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~Happy St. Patrick's Day to all my friends!~
Our celebration began last night when Grace suggested we have a "goodbye to hot chocolate" treat. Spring is only 3 days away, so we won't be drinking hot chocolate until the fall.
We used these cute little mugs that we found at Joanns for 50% off.
We also snacked on some peanut butter cookies. I added green sprinkles just before baking.
In other news, I'm happy to report that I have actually finished a project! Some of you will remember these Irish linen napkins that I found at the resale store recently.
I appliqued a shamrock on a corner of each napkin.
They match my very pale green teacups.
Finally, we are having company over tonight, and I thought I would share my menu:
-Corned Beef
-Colcannon (Mashed potatoes and cabbage)
-Spinach Salad
-Homemade Soda Bread
-Clarice's Chocolate Mousse
-Chocolate cupcakes
As you can see, we will be busy in the kitchen today. I'd love to hear your St. Patrick's Day plans too! Have a wonderful Monday!
Your napkins turned out great!
ReplyDeleteThe dinner menu sounds really yummy.
Your napkins are lovely, they do match nicely.
ReplyDeleteAlso your dinner sounds yummy, I've never actually had corned beef except on a sandwich. Have lots of fun!!
the child and I are going swimming ;) and making easter cookies..I love how you have decorated for St.Patrick's Day..
ReplyDeleteEverything looks really fantastic, I love those mugs and the nakins turned out great !!
ReplyDeleteWe don't have St. Patrick's Day here in The Netherlands, but it sure looks like you all had a wonderful day !!
Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all !!!
You are so clever!!! The shamrocks were THE PERFECT touch to the linen napkins.
ReplyDeleteSusan
Your dinner sounds delicious! Unfortunately, I have many an errand away from the house today so we are having a simple American pot roast!
ReplyDeleteHi Kelli :) Everything looks & sounds wonderful! I hope that today is a lovely celebration - Love, Q
ReplyDeletethe napkins are gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteThose cups are ooh so cute!!! I have also shared our St. Patrick's Day plans and a gospel tract about St. Patrick's Day on my blog.
ReplyDeleteWe'll be having corned beef and cabbage, soda bread, and a chocolate pistachio marble cake. Thinking of making that chocolate mousse though!
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patrick's day to you and your family, Kelli! The napkins look great. :)
ReplyDeleteI like Grace's "goodbye to hot chocolate" treat.
We will be making soda bread and Irish stew for our evening meal and the girls want me to make green pancakes for breakfast! LOL.
Have a fun day. :)
Revee
Your napkins are just adorable. Your menu sounds wonderful too. We dont have alot of plans...I'am making a casserole with broccoli in it for the green.....that's about it though. Sounds as if you will be busy busy...happy spring time to you...and ps I loved your hot chocolate mugs. Cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post. We are not doing anything special today but I thought I might make a Sheppard's Pie if that counts. *grin*
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful ideas! I think your menu is really nice! I so enjoy your ideas on the home!
ReplyDeleteYou've made me very, very hungry:-). Love all of your goodies. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteThe napkins are lovely! We'll never say goodbye to hot cocoa. My girl loves it so much she drinks it year round. She'll claim to be freezing when it's 90 out just so she can have a cup.
ReplyDeleteYum, Kelli!
ReplyDeleteI'm an Irish gal, and I'll bring the fam over for dinner tonight. Soda bread and caramel sauce in hand. ;o) Your menu is delish!
We're not doing anything in particular this year, but I did whip up some Irish Potatoes this weekend.
Happy St. Pat's!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
ReplyDeleteHot Chocolate...I'll drink it all year round. Air conditioning makes it cool enough to do so, LOL!
Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, too!
ReplyDeleteYour menu sounds delicious. I'm sure you all enjoyed it thoroughly. I also love the idea of your last hot chocolate of the season. What a great way to finish one season as you prepare for the next. :o)
This is really pretty, even napkins, very nice.
ReplyDeleteI am a little bit Irish, so today I am spending alittle of my pot of gold///going shopping...spending of the green.
Have a fun day, Hugs Mary
No pinching please!
Everything looks great, I love the mugs :)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of saying goodbye to hot chocolate at the end of the season. And in such wonderful cups. The napkins turned out just perfect. What a great idea! ~Adrienne~
ReplyDeleteHappy St Patricks Day, what a lovely post, the cookies look great and the menu sounds tasty, have a great evening
ReplyDeletePriscilla x
Your napkins turned out beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWe are having a dish no one has ever heard of outside of our family. Corned Beef Pie, it is simply sauted onions, chopped corned beef, a little flour and some tomato sauce all simmered until thick then poured into a pie pastry and covered with another one. We love it! We will also be having Irish potatoes, and cabbage!
Blessings
Linda
I made scones this morning and cut them out with a shamrock-shaped cookie cutter. That's it for here! I am making brisket in the crockpot, but I've never cared for corned beef.
ReplyDeleteWhat cute mugs. I love to get stuff at Joann's when they put it on sale. No hot chocolate until fall? That's quite a while. The menu sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patricks Day.
Hi Kelly!
ReplyDeleteWe celebrated St. Pastrick's day yesterday and I put the pictures of my meal on my blog. I made your recipe for orange cake again -- delicious!
Your napkins came out lovely!
Your napkins turned out lovely. I really like the appliqué idea, it dresses up a plain napkin so very well.
ReplyDeleteOh it all lookes so great. And what sweet way to say good bye to the hot choco. The napkins did turn out really cute. I'll stop in tomorrow for leftovers! LOL
ReplyDeleteThe napkins are awesome!!!! How perfect for dinner.
ReplyDeleteOur meal tonight is identical except we are having a lemon meringue pie for dessert.
Happy St. Patty's.
The napkins are just lovely. The hot cocoa looked delicious. Happy St. Patrick's day to you and yours...and my fellow devoted readers of your blog.
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patrick's Day to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteOh, no! You can't give up hot cocoa until next fall. Hot cocoa never goes out of style! Lol.
ReplyDeleteLove your napkins and the meal sounds awsome. Didn't really get to do much. Work and doctor. Hope all goes well.
ReplyDeleteComing by to say Hi & Happy St. Patty's Day!
ReplyDelete*sprinkles Lucky Charms*
~W~
Your linens came out beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patrick's day:)
Julieann
Have a wonderful day :) It's our anniversary :) No plans of cooking tonight.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Missy
What a loevely post Kelli. Even if we don't celebrate this day in Germany... I bet i would have had fun at this day.
ReplyDeleteI wanna wish you and your family a happy and blessed easter time.
Hugs, Britta
I hope you had a wonderful time celebrating. Our great grandma came for a visit. She is 90 years young!
ReplyDeleteJenn
I love the napkins; what a wonderful idea!
ReplyDeleteThose mugs are adorable too.
I forgot it being St. Patricks day yesterday until I saw the google decorations, lol! So we didn't do much of anything.
I did take the kids to fly kites.
Also, I posted an article on St. Patrick that one of my college professers wrote. :)
O gosh, I haven't been areound for a long time. Not sure I can give up hot chocolate yet... It's sill cold here.
ReplyDeleteHow awesome it all is!
ReplyDeleteGreat post.
ReplyDeleteHappy St Patricks Day from N Ireland - I am only a day late.
I have never eaten Corned Beef and Cabbage, and know no-one here who does! Nor do we colour food green, or pinch those who don't wear green :)
I have learnt so much these last few days of how St Patrick's Day is celebrated around the world.
I have posted on my blog a few of the foods we would associate with our region.