DIY Silver Tray and Button Heart Art...

Isn't it so much fun re-purposing things?
At the moment I am enjoying being creative with old silver trays.
Combine silver,
and...
some glorious old buttons...
with a little creativity,
and you get a new artwork!
I needed a little something for the wall above the washing machine,
which is for the Laundry revamp (ongoing project).
If you want to know why that is an ongoing project,
It is because I am the sort of person who is easily distracted.
The laundry revamp is fairly minor, 
as there is only a wee bit of touch up painting required,
no major wall painting...
and a little bit of décor changing.
Very difficult to complete when life is so full of distractions like...
photography, other craft projects, my wee grandson and tea parties...
'Never mind', I say, 'I LOVE distractions... 
there is another day tomorrow!'
So to create this:

DIY Button Heart Art
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You need:
An old silver tray (mine is just a small one)
A heart template (Many shapes to choose from on the net)
Marker pen.
Scissors
Paint in a colour of your choice.
Paintbrush
A selection of buttons in chosen colours
Glue.
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Simply cut out your heart template with the scissors.
Place it in position on the tray.
Draw around the outline of it with the marker pen.
Select the buttons to fit in the heart outline...
Paint the heart in your desired colour.
When it is dry,
Glue the buttons on it.
Dry overnight...
and hang on the wall.
(I used those fab velcro 'easy to remove' picture strips)


#heart #craft #buttons





New Cookbook & Blueberry Tarts....

My beautiful daughter gave me this gorgeous cookbook...
(Yet another one of her frequent random acts of kindness!)
'The Ladies Book of Baking'
A Collection of Elegant recipes.
And oh my... 
it is full of simply delicious recipes...
The first one I baked was:
Blueberry Tarts. 
YUM - Baked morsels of berry delight!
Served with a dollop of vanilla ice-cream...
They were very easy to make,
(because you cheat by using ready-rolled pastry!)
and
VERY scrumptious to eat!
Here's the recipe:

Blueberry Tarts
Heat oven to 190 Celsius
Grease a muffin tray or 6 small pie/tart dishes.
Ingredients:
300 grams blueberries (I used frozen)
2 teaspoon cornflour
55 grams caster sugar
4 teaspoons water
55 grams plain flour
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
40 grams diced butter
ready made sweet shortcrust pastry

Make filling:
In a small saucepan put the water, half the blueberries, the cornflour and half the sugar.
Cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly for 2-3 minutes.
Take pan off the heat and add rest of the blueberries.

Make Struesel:
Put the flour, lemon rind, butter and rest of sugar in a bowl 
and combine until like fine crumbs.

Then:
Line muffin tray or dishes with pastry.
Spoon blueberry filling into each case.
Sprinkle tops with struesel mixture.
Bake for 15 minutes until topping is pale gold.
When warm, remove from tins,
plate, and add a dollop of vanilla ice-cream.

EAT!



Dutch Irises...

The colour of this Dutch Iris is AMAZING!
Every year it pops up in 'Mia Bella Gardens'...
With incredible purple blue blooms...
with a bold yellow stripe!

Dutch Iris Information:

Flowering period: June - July
Average plant height: 60 cm
Planting depth to base of bulb: 15 cm
Spacing between bulbs: 10
Light requirement: full sun
Landscape uses: beds, borders and as cut flowers
Dutch irises have never grown wild in the Netherlands. Instead, they are the product of hybridisation carried out by a Dutch plant breeding firm by the name of Tubergen. 

They are easy to grow but need a rich, well-drained soil. 
The flowers are 10 cm in diameter, and are fabulous to use as cut flowers. 

Here are some names for Dutch Iris in the blue/purple and white colour range:
‘Blue Diamond’: blue
‘Blue Magic’: deep purple-blue
‘Blue Ribbon’: (‘Professor Blaauw’): deep blue
‘Casablanca’: white
‘Hildegarde’: light blue
‘Ideal’: sky blue
‘Madonna’: white
‘Purple Sensation’: deep purple
‘Telstar’: deep blue
‘White Bridge’: pure white
‘White van Vliet’: pure white
‘White Wedgwood’: pure white




Colour, roses and a Parisian cushion...

 Colour...
What is your favourite?
I couldn't say...
for I LOVE them all!
 This is a beautiful and colourful selection of flowers
freshly picked from 'Mia Bella Gardens'.
 Canna lilies in the brightest orange...
 With the softest pastel roses...
 Don't you adore 'David Austin' roses?
They must be my most favourite roses variety.
Delicate noisettes of heaven scent.
 A vase full of flowers...
A perfect décor accent 
for my newest Parisian themed bird cushion!




The Soul Cannot Live Without Love...

I came across this quote on Pinterest the other day,
 and it really got me thinking...
Do you think it was the dramatic black background 
and white font that did this?
On our morning walk 
Around Mia Bella Gardens...
past the aviaries,
Gracie and I came upon the most beautiful rose...
In bud it was perfect...
with a given name that sings.
(The rosette shaped yellow rose is a David Austin called 'Symphony'.)
In flower it was lovely...
it's fragrance was from heaven,
and my soul sighed a sigh...
OF LOVE!
And I thought about that quote in dramatic black and white,
that I just had to 'pretty' up a little.
(Here is my version of this quote 
using a rose photograph from 'Mia Bella Gardens'...)
While I was titivating this wee creation for you my friends, 
many questions were running through my mind...
Where do people get LOVE fixes from?
Are you like me and discover 
LOVE
in many things...
Do you feel LOVE looking at a garden full of beauty?
Do you feel LOVE when a poem, story or film touches your heart?
Do you feel LOVE when your acts of kindness touch someone else's soul?
Or someone else's acts of kindness touch yours?
Do you feel LOVE when you create, bake or make something?
Do you feel love in laughter and smiles?
Do you feel LOVE when you spend time with family and friends?
Do you feel LOVE when you play and care 
for your furbaby, scaled or feathered pet friends?
Do you feel LOVE when at one with nature?
Next time you think your life is LOVELESS,
you just need to open your eyes 
LOVE is everywhere...
and it is BEAUTIFUL!

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