Sunspiration – Irish blessings & more

May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks,
May your heart be as light as a song,
May each day bring you bright, happy hours,
That stay with you all the year long.

~Irish Blessing

“May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.” ~Irish Blessing

“May your troubles be less, And your blessing be more.
And nothing but happiness, Come through your door.”
~Irish Blessing

“Why should you never iron a 4-leaf clover? You don’t want to press your luck.” ~Daryl Stout

Always remember to forget
The friends that proved untrue
But never forget to remember
Those that have stuck by you.
~Irish Proverb

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

Rainbow Cupcakes

It’s not far to the gold at the end of this rainbow-topped Emerald Isle cupcake, just the thing for your lads and lasses on St. Patrick’s Day.

What you’ll need:

A cooled cupcake
Grass-green frosting
Several flavors of Airheads candies
A pot’s worth of gold coins

How to make it:

1. To make one, first top a cooled cupcake (baked from your favorite recipe) with grass-green frosting.

2. For the rainbow, use a large, heavy knife (parents only) to cut a long, narrow strip from each of several flavors of Airheads candies
(this is sticky stuff, so work on waxed paper). Lay the strips side by side, press them together, then cut the ribbon of strips in half to make two rainbows.

3. Curve each one into an arch and trim the ends as shown. Set one rainbow upright on the cupcake (save the other for another cupcake) and deposit a pot’s worth of gold coins at one end. If necessary, place a gold coin behind the rainbow for support.

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May the strength of God pilot us.
May the wisdom of God instruct us.
May the hand of God protect us.
May the word of God direct us.
Be always ours this day and for evermore.
~St. Patrick

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