Saint Patrick's Day Printable

Here are a couple of free printables, created by me, for your Saint Patrick's Day house. The Irish Blessing "May the Road Rise Up to Meet You" was placed in a glass canister with some split peas. It looks fantastic.

The other blessing "May Good Luck Be Your Friend" was created for the black frame I keep sitting on my piano all year long. I absolutely love the Celtic shamrocks and border on this piece. Makes me wish I was Irish and could get away with displaying it all year long!

All you need to do is simply click on each of the pictures, which will allow you to view the picture by itself on a page, then right click again to save each to your local hard drive.

I hope you enjoy!! :) And Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!

Saint Patrick's Day Decor Part III

Here is the last of my decorations for Saint Paddy's Day.

The piano got a very mild treatment. Ivy again, my candles set in lentils to give it some color contrast, a few Irish blessings or sayings, and I was done.

I was unable to get a good picture of the saying on the picture above the keys. It says "May Good Luck Be Your Friends in Whatever You Do and May Trouble Be Always a Stranger to You".


In my glass canister I simply filled the bottom with split peas, a few wooden or straw bits and bobs I had lying around and inserted a print-out of the Irish Blessing which says:

“May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.”

I love the look of the blessing with the little things I had around the house!! What a cheap and nice focal point of the decor.

Beside of the canister is subway art I found on one of those blogs I frequent. I thought the pink background made it even better!! :)


Above my piano is the old hymnal wreath I had been working on during the last month. I found an old hymnal at Goodwill, where else, and promptly saw it as a great opportunity to make a wreath for above the piano. It is simply rolled hymnal pages, stapled onto a foam core wreath form I cut out the size of a charger plate. It was lovely as it is, but I felt it needed something extra.


I have some cording I purchased on discount at Hancock's Fabric which matches the colors of my room. I have it stuck away to make a piano bench pad, but just haven't made it yet. Honestly its because I see the foam when out, but have never measured the bench to know how much to get. :)

So I picked up a mirror at the Dollar Tree, glued it onto the circle I had cut from the inside of the wreath originally, attached the cording around and then made a hook to hang it. It is separate from the wreath just in case I wish to do something different during the year.

There is my house for the Saint Patrick's Day holiday. Next, I can show you what I have been working on for my guest room! :)

Saint Patrick's Day Decor Part II

This is a little split pea topiary I made. The bottom container is a tuna fish can, cleaned well and de-stinkified with some white vinegar. I hot glued clothes pins around the outside to give the illusion of a wooden fence. I hot glued some styrofoam in the bottom of the can, covered it with sphagnum moss and attached the topiary to it directly. I thought it turned out really cute. :)


For the middle portion of the display I simply pained some small clay pots a nice neutral beige, covered the holes on the bottom with tape, filled with lentils and inserted a small votive candle. I am not totally crazy about the look, but I anticipate something more special during the Easter holidays. :)


Here is the look in full. It gives the tv a bit of decor without taking away from Top Gear or NCIS in 1080p!!

I didn't take any of the red candles from the other winter holidays down. Red is a secondary color in my room, so it fits rather well, and I just enjoy the aroma of cinnamon apple they give off when they are burnt.

Above the tv, to jazz up my $6.50 Goodwill find, I make a banner from felt, just green and gold shamrocks layered on each other and the world Lucky, glued on top. The whole thing is laced onto some white grosgrain ribbon.

Since I loved the t-shirt pom-poms last month, I made more for this month, using green, gold and a light green which mimics the split pea color.

I realize as I look at these pictures, I really need to invest in a better camera!!

Saint Patrick's Day Decor Part I

I am not a big decorator for Saint Patrick's Day... probably because I am not Irish, do not know anyone who is Irish, and am not a huge fan of green. But, I thought since there was such a huge gap between Valentine's Day and Easter this year, that it needed some special treatment. Actually Saint Patrick's Day won the coin flip, because I was also thinking about doing Mardi Gras.

So here are the few little decorations I made for the holiday.

The family room has one lone little coffee table decoration. Its rather sad, isn't it. But I do love ivy, and it always reminds me of spring. My next door neighbor has ivy all about, and some times it creeps onto my property. I immediately cut it back. Although I love ivy, I don't love it that much!

My kitchen is pretty simple. I had green plates I purchased last year, gold chargers, white napkins with pretty gold napkin rings. Its pretty simple, but it gives me an excuse to use those green plates!!

Oh the pretty glasses, all wavy and thick, I got at Goodwill, too!! Seriously, I love that place!
:)


The centerpiece is a white cupcake plate tier I made from things I picked up at Goodwill. It was a simple project to do, just 2 candle sticks, 2 plates and a bowl. I lucked out on 2 matching candle sticks and the plates and bowl matching. :)

Then I decorated my cupcake plate with moss and things I had picked up during my travels. From a Lilliput Lane church I picked up in Ireland, to money from different travels abroad, it has lots of memories. Besides the idea of being 'blessed' with money and memories, how often do you get to use your foreign money in a decoration? The small picture I picked up in Mexico last year, it says "Bless this House Forevermore".


I will show my living room next.