St. Patrick’s Pot O’ Gold Treasure Hunt / Weekend Links

{ image and design by Sara Schmutz }

One Charming Party is sharing a great idea by Sara Schmutz of Confetti Sunshine for St. Patrick’s Day. All you need to create a Pot O’ Gold treasure hunt are some chocolate gold coins, ice cream cups, and these free Pot O’ Gold printables. You can decorate the cups with the Pot O’ Gold labels and write clues to find the treasure on the four-leaf clover print-outs. What a fun idea.

Here are some more ideas to inspire you and (I hope) make you smile:

• My friend Cathy shared this amazing video. Warning: it may give you butterflies!
• A salad made with Brussels sprouts? I’m intrigued. (The truth is she had me at bacon.)
• I love this idea for preserving children’s artwork in embroidery.
• For you Downton Abbey fans in need of a fix (spotted on willowday).
• I like these tips for happier baking.
• A simple way to liven up those plain white paper lanterns.
• What do you think of this facial-cleansing method?
• This Guilt-o-Meter for moms made me smile. And cringe.
• Speaking of guilt, this post deals with the sensitive issue of how to cope when the Tooth Fairy forgets. (It happens to the best of us.)
• These pizza roll-ups would be fun for the kids to make.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Our spring break officially starts this afternoon. We’re not traveling anywhere, but instead will be tackling our first real decorating project since building the house eight years ago. We pretty much threw all our energy and resources into just getting the house built and haven’t done anything since then. But now we’re going to completely re-do the girls’ room. I’ll be gathering supplies this weekend (a friend told me I have to get Frog Tape for painting. Have you heard of it?) and then we’ll plunge into the project next week. I’m not a decorator (or a painter), so I’m a little nervous. But excited, too.

I hope you have a great weekend. Please come back next week where I’m sure I’ll have lots of ideas on what not to do when you’re decorating a room! Just kidding. (Or not.)