With St. Patrick,s day this weekend it is fitting to talk about the whimsy of Green again and how we can add a wee bit of magic to our decor to celebrate.
When marking dates and seasons, we don't need to overkill our decorations....like paint the walls sparkle green or shamrock wallpaper! We can create simple designs in vignettes. I personally love to create dining table vignettes displays in between table gatherings. Its a wonderful place to display some of our cherished items.
With St. Patrick's day look at elements of nature to inspire your decor. Here are a few simple ones to try, add moss to a tray or green plate (shamrock one would be fab!) and add folklore sculptures to the base. For height add an arrangement of candles, from different shapes, holders and colour, even add a fairy to perch on one. The fairy figure could be a child's toy figurine, or a treasured ornament maybe in porcelain or metal. If you are adding flowers, try to incorporate signs of spring maybe with tulips, daffodils and pussy willow. Even a simple spray of Yellow Gold can finish it off!
Wallpaper? Make a shamrock potato stamp, use fresh limey green....stamp paper. When completed add gold sparkle and place the frames along a fireplace mantel, or one large frame to a cookbook stand in the kitchen. Place a plate of shamrock cookies in front of it.....well done Betty Crocker! ;)
Arrange a wine bottle vignette, adding green and white candles!
Fresh Greenery Wreath
Plaster Medallion Wreath, Modern Elegant
Paper Rainbow Door Wreath
The other place to celebrate special days and seasons is your front door. Be creative with wreaths, pots, and stair displays. Maybe a shamrock or gold coin wreath, green sparkle sticks to your pots, and garden gnomes and pixies to your stairs.......
Whatever your Green is this weekend, enjoy the whimsy of creating some magic......
Happy St. Patrick's Day.....
