Create a simple Driftwood Heart...

What a cutie this driftwood heart is...

So easy to make.

And a great excuse to go to the beach,

driftwood collecting is so much fun,

and the sea air is revitalising!

It's also the perfect holiday activity for the kids,
as it is complete in a few hours.

What you need to create a simple driftwood heart is:

A heart template.

Sturdy cardboard (from a box)

Scissors.

Paint in a colour of your choice

Glue

and

small driftwood pieces.

Tape and a piece of jute rope to hang.

Cut out your heart template if it is printed on paper.

I used an elongated heart design.

http://www.craftideas.info/html/country_heart_template_b.html

Use this as a template to transfer the shape on to the cardboard.

Cut it out.

Paint the heart shape and set aside to dry.

Glue the driftwood pieces on to the heart.

Once again leave to dry.

Tape a piece of jute rope to the back of the heart

Hang on your wall and enjoy!

2014's Most Popular Mia Bella Passions post!

2014's  most popular post was...

the DIY tin can wreath.

 It was imperfectly wonky and completely wrong!
It was almost a DIY disaster!
But... 
You Loved it...

You hated it...
It was pinned...
It was Shared...

It was featured...
It went viral...
with 34k hits!!!

So here it is again

Mia Bella Passions 
most popular post for 2014!
http://miabellapassion.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/diy-tin-can-christmas-wreath.html

Flax Flower Love...

It's not just about pretty flowers...

can you see the beauty 

in the more unusual forms and shapes

 of the soon to be seed bearers of some plants?

I am particularly fond of flax flowers and seed heads,

so today's Mia Bella Gardens Photograph is of a flax seed head.

These photographs were shot just before dusk.

I adore the way the light orbs dance in the background,

and how you can see the delicate strands of spider silk..

 Beautiful!

Can you see where raindrop is hiding?
Found on a smaller variety of variegated flax

these flowers dressed in lime green, yellow, red and orange are very dainty, 

 compared to the size and shape of ones on the large standard flax bush...

I think they are simply beautiful!

In Love with Roses...

Today's flower photograph is of a rose called 'Just Joey'.

Apricot and  peachy 

with a lovely scent = pure loveliness!
The blooms fade to a soft buff colour as they age.

One of my favourites,

it is a hybrid tea rose

with huge five inch blooms that have an unusual ruffled edge.

The bush is small to medium in size.

The bonus about this rose is that it is free-flowering!

In Mia Bella Gardens it blooms all summer long right through to early winter.