St. Patty's Day Mason Jar Glass

What is it about Mason jars that makes me feel as though I cannot ever have too many??? Gah, I absolutely love them and all of the possibilities they provide! Vases, lamps, light fixtures, home decor, salad storers, coffee makers (ok, that last one may have been a bit of an embellishment, but its only a matter of time before someone figures it out...) you name it, it can be made using a mason jar! I'm completely obsessed! In fact, I performed a literal happy dance in the middle of Hobby Lobby when I saw that they sold Daisy lid inserts. I have been eyeing them up online for months but was never willing to pay the ridiculous shipping prices, so you can imagine my craft nerd excitement... Anywho, here's how I transformed a Mason jar into a Gold Shamrock Drink Holder, perfect for upcoming St. Patty's Day festivities:

Materials:

-Mason jar

-Martha Stewart glass paint in gold metallic

-foam paintbrush

-contact paper

-scissors

-Mason jar daisy lid insert

-paper straw

Instructions:

1. Cut out a shamrock shape out of contact paper (I made a cardstock template first using the old four heart shapes connected and a stem trick from 3rd grade art class)

2. Remove adhesive backing from contact paper and place on Mason jar

3. Using a foam brush, paint the Mason jar entirely with glass paint (I ended up painting 3 coats total)

4. After paint dries completely, carefully peel off shamrock shape

5. Pour your favorite drink (preferably a green one), daisy insert and cute paper straw into Mason jar and enjoy!!!

Claire was a huge fan of our green lemonade, but these glasses could certainly feature any adult beverage to celebrate the occasion, as well!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!

Lucky to Have You St. Patty's Day Gift

If you haven't yet downloaded the Rhonna Designs app, Do. It. Now!!! Its free and provides the cutest fonts and graphics for printables like the one that goes along with this project! I'm obsessed with it (and did I mention its free???)! I recently found the cutest St. Patrick's Day tea towels and knew that I had to make a super cute, printable tag to go along with it. The tag lends itself to lots of different St. Patty's goodies, so fear not if you don't find a tea towel like this one! Here's how to put it all together:

Materials:

-cellophane bag

-scissors

-St. Patty's goodies

-light green cardstock

-printable tag

-stapler

Instructions:

1. Place goodies in cellophane bag. Trim the bag so that about two inches remain above the goodies placed inside.

2. Print out THIS TAG on cardstock (3 tags per page)

3. Cut apart tags and fold in half long-wise

4. Staple tag to cellophane bag.

Top 'o the mornin' to you, laddies!

Button Shamrock Pin

Ok, seriously, how is it March already??? I literally closed my eyes and February was over; not that I'm complaining, because Mother Nature has not been kind to us here in Western PA, but wow! With that being said, let's get some St. Patty's Day craft-ness going! First up is this ridiculously simple and insanely cute shamrock pin made of buttons...

Materials:

-four, green buttons, approximately the  same size

-glue gun/glue sticks

-green ribbon, cut to about 4"

-flat-backed pins (typically sold in the jewelry-making sections of craft stores)

Instructions:

1. Glue together two buttons diagonally together as shown in the picture below

2. Glue on a third button (picture below)

3. Glue fourth button to the bottom of the shamrock

4. Glue flat part of the pin to the back of the buttons near the center

5. Fold ribbon in half and glue open ends together

6. Glue ribbon to bottom of buttons so that loop of the ribbon is shown as the stem of the shamrock. 

Warning...There WILL be glue gun strings! Use a hair dryer to get rid of any loose strings! Make a bunch of these and pass them out to co-workers, secretaries, neighbors, etc. So simple, but they'll love them! And, as always, send me pics of what you make!

Adorable St. Patty's Day Idea-Mail A Rainbow

I just came across the most adorable idea for St. Patrick's Day! Christy of "From Gumdrops to Glitter" opened my eyes to the possibility of mailing boxes of candy in the mail by simply slapping on an address label and some postage! Imagine the possibilities...Anyway, this particular idea involves sending boxes of Skittles to your faves, aka "Mail a Rainbow," in celebration of St. Patty's Day! I heart this idea SO much! Thanks, Christy!

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