Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Luck O' The Irish


I'm one of those gals who likes to put up a little bit of decoration for all the holidays throughout the year.  I'm also part Irish, so of course St. Patrick's Day gets deemed worthy of some decor around the house!  I don't go buck wild like I do for fall or Christmas, but I did dress up our buffet with a little sumthin' sumthin'.






All the decor you see I've had on hand for a while now.  

The wine bottle, well... I certainly drank that, then removed the label and hot glued some jute around it.  The clover leaf dish, I picked it up at our community mission and probably spent a whole fifty cents on it.  After bringing it home, I dusted off the old art skills and painted it to look like a four leaf clover.  The IRISH scrabble blocks were just leftover pieces of wood from some other project.  I looked up online what the values for those letters were and then just used a Sharpie and the method from this project to make each block.  The table runner, ivy and galvanized buckets, my aunt gave those to me years ago but I think they're perfect for this!  And finally, I raided my stash of scrapbook paper to make the clovers and folded paper circles.  They're attached to skewers, like for kabobs, and then stuck into styrofoam.  

Pretty easy and pretty cute, if I don't say so myself!

Okay, so does everyone (or anyone) else decorate for St. Patty's Day?  Do you have plans for the drunkfest holiday?  My guess is we will celebrate somewhere, but nothing is set in the Blarney Stone yet!

I'm linking up with a these awesome gals (Jenni, Khala, Samantha & Reneé) for another spot of Tuesday Tea!





9 comments:

  1. I am in LOVE with the Irish scrabble blocks! What a fun idea! I love St. Patty's although I'm not even an ounce Irish - my husband is though so I can claim it :) Charlotte has a big St. Patrick's Day parade so we will be going to that and starting a new family tradition! Thanks for joining us and inspiring me to add some decorations to our home for the holiday!

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    1. A St. Patty's Day parade sounds very fun! And starting a new tradition is always exciting! You're most welcome for the inspiration, thank you for creating such a fun link up!

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  2. So pretty, fun and cute!! I always see lovely ladies posting fun pictures of their holiday decorations and I'm always so jealous! I really only decorate for fall and Christmas, but I'm always swooning over others' decor! I need to get on that bandwagon, apparently! I'm loving those letters and the shamrocks are too darling. Love it all! Thank you so much for linking up with us today, girlie! xo

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  3. I am so in love with your adorable wine glass holder. How unique and rustic! :) You are just adorable with all your decor! YAY for linking up for tea! xoxo

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    1. Thank you, thank you! I love decorating and repurposing things. I actually have two more of those gravel rack heads hung up to help organize necklaces and bracelets! They're very hand to have around! And for the record I didn't drink every bottle of wine that it took to make the cork wreath...

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  4. LOVE the scrabble pieces since I am a words girl!

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    1. Thanks Nina! Sadly, it's not a very lucrative Scrabble word... a measly 7 points! :) Thanks for stopping in!

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  6. This looks great!! We currently just packed up the ENTIRE house so I'm dying to get into the new one and do Spring decor- my maiden name was McCormick so this holiday is calling my name! haha

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