St. Patrick’s day is almost here! I am “lucky” to be able to show you how to set your St. Patrick’s day table in copper and green!
This year I have created a fun St. Patrick’s day table in copper and green highlighting the lucky penny! Both my husband and I have Irish heritage so it is always fun to celebrate in unique ways.
I love the copper color of pennies and I am excited to share with you how I created this elegant Irish tablescape.
Items needed to create St. Patrick’s day table
You might remember how this round table began? We bought it at a thrift store about 11 years ago! My hubby painted it and gave it an aged look by rubbing away certain spots.
I love love this table and chairs in our kitchen nook.
What to use to decorate for St. Patrick’s day?
Of course the Irish tradition of using green is a must! My green and white checked napkins will work perfectly along with some black and white plaid napkins (not pictured)
Adding some texture I am using my woven placemats.
White dinner plates, green salad plates, gold flatware, green goblets, greenery. Plus lots of pennies!
Lucky Irish penny table runner
Looking for ideas on the internet I came across a table entirely covered with pennies! It looked so cool but I just don’t have time to cover my entire table with pennies.
So I decided to improvise. I created a copper penny table runner!
At first I laid out the pennies and formed a circle but I wanted more of the copper pennies to show up.
Using a plastic spatula type thing I pushed the pennies around and formed a runner!
How “lucky” is that?
It took a little time and lots of pennies but I really love how it turned out.
Then I added some faux greenery in little black pots along with some brass candlesticks and glass votives.
I used these same brass candlesticks on this tablescape here.
Have you heard the story behind the Irish tradition of the lucky penny?
Giving a Lucky Penny is a very old Irish tradition originally associated with the buying and selling of farm animals. After the buyer and seller agree terms, the seller would then gift the buyer a sum of money for “good luck”. In old Ireland this would typically have been a penny.
Irish green, copper and gold place settings
To keep with my green, white, copper and gold theme I used my white dinner plates.
I topped them with either green salad plates or black and white fleur de lis salad plates.
Those black and white plates are some of my favorites and I have used them in this black and white and pink table here and my Thanksgiving table here.
Mini Copper dutch ovens
To bring in more of the copper color I found these adorable mini dutch ovens or casserole copper pots. They look so cute sitting on top of the salad plates.
I think they will be perfect to serve a little Irish stew or maybe Irish potato soup in.
These little copper pots are the perfect thing to hold my checked napkins in.
I simply gathered them by holding them in the middle and placing the end inside the pots.
Then I fluffed them out kind of like a flower.
The green plaid or the black plaid napkins look great in them.
I think these mini copper pots can be used in multiple ways.
You could use them as a vase to hold small pots of flowers or even herbs in them on the table for a different look.
Closer look at the entire St. Patrick’s Day table
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St. Patrick’s Day Blog Hop
I am participating in When Irish eyes are smiling St. Patrick’s Day blog hop hosted by Debbees Buzz! Make sure you visit all my friends and get inspiring ideas for your St. Patrick’s day celebrations!
St. Patrick’s Day Flying Colors Tablescape ☘ Panoply
Top of the Mornin’ to You! ☘ Hyacinths for the Soul
A Table With Irish Knot Carolers ☘ Life and Linda
Feelin’ A Wee Bit Irish ☘ Home is Where the Boat Is
Easy, Hearty Irish Stew for St. Patrick’s Day ☘ Debbee’s Buzz
St. Patrick’s Day Copper & Green Table ☘ Karins Kottage
Lucky & Blessed St. Patrick’s Day Table ☘ The Painted Apron
Copycat Red Robin Chocolate Guinness Shake ☘ My Hubbard Home
Putting a Spring Into My Step on St. Patrick’s Day ☘ The Little Yellow Corner Store
St. Patrick’s Day Blessings and Tablescape ☘ Me and My Captain
Flower Pot Leprechaun Hat St. Patrick’s Day Craft ☘ Interior Frugalista
How to Set an Elegantly Nonconformist St Patrick’s Day Tablescape ☘ Mantel and Table
Enchanted Leprechaun Grove ☘ Corner of Plaid and Paisley
St. Patrick’s Day Door Hanger Dollar Tree DIY ☘ Zucchini Sisters
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This is such a pretty table! I love that you used pennies for the base of your centerpiece too. What a fun idea.
