St Patrick's Day Flowers
The Poppy SVG from Abbi Kirstin looks like shamrocks. I converted it into green flowers to go on our Lions Club pins, for a meeting this week.
Because there was no way of knowing how many would be present, or would need green for the clubs March requirement that we wear green, I made a bunch of extras, and then made a few more when I realized I liked the look in a crock as a decoration. :-)
The exact SVG I used is from Abbi Kirstin and is no longer free
However, I think that the FREE version by Jennifer Maker looks nearly identical
I had used this same project in the past, for Poppy Pins for Remembrance Day. These are the modifications I used on the original file:
1. After all the pieces are uploaded, select all, align center. Then resize to 6.5 wide. I may even go to 6 wide next time - but 6.5 worked, and the centers still cut well, I cut on cardstock plus for the centers - just to make sure they cut well.
2. I deleted 3 of the 3 petal pieces - making each flower just 3 layers. The 4th layer is nice for bouquets, but for the pins, I wanted a little less fluff.
I used hot glue to attach floral wire to the inside of the first layer, then assembled the rest of the flower. The wires tuck neatly between the magnets on our club pins.
The shamrock mandala is from Special Hearts Studio - Free svg
Those brown things on the sides are Insulator Caps. I have collected these for many years, and when my gram passed away, I found a fantastic collection of them in my grandfathers garage. He had died before I was born, I had no idea he had collected them too. :-) Years later I learned that there's a whole convention in Ohio for collectors! I'm not that serious about my collection - but I would like to go to the convention one year.
"Insulators are non-electrical conducting objects, usually made of glass or porcelain, intended to insulate the current running in a wire from grounding out, especially in fog or rain. Most often they are mounted on wooden pins on the cross arms of telephone poles"
My St Patrick's Day Leaf Gnome is not a free file.
I made this using the fall leaf gnome from Dreaming Tree
Dreaming Tree Leaf Gnome - St Patrick's Day Version
The Leaf Gnome Project from Dreaming Tree
Converted For St Patrick's Day
3D Printed Tools For Flower Making
My husband used his 3D Printer to print this flower rolling tool. There are a variety of free files for these, but this one is my favorite. I was surprised by how much I like the handle on this.
PAID FEATURE - Warp Text In Design Space
A look at the new Warp Text Option, and free alternatives for those who choose not to pay for Cricut Access.
Stout Stew, Colcannon Potatoes, & Soda Bread - Our Favorite St Patricks Day Dinner
Irish Recipes From A Pennsylvania Dutch Farm Wife
Who Almost Never Follows A Recipe
I 've read that the food most eaten in Ireland on St Patrick's day is "sausage and chips [fries]". Because it's a festival day, and many families will eat out rather than cook. So while I'm making Irish Stout Stew, Colcannon Potatoes, Soda Bread, and an "Irish" potato candy that was first made in Philadelphia... those in Ireland are most likely eating sausage and french fries.
Owl Paper Bag - A Kids Craft With Cricut (Free svg)
My nearly 3 year old grandson loves to craft with Grandma, and paper bag puppets are currently one of his favorite things to make. I haven't been able to find many free svgs for them, so I have been creating some of my own.
Easter Explosion Basket
This Easter Basket Opens in Layers, each layer having another selection of candy.
There's a free svg for making this, but I found that it's easier, and faster, to cut the majority of this by hand. All of my accessories were cut with cricut, and the handle, which is part of the svg, I also cut with cricut.
An Easter Candy Explosion Basket
On my desk this morning... the Easter Candy Explosion Box From Minor DIY . Trust me, it's easier than it looks to make this! Once you make one, it will be really quick to make more.
The explosion box svg is from:
It's made from Dollar Tree Posterboard, which cuts well on the medium cardstock, more pressure setting.
(I tried the posterboard setting and it did not work nearly as well)
For the rectangle cuts, I cut them by hand with an exacto knife. You have to cut the posterboard down to make it fit on a mat anyway, so since I was already cutting, I figured I might as well just cut to size.
