Shamrock Hat

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I was actually looking for some cool screen savers, and Mixbook backgrounds.  When I cam across this picture.  I thought it would make a great decoration.  To go with my "Oh So Lucky Plaque" and "Lucky Jar"  I bought some crackle paint over the weekend. I was originally going to use it on some wooden eggs.  (I may have to buy some more).  But instead used the whole bottle on this picture. 

 I painted the background in an antique white. Let that dry, then used the crackle paint.  I let that dry for 6 hours, it was pretty thick.  I'm liking' the crackle look .   I cheated and used Cricut-"Celebrate with Flourish" to trace on the shamrocks. And "A Child's Year" for the Irish Hat.  I did however freehand the swirls.  Tee Hee.  The ribbon around the hat is for real.  It was yellow, I used a gold ink pad to color it, and added a ribbon thingy for the buckle.  I have it displayed on one of my front room tables, I just love it.  

 

 

 

 

 

Frozen Cake

Super popular cake request this year. The inside of this cake is beautiful, white, purple and blue layers. Cake flavor is vanilla, with strawberry filling. I am so lucky my oven held out to finish this project. The next day I went to bake a pizza and the top element wouldn't heat. When my hubby pulled it out, it was fried to the back of the range. Dang it. Looks like someone is getting a new range.

 

 

 

 

St Patrick’s Day Jar

As I was looking around my house, I decided I didn't have enough St. Patrick's day decorations. 

After the Lucky Plaque, I wanted to make this for my coffee table.

 I used Folk Art and Americana enamel gloss paints. This particular glass craft I did not bake in the oven. I did spray it with a clear coat though. At first I just painted it white, with the green clover. as seen on Pinterest.  I'm not done yet, I thought.  I added some stripes, and some polka dots.  The shamrock is a stencil, cut from Celebrate with Flourish.  When St Patricks day gets closer, I will get some real carnations to put in it.  For now the material ones will do.

Hope you have a great day.