St. Patrick's Day Garland

I wanted to make a cute St. Patrick's Day garland for my front entry way. But with Easter falling at the end of March this year, I decided to combine the two holidays into one.   I knew that I wouldn't have time to make one for each with a new baby due any day now!

 I found a cute pattern on the Silhouette Online store and used my machine to cut out the circles.  With a little bit of glue and bakers twine, my garland was done.  And it turned out so cute!  I may keep it up all Spring!

The yellow and green work perfectly with my Lucky Picture Frame and Lucky Blocks, and it completes my decorations for St. Patrick's Day...at least for now.  :)

St. Patrick's Day Frame

Last year the ladies from Eighteen25 posted the cutest St. Patrick's Day Printable.  I didn't use it last year, but I did this year and I love it!  I used a frame from Cut it Out.  

I spray painted it a light yellow.  I wanted to give it a distressed look, so I used my husband's belt sander.  The only problem was that my son used it right before I did and was sanding a piece of wood that he spray painted green. Yikes!  Needless to say, my frame ended up with green on it.  I sanded the frame by hand, but kept some of the green on it.  

I thought that it looked great!  The green on the frame make the words pop out even more!  It's hard to see the color in the picture, but it looks fabulous!

 

Lucky Blocks

Last year I posted my Lucky Blocks that I made at my sister-in-laws house about two years ago.  I remember that it was two years ago because my daughter was about a month old or so and had colic really bad.  It was my first experience having a baby with colic and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone.  

I went to my sister-in-laws house and couldn't even finish making the project because of my crying baby.  So my sister-in-laws came to my rescue and finished them for me.  Otherwise, they would have never got done.  :)  Thank goodness for family! 

My sister-in-law got all the materials ready for us to make them.  She had the wood cut and paper and vinyl available.  We even mod podged glitter on the blocks as a finishing touch.  

Such a fun and cute project!

Mother Goose Popcorn

2 C. sugar

2 Tbs. butter

3/4 C. milk

6 qts. Popped Corn

food coloring

Opt. Favorite Candy Oil or Essential Oil like peppermint

Mix sugar, butter, and milk- cook to a firm soft-ball stage*. (See Note at the bottom) Once you reach the stage, add your choice of food coloring. Add sauce to the popcorn. Be careful, it is HOT! - mix well. Let cool on cookie sheet. Can roll into balls. Store in an air tight container.

This is my moms recipe that we had growing up. It is so fun to eat and easy to make. You can change to color for different occasions. Fun stuff!

*Firm soft-ball stage- get a small cup and fill it with cool water. Then take a spoonful of the sauce and drop a small drop into the water. At this stage, the drop should hold its shape and make a little soft ball. Aprox. 230 degrees if you have a candy thermometer.

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Lucky Blocks

Here are some St. Patrick's Day blocks that I made with my Sister-in-laws last year.  One of my sister-in-laws gathered all the materials and then we had a fun party and put everything together one night. I actually didn't put my together, I had help from all my lovely sisters.  I had a very fussy baby last year with colic, and I think I cried the whole way home, but that's a whole other story!

We gathered together the supplies:

a 2 by 4 piece of wood that Home Depot cut for us

paint

Scrapbook paper

mod podge

and Vinyl that says LUCKY

Start out by painting the wood.  Let it dry and then mod podge the paper onto the blocks.  Once that is dry, apply the vinyl and you're done.  If you feel so inclined, you could add another coat of mod podge over the vinyl.  Fun and easy and oh so cute!

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