a belated st. patrick's day dinner

Every year, my mother would cook up corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick's day. It took me a good couple of decades before trying my hand at it and this year, I rocked it! I mean, just look at that! It's gorgeous! The past few years, I have popped the corned beef into the crock pot and it has always been delicious but I found this recipe via The Pioneer Woman.

I didn't make the glaze and I cooked the veggies in with the pot roast but everything was still ridiculously yummy! Next year, I think I will do this again but I will roast the veggies...swoon!

I also tossed the cabbage into a skillet and quickly sauteed the goodness with black pepper, lemon, and a splash of vinegar. My mamos would have been proud!

paint a tinted garland for St. Patrick's Day!

Here is a grown-up version of my ombre garland from scrumdilly-do! By grown-up I mean I cut the bottoms a smidge fancier than a kiddo would and stitched the whole thing together instead of stapling. I finally got a bit of crafting in what with being sick and all. Oof! 

One color of paint with white added a wee bit as you paint each fold of the paper. After cutting, fold over each strip and scallop it all up before stitching it. You can also use a whole punch and string it up, or maybe some glue or staples even. It doesn't need to be fancy, just happy!

St. Patrick's Day: Chocolate Dipped Peeps

I'm making chocolate dipped Peeps over at the 'do, check it out!

happy st. patrick's day!

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happy go lucky pin tutorial

this morning i couldn't decide if i was going to go all out and wear green from head to toe or do what i usually do and put a smidge of green on but with impact. if it ain't broke, don't fix it, so i went with a black dress and green footless tights. the green tights weren't quite as green on as they were in the drawer so i rushed about the tiny casa looking for something i could whip up into something.the chaos goddess was with me when my eyes spied a happy stack of felt squares. i'd make a shamrock brooch! but then i thought i needed something more than felt so frantically tossed craft supplies willy-nilly looking for scraps of green fabric. wouldn't you know it, the fabric scraps had decided to hide from me so i was frantic, i tell ya! frantic! i swooped in and picked up a zipper pouch and found a treasure inside. fabric yo-yos hand-stitched by my mamos from my old clothes and such. there were green yo-yos! happy green gingham yo-yos about the size of a quarter. so i made happy yoyo shamrock pins. check it out! i stitched my yo-yos to the felt square and glued on the ribbon and pin-back. i had about ten minutes to whip up a trio of them before the more-than-fabulous stacey (the lovely model above) arrived to whisk me off for a thrifting adventure. you can of course whip them up however you will or you can turn them into flowers or other such happiness, either way, they are quick, they are easy and they are happy. have fun!