Rainbow Cupcakes

Here is a little something we did for St. Patrick's Day and I'm just getting around to posting now!

I've been seeing these Rainbow Cupcakes EVERYWHERE!!! Two of my favorites, though, were:

Our Best Bites
&

Running With Glitter

I started with a box of white cake mix and mixed it up using the box directions. Then I divided the batter up between six bowls. I added food coloring to each bowl to make each color of the rainbow (except Indigo. poor forgotten Indigo.).

PRETTY!

Then things started getting hairy. My boys...in their most "helpful" manner...wanted to say layer the colors. I didn't get a good shot of this, because I kept saying, "Remember. Roy G. Biv! Only Backwards!"

I know better to put the nix on some Boy Cooking Fun...they were flinging colorful batter all over the cupcake liners. Oh well.

What was SUPPOSED to happen was this: Dollop a spoon of purple on the bottom of each liner. Then do blue, green, yellow, orange & red. I spread the colors out a little, but I didn't want to mix them up too much. I was able to squeeze out two cupcakes in the proper color order. The rest looked like a Dr. Seuss experiments!

Then bake you cupcakes following your package instructions. And let them cool.

This is what they'll look like when done.

MUFFIN TOP! heeheehee...makes me laugh.

I topped ours with Vanilla frosting and those little round sprinkles (Nonpareils???).

Can you taste the Rainbow? Nom Nom Nom

Erin-Go-Wreath

When Louie was a baby, I bought him a CD called Sunday School Favorites.

We LOVE it!

But our favorite song...and one we sing ALL the time goes like this...

May the road rise to meet you,

And the wind be at your back.

And the Lord hold you always

In the hollow of his hand!

It's called the Irish Blessing Song and I just wanted to share it with you all!

Now. I'm. Ready. To. Take. A. Giant. Leap.

I've got a really ugly front door. So ugly it could win an ugly door contest.

But I made this really cute Irish-y wreath that I want to share.

So, I think I'm ready to share our ugly front door with the world.

Promise not to laugh. Or gag.

I know, right! And this is from the inside...the outside is worse!

But the wreath is cute!

Wanna know what I did?

I started with a Dollar Tree wreath form.The guy at our Dollar Tree must think I'm nuts. In the last few weeks I've bought five of these. Anyway...cut out about 10 Zillion circles from felt in the colors you want. And grab your straight pin box. Really...are there any sort of pins that aren't straight? Curly pins? Zig zag pins? Just curious...

Grab a circle and then fold it in half. Now fold it in half again. It will look like a little green (or whatever color) pie wedge. Then spear the tip of your new felt pie with a pin. Like this.

Only make sure you get a manicure first! SORRY! Then stab the pin into your wreath form.

Now repeat this process 10 Zillion more times...filling up the wreath!

And...Taaa Daaa!

A pretty wreath on a nasty door!

I promise to paint my UFD (ugly front door) this summer and I'll try to do something with those horrible diamond windows. Buying a new door would probably be the easiest route to go...but I'm cheap  all about reduce, re-use, recycle! Plus the word shimmy kind of bugs me.

Shamrock Hair Clip

I'm running around a little crazy today! We had our Pack Meeting tonight and my hubby is the new Cubmaster. Go James! He did a great job. Tonight was the advancement ceremony for the boys. So we're the proud parents of a full-fledged Wolf Scout. For any of you scouting families out there...you know how involved this all gets. For those non-scouting families out there...it gets involved!

And tomorrow our Den (I'm CubMama to 9 second graders) is doing a skit in the all school talent show. I think I'm more nervous than the boys! I know they'll do a great job...but they're just so onery energetic! Fingers crossed!

Now on to some Crafty Stuff...

I made this cute & festive hair clip for Kat:

I found the idea at Skip To My Lou and used the pattern for the shamrock pin instead of the garland. Then I covered an alligator clip with ribbon and hot glued the shamrock on the top! I made it for Kat's hair, but I kind of like it clipped onto the dusty real-life lampshade. I might make some up for next year and clip them around the house.

I am SO a beginner at crochet, but this was really easy and fun! I whipped it out in about five minutes! And Kat loves her, "Frower"!

Partying HERE!

Fireflies and Jellybeans

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Feelin' Lucky???

Get your minds out of the Gutter, People!

I'm talking about St. Pats & Pots-O-Gold & Leprechauns!

