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Get ready early and find the gold at the end of the rainbow... Here's some products to share your festive spirit with your family,friends and community. Find candy, hats, t-shirts, buttons, magnets, party supplies (like paper cups, paper plates, placemats,etc) and much more..all in St Patrick's Day theme. Leprechauns, shamrocks, pots of gold, and green beer, among others, in modern and vintage style as well...You choose and personalize whatever you like with y our name, your family's or your community name. Leprechauns & Shamrocks by Opus Posh

 The original St Nicholas (Santa Claus) suit was tan or brown ; he was a Bishop of Greek descent that  worked mostly in Turkey. He is regarded as the patron saint of children, merchants, students and others. For the many things he did as one of the earliest Christian saints, including resurrecting three kids that had been pickled in brine, he was called the "wonderworker". He also had the habit of secretly leaving gifts for people. This habit gave rise to the legendary character of Sinterklaas (in the Netherlands and Germany) and St Nicholas, Papa Noel, or Santa Claus in the rest of Europe, where he wears a blue suit . The red suit version is attributed to Thomas Nast, a Bavarian-born American artist, working for Harper's Weekly in the United States. He first depicted Santa in 1863, in sepia colors, but in 1881 he depicted Santa with a red suit for the first time. Nast is now known is regarded the father of American Cartoonists, not only for his Santa depiction, but also...

It's that time of the year...the holidays! With Halloween past us, it's time to prepare for Thanksgiving. One of the key things we do is contact and invite friends or relatives we haven't talked to in months or years and send them our best wishes. I have friends, very dear to me, that live far away, and a Thanksgiving card triggers the only time we talk. We receive each other's card, and that brings on a phone call or, if possible, sometimes even a visit. And you probably know how true friends are: it's like we talked yesterday! We all love the personal touch of a paper card. And it gets even more personal when you can get your name (or the recipient's) printed on them. And that's exactly what you get at Zazzle and when they're made by independent artists. I have made several designs for Thanksgiving invitation cards, which I will show you in this post, along with cards made by other artists in Zazzle. Expect to find matching napkins, buttons, sti...

If you don't want to change a lot of things in your home each season, one thing you can change to celebrate each season is add a cushion or two! It's easy and the touch is practical and, actually, helps accentuate the theme as it contrasts with the rest of your decor. Whether it's funny, cute, antique, vintage or ultra modern, it will be more so if the rest of the decor is not...The more mainstream style is, of course, also great: matching your new item (cushion or other) with your decor. Either way, we all like to bring the season into our day and cushions and other details help us do that. Today I will show you some cushions from Zazzle, which you can customize to your liking...by adding or deleting those parts of the art that each artist has designed for you to change! Here they are! Hope you like them! This design features classic seamless autumn leaves in the rich colors of fall: red, deep yellows and browns. Like most cushions that will follow, this one is avai...

Throw blankets add comfort to our days but far from being a merely useful thing to have, they can be art! Throw blankets sure add to your home decor and set the mood of any season. Reds, brown and golden tones and motifs with leaves and trees set the mood for fall and instill a warm light into whichever room you set them in. They can also have text with a personal or seasonal message. I will be showing you a few of the throw blankets at Zazzle, which you can customize to your liking in many ways. Some of the are from my shop (find it here Opus Posh ) or made by others. Have you ever seen a nice blanket or pillow and you say ...geesh wish it had a different text? Or different lettering color? That's less of a problem at Zazzle. The great thing about Zazzle is you can customize the appearance (for example, in some items, you can even change background color) and, most importantly (at least for me!) is you can add your name or your own words to almost any item you like. I...

Most people love spring or..even more common, summer! But I do love autumn! Why? I think it's the season when nature shows off the grand finale of color and light display in all its splendor before erasing everything in winter before it starts again in spring. Don't get me wrong, winter is beautiful...particularly where it snows. The blankets of white and contrasting stark tree bark or the green of spruces and other evergreen trees are all enchanting, but fall is still my favorite! Autumn brings reds, rich browns, orange, gold..it's truly royal! And while Nature does it job outdoors, we bring it into our homes...all spiced up (pun intended) with the smells and tastes of the holidays. Family and friends get closer and the air gets festive and yes, full of food, pumpkin spiced latte (gasp!), hot cocoa and coffee (my favorite!). Here are some ideas for home decor! Some of these are designed by me and posted at my Zazzle shop called Opus Posh and some are made by other...