![St-Patricks-Day-Mantel.jpg St Patricks Day Mantel](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ok5_engm0dc/VO_9ZO5bPAI/AAAAAAABUXI/DrIawzPP9MI/St-Patricks-Day-Mantel.jpg?imgmax=800)
I have finally got my St. Patrick’s day mantel up and can’t wait to share it with you. Even though it isn’t a big holiday, it is fun to see what I can come up with every year and this year was no exception.
![LUCK-valentines-mantel.jpg LUCK valentines mantel](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-24tufJLku8k/VO_9TD5XVtI/AAAAAAABUWw/DsvSNMHjaOw/LUCK-valentines-mantel.jpg?imgmax=800)
This year I created a couple of new items to use. One was my String Art Shamrock, which I am still in love with:
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5KlCpr_JZPM/VO1P0IuAzpI/AAAAAAABUH8/-14DqB6AW3w/string-and-nail-shamrock.jpg?imgmax=800)
The other is this new large LUCK word art piece.
![LUCK-sign.jpg LUCK sign](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-iImC_4ldNJ0/VO_9Qzcil_I/AAAAAAABUWo/6y4jz_esMBc/LUCK-sign.jpg?imgmax=800)
I found these ‘wood’ (they are more like MDF) letters at Hobby Lobby, on sale for less than $2 each. And then I grabbed a 2x2 piece of plywood from Home Depot for about $6, This isn’t the same high quality maple plywood I used for the Shamrock. This is bottom of the line el-cheap-o plywood:
![Luck-Plywood-Sign.jpg Luck Plywood Sign](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-N_nZ2PaTdHA/VO_9MQpkScI/AAAAAAABUWY/xZXhVkzGzz0/Luck-Plywood-Sign.jpg?imgmax=800)
![Gold-Sparkle-Spray-Paint-letters.jpg Gold Sparkle Spray Paint letters](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JXZ4eABCMxc/VO_9ILDSjvI/AAAAAAABUWI/zxwn_Ne_3_o/Gold-Sparkle-Spray-Paint-letters.jpg?imgmax=800)
In the interest of time (and laziness) I also spay painted the board kelly green, but regular paint probably would have been better.
![Spray-painting-plywood.jpg Spray painting plywood](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qWb0H6akkg4/VO_9W-wNlXI/AAAAAAABUXA/63lABn2ROlc/Spray-painting-plywood.jpg?imgmax=800)
Finally I used a glue gun to attach the letters to the board:
![Glue-gunning-on-sign-letters.jpg Glue gunning on sign letters](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Gg_hvbmCI5Q/VO_9GBdJXII/AAAAAAABUWA/xLpgCE38z6Y/Glue-gunning-on-sign-letters.jpg?imgmax=800)
And that was all there was to it. I used it as the centerpiece to my 2015 mantel:
![Luck-Sign-and-Shamrock.jpg Luck Sign and Shamrock](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_a2t3kHsEMM/VO_9O8haDFI/AAAAAAABUWg/359SSzz1kt0/Luck-Sign-and-Shamrock.jpg?imgmax=800)
![St.-Patricks-Mantel.jpg St Patricks Mantel](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MvbHCwQvW2k/VO_8_pKUy9I/AAAAAAABUV4/SElgxkASLU0/St.-Patricks-Mantel.jpg?imgmax=800)
I reused my paint chip swag I made a couple years ago..
![St.-Patricks-Paint-Chip-Garland.jpg St Patricks Paint Chip Garland](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-44oWAI65PEg/VO_9bVWFKUI/AAAAAAABUXQ/n3FHpFjua_E/St.-Patricks-Paint-Chip-Garland.jpg?imgmax=800)
![Shamrock-on-Mantel.jpg Shamrock on Mantel](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zGjjBrptD_o/VO_9VNI8YVI/AAAAAAABUW4/IsJpIqcOPB8/Shamrock-on-Mantel.jpg?imgmax=800)
![Green-Saint-Patricks-Garland.jpg Green Saint Patricks Garland](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4yscC5JQB88/VO_9KHG6yvI/AAAAAAABUWQ/uWShamb4EDA/Green-Saint-Patricks-Garland.jpg?imgmax=800)
![Green-Shamrock-mantel.jpg Green Shamrock mantel](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oCTV2ZfBnyQ/VO_9dY33jkI/AAAAAAABUXY/Ee_Vq5Xqnc4/Green-Shamrock-mantel.jpg?imgmax=800)