Saturday, February 26, 2011

St. Patrick’s Mantel & Printable

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Well, I don’t really celebrate St. Patrick’s Day although it’s kind of a big deal in the town I live in.  But I decided to put something up now that Valentines is over and it’s a little too early for full blown Spring and Easter decorating.  I only used things I already had that were easy to throw together.  I did not spend very much time on this at all.  


I found some green and white glass and grouped them together.

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I added a gold container at the other end for balance.

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I wrapped some green polka dot ribbon around a white candle and secured it with a safety pin so I can easily take it back off.

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I typed up the word lucky in green letters and added a shamrock and printed it out and put it in a gold frame. 

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You can download the image here if you’d like to use it. 

I found a little plush shamrock thing of the kids and put it up on a white,chippy candleholder.

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I spray painted a small terra cotta pot black and put some arcade coins in it.  Maybe that will pass for a pot of gold.  

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I did spend about 20 minutes putting together a simple banner.  I cut out some shamrock images and covered them with some green glitter glue and glued them onto white felt triangles.  I then glued the triangles onto some green ribbon and hung it. 

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I think it gives a nice finishing touch to the display.   Now, I don’t have to worry about the mantel anymore (for a few more weeks, at least)! 

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10 comments:

  1. Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [27 Feb 12:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria

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  2. your decor turned out great. I love the pot of gold!

    megan
    craftycpa.blogspot.com

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  3. Hey Lovey I hope you are well....!

    Just popping in to THANK YOU for your recent comments....Please forgive the dleay in coming back to you as I'm 'all over the shop' (tearing my heart out busy) at the moment....hahahahaha....The JOYS of self employment....!

    I LOVE your mantle & am AMAZED at the trouble you Gals in the US go to changing out your decor for the holidays....I really do feel so lazy at times.... :o) !!

    Have a WONDERFUL week....!

    Cheers from Oz,
    Tamarah :o)

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  4. I love your sign you made and the pot of gold :)

    I am stopping by from The Girl Creative blog hop, please come check out my project if you can!

    http://xsurvivingmotherhoodx.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-finally-did-it.html

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  5. Very cute. I like how you made use of the green glass. The white looks great with it!

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  6. This turned out terrific! Perfect shade of green and the accents go quite well,
    Kathy

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  7. Love this!!! I love that green... :) Here’s another party if you would like to link up… http://www.bubblynaturecreations.com/2011/03/project-party-weekend-5-ways-to-re.html

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  8. Wow, your printable prints up really cute! Love that the shamrock is in the printable too. Love how you used what was on hand, I always think that is best. Great job and thanks for linking it to The St. Patrick's day party!!

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  9. Love that Lucky Framed Print and your banner is adorable too :)
    Happy St. Patrick's Day to you!
    Big hugs,
    Queenie

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  10. Very cute printables...Framing the print is perfect. Happy St. Paddy's day to you.

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