Painted Door Mat...

 Take one plain and boring black rubber mat.

A can of spray paint in your chosen colour...

And spray, spray, spray,

until black disappears!

 LOOKING FABULOUS!

Just what my door entrance needed...

a bright funky POP of colour!

AH but ALAS...

less than 24 hours later

the gorgeous GEORGE was back to his naughty habits 
of chewing everything not nailed down!

Remember GEORGE...
Butter wouldn't melt in my mouth, worlds most adorable 
but most destructable Hungarian Vizla...

(read his story here:)

http://miabellapassion.blogspot.co.nz/2013/08/george.html

Nothing a little glue can't fix I decided...
the mat was glued back together,
 and now has a new home at the craft room door entrance!

And so far so good...

George has left it alone!
I am now on the look out for 'George-proof' mat ideas for the front porch.
A mat that may have to be made from steel!

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Cognac Diamonds...

Sharing a little bit of BLING with you all today...

with pure and natural diamonds.

Now this is my kind of photo shoot...

(and my kind of ring!)

Stunningly beautiful with the gems set in a gorgeous Art Deco setting.

The diamonds are white and brown coloured.
Yes - BROWN!

Have you ever seen brown diamonds before?

For more information visit:
what-are-champagne-or-cognac-diamonds-and-why-should-you-choose-one?

The darker colour is called a 'cognac' diamond.
The paler colour of a 'champagne' diamond.

The earthy palette of this diamond colour is simply divine.

They are mined at Argyle Mine in the Eastern Kimberly region of Western Australia.

The colour of the cognac diamond is attributed to internal graining, which is caused by a structural irregularity in the diamond's crystal lattice.

I'm in LOVE with cognac diamonds!

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Christmas Themed Dessert Party

I know it is becoming a bit habitual but

dessert is a Mia Bella PASSION without a doubt!

So I just had to fit in one more dessert party night before Christmas Day!

And what a fabulous, fabulous time had by all!

Drinks and desserts!

Oh YUM!

 Preparation started  three days before the party.

 with the making of the royal icing Christmas trees.

 Christmas biscuits were baked.

 The snowflake shaped ones iced with royal icing in blue,
Here's a video link to show you how to do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Tru7c32i0

The round ginger sugar cookies were flooded with white royal icing

 in a way depicting melted snow.

Then a white marshmallow placed on top for the snowman's head.

Then three small sugar ball buttons were added. 

 Brown royal icing arms,

 and hands...

A bow tie and a cute wee face,
for melted snowmen cookies.  

I used the 'Ginger Sugar Cookie' Foodnetwork recipe 

which you will find HERE for both the Christmas Star and Melted Snowman cookies.

The table was dressed with am Christmas green and white gingham cloth.
Along with fruity dessert wine and lollies in jars. 

 Bon bons for some Christmas fun.

 Fruit kebabs.

A raspberry cheesecake.

 Bowls of berries.

Everything on the table had little homemade desciption cards!

 The cheesecake recipe is currently a 'secret' for   a collection of new recipes I'm creating for 'the cookbook'
(another work in progress).
But it passed the taste test with flying colours with comments like:
Best Cheesecake ever tasted!
Better than Grandmas secret recipe cheesecake!

Mini bunting with star brads and Christmas wishes made from coloured chopsticks and coloured papers. 
topped the delicious Hummingbird Cake with delectable cream cheese icing.

The big red bow

looked fabulous against the green of the icing Christmas trees...

White platters, and the cake on a matching cake stand.

and then it was time to party!

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