cate on left, lucy on right.
and really, today will be quite close to wordless.
because what can i really say about these two?
they are, in a nutshell, fabulous. and ridiculously hilarious.
xo
S
wordless(ish??) wednesday
Our St. Paddy’s Day Shindig!
This weekend we had the neighbors over for a little St. Patrick’s day get together.
It was a BLAST and I thought I’d share a few photos and links!
I picked up some pretty hydrangeas,tulips, and green carnations at my favorite local florist.
I got out all of my green pedestals, pyrex, and cut glass. Oh, and of course milk glass. 🙂
J was surprised that we had so many pieces that were green. He kept saying how great it looked.
And when he says that, he really means it…that made me so happy!
I found these Irish Whiskey glasses at The Christmas Tree Shops.
I think they were $1.69 but they gave them to me for 68 cents a piece. NICE, huh? 🙂
I also pulled out all of J’s Guiness/Shamrock beer glasses.
The cute little leprechaun hat picks are also from The Christmas Tree Shops.
We’d never heart of that store until we moved here and man are we going to miss it!
I found these cute shamrock doilies at Michael’s and strung them on green baker’s twine.
A quick and easy banner!
Loved these little coins. I scattered them all over the house.
For the favors I made “rainbow seeds”. I found the idea here on Pinterest.
Each baggie had skittles and a gold coin. The kids LOVED them.
Here’s a shot of the table.
There was a little milk glass bowl with “mint thrills” M&Ms in it. SO GOOD. They taste just like Andes Mints.
So dangerous. HA!
I made these mint chocolate chip cookies:
and some cute rainbow skewers:
but the hit of the party were these tortilla chips.
Oh my word y’all. SO easy (cut shamrocks from spinach wraps,add olive oil and sea salt, and bake) and SO GOOD.
We served them with guacamole and spinach dip.
a shot of them “in progress”.
for the kids I served these shamrock shake shooters. how pretty do they look in those glasses?
for the adult beverages we had green beer, wine, and these AMAZINGLY good Irish Grasshoppers.
Warning…they taste so good you forget there is whiskey, creme de menthe, and creme de cacao in them. Proceed with CAUTION.
heeee!
Oh, we also had green veggies, olives, and pickles.
MAIN DISHES (not photographed)
paula deen’s easy corned beef and cabbage– okay, i don’t really like cabbage.
but J went CRAZY for it.
irish potato soup– y’all. the best potato soup i’ve ever had.
super simple…just potatoes,onions,leeks and broth. no milk/cream/half and half.
we served it with crumbled bacon, cheese, sour cream, and chives.
SO SO SO SO good. Make it.
a few grocery store cookies finished off the table.
the babies had so much fun. so did the big girls, but i barely saw them. they were off having a ball with their friends!
one more photo- our st. pat’s day breakfast.
So there you have it. Did any of you do anything special or throw your own party?
Happy Monday!
xo
S
This Week…
I started a new book:
and finished it (good but weird, and i like that combination).
Sadie got dolled up in green for a St. Pat’s parade at her school:
Harper was called to the office and was given a special sticker for having great behavior and for being kind:
She also continued to wiggle her very first loose tooth. It’s on the bottom and she waited a LONG time for that sucker.
Jimmy and I rented The Master (hated it) and Joshua (thought it was okay).
I found an awesome striped dress (great Kate Spade knock off) at Marshall’s (for SIXTEEN BUCKS!):
The mint top was cute, too. But I didn’t need it. The dress? Was a MUST.
We had another book themed family dinner night:
And one glorious day of a cloudless sky and a 50 degree temperature.
We pretended it was spring.
it was 30 degrees the very next day and J saw snow flurries.
The babies played LOTS of peekaboo:
I got the This is Me class kit from SC. The first class I’ve bought there. So proud of my sweet friend, Lexi.
Sadie started Level 1 gymnastics, they pushed her out of Minis. SO proud of her. She loves it and is so good:
We had a family dinner out (fundraiser for Sadie’s school).
Sadie hid in a giant sunbeam to prove to me that I do not, in fact, have the power to make her be in a photo.
Touche.
What else? Hmm.
We watched JT’s SNL hosting gig. LEGENDARY.
Laughed so hard I cried.
Caught up on Nashville, played lots of “grocery store”, went to the real grocery store.
Read with Harper,J went to lots of physical therapy,
Tried a good crockpot meal. Next time I’ll double the recipe, add more water, and remember that it actually cooks in about 3 1/2 hours.
Hope your week was beautiful, tell me about it! I’d love to hear.
xo
S
You Make My Heart Sing
I have another layout up on the Paper Party blog! Thought I’d share it here too.
This entire layout is made with the new Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm line.
I am OBSESSED with this collection. Seriously. I’m using bits and pieces of it on every single thing I make lately.
For a breakdown of how I made this layout (six five minute chunks!) and a supply list head on over to Lizzy’s Paper Party blog.
Happy Thursday! What are you up to today? What are you making/working on lately?
xoxo
S
Scrappy Sunday- All You Need is Love
Good Morning, sweet friends!
Hope today dawned full of sunshine and possibilites.
And that Springing Forward didn’t kick your hiney too hard. 🙂
As for me? I’m always sleep deprived, so today is no different.
But I’m thanking the good Lord for that extra hour of sunshine in the evening.
I need that here in snowy RI.
I have a new layout to share today…I threw this one together yesterday…all in ONE chunk of time!
I discovered that I could scrapbook with the babies. By using washi tape. All I had to do was hand them piece
after piece
after piece
while I was working on my page…and they just stuck it all over themselves. And laughed REALLY hard. It was awesome.
And luckily I’m a fast scrapbooker!
I’ve been wanting to make a washi heart for a layout ever since I made them with the bigs in February.
So I made one using my favorite tapes. Easy,right? Cover a piece of cardstock with your favorite tapes and then cut a heart from the paper.
A note: I trimmed the gold AC glitter tape into chevrons/arrows because I wanted some white to peek through.
I grabbed the triangle tag from Chic Tags and wanted to add it to the layout somehow…and discovered I could just adhere it as the bottom of the heart.
I mounted the entire heart on a doily (natch).
Supply List:
yellow anchor tape- glitz design
bokeh (dot) tape- glitz design
yellow floral,black and white dot fabric tapes-basicGrey
gold glitter tape- american crafts
teal stripe tape- freckled fawn
pink woodgrain tape-not sure, think it’s an older american crafts tape
with love tape- you can find it on Etsy
glitter alphabet- Reminisce for Michaels
“awesome” badge- Dear Lizzy
heart paperclip- Target dollar spot
star sequin,doily- Michaels
“you melt my ♥” triangle tag- Chic Tags
“happiness captured” fabric tag-basicGrey
chipboard floral accents-basicGrey
enamel dots-MME
small chipboard hearts- dear lizzy
pen- american crafts precision pen
My final step was (of course) one of the embellishment clusters that I have to always put on my layouts.
I added a cute badge, some chipboard pieces, a clip, a fabric tag, and a sequin.
A glitter title (added some tiny chipboard hearts in place of the o’s)+journaling+my ever-present enamel dots= DONE.
Aren’t those heart clips SO cute? i got them a while back in the dollar spot at Target.
I have to say that this page makes me happy.
One of those “grin the whole time you’re making it” pages.
The best.
And the babies agreed! Ha!
Happy Sunday, y’all!
xoxo