Tuesday, February 23, 2010

St Patty's Wreath


Warning: If you get a little weirded out by people who really love St. Patricks Day, stop reading now!!

For many of you- Valentines Decorations are followed by Easter ones. But not in my house, oh no sir-ee. There is a very important holiday so dear to my heart that is one of my favorites to celebrate in between the two. I really don't have one big reason why I love St. Patricks Day, maybe because of my Irish blood, but I have for as long as I can remember.
My mom and aunts always made a big deal about it and so I guess that is partly the reason. I also love the Irish culture- the music and dancing especially! I remember as a kid searching for a leprechaun with my cousin in my backyard- totally thought they were real and well kinda wish they were.
It was funny, I was having a conversation with my previous manager awhile back informing him of all the good holidays that I had to work the previous year and he totally laughed when St. Patricks was included on that list.... He still makes fun of me for it.
We have some fun traditions, but I will share those later. For now, I wanted to show you my new little wreath. It may look pretty familiar, since it is pretty much a copy of the felt heart wreath (idea room)- however I did make some changes
-It's green and circular instead of a red heart (probably didn't need to write this one)
-I cut out heart shapes instead of circles to give it more of a "Shamrocky" look
-I used two different colors
-Attatched a schnazzy gold ribbon



Get excited, some more ST Patricks Day posts coming your way!!

14 comments:

  1. I love it! I love St. Patrick's Day as well! This would be so fun to make. :) Can't wait to see your traditions... :)

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  2. Great Job! You've got a lot of great crafts here. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. I love St. Patty's Day too. I have never decorated for St. Patty's (or anything other than Halloween and Christmas) before this year. But everyone is blogland is so inspirational. Thanks for sharing. Hoping to make a green wreath this weekend.
    http://doehlerdays.blogspot.com/

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  4. I love it!! It turned out great!!! Very fun! Thank you for sharing!

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  5. Wow, Chelsea! I knew you loved crafting, but I didn't know you were so amazing at it! I love all the ideas you've posted here--glad I discovered your blog. Now...how am I going to find time to copy all of your ideas? :)

    This St. Patty's wreath is so striking and festive. I can't wait to try it. (I like the green, cuz you could pull it out again for Christmas) too fun...

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  6. Thanks so much guys!!! It was super easy and fun to do!!! let me know if you make it!!!

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  7. Wow, I found you on Today's Creative Blog and I just sat here scrolling through all your great crafts. Love them!

    On the finger puppets you made, did you use the felt sheets that are like 25 cents at the craft store? And did you use embroidery floss? Thanks!

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  8. Jen- Yes I went as cheap as possible and used the 25 cent felt sheets and emroidery floss. As you can probably see my looking at my blog- I use the felt sheets all the time- love them!! Thanks for your comment

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  9. Adorable! I love how elegant it looks! I am linking this in our post today! :) Thanks for sharing. -Shelley {HowDoesShe.com}

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  10. Very cute. I've never decorated for St. Pattys day either, but I did make my own wreath yesterday:
    http://gluegunsandspatulas.blogspot.com/2010/03/shamrock-rag-wreath.html

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  11. Hi! Just wanted to let you know that I’ve got a new FEATURED BUTTON & will be starting my new MckLinky party TOT TUESDAYS next week. I’d love it if you’d stop by: http://delicious-ambiguity-nennyk.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-buttons-party.html

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  12. I live in Savannah GA and St. Patrick's Day is Huge here. I love decorating for this Holiday. I have a wreath for most Holidays and now I will have one for St. Patrick's Day. Thanks!!

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