St. Patrick's Day Tablescape

Since tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day, I thought I'd share a tablescape I put together last year for this holiday. See you tonight for Tablescape Thursday!



St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time - a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic.
~Adrienne Cook


For each petal on the shamrock
This brings a wish your way -
Good health, good luck, and happiness
For today and every day.
~Author Unknown


Saint Patrick was a gentleman, who through strategy and stealth
Drove all the snakes from Ireland, here's a drink to his health!
But not too many drinks, lest we lose ourselves and then
Forget the good Saint Patrick, and see them snakes again!
~Author Unknown


An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep from falling off the earth.
~Irish Saying


May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
~Irish Blessing


There's a dear little plant that grows in our isle,
'Twas St Patrick himself, sure, that set it;
And the sun on his labor with pleasure did smile,
And with dew from his eye often wet it.
It thrives through the bog, through the brake, and the mireland;
And he called it the dear little shamrock of Ireland...
~Andrew Cherry


Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter
Lullabies, dreams, and love ever after.
Poems and songs with pipes and drums
A thousand welcomes when anyone comes.
~Author Unknown


When Irish eyes are smiling,
'Tis like a morn in spring.
With a lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing.
~Author Unknown


For 'tis green, green, green, where the ruined towers are gray,
And it's green, green, green, all the happy night and day;
Green of leaf and green of sod, green of ivy on the wall,
And the blessed Irish shamrock with the fairest green of all.
~Mary Elizabeth Blake


When after the Winter alarmin',
The Spring steps in so charmin',
So fresh and arch
In the middle of March,
Wid her hand St. Patrick's arm on...
~Alfred Percival Graves


Oh, the music in the air!
An' the joy that's ivrywhere -
Shure, the whole blue vault of heaven is wan grand triumphal arch,
An' the earth below is gay
Wid its tender green th'-day,
Fur the whole world is Irish on the Seventeenth o' March!
~Thomas Augustin Daly


May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light,
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.
~Irish Blessing

May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
~Irish Blessing

Chargers: Horchow (2-3 years ago)
China: Dinner Plates-Gibson, Claredon, Big Lots; Salad-Marshalls, this year
Large Platter: HomeGoods
Stemware: Wine, A Classy Flea; Beverage...too long ago to remember
Flatware: Big Lots
Napkins: HomeGoods
Napkin Rings: Large beaded-Old Time Pottery; White ceramic-came with Gibson china set from Big Lots; Large Beads-don't remember now; Ribbon hair ties-Big Lots.
Centerpiece: Marshalls


See you this evening for Tablescape Thursday!