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Faith, Hope, Luck

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Last night we had our St. Patrick’s Day party which was full of four-leaf clovers and fighting. On tv that is. Anyone else watch GSP vs. Diaz? I actually am a fan of Ultimate Fighter and was rooting for GSP.  Apparently Diaz was on that show too but I can’t recall. Who wouldn’t go for GSP really? Diaz has a mouth on him. Anyways, Here’s some pictures of the set up.

Of course I made pretzel rolls with dipping sauces (and little signs so you knew what you were dipping the pretzel in). The jalapeno cream cheese was actually my favorite dip! I just mixed up 4 oz of cream cheese with one chopped, poached, seeded jalapeno, a bit of paprika, and about 1/4 cup of cheddar cheese and warmed it for about 30 seconds in the microwave. Delicious!
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And there was the “traditional” Shepherd’s pie. It was more of a herder’s pie since it had hamburger instead of lamb, but hey, I’m not actually Irish. And lastly we had a green velvet cheesecake. I melted the frosting and poured it on so it was smooth, but I could not for the life of me figure out how then to get the cake onto a new surface. Oh well, it tasted good. I used four heart cookie cutters to make the shamrock after seeing a wreath tutorial from  A Little Tipsy.
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Speaking of Shamrock wreaths, I picked up with cute wood shamrock door hanger from Michael’s for a mere $8. I considered making my own festive wreath but honestly it would cost much more than that so hey- why not? Our last bit of décor was this “Faith, hope, luck” sign I made. I just use frames I have lying around for these occasions, so all it cost me was the ink and the paper.
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Me and the husband our busy painting the bedroom today yay! New things are happening. We’re off! From Kito and I- have a great green weekend!
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-Shantel

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