I think it was a LOT faster than feeding all those mats into the machine.
I did cut all of the lids and the handles with the cricut. I changed everything to white, since I was using all white posterboard, and changed the mat size to 12x24. Then I cut posterboard down to 12x24 to fit on my 12x24 mats.
My machine made a weird extra cut in the handle. Just random - it doesn't appear in the svg. I have a strong love hate relationship with my new maker, it does a lot of odd things like this.
So I covered it with a flower that I had made when I was trying out a variety of free daisy svgs
All of the elements I added were things I had premade, near my craft desk. I was in a rush - so it was what I saw and could grab quickly. 🙂
The bunny card on top of the box was a limited time free svg - the card is no longer free, but the basic bunny is:
The Bunny Head free svg is from the slider card tutorial here -
The mandala bunny is a free svg from:
The Flower on the smallest box is from the free flower card svg here:
(I make this card a LOT - it's one of my favorites!)
I only used the extra insert support panels on the outside layer. I think it will depend on the candy you use, but that worked for me.
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NOT FREE
Dreaming Tree has a different version, here:
Easter Pie (Pizza Gaina)
Years ago a friend brought us an "Easter Pie"
Her recipe, from her grandmother, uses Ricotta, Romano, Pepperoni, Salami, Hard boiled eggs, Acini di pepe (a pasta), and salt and pepper. (That is not what is shown here)
An Italian dish, this is also known as Pizza Rustica. There are dozens of variations of the recipe, and I make it a little differently every time. They are most commonly filled with ham, salami, prosciutto, ricotta, mozzarella, and romano cheeses.. Hard boiled eggs are frequently used as well.
Some recipes layer the meats, others chop them and mix everything together.
Some even add spinach, or artichokes. Much like a quiche, you can make endless variations.
Note - many traditional recipes use "basket cheese". Basket cheese is very similar to fresh homemade mozzarella, but many recipes offer ricotta as a substitute. Either works.
I rarely use a an actual recipe for much of anything, much to my daughter in laws dismay. In recent years I've made more of an attempt to write down basic recipes that are the "starting point" at least. This is the "starting point" recipe for my Easter Pie in 2020. I'm going to try to remember to come back each year and add the different variations as I try them, but it took me until 2023 to finish this 2020 post... so we'll see how that goes. :-)
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Basic Pizza Rustica - No Pasta Nor Ricotta
1/4 lb slicing peperoni (sliced at the deli)
1/4 lb mortadella (bologna)
1/4 lb capicola or ham
1/4 lb genoa salami
1/4 lb prosciutto
4 hard boiled eggs
1/2 lb provolone (sharp or mild to your preference)
1 lb mozzarella cheese, fresh or regular or basket cheese if available
10 eggs, beaten
2 pk Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust (or make your own!)
THIS MAKES TWO PIES
Prebake the bottom crust. Layer the ingredients:
Pepperoni
Beaten Egg
Bologna
1/4 of the mozzarella
capicola
beaten eggs
provolone
sliced hard boiled eggs
prosciutto
beaten eggs
1/4 mozzarella
salami
rest of the beaten eggs
press down gently, top with pie crust
Pepperoni
Beaten Egg
Bologna
1/4 of the mozzarella
capicola
beaten eggs
provolone
sliced hard boiled eggs
prosciutto
beaten eggs
1/4 mozzarella
salami
rest of the beaten eggs
press down gently, top with pie crust
Brush the top of the crust with a beaten egg.
Some like to make this deeper, in a springform pan.
I like a deep pie dish for mine.
Cut vents into your top crust.
Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes, then either brush with more egg, or cover with foil, and bake for another 45 minutes.
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Free Fonts With Lots Of Swirls - No Character Map Needed
Free Fonts With Lots Of Swirls
No Character Map Needed
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