St Patrick’s Day – Page 2

These boots are made for readin’

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Cate

I love etsy, the online world of arts and crafts people – some of whom have amazing talent and produce truly beautiful work…and then there are others, who hopefully haven’t packed in a lucrative day job in search of megabucks via their etsy shop. I’ll let you decide which camp this latest find falls into, but in the spirit of St Patrick’s Day, I was taken by the product title: Irish boots with green clover. Legs in the book.

Off to a good start, I looked further and found a picture, surely worth 1000 words…

Wow. What strange world had I uncovered? What are these legs in the book all about? And what happens to all the bodies? Is there another, slightly poorer selling, series of bodies in the book? Turns out they are fancy bookmarks made by a lady in the Ukraine, whose motto seems to be ‘never stop sharing your LOVE’, which is very nice. But I doubt that the Valentine’s Day version of ‘legs in the book’ were used as a substitute for roses or diamonds by many romantics this year.

Anyways, in case you still can’t quite get how this all works, here you go:

Aha. To top it all off, the legs appear to be shipped to you in a beautiful gift box, which is long and narrow – eerily like a brightly coloured coffin, to be honest. To share your LOVE with some legs in the book, check out Olena’s shop on etsy.

Sparky gifts, WWWhat?

A beanie, to be sure

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Cate

Given that it’s the week leading up to St Patrick’s Day and we should be celebrating all things Irish, I thought I’d continue the theme with another great find from the treasure trove that is etsy. This “St Patrick’s Day Inspired Beard Beanie” is extraordinary and would make the perfect gift for any child, or person with a small head who wants to disguise their face. Created by Jamie in the USA, this is a practical way to keep children warm in the cold weather. And to scare their little friends and confuse their teachers and aging grandparents. Order your beanies from Momma B’s Hat House & More on etsy.

Food sparks, WWWhat?

O’Cupcakes

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Cate

In case I haven’t said it already, I love cupcakes. I really do. And I love Ireland and most things Irish. So the combination of the two should be perfect, right? Bzzzzzt. Wrong. But far be it from me to keep from sharing, just because I don’t actually like something. I’m selfless like that.

With St Patrick’s Day just around the corner, you might be inspired to whip up a batch of these corned beef & cabbage cupcakes from Cupcake Project. Yep, they’re corned beef and cabbage. And they’re cupcakes. The meat is in the cake and the vegetables are in the frosting. With ground corned beef on the top, where you might normally expect a cherry. Mmmmmm.

If you’d like the recipe for this or lots of other cupcakes, check out Cupcake Project.