St.Patty's Day Fun!!

Many of you know I celebrate a holiday a month but one of my favorite holidays has always been St.Patrick's Day (St.Patty's Day).  I mean the legends, stories, colors and everything are so much fun! We didn't always celebrate this day as a child, however once I had my first child we celebrated it every year. At first we just wore and had everything green, the second year I read a folk story about

Top 10 Wines for St. Patty's Day from Natalie Maclean

Natalie's Top 10 Green Wine & Food Matches
1. Corned beef and cabbage: Pinot Blanc2. Irish Stew: Cabernet Franc3. Spring Asparagus: Gruner Veltliner 4. Field greens salad: Riesling5. Tomatoes: Pinot Noir6. Green peppers: Sparkling Wine7. Grilled veggies: Rose8. Green peas: Sauvignon Blanc9. Spinach and bacon salad: Merlot10. Artichoke: Verdicchio
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Jelly Cupboard Build Update or not…..

Well unfortunately I haven’t had any time this week to make any progress on the Jelly Cupboard.  I really can’t wait to get it done.  I think it is going to look great.  I was out of town most of the weekend and then last night I had a server crash at work and was here until 4am and back at 8:15am.  Lots of Fun..

I have however ordered the Tin and Tools needed to punch the tin for the front.  My wife will be punching the tin.  I am going to build a little holding jig for her.  I will show that when I get it built.  I had plans to make this elaborate jig that was adjustable for different sizes of tin and all that good stuff.  In thinking about it I decided to keep it simple(KISS). 

We should have all that in next week.  I also have a couple of projects that are jumping to the front that just came up that I will feature here.  I will be making a handful of custom pens.  There are several for a wedding, some for other gifts and a set of pens that are going to go into a Cigar Shop.  <—Those are going to be interesting.  I will be working on a couple others as well.  I have 3 more drawers to get stripped on the Dresser Redo.  I am going to try and work on those tonight and get those knocked out and hopefully get the dresser prepped for paint next week. 

I really need to get it out of the shop and get the bedroom makeover underway.  The makeover will include a review of the Kreg Crown-Pro crown molding jig.  I will show how to use it and give you my thoughts on it as a tool for use around the house. 

Have a Great Day!

~♥Country Comfort♥~

While browsing the web for inspirational pictures I came across these on the Better Homes and Gardens website...Enjoy!

Love, Love, Love this porch.

Red chairs make me smile :)

Very clever!

Love the blue and white dishes!

Love this very organized space.

More red...

Great idea for a linen closet.

More prettiness...

Lovely ferns and a great red couch.

Great red stools.

Darling.

This sink is amazing!

So simple yet so pretty.

More loveliness.

What a great kitchen!

So homey.

I hope you enjoyed these pictures...sorry I didn't have any of my own to post.  Hopefully I'll have something to share with you soon.

Thanks for stopping by, dear friends!

♥ Kim

p.s.  I'll be posting a recipe very soon on my baking blog for Honey Bun Cake!

Pictures by Better Homes & Gardens http://www.bhg.com/

Porch Idea #1

Add a beautiful chandelier to your porch. 

It doesn't need to be wired, you can use candles (dripless).

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