So its that time of year again where everything is turning green...my favorite color! The weather is warming up, the flowers are starting to bloom and St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner. I LOVE this holiday because its a time to celebrate being a red-head and my love of the color green. Well that's what the holiday means to me anyway. This year, Daniel and I are hosting a party at our house to celebrate with our friends, and to give me an excuse to get crafty again and show off my wears to my friends.
Last night I started by making a new recipe...Shepherds Pie. I got the recipe from Pinterest and both Daniel and I were pleasantly surprised at how well it turned out. This may become one of our new favorite meals.
Last night I started by making a new recipe...Shepherds Pie. I got the recipe from Pinterest and both Daniel and I were pleasantly surprised at how well it turned out. This may become one of our new favorite meals.
Basically, you brown hamburger, add frozen assorted veggies, some onion and garlic and season to taste. You add mashed potatoes to the top and bake in the oven for about 45 minutes until the top is golden brown. Delicious comfort food!
After cleaning up from dinner I started thinking about how we could use up some of the "grape juice" bottles that we have collected over the past few months. I thought about another craft project I have been meaning to work on and thought I could incorporate Irish colors to make them part of the St. Patrick's Day party.
The bottles pictured here are beer bottles, but just imagine them bigger, and with yarn instead of twine. I made one bright orange bottle last night and added some button flowers for embellishments. I plan to do three more in brown, green, and tan colors. This project was pretty easy as well, just took some patience. I began by hot gluing the first part of the yarn to the bottom of the bottle all the way around once. From there it was just a matter of wrapping the yarn tightly around until it was completely covered. Then finding some buttons to match and layering them with hot glue to create a flower design. These will be cute flower vases for the table. I am using 4 different sized bottles instead of all one size like in the picture.
I look forward to creating more items for the party and sharing my results. I will post photos of the finished results soon.
After cleaning up from dinner I started thinking about how we could use up some of the "grape juice" bottles that we have collected over the past few months. I thought about another craft project I have been meaning to work on and thought I could incorporate Irish colors to make them part of the St. Patrick's Day party.
The bottles pictured here are beer bottles, but just imagine them bigger, and with yarn instead of twine. I made one bright orange bottle last night and added some button flowers for embellishments. I plan to do three more in brown, green, and tan colors. This project was pretty easy as well, just took some patience. I began by hot gluing the first part of the yarn to the bottom of the bottle all the way around once. From there it was just a matter of wrapping the yarn tightly around until it was completely covered. Then finding some buttons to match and layering them with hot glue to create a flower design. These will be cute flower vases for the table. I am using 4 different sized bottles instead of all one size like in the picture.
I look forward to creating more items for the party and sharing my results. I will post photos of the finished results soon.
