The Week Before St. Paddy's Day - Day 5 - Faeries and Sprinkles

Here was yesterdays outfit/food/craft:

March 14, 2015

The Outfit:

Purple Plaid Shirt - Dunnes in Cork, Ireland
Fairy Tank Top - Irish Fest.
Gray Long Sleeved V-neck - Thrifted
Blue Plaid Mini Skirt - Thrifted
Gray Leggings - Wal-mart
Rainbow Polka Dot Wellies - Wal-mart
Fairy Necklace - Civil War Re-enactment

This is my doorway to faerieland.

Outside photoshoots are such fun!

This is another outfit I've never combined before. I like it!

I've had this necklace for forever.

Almost all the snow is melted! SPRING IS HERE!!!!

Perfect weather for these.

The Food:

Robert and I made Irish Stew from scratch yesterday. It was REALLY good!



Biscuits from the other night.

I had extra batter from the cupcakes, so I made a 6 in. two layer cake. I was trying to use up some sprinkles, if you can't tell....

Mmmm, SPRINKLES.

The Craft:

I made this Shamrock Headband for my  Etsy shop! Check it out here if you are interested :)

Feel free to join in The Week Before St. Paddy's Day Party! Share your Irish outfit, food, and craft the week leading up to St. Patrick's Day. Link up by sharing your link in a comment on one of these posts :) If you can only do one day, that's great too!

Cheers!

~Mary

The Week Before St. Paddy's Day - Day 4 - A Leprechaun's Favorite Drink

And another one!

March 13th, 2015

The Outfit:



Green Irish Shirt - Irish Fest.
Orange Long Sleeved Shirt - Wal-mart
Jeans - Wal-mart
Celtic Trinity Knot Earrings - College Campus Booth
I was running out of time that day, so I only had time for a selfie :P

The Food:

This is what happens when the photographer doesn't take pictures of food BEFORE she takes it to a party full of hungry people. It gets eaten. Therefore, half a veggie tray :P

This, my friends is Leprechaun Lime Punch. It's amazing.
Here is the recipe:
2 cans of frozen limeade
1/4 c. sugar ( I used pure cane sugar)
1/4 c. lime juice
2 liters of lemon lime soda
2 cartons of lemon sorbet or lime if you can find it
Mix first 3 ingredients in large punch bowl, then add half of the soda. Spoon in lemon sorbet and mix. Add more soda. It will start to foam. Serve immediately. Makes about 24 servings (Hint: If all ingredients don't fit into the punch bowl, add them later, it will cause more foam and fizziness and look amazing again.) Enjoy!



Yummy Paleo Biscuits. Get the recipe here. I used one of our Celtic crosses to make an imprint on the top of the biscuits! Who needs a cookie stamp?!

The finished cupcakes!!!! They were delicious.

The Craft:

I covered the front of this paper mache letter in Celtic scrap book paper. First I painted the parts that were not getting covered in paper with dark green acrylic paint. Once it was dry, I traced its shape onto the paper, cut it out, and modge- podged it onto the letter. It's gorgeous, is it not?

Feel free to join in The Week Before St. Paddy's Day Party! Share your Irish outfit, food, and craft the week leading up to St. Patrick's Day. Link up by sharing your link in a comment on one of these posts :) If you can only do one day, that's great too!

Cheers!

~Mary

The Week Before St. Paddy's Day - Day 1 - It's Irish Time

So today marks a week before St. Patrick's Day. The bestest of holidays.

 I thought I would share my outfit for each of the next days leading up to St. Patrick's Day AND a craft, and whatever food I think up. I'm trying to do something Irish-y every day this week but we'll see...Feel free to join in if you want to!!!! I actually started yesterday since it was my day off, so I'll actually be doing eight days before St. Patrick's Day.

March 10, 2015:

The Food:

I saw the recipe for these on Pinterest and decided to treat myself on my day off. They were nummy :)

I meal-planned while breakfasting.

The Outfit:

Green Long-Sleeved Shirt - Thrifted
Sheep T-shirt - Bought in Killarney, Ireland at The Cozy Sheep
Plaid Mini Skirt - Thrifted
Leggings - Peebles
 

I pose with a guitar I don't know how to play.....yet.

I really like this outfit! It's just amazing how the clothes you've never combined before in your closet turn into the coolest outfits.

This project was started in September and I finally finished them this month!
 

Say hello to some beautiful cloth napkins. I'm saving trees now!!!!!

Planning outfit combos!

Later on I made rice krispie treats with my sister. We added shamrock sprinkles :) See the napkin! The rice krispie doesn't get paper stuck to it on THIS napkin.

Am I making you hungry?
 

Do you do anything special for St. Patrick's Day or the week before like me? :D

Feel free to join in The Week Before St. Paddy's Day Party! Share your Irish outfit, food, and craft the week leading up to St. Patrick's Day. Link up by sharing your link in a comment on one of these posts :) If you can only do one day, that's great too!

Cheers!

~Mary

And May just.....flew.

I remember thinking to myself when I was little that adults must be exaggerating when they said time just flies the older you get. Ugh, why did they have to be right? Now there isn't enough time in the day to do everything I have swirling around my crazy brain :P I wonder if I'll be less busy when I have kids? Haha, I'm kidding moms!

May went by fast, just like April. I swear that my favorite time of year speeds itself up as soon as it gets here. It was a very busy spring, but a delightful one :) And as I said before, I don't mind being busy as long as it's not insanely busy!

So here is what happened in May:

Our pear blossoms popped!

Lots of 'em.

Leaving Kroger's with my lovely anniversary bouquet!

Isn't it perty-ful? :)

This is what I made up for Robert at work :D He's a gummie bear addict.

We went on a local weekend trip to celebrate :)

 I also used a snack machine for the *gasp* very first time :D The snickers bar was from the second time I used it. The first thing I got was some chips ahoy cookie bag...which became stuck :P I felt like RJ in Over the Hedge. I ended up shaking the whole thing, desperately trying to get my cookies. It worked! And I didn't even draw the attention of the hotel staff :D

We saw this little cutie during our trip!

I made this when we got back. I'm quite happy with how it turned out :) The flowers are from my myrtle patch.

Purple on the inside!

Wedding memories! My dried bouquet, and lots of lovely cards from family :)

May crowning!

One of my Maw-maw's myrtle patches. I love the purple flowers!

Our herb garden with some new additions! Basil and Cilantro, some of our faves.

Parsley.

The fairies in my garden :)

A wreath I made from my sister's leftover wedding flowers.

My Mary alter for the month of May. This was the first time I used my table runner from Ireland! I bought it in Galway while I was there.

Lilacs!

What I wore to church a few Sundays ago.

Shirt: Hand me down from Robert's sista
Skirt: Goodwill
Black Flats: JCpenney's
Cami: Maurices
Necklace: Church Jewelry Sale
Black Rose Earrings: Claire's

The necklace matched perfectly!

My first vanilla ice cream cone with sprinkles! Pure wonderful-ness.

This adorable creature was right at my back door! I wanted to squeeze it :) I'm not a big fan of animals, but I appreciate their cuteness!

Nerdiness overtook me when I went shopping one day....

Oh look! More sprinkles :D My sister made sure she got me one with sprinkles!

Our irises popped!

A pink one bloomed a few days later!

I made an Indian pattern on the pavement. I've been obsessed with India lately.

I made this clover crown on memorial day! I was quite proud of myself :)

I wasn't trying to channel the arm in hammer ad lady for memorial day, but everyone said I looked like her :P

How did your May turn out? Did you have an epic Memorial Day weekend? I hope you guys are enjoying warm weather like we are!

Cheers :)