I'm also talking about how LUCKY I am! My DarlingHubs (I purposely didn't put a space there) surprised me for our anniversary last December by ordering me a Silhouette on CyberMonday! How cute is that??? Because he had heard me rant and rave about all the insanely cute things I'd been seeing in blogland.

Now sit down. I haven't used it yet!!! I mean, I've used it, but I haven't completed any projects with it. I'm ashamed to call myself a crafter! I remedied this sorry situation yesterday by whipping up this cute little banner. Read "little" to mean: Fifty Foot Long! Not really, but almost!

Sorry about the glare from outside! Sorry, also, for my super boring bamboo blinds! Any suggestions on window coverings would be greatly appreciated! Since this is such a crummy shot...I took close ups!

So. Are you? Feelin' Lucky?

I AM! And I really like this banner! And it was ridiculously easy to make. The Silhouette is FANTASTIC and I was able to do this while helping my three-year-old ClingOn put together puzzles and ALSO hold my Croupy Kat on my lap and sing her the Tiny Turtle song over and over. TMI?

Next up on my Silhouette To-Do List...Jazz up this weird beam between our kitchen and living room with some vinyl.

Stay Tuned...

St. Patrick's Day Wreath

Well...we're dealing with a Croupy Kat over here. Not fun. It makes me so sad when the kids are sick, and I just want to magically transfer whatever aches and pains they have to me. I'm thankful that we've really got some pretty hearty kids. Other than a few here and there's the munchkins are pretty healthy (knock on wood!). It's kind of funny, though, whenever I hear the word "croup" I immediately think of Anne of Green Gables and how she saved Minnie May Barry...ANYWAY!

So the last few days I've been doing a lot of snuggling and rocking with my Girlie. But not much craftin'. She's sleeping peacefully now, though, so I cranked this out!

Isn't it a wonderfully horrid photo of a terribly lopsided wreath?!?!

And I had such high hopes. Pooh.

As you can see...I wrapped up a foam wreath with some yarn that I inherited from my MIL. It's the variegated yarn I used to make some of my pom poms. Crazy how the wreath turned out striped! Then I made these little green rosettes out of scrap felt. I followed the directions from Our Seven Dwarfs. I also proceeded to hot glue burn my fingerprints off my thumbs. Good times. Then I hot glued (cursing all the way) the rosettes into shamrock shapes. Not noticing that they weren't exactly even. Double Pooh.

But...it IS bright and cheerful looking!

Shamrock Shirt

I think I've been pinched by a Leprechaun!

But, really, it's all you Fantastic & Inspiring Bloggers who have me on a Holiday Roll!!!

So. Remember this shirt I made for Valentine's Day? The cute pink one with the TP roll stamped hearts? I had gotten the idea over here!

Well, I love TP rolls and I LOVE clearance shirts at Wally World. So I just jazzed up the idea a little for St. Patrick's day! Here's what I did...

TAAA DAAAA!!! A sweet little $2 Shamrock Shirt that took 2 minutes to complete! I'm lovin' it!!! I think these heart shaped TP roll stamps are going to be put on anything that stands still at our house! Funny thing about standing still...my model absolutely refused to!

Ooooo...I want to squeeze those chubby tight-clad legs!

Hmmm...Kat in her Snot-Nose-Tummy-Out-Wild-Hair Glory! Trying to be a "brudda" (brother) (aka...big kid) and get her own snack out of the cabinet! But at least you can see the shamrock!

Linking Up!

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Two Dollar Apothecary Jar!

Or shall I say Four Dollars for TWO Apothecary Jars???

Wanna See?

I know they're not REAL Apothecary Jars...mainly because I made them. But I still think they look cool! And they were only two bucks a piece! BONUS!

I've been seeing a bazillion posts with jars and candlesticks and cake trays and goodie tiers and what-nots. So, I was cruising my Dollar Tree the other day and I found these tall vases and these short taper candlestick holders.

I bought two of each! Then I came home and grabbed my Krazy Glue. I ran a beading of glue around the rim of the candlestick holder and connected it to the bottom of the vase.

After a minute, they were stuck like...well...like glue! Still, I let it set upside down for a few hours. Then I put them on the piano!

But they looks so EMPTY! And since tomorrow is March...they needed to be Irished Up!

Much Better! Pom Poms! The PERFECT accessory!

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