier! Otherwise the dry milk is in big funky chunks. Then pour into cute jars and decorate with your up cycled gift tags or other creative wrapping! If you aren't into chai try out, my good ol stand by, spiced orange tea!

I'm sure I'm not the only one on a tight budget this Christmas, so here are some other great inexpensive gift ideas!

diy infused sugars

homemade vanilla extract

pressed botanical prints

homemade bookplates

diy heating pad

homemade hot chocolate and marshmellows

chocolate dipped espresso shortbread

Happy gifting!