Kiss Me - I REALLY AM Irish

Can I be honest Blog Friends?

I've never cared a tinker's flip about

St. Patty's Day.

I never wore green & 

thanks to some . . . ahem . . .

overzealous elementary school teachers,

my children were just plain terrified of

leprechauns! 

Then I found out . . . 

I'm Irish! 

SURPRISE!

- My "Kiss me I'm Irish" pose - 

As you can see, not the red-haired, green-eyed type of Irish--

probably because there's quite a bit of German mixed in as well.

(Do Germans get their own holiday that I can 

celebrate now too???)

How do I know all this? I've been working on my

genealogy & it is 

so fascinating!

If you haven't ever done any research into your family

tree, I HIGHLY recommend it. SUCH FUN!

A world of help is open to you on the internet.

I recommend Family Search (FREE!)

or Ancestry.com 

(often there's a free one-month trial membership offer). 
JUST THINK--YOU MAY BE IRISH TOO!

So, guess what, I threw up a few

St. Patrick's Day decorations.

(They're hard to find! Doesn't any

one CARE about this IMPORTANT HOLIDAY???)

Sorry, I can't remember where I down-loaded this printable, 

but isn't it cute in the frame?

 After an exhaustive search for a green pillow turned

up nothing, I made my own from dishtowels.

They were rectangular, so I folded the corners over to 

find where to cut to make a square.

With right sides together, I sewed around the edges,

leaving an opening in one side for stuffing.

To make "Turkish corners", I made a little triangle

pattern guide & placed it in each corner to sew

a line across. After trimming it looked like this . . .

 Then, I turned the fabric right side out, 

stuffed the pillow with poly fill & machine

sewed the opening. 

 

  So does anyone know what 

"erin go braugh" means?  :D