Free Saint Patrick Coloring Page [Printable]

March 17 is the feast day of Saint Patrick!

Enjoy a free coloring page. Here's a peek at it:

Download a free coloring page of the Catholic saint here.

If you have access to the Formed.org website, your kids and you can check out the Patrick: Brave Shepherd of the Emerald Isle video. You can also rent it from your local Catholic bookstore.

Flower-Vase Label for the Virgin Mary: A Free Blessed Mother Printable Craft

Looking for a simple but sweet Blessed Mother craft for May? Here's a quick-and-easy craft: a Mama Mary label to color and cut, and use to decorate a Mason-jar vase.

A photo posted by Vee (@paper_dali) on May 6, 2016 at 10:44pm PDT

First, download the printable here. (Make sure your printer settings doesn't include margins and that the page orientation is horizontal.)

Then color it up however you want. (I colored the background of Mary's alcove yellow... then realized the yellow crown didn't pop, so I changed the background to orange. Remember you can always fix "mistakes" in art and that those "mistakes" can even give your work a unique look.) You can use the little crown pattern to create one for Mary and glue it on.

 Cut out the label, wrap it around a Mason jar (which will serve as a flower vase), and glue it on or tape it. (I taped because I've a deep and abiding love for Scotch tape.)

Then just add a little water to the vase and some fresh flowers then place it wherever you like! We've placed ours on the dining room table as a reminder to say the Hail Mary during our meal prayers in May.

Have a blessed and lovely Marian month!

xo
Vee

Free Mary the Undoer of Knots Coloring Page [Printable]

Recently, a friend gave me a holy card of Mary, the Undoer of Knots. The image of Mary taking the tangled mess of our worries, fears, and sorrows, and bringing order and peace to our hearts has remained with me for the past several days.

As I thought about Mary, I drew my version of Mary and decided to share this free Mary the Undoer of Knots printable with you. 

xo

Free Ash Wednesday Coloring Page [New Printable]

"During this Lent then, brothers and sisters, let us all ask the Lord, 'Fac cor nostrum secundum cor tuum (make our hearts like yours).'" (Pope Francis)

After reading the above in Pope Francis's Lenten message for 2015, I found myself drawing some praying people and pondering the words.

So, on this eve of Ash Wednesday, I wanted to share a free Ash Wednesday coloring page with you. (Click here or on the image for the full-size free downloadable coloring page.)

Please feel free to make as many copies as you need for your home or parish, but do not use it for profit or derivative work. Play nicely.