Craft Test Dummies

Well, St. Patrick’s Day is rapidly approaching, and it’s time to get crafting! Personally, I won’t be doing kid’s crafts, but I do like to make a little something to wear and/or decorate the house for St. Paddy’s day. And I’ll be drinking Guinness.

But back to crafts! I have just a couple of cute-but-not-too-cute ideas for you.

You know a while back I was on my yo-yo kick. I found a cute shamrock idea using three of them, and really, you could whip this up in an evening. Make 3 green heart-shaped shamrocks and stitch them together on the edges. Because I’m not handy with the cording, I’d probably use a green pipcleaner for the stem. Make these into pins, magnets, hot-glue them to hairclips or headbands, whatever. Cute and understated.

Another easy idea is to use air-dry clay to make clovers. Roll it out into a sheet the thickness of 2 quarters, and then use your small heart cookie cutter to make 3 or 4 leaf clovers as you wish. You can even touch them up with gold paint. These are fun as pins, on cards, or on clothespins. (Just put a magnet on the back for an easy note holder.)

And though I’m not a crocheter – yet – I found a cute shamrock magnet how-to on CraftBits. So sweet…. I’d make a whole bunch of ‘em and arrange them into a little wreath for the door.

Martha Stewart has a quick pin craft using bumpy chenille stems, which make cute favors or gifts.

I love vintage images… and so I found a number of clip art resources for you– FREE (my favorite four-letter word!) These look like old postcards, mostly. You can print them off and use them in ATCs, postcards, sandwich them between glass for pendants, transfer them onto clay, or print them onto fabric. You’ll find the free goodies at:

• Download Free Pictures has a great vintage St. Patrick. Just like on the saint’s cards from Ireland!

• Karin’s Whimsy has a rockin’ harp, a lassie, and a little Laddie, too. All of them are winners.
• Martha Stewart has some little medallion and note card downloads to go with her craft…but you could use them for anything. (Maybe use the circle ones under glass globs for magnets?)

So I hope this kick-starts your Eire crafting season… erin go braugh!

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