Hey there, welcome to my blog! I’m Michelle and I’m the mixologist behind the cocktails on this little blog. I live in London, UK and spend a fair bit of time in Atlanta, GA too. I treat my cats like they’re my children, I get way too invested in fictional characters and I have an addiction to cinnamon!
Here on A Tipsy Giraffe you’ll find a wide range of delicious delicious cocktails, from classics to original creations There are cocktails for every skill level, from the simple cocktails to more complex creations. Check out the recipe index to find your next delicious serve!
I’ve loved all things cocktails for a long time, but it’s only since August 2018 that I decided mixology would be my main focus. I get so much joy from mixing up amazing creations in my home bar, and I love to share that joy with you all. I’m a self taught mixologist and am still learning every single day. Please do join me in this adventure, and I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas!
A Tipsy Giraffe used to be known as Giraffes Can Bake – a blog dedicated to gluten free baking and cocktails. While I have switched over to 100% mixology, my baking recipe archives are still available and always will be. You can find them HERE.
Thanks for stopping by, I look forward to seeing you around here on A Tipsy Giraffe!
You can also find me on the following social media, do come hang out with me I’d love to get to know you better!
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Hi! I like your blog, full of sweets! 🙂
Cheers,
Mila
Hi,
I nominated you for the Liebster Award!
http://foodlikecake.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/a-liebster-award/
Hi Michelle! I’ve been visiting your blog for sometime now and I simply love it! I too am a terrible photographer but decided to overcome that and start a blog! I must say though, most of your photos are pretty great so you shouldn’t worry!
I am so glad there’s another one out there! Thank you though, I am trying to improve on the photography side of things but as long as the food tastes good I’m happy! I just checked out your blog and it looks great!
🙂 thanks Michelle!
Your recipes look great! I look forward to following you 🙂
-April
Thank you so much April!
– M x
No need to be good at photography! I am really excited to see what you have baked!
Thank you for following my blog and so happy to have found yours, love the name!! Your photo’s are amazing and I am going to make my way through your recipes, everything looks great. I also love to bake!!
Thank you for the follow and lovely comments! I am loving your blog so much already xx
So glad I found your blog, I’m absolutely loving your recipes! I feel the same way about my photography skills, I’m trying to learn but it’s definitely not my strong point..oh well
Thank you Alex! I do love looking at nice pictures of food, but at the end of the day as long as the recipes are good that’s all that matters!
I feel you my friend about the photography challenge . . . oy! Lots of goodies on your blog!
Thank you!
Hi there! Thank you so much for following my blog. I love your blog, it is full of delicious recipes! 🙂
thank you!
Lovely blog and you are incredibly creative I must say!
Thank you so much 🙂
I appreciate you recently stopping by my blog. I love the recipes I’ve seen on yours. I love to bake also. I look forward to following you and seeing more of your posts!
Thank you! And thank you for following 🙂
Hi Michelle! I wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the Liebster Award. Follow this link for the details:
http://creatingbeautyinthekitchen.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/liebster-award-some-wonderful-fellow-bloggers-to-check-out/
Back with another award for you Michelle! I know you are really busy, so no pressure! I just want you to know that I appreciate how you often come by and read what I write and leave me comments! This is why I am giving you the Wonderful Team Member Readership Award! For more info go here:
http://creatingbeautyinthekitchen.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/grateful-for-you/
Thank you so much Lori! xx
You are welcome Michelle!
Hello,
You have an awesome blog and I really appreciate and like to thank you for following my blog.
I would like to nominate you for an award. Please check the details:
http://drchdietfood.com/2014/06/12/wonderful-readership-award/
Thanks
Chitra Jagadish
Hi Michelle, I just wanted to let you know, that I have nominated you for the Wonderful Team Member Readership Award. Here’s the link with instructions if you’d like to accept it: http://makeshakeandbake.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/wonderful-team-member-readership-award/ 🙂
Hi Michelle, Just wanted to let you know that I have nominated your lovely blog for a Liebster award – http://wp.me/p3Nc97-sF. Have a lovely day! 🙂
Hi Michelle!
