Happy St. Patty´s Day from Peru!

You would never guess by looking at me that I´m of Irish heritage, however, my ancestors on my dad´s side traveled across the Atlantic from Ireland. Our last name used to have an O in front of it: O´Phelan (pronounced O fay len, I´ve been told). My Uncle Jerry has done a lot of research on our family´s ancestory and has our family name´s coat of arms and such.

I am not a crazy ´kiss me, I´m Irish,´get wasted on the 17th of March kind of girl, but I do appreciate my heritage, so I thought I´d share a little cartoon and saying I thought was cute.

As they say in the old country: 

If you´re lucky enough to be Irish,

you´re lucky enough.

No matter how far away you live,

no matter how distant your Irish ancestors,

Ireland will always be a part of you.

Thank the Good Lord.

And one more for fun and because I think the last sentence in particular fits where I´m at in life right now.

Sorry for the poor picture quality. That´s what happens when you use your camera phone and are photographing a page in a book!

 Through the ages, imagination has lifted the Irish

above life´s toils and troubles to the realms of

fairies, leprechauns, dragons, and mythic heroes.

Induldge your Irish imagination.

A flight of fantasy now and then provides

a healthy balance to the daily grind. 

Have a blessed day!

St. Patty's Specimen Art

I'm not sure how current I ever am on trends in DIY/homemade/etc. but for a while I saw subway art all over the blogs. I think it's really cute, but I've never made it myself. Eventually, I might. We'll see. Again, not sure if this is a trend I missed, or a newer one, but check this specimen art out!

Copyright Bev from Flamingo Toes

How perfect with St. Patty's Day just around the corner!

One of my favorite things about looking around blogland is all of the themed projects for holidays. I was looking at one of my favorite blogs, Flamingo Toes, and today she posted a suuuuper cute project/tutorial on how to make the St. Patrick's Day themed speciman art pictured above. She was inspired by this Halloween speciman art from the uber popular and one of my most favorite blogs, Tatertots & Jello. I love seeing a project posted online and using it as inspiration with your own twist for another project!

As if you need any more reasons to check it out, here's why I especially love this Lucky Clover Specimen Art made with fabric:

1. She was inspired by a post months earlier and actually remembered to use it to make it her own!

2. Right away, she mentioned being a "Silhouette free zone" here. That made me laugh and I can completely relate because I don't have one, which sometimes bums me out when I see what cute things people make with them.

3. She used fabric instead of paper! And as we all know from this post, I love fabric.

4. It reminds me of my grandpa who had actual specimens framed, the most memorable being beautifully colored and preserved butterflies! 

Copyright Bev from Flamingo Toes.

And now, as I come to wrap up this post...I'm wondering, is it St. Patty's or St. Paddy's? The tt's seemed right to me and then I realized I've seen it with dd's....Patrick has a t in it. Does that matter?