It's Not Easy Being Green

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Boston! Though the parade and Irish Pubs are raging in Southie, it's pretty quiet out in the suburbs. Yesterday, I made a loaf of Irish Soda Bread, cutting the butter into the flour, sprinkling in a handful of raisins, and gradually adding in buttermilk until the dough just came together. It baked up a lovely golden brown and filled the house with the smell of freshly baked bread. Today I'm wearing green and am celebrating my Irish heritage by making a batch of Potato Leek Soup, since there's no potato famine in sight. 

In case you're still looking to add a little green to your life, here are some of my favorite colorful housewares from around the web. 

How about a little espresso to go along with that soda bread? This Green Coffee Pot from Anthropologie is too cute and would look great perched on the stove top year-round.

I've had my eye on these little Fleur-de-Lys glasses, also from Anthropologie, for quite a while now.

When serving up a big Irish dinner, these Ross Lab salt and pepper cellars would add a nice little pop of green to the table.

Just think how lovely a bouquet of spring flowers would be in this vase by Jill Rosenwald for a St. Patrick's Day brunch!

Maybe Guinness isn't your thing, and you just want to curl up on the couch with a cup of tea, using this adorable green tea mug cozy from Knit Storm. 

For mixing up cocktails (maybe with Irish Whiskey), I would love to have a set of these stylish hand-blown Zafferano green coupe glasses.

If none of these tickle your fancy, you can always go for a pint of green beer!