St. Patrick Day Party

I thought it would be fun this year to host a green party in honor of St. Patrick's day, so I sent out some invitations.. nice and simple, but cute.

Printed of some decorations...
And set it all up. We even had green packets to mix in our water bottles.
Theses pillow boxes were filled with treasures..yum


And I wanted to make these mint oreo pops as a favor. Then I remembered I had already made favors...but you can never have to many. :)

This table was set up right when you walk in the door.
There were some fun prizes...candy, tags, printables
And one framed printable..
Shamrock pins for the guys..
and headbands for the girls..
The food was very delicious, and very green. I only had the neon dye so the rolls and potatoes look more yellow...but they were green...

We played three games (all St. Patrick themed of course)

Word search

Word scramble

and Trivia

Then we voted on who had the best green outfit...as you can see 6 of the 7 voters picked me :) since I couldn't win we gave it to the only other voted...:)

It was great fun.

St. Patrick's Day shirts

Some holidays I LOVE the shirts available and some, not so much. This usually determines if I make or buy them themed clothes. This year I wasn't impressed with any St. Patrick Day shirts that we're ready made. So I made a pair for my little munchkins. It was SUPER easy and SUPER fast! I bought an iron on embellishment from Hobby Lobby in the shape of a shamrock, ironed it on :) and added "Lucky" using my cricut and the freezer paper method. It took all of about 40 mins. for both shirts and cost $4.00 each.



I had to, of course, make matching shamrock clips for the back of their pony's...together they'll make a stinkin' cute pair.

One more addition

We had another craft day at my neighbor's house. So I made one more addition for my house. And I just think it is lovely. It's hard to see what it says, so I took a few shots. The font is absolutley perfect.





It says "kiss me" with a shamrock in between the words. We are all set for St. Patty's Day.

Irish Art

My friend Karen made one of these. The minute I saw it, I knew I had to do one too. I just love how it turned out.



And another copy of hers. Her version is a lot cuter, but I just used what I had on hand...so this is as good as it's gonna get. Pretty cute still...

Green Garlands

I made this lucky banner last year. I used my crop-a-dile to punch holes through the coins. I love it!

This sweet garland is from my friend Natalie's pattern. You can find the pattern/instructions HERE. I was able to just use scraps I had layin' around. Those are the best projects. One thing I did do different from her instructions...I top stitched each scallop after I turned them around, so they would lay flatter. I like the look a lot better.

So I made two. One for my mantle and one to hang with my pictures.

Framed Art and Printables

Such an easy, cheap way to spruce up your decorations. I LOVE it. First off my shamrock specimen art. What would really make it look great is a cream frame. Until then...

Glitter silhouettes. So sweet.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this printable. Found HERE.
And of course one of these. Found HERE.
Top pictures found HERE.
Bottom pictures, I seriously can't find again! Sorry...

Re purposed for St. Patrick's Day

Project 2: Take an old Christmas decoration..and turn it into something cute.

I took apart the WHOLE thing. Re glued weak areas..saved the panes of glass that weren't painted, filled in the lettering so it was a smooth surface, painted the whole thing black. Glued the plain glass back in, and re strung the pieces together. At that point it looked SO SO cute but still plain. So I took three shamrocks I made from this tutorial, and put it all together.
The cream tulle was an inspiration from my friend. It finished it quite nicely. I love it!

A table runner for St. Patrick's Day

My husband is SO OVER the pink, glitter, love...and is VERY ready for a change. I just loved all my Valentine decor..but it was a bit girly. Hopefully the green will help erase the memories. My first project. A cute seersucker table runner.

I had a little extra fabric, and thought it would be cute to add a little embellishment to each end. And ruffles will never let you down!
In the center; shamrocks, gold and a sweet candle.


So far, I think we're good....