Quick & Easy DIY Shamrock Garland

March 4, 2013 By
DIY Shamrock Garland

Happy March! So much fun to be had this month– St. Patrick’s Day, the offi­cial start of Spring, and Easter! So, I started work­ing on a fun spring man­tel (still a work in progress) and decided to make a lit­tle sham­rock gar­land. It was quick, easy, & cheap with some mate­ri­als from the dol­lar store!DIY Shamrock GarlandI whipped this up in less than 10 min­utes with just a few sim­ple sup­plies– foam sham­rock shapes  from the dol­lar store, some jute (any fun rib­bon or twine would work fine, and a hole punch! That’s it!Dollar Store shamrock garland suppliesYou actu­ally could get away with just one pack­age of sham­rocks. But, I wanted the two dif­fer­ent col­ors of glit­tery ones. The other sup­plies I had at home, so this cost me just $2! Not bad! Plus, I have a lot of sham­rocks left that the kid­dos can craft with now.
To make the gar­land, punch a whole just under the top sham­rock indent. Then cut a long piece of jute and lace it through the punched holes to cre­ate the gar­land. It’s totally up to you how mane sham­rocks to include or how far apart to space them. Gotta love a super quick & easy project! DIY St. Patrick's Day Garland

Do YOU do any fun St. Patrick’s day decorating?

If you need some other fun St. Patrick’s ideas, check out these great posts from some of bloggy friends! ;)


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“Erin Go Bragh”…Happy St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2011 By
There are SO many adorable St. Patrick’s ideas float­ing around the blo­gos­phere. Sadly, I’m not really con­tribut­ing to them. Between baby week & my out of town trip, the sick lit­tle guys, and birth­day party plan­ning (more on that to come), St. Patrick’s Day craft­ing just kind of slipped passed us. So, instead of shar­ing any cute lit­tle crafts, I’ll share with you the spe­cial place in my heart for Ireland.
11 years ago today (I totally can’t believe it was 11 years ago!), I was in Dublin march­ing in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade!
 
To say the expe­ri­ence was AMAZING is an under­state­ment! Cel­e­brat­ing this day in Ire­land was fantastic–the orange & green, the peo­ple, the fire­works, the food, the Guin­ness! It was an incred­i­ble expe­ri­ence. It’s one of many won­der­ful oppor­tu­ni­ties that my music brought me! 
We spent a week there, spend­ing time in Dublin, Lim­er­ick, Cork, Gal­way, and lit­tle places in between.  The GREEN every­where was amazing-the coun­try­side is absolutely beau­ti­ful (these old film pic­tures don’t do it justice)!!
 
And, yes, I kissed the Blar­ney Stone!
 
Every year on March 17th, I can’t help but remem­ber per­form­ing in Dublin and the whole won­der­ful trip that I was lucky enough to be a part of!
And, even though we didn’t get fun crafts & dec­o­ra­tions made, I am hop­ing to have a fun St. Patty’s Day din­ner. Food made with Guin­ness (the “per­fect pint” in Dublin) seems appro­pri­ate. You can check out the Corn Beef & Cab­bage recipe I posted before. 
 
Or, I’m also super eager to try a Guin­ness Shephard’s Pie recipe. We had that at an authen­tic Irish Pub in Aus­tralia and it was TO.DIE.FOR!  I think the Hun­gry Housewife’s recipe looks quite good!  

And, I just had to show you these adorable lit­tle Shamrock’s! They remind me of my snowflake pret­zels! 

These cute lit­tle Sham­rock snacks are the work of Rachel at Sun Schol­ars and I love them! 

Did YOU make any­thing fun/special for St. Patrick’s Day? Please share in the com­ments! Would love to see what you made!

For today, I’ll leave you with the Irish Bless­ing spo­ken to us by bus dri­ver & tour guide as we said farewell to the Emer­ald Isle:

“May the road rise to meet you;
May the wind be always at your back;
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
the rain fall soft upon your fields, 
and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.”

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Crock Pot Corned Beef & Cabbage for St. Patrick’s Day!

March 3, 2011 By

We’re inter­rupt­ing our sched­uled “Read­ing Week” to remind you to keep an eye out in the upcom­ing ads for your St. Patty’s day meal ingre­di­ents. For many St. Patrick’s days as a kid, I remem­ber my mom mak­ing corned beef and cab­bage. While there is some con­tro­versy about just how tra­di­tion­ally Irish the dish is, there is no doubt that the dish has def­i­nitely become asso­ci­ated with Ire­land and March 17th. Although I’m not Irish (save for a cou­ple of dis­tant ances­tors), I do have a spe­cial place in my heart for Ire­land (come back around St. Patty’s day to hear why)!

If you’re think­ing about mak­ing a fun and Irish-inspired dish, you can try this recipe my mom used–with my addi­tion of the “per­fect pint”!

Crock Pot Corned Beef and Cab­bage 
Ingre­di­ents:

- 3-4lbs corned beef brisket*

 - 6 pota­toes (peeled & quartered)
 - 4–6 medium car­rots (peeled & cut into 3–4 pieces)
 - 1 medium onion (cut into 4–8 wedges)
 - 1 head cab­bage (cut into 6–8 wedges)
 - 1 (12oz) bot­tle of Guinness
 - 1–2 gar­lic cloves, minced
 - 1 bay leaf

 - 2 T brown sugar + dash of cloves mixed on meat

Direc­tions:
– lightly coat the inside of the crock pot with cook­ing spray
 - wash, peel, and cut veg­eta­bles
 - place pota­toes, onion, and car­rots into crock pot
 - rinse meat and rub brown sugar & clove mix­ture onto meat
 - place meat in crock pot on top of veg­eta­bles
 - add gar­lic and bay leaf
 - pour bot­tle of Guin­ness over all ingre­di­ents (if you pre­fer to not use the Guin­ness, you can sub­sti­tute for 1–1.5C water)

 - cook on low 8–10 hours (or until meat is fork tender)
 - 30 min­utes — 1 hour before cook­ing time ends, add cab­bage wedges
 - con­tinue cook­ing until meat is done and cab­bage is “crisp tender”
 - remove bay leaf before serving
Not only should the taste be good, but it’s so easy to do! You can put this on before work, and have a fun St. Patrick’s Day din­ner (almost) all ready to go when you get home!
*Smart & Final will have First Street Corned Beef Brisket on sale @ $2.59 PER LB next week.
Are YOU plan­ning mak­ing any­thing fun for St. Patrick’s Day?
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