Your tablescape is lovely, Karin… and I love that runner! I’m delighted to be featuring your post at Tuesday Turn About this week! Pinned!
Your St. Patrick’s Day table decor is all so pretty! I’m loving the penny runner. Thank you for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty!
Karin, you did a great job with the copper and green table setting. I am happy to feature you at the FWF link party!
Thanks for sharing what is happening in your world 🙂
Hugs,
Rachelle
Karin, your copper runner is stunning and so clever! I love those mini copper dutch ovens…they would be perfect with Debbee’s Irish Stew! Green is my favorite color, so I love seeing all of the pops of green. Your photography is gorgeous, too! It was so nice to have you join the hop. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Love the clever use of pennies! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I LOVE your table Karin! Copper is one of my favorite things, and your penny idea is brilliant! So perfect for St Patrick’s Day. And those little copper pans are totally darling. Thanks for the link – I’m clicking over to get some now. Always so nice sharing a hop with you – I so love your elegant tabletop style! 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration, and Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Karin, I love your idea of a penny table runner and its meaning. How unique and so interesting for the table, especially with your copper mini dutch oven pots. They all work so beautifully with the greenery and the black accents. So elegant and a lot of texture to your table. A unique way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Enjoy!
Karin, how clever! I love your idea of the copper penny runner. We are fans of copper, so seeing your touches on the table inspires me. It’s a perfect choice and looks great with your green. Pretty table!
Love it! Great way to use those pennies…love the inspiration to use with my copper pieces.
I adore your penny runner on your St. Patrick’s Day table and history behind it! I like it even better that it’s not permanent you didn’t have to ‘spend’ 🙂 too much time gluing them in place! Your copper pots are a wonderful addition and pair so well with all your green table accessories. So happy to hop with you again, wishing your wonderful St. Paddy’s Day. ☘️
Now that is a very unique table runner, Karin! You always add something fun to your tables that make them so different and interesting. Adding the plants down the middle filled it out, and those copper pots are really cute. I love copper and wish I had more of it!
Hugs,
Rachelle
Very pretty table Karin. Love the penny runner and the story behind it.
Those mini copper pots are so cute. I might have to add them to my shopping list. Copper is so pretty. The green napkins look fabulous in the copper pots. Love your green goblets. Such a lovely table to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. A pleasure joining you on this fun blog hop.
Karin, what a unique and fabulous St. Paddy’s Day tablescape! Oh that copper penny runner — what patience you have my dear, lol! It turned out great, and such a very clever idea. Thanks too for the history of the “lucky penny.” I confess to being a little green with envy over those wonderful copper pots! I’d love to marry them with my Ireland Pursuit dishes, and am resisting the very strong urge to purchase 4-6 since storage is always a challenge here. Fun arranging of the napkins too — I love to to incorporate interesting napkin folds when styling a table. Adding yours to my list! Thanks for joining us this year, appreciate the time and effort you put into your festive post.
Karin, I absolutely adore your penny table runner! Here in Canada, they retired the Canadian penny in 2012 and so this is a great idea for recycling them. Attaching them to a fabric table runner or a thin piece of wood to make a permanent year-round runner would be fabulous and a real conversation piece. Your St. Patrick’s day tablescape is lovely and perfect for a spring tablescape too.
Oh Karin, I LOVE LOVE this table! The copper penny table runner is absolutely brilliant, how clever and creative! I also love your mini copper pots and the black and white accents look so great with the green elements! The way you mixed and matched the plate stacks looks so good. Great table!!
Karin, I LOVE this! I absolutely love the penny runner and the symbolism. That’s so cool. Even your table assemblage of all the elements just gathered makes a nice photo frame! The copper pots are a neat addition to your plate stack to go with the penny runner. I would’ve definitely guessed you as part Irish (as am I). It’s fun to celebrate the holiday, but especially the heritage. You always have great table ideas.
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Wow! I love your copper penny runner! Very clever and unique! And I love your little copper Dutch ovens. I agree that they would be great to serve some potato soup, or even Colcannon! I brought out my copper for St. Valentine’s Day, so I know how interesting and challenging it is to do a table around that theme. Thank you for a delightful post!
I adore your table Karin, the copper and green are perfect together and so refreshing. Although I don’t know if I would have had the patience to make the copper runner. LOL…it is still a neat idea.
Thanks for joining us in this hop. New inspiration is always welcome.
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Kari @ Me and My Captain