Irish Spring

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Dear Friends! 

I do love to decorate for the holidays and I have also baked some delicious Shamrock Cookies 

to celebrate this Irish Holiday. 

Yes, I am half Irish and so is my Mr. 

Both of our Grandfather's families came from
County Cork, Ireland. 

I am Scots-Irish, and the Mr. is Swiss-Irish. 

I've added a 'bit o' green' to my Kitchen Queen cupboard to commemorate the occasion, 

and also to celebrate the first day of spring,
which is coming this week. 

Can you believe it? Finally! I know many of you are not experiencing spring weather yet, but it is coming! 

I've gathered together my collection of green glass. 

Some of it is Depression Glass and some is new. 

The embroidered linen napkins were found recently on an antiquing foray with my daughter,

 and the crocheted shamrocks were made by me. 

I adapted the pattern from this book. 

It is a lovely book with many inspiring designs. 

(I receive no compensation for mentioning this book,
I simply love it)

I fell in love with these pretty vintage napkins. 

There were 4 of them in the set. 

I knew they would be perfect with my collection of green glass. 

I did have fun gathering everything 'green' together. 

The green cake plate under the cookies is Depression Glass

and I even had some green enamel refrigerator dishes hiding upstairs in my sewing room filled with buttons. 

I've set the table in green, too! 

The tablecloth was found in the same shop as the napkins. 

The print has tiny shamrocks!

The green pot holds living shamrocks (which decided to close up just for the photos!) and scotch moss. 

Green tinted ginger-ale waits in the crystal carafe. 

And what would St. Patrick's Day be without a leprechaun guarding his pot of gold! 

I even found some cookie cutters with green handles in the back of the drawer, just for fun. 

It was like a little treasure hunt searching the house for anything green. 

The Recycled Candles are 'green' in more ways than one!

Thank you for coming inside to see my Irish Spring decorating.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all of you!

xoxo

Thank you, Dear Friends for your kind comments on my last post.

It goes without saying, you are the reason why.....

An Irish Blessing for you -

May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your window pane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow the rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

xoxo

And here is one just for fun -

May those who love us, love us;
And those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if he doesn't turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping.

:)