I nominated you for the Liebster Award 😀
http://sarahslittlekitchen.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/liebster-award-3-wow/
xx
Hi Michelle! I’ve just nominated you for the Quintet of Radiance Award and the Liebster Award. You can accept none, one or both! If you want more information, you can find details here:
https://sprinklesandsugarplums.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/awards/
Hope you are having a great day!
Lovely blog. What about those Nutella muffins – so tempting!
Thank you!
Hey Michelle! I really enjoy following your blog and checking out all of your beautiful recipes. I’d like to feature you in my upcoming Blog Tour Post. Alex at Dinner Daydreams http://dinnerdaydreams.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/blog-tour/ recently featured me in hers, and now it’s time for me to feature some of my favourite blogs. If you’re okay with it, I’d list you as one of the featured bloggers in the post, and then you’d do a post next week and choose your three. Looking forward to hearing from you!
That sounds great, thank you for thinking of me!
Great! I’ll get back to you soon with the details.
Hey Michelle! So here are the details for the tour:
Step 1:
Say a little something about how you’re involved in the tour and link to the blog post that featured you last week.
Step 2:
Answer the following 4 questions:
1. What am I working on?
2. How does my work differ than others of its genre?
3. Why do I write what I do?
4. How does my writing process work?
Step 3:
Say who is next week (your 3 picks) and give a little bio/shout out with a link to their website.
____________
That’s it! My post featuring you will be up on Tuesday. Hope you like it!
Hey Michelle,
Do you have an email address that I can contact you on? Alternatively, you could just send me a note at illcookyouwash@gmail.com. Thanks!
Yep, you can contact me on purplegiraffebakery@gmail.com 🙂
Hi Michelle!
I just wanted to say again how great the peanut butter rice krispie treats were that you posted. I brought them into work and 2 people asked me for the recipe, I sent them to your blog! One woman said “well, if Giraffes can back, so can I!” : ) I was just wondering if you’d mind if I posted the recipe and linked back to your blog? They were so delicious! Thank you, hope to see you at Fiesta Friday!!!
I know you’ve seen my other reply now, but I just loved your colleagues comment about giraffes baking so I had to reply! I’m glad they all liked them 🙂
HAHA isn’t it funny though, the name of your site is so catchy! I saw one of the women again and she just goes, “Giraffes can bake!!” with a big smile, you have a new fan in her for sure!
haha that makes me so happy!
Hi Michelle!
First of all, I LOVE your new blog-outfit 😀
Second: I nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award ^^
You inspire me and I’m sure not just me 😀
http://sarahslittlekitchen.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/very-inspiring-blogger-award/
xxx Sarah
Aww thank you so much Sarah! I look forward to checking it out 😀
Hello, Michelle!
I hope you are enjoying the week and I hope I could make you smile with this little thing: I have nominated you for the ‘Beautiful Blogger’ Award. Participation is optional. If interested, please follow this link: http://thenotsocreativecook.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/beautiful-blogger-award/
xx Jhuls
Thank you so much Jhuls! I will bookmark this and get around to it asap!!
Michelle…Thank you for stopping by my blog and following…love your blog, so many different recipes. And of course, what a fun blog name!.. 🙂
Thank you! I can’t believe I wasn’t following you already, I love your blog!
Hi Michelle!
I know you’ve already recieved this one but I nominated you for the Beautiful Blogger Award! 😀
xxx Sarah
http://sarahslittlekitchen.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/beautiful-blogger-award/
Hey Michelle, thanks for making the magic cake even better:) I wanted to ask you, how are you finding self hosting? Is it a lot more work and are you getting a good return? You can email me directly if you want to take this offline. Thanks:)
Hello Michelle, I am shouting out about your spiced Christmas Cake tomorrow for my tea time event (Tuesday), I would love it if you could join our event sometime, it is every fortnight. I have to say OMG wow that cake was amaaaaazing. xxx PS I didn’t realize you lived so close, ie same country, I am in London x
Great blog and I like your story. I love the name, how did it come about? Have a great day.
Thanks 😀 There’s no real story for the blog name other than giraffes are my favourite animal and I like to bake haha
You always have such wonderful recipes …I have nominated you for the Real Neat Blog Award. If you would like to accept, you can find the information here: http://wp.me/p4bcab-1vP