Happy St Patrick's Day

I guess since St Patrick's Day is on Sunday people have decided to make it St Patrick's Weekend. I really like this piece with the different textures and the perfect amount of red to break up the green and clear. It has been hanging in our upstairs window this week.

AN Irish Birthday

My youngest brother has a birthday coming up later this week. He was almost a St Patrick's Day baby. The joke in our family always was that my dad, who was of Scotish decent, didn't want him born on the 17th. He drove my mom, Irish decent, and us to her mother's house and made sure to hit every bump along the way. Dad always said this was why he was born on the 16th. A compromise was made and his middle name is Patrick to make up for missing the date.

Another Celtic Design

I used to make St Patrick's Day cards, but just for the siblings.  I stopped making them because there really wasn't a lot of paper or stamp sets to use.  I don't like sending them a card with the same stamp set even if the layout is different.  So I won't be posting any St Patrick's Day greeting cards.  Jim loves making Celtic designs so I will have a few more of that type of design.

St Patrick's Day

Since February is already drawing to a close, we are now thinking about St. Patrick's Day. This is a panel of Celtic knots which are a part of Irish heritage.

St Patrick's Day

So many people have corned beef and cabbage on St Patrick's Day.  My family had ham instead of corned beef.  My husband's family had it and they all now call it the curse.  I guess they didn't like it.  We do not have corned beef and cabbage because I don't eat the beef and he doesn't eat cabbage.  Since he cooks, it is not happening.  We are having soup made with butternut squash, an apple, and carrots.  When we were in Ireland, we ate a lot of soup.  Every place had soup and it was good.  The truth is I don't think we ever saw corned beef with cabbage anywhere we ate in Ireland.

St Patrick's Day

I no longer make St Patrick's Day cards. It is too close to Easter and I like to spread out my card sending.  So I make Easter because I have a lot more Easter stamps and ideas than St Patrick.  This is one of the last cards I made for St Patrick's Day and it was made several years ago.