St Patrick's Day Party Planning

I’m triumphantly typing at my keyboard as I write this blog post because my St. Patrick’s Day party was a wonderful success! It was a very small gathering of close friends (7 to be exact) but that didn’t mean I passed up the opportunity to go all out on the decor, music, food and drinks. I’m going to give you a quick breakdown of my party and then I’m going to share my very special offer! {But, in case you don’t make it all the way through, you can check out my special offer here}

First let me share my philosophy on planning parties. My whole goal is to try to reuse and repurpose as much as I can. I really enjoy thrifting and I often buy items that I use in my home decor but I also can reuse them as apart of my party decorating. I repurpose them with simple and temporary additions when needed. And with that said...

Decor

I currently live in a 1928 tudor style home. I had two large areas I was going to stage the party in. The first area is a dining room with lovely large dark wood framed window and cabinet inserts. This area was perfect to stage the food and bar and lent itself well to my pub/tavern feel. The second area was my living room which is very long room. My couch/chairs and entertainment (TV, PS3, sound system etc) are located near the fireplace on one end. And there is a desk that sits in a nook area on the other end. In between is a large empty space that I like to refer to as...the dance floor. The scene is set so let the list begin!


{Dining Room}

Pom-Poms and Yarn banner
{reuse} pom-poms made with coffee filters

Irish Coffee Mug Center pieces
{thrift} bought at Goodwill
{repurpose} the mugs were stuffed with fake moss

Cooper Mugs with Gold coins
{reuse} thrift store decor I already owned
{repurpose} with chocolate coins

Mason Jar Vodka Infusion Jars
you can recreate this look with food coloring and water or if you want to make to try making vodka infusions which is very fun check it out here}

Glass Gravy boat as Pot of Gold
{thrift} Goodwill :)
{repurpose} with gold coins

"Kiss Me I'm Irish" Craft Paper Shamrock



{Living room}

Construction Paper Irish Flag banner with coffee filters
I decided to skip the triangle bunting since it’s been so...how shall I’ll say... over used

Orange Items
{thrift} Orange Kettle Pot
{reuse} Paper from plant store

Green Bottles
{thrift}

Pom-Poms and Yarn banner

Iron Cross (Clover Plant)


Food

{Appetizers}

1. Vegetable Plate Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrots, Cabbage
2. Shamrock green Peppers
3. Almonds, Peanuts, Walnuts, Cranberries
4. Sauerkraut Balls

{Main Course}

1. Corned Beef and Cabbage
2. Vegetarian Shepard’s Pie
3. Colcannon

{Dessert}

1. Fudge with Mint shamrocks
2. Mint Ice cream with Bailey’s

{Drink}

1. Guinness
2. Jameson
3. Bailey’s
4. Irish Coffee
5. Vodka Infusions + Juice

Music

{Irish Starter}

1. Dubliners
2. The Pogues

{Segue}

1. The Smiths
2. Phoenix

{Techno Finish}

1. La roux
2. Rihanna (remixes)
3. Lady Gaga (remixes)
4. Kesha (remixes) (I refuse to write a dollar sign instead of an ’s’)
5. Kelis

Games

1. Guesstures

And now for the special offer...I am selling my crafted decorations on etsy! I know this is a bit short notice but rest assured that I could have it out to you by St Patrick’s day if you order right now (shameless or shamrockless plug)! It could also be ordered for next year. Part of what makes our parties “oh so simple” is that we try to create beautiful crafts out of ordinary inexpensive house items (i.e. coffee filters). I really enjoyed crafting these decroations and I like to imagine they can be reused. Keep checking back at our shop for more of our crafted decor!