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If you’re looking for some creative ideas to decorate your front door, here are a few that I liked:

 

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Liked the mix of burlap with flowers from twelveOeight.

spring wreath nest

 

The nest with burlap bow from The Charm of Home is so sweet.

spring wreath etsy

This one really speaks to me. I love the tulips, the shades of pink – beautiful! You can purchase this one from Etsy.com

spring wreath greens

This one from Fabulously Organized Home starts with a grapevine wreath and builds on it from there. Like the colors, choice of flowers and flow of this wreath.

spring wreath bare feet

And this one from Believe & Inspire is so sweet and fun! Love it!

She Who Wants a New Wreath

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If you want a fast and easy dessert to celebration St. Patrick’s Day, try cupcakes.

You can start out with store boughten cupcakes or make your own.

cupcake ingredients

Start out with a cake mix.

cupcake batter

Then add in green food coloring. As much as as little as you want. I remember my brother made a green cake once to surprise us. Because of the ugly shade of green it ended up being after it baked, no one wanted to eat it. Sorry, Kim!

cupcake pipe creme

You can do two things with the cupcakes: 1. frost and decorate them or 2. add some marshmallow creme before you frost and decorate them. Depending on how sweet and gooey you want to make them, you can go either way.

I spooned the creme into a ziploc bag and cut off the end to make handling it as mess free and easy as possible.

cupcake with cremeAfter I piped some creme on the cupcake, I added some sparkly green edible gel.

cupcake frostingAfter nuking a can of frosting for about 15 seconds, I dipped the cupcakes right into the can. I’m a lazy slug that way. I can honestly say, though, I’ve never frosted cupcakes so fast in my whole life.

cupcake with frostingIt was, like, totally wicked!

Oh, you know what I mean.

cupcake with drageesI found some sweet little green nonpareils at Wally-world, which were just the perfect thing to use to top my cupcakes.

cupcake doneEspecially after I colored the frosting green and added sparkling green gel shamrocks.

Wishing you a fabulous and safe St. Patrick’s Day!

She Who Enjoys a Wee Bit ‘O The Irish

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With St. Patty’s Day approaching and everyone talking about getting their green on, today seemed like a perfect day to talk about the 2013 Pantone color of the year – Emerald.

 I love nearly all shades of green – from the palest mint to the darkest hunter.  And emerald is right there at the top of the list.

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This detail about green is awesome…

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I think my love affair with green probably started the first time I watched Gone With the Wind.
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How could you not love green after seeing Scarlett in this dress?
I wanted the dress. I wanted to be Scarlett. Somewhere in the recesses of my head, I think I began associating green with a plucky, strong-willed, determined spirit – just like Scarlett had.
Nearly every room in my home has some hint of green (it not a blatant display). I find the color soothing, calming and inviting.
Here are a few fun “emerald” ideas for fashion and home decor.
I seriously love the coat. As in LOVE the coat.
Enjoy!
Emerald

Reiss
reiss.com

Burberry trench coat
net-a-porter.com

Pointy toe heels
target.com

Vintage Princess zipper bag
$250 – theiconic.com.au

Zip bag
modcloth.com

Cashmere scarve
$290 – black.co.uk

Velvet Love Tub
$810 – oliverbonas.com

She Who is Digging the Green

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Since St. Patrick’s Day is zooming right up on us, here are a few fun ideas for celebrating!

 

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Leprechaun Mustache Lollies from Pinkcakeplate.com

 

parfait

St. Patty’s Parfait from Bee In Our Bonnet

lep candy

Leprachaun Candy from Sweet Treats and More.

 

green velvet cupcakes

Green Velvet Cupcakes from LoveFromTheOven.com 

oreos

And homemade mint Oreos from A Whisk and a Prayer.

She Who Needs to Get Busy Baking

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