St. Patrick's Day Decor

A Touch of the Irish

I know everyone has moved right on to Easter in their decor but I wanted to do 

a little St. Patrick's Day decor.

Mainly, I wanted to make a St. Patty's Day Banner out of Dollar Tree stuff.

All it took was a package of glitter shamrocks, a package of green crepe paper streamers, ribbon

and a glue gun.

I really wanted some gold coins to glue in the middle of each of these or spell out the word LUCKY

but that would have involved another trip to the store...and I didn't want to do that. 

This is good enough. I'll embellish more next year.

This is my second banner to make this month...and I'm kind of addicted to making them.

Now I need to make one for Easter.

I put out my sea foamy green dishes and some greenery.

Faux succulents got stuck in a silver footed bowl.

I am really loving faux succulents. They look just like the real thing.

Centerpiece on table is a pussy willow wreath with a tray and candles.

Very simple and effective.

One of my favorite majolica dishes came out for the display.

Thanks for all your suggestions yesterday about my fabric situation. 

I took the scissors to that slipcover last night and cut it up to start sewing it into some sort of slipcover.

It's going to be a challenge. I'll use every little scrap of it with some other fabric I have here mixed in.

It's either going to be fabulous or a giant failure.

I'm hoping for fabulous.

Wish me luck...a little luck of the Irish!

(I'm part Irish so hopefully it will work)

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Majolica for Spring

Early Spring Mantel

It was time for a new display on my fireplace mantel.

I decided to get my Majolica out that's been packed away.

The white finial came from Hobby Lobby several years ago.

I have quite a bit of Majolica which is an antique pottery from the Victorian era.

It's known for its botanical themes, shapes and bright, shiny lead glazes.

A very common pattern is the begonia leaf.
I have about eight of them and wouldn't mind having eight more.

I only decided to use the Majolica on the fireplace when I was emptying out the buffet in the dining room to paint it.

I placed a few pieces on the mantel and decided I really liked it.

There is currently more of it stacked about the room...since the dining room is all a mess
because of my painting project.

I especially like the turquoise and green but there are bits of pink and yellow too.

I've always loved the colors in these glazes and they have inspired my decorating 

color scheme for many years.

Majolica was very much in high style...the in thing to collect in the late 80's, early 90's....
but has since dwindled in popularity.

But I still love it and I think it's perfect for spring with it's bright pastel colors and nature themes.
Everything comes back in style eventually.
I remember oogling over pages in the design magazines that showed shelves stuffed with the stuff.
I wanted hundreds of pieces. But I've learned I don't need a lot of something.
Ok, I take that back...I didn't learn it....I've got lots of mercury glass.

Anyway I  have a nice Majolica collection (perhaps 40 pieces) but I'm not sure where to display it all
since moving in this house.
So lots of it has been packed away.

I used to really be mad for it. I still love it but have been leaning more towards 

silver sparkly things of late, hence the mercury glass.

In my search for a terrarium...I found this small cloche at TJ Maxx last month.

The little butterfly and bird's nest inside came from Michael's.

I still have not made a terrarium. I haven't found any nice small plants.

But this little cloche with the faux stuff inside seemed to fill my need for a bit of green under glass.

I'm loving the simplicity of this display and the bright pastels.

After all the pink I had out for Valentine's, I'm enjoying the change.

I was in the mood for turquoise and green.

I'm ready for Spring!

**Big News - Just In**
I've been asked to participate in this year's

Parade will run April 4 - 8, 2011

Click on the logo above for more information.
Andrea at Poppies at Play is holding open two wild card slots...so you can send her some photos
of your home and you might also be on the tour.
There will be 20 homes with four different homes be highlighted each day over the course of a week.
I was so honored to be included because there are really some super fabulous homes on this tour.

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