BOLD BRIGHTS - Interior Art Print Ideas...

Castles In The Sky

Change up your decor with BOLD and BRIGHT art prints.

Angel Flowers

I love colour and the transformation it gives to an interior. 

If you do too, here are some ideas for wall art and tips on colour usage.

            Beauty Of The Rose

Bring in the focal colour into the room decor with a matching or pattern contrasting rug, throw or matching pillows.

Don't be scared of using texture.

A Moment In Time

If you are trying to create a specific mood in a room, colours in bold colours will set the tone and make a statement.

Fire Lily

If you fear using bold colours in the decor, mix colours that are complementary to each other.

Purple Pansy

The print images shown can be placed in a frame of your choice and printed from small to large in size via Fine Art America.

Like An Echo

Large size artwork suits large rooms.

Placing a large scale artwork on a wall in a smaller room may cause an 'overcrowded' look.

If you want to, create a gallery wall of various artworks, use a selection of smaller sized framed prints in contrasting colours and frames for the best effect.

You can choose a theme of subject matter for the collection such as oceanic, abstracts, flowers, landscapes, birds or animals.

Kingfisher & Rust

In a room that is quite neutral, you can introduce colour into the space with the art and also with accents in decor pieces.

When you update the room at a later date, all you need to do is change up the accessories.

A much cheaper option than changing the wall colour and furniture.

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Cafe Style Mini Frittatas

Have you ever had that 'What's for breakfast or lunch moment'?

Well, that happened at breakfast time today!

Though in all honesty, I am more of a brunch type of girl as I try to follow an intermittent fasting routine.

Cafe food is so expensive nowadays, that eating out is a true treat, so I whipped up these sumptuous cafe-style mini frittatas. 

                            

A ten minute pre and mix, before baking.

The mixture of ingredients makes six.

They are cooked in a medium sized nonstick muffin pan.

There's just 'the two of us' at home, so we ate

three each with a chilli sauce swish on the side.

If you don't like chilli or sweet chilli sauce, you can serve the frittatas with a dollop of your favourite chutney.

If you are wanting an easy light evening meal, just add a side of mixed green salad made to your liking.

You will Need:

3 large free-range eggs

1 teaspoon of wholegrain mustard

1 Tablespoon of sour cream

1/3 cup grated zucchini

2 large tablespoons of finely diced onion

1 slice of diced middle bacon (excess fat removed)

1 tablespoon of chopped parsley

2 chopped cherry tomatoes

2 tablespoons of self-raising flour

To Make:

Preheat the oven to 180 Celcius (356F)

In a bowl, whisk the eggs until frothy.

Add the mustard and sour cream.

Whisk well until blended.

Add the flour then mix again.

Switch the whisk for a spoon.

Stir through all the other ingredients.

Grease the muffin pan holes.

Spoon mixture evenly in them.

Bake for 30 minutes or until the egg is cooked.

Cool slightly.

Plate and serve.

These can also be eaten cold so are fabulous for the lunch box.

Printable recipe HERE.

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Beach Bunnies - FREE PRINT

 HAPPY EASTER Y'ALL!

I have painted a cute little bunny picture for you to celebrate this special time.

I am painting and creating at the beach office, hence the inspiration for this image.

Three, cute little baby bunnies enjoying the small joys of life.

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If you would like a larger file image to print, just join the email subscription list, and then send me a request via miabellapassion@gmail.com.

This image is ready to copy, save and print, for small frame gifts, cards, and scrapbooks.

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Smokey Sausage Hors d’oeuvres

Smokey Sausage Hors d’oeuvres, a tasty pre-dinner appetiser.

Perfect with a glass of your favourite wine.

Perfect as a platter dish for a party or 'Happy Hour' with friends.

Red smokey sausage, cucumber spiral and a pop of cheese on top.

These tasty darlings are very simple to make.

To Make Nine You Need:

12 cm (5 inch) cocktail skewers 

Three red sausages such as smokey saveloys

Cucumber 

Cheese (I used Edam)

To Make:

Cut the cucumber into a 12cm (5-inch) length.

Peel the cucumber and then use the peeler to pull wide strips.

Lay it on absorbent paper.

Cut sausages into 4cm (1 1/2-inch) slices and cube the cheese.

Place a cube of cheese on your cocktail stick.

Then concertina thread the cucumber onto it.

Press the stick of cheese and cucumber into the sausage.

I made nine Hors d’oeuvres out of three sausages.

But you can make as many as you require for your function,

just increase the sausage, and cucumber cheese ratio accordingly.

A simple, quick, party plate is sorted!

Printable recipe HERE.

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Arty Imprint Wall Hanging

Here is an arty 'three day to make' gift idea.

Using airdry clay, and dry flowers.

The hanger only takes half an hour to create.

Plus drying time.

Plus painting time if you choose to do this.

The drying process of the clay can be quickened by placing the wall hanging on a flat tray and put into an oven that's been heated to about 50 degrees celsius (about 122 degrees Fahrenheit) for an hour.

To Make:

Airdry clay (I used Jovi brand - 500 grams (1.1 lb)

Rolling pin and a metal tablespoon

Dried flowers, grasses, leaves, twigs

Acrylic paint

A flat head nail or a straw

Twine or ribbon

Step1: 

Roll out the airdry clay into an oval shape about 1cm thick.

Do this on a sheet of baking paper so it won't stick to your work surface. 

(I should have done this, but a thin metal spatula lifted it carefully off the wood table at Step 5)

Smooth top with a metal spoon.

Step 2:

Place an arrangement of flowers onto the clay.

Step 3:

Using the rolling pin gently roll and press the flowers, etc down.

Then carefully lift the flowers off the clay to reveal the imprint design.

Step 4:

Pinch the outer edge of the clay like you would a pie edge.

Step 5:

Place two holes as shown using the flat head nail or a straw.

Place on a flat tray.

Leave for at least three days to dry.

Step 6:

At this stage, you can add paint to your hanger.

Or you can just leave it as is in its  natural form.

I have used the following liquid paints:

Golden Liquid Acrylic in Aqua

Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic in Galactic Blue

Liquitex ink in gold.

But you can use any colour combinations you choose.

With a brush paint the details of the flora impression.

I love this beautiful aqua colour.

I added gold and a little darker blue.

Then a border of the aqua, and on the edge of the plaque some gold.

Step 7:

Attach a rope, ribbon or wire hanger through the holes to hang on a wall.

Step 8:

Hang it in your home or gift.

I added a little bunch of 'Bunny Tails' to cover the wall hook.

And that just adds a little touch of whimsy.

More about 'Bunny Tails' - Lagurus ovatus:

Bunny Tails are my favourite small grass.

It's also known as Hare's Tail Grass. 

The seed heads are soft and fluffy, just like a rabbit's cottontail.

It's an annual grass and grows wild on many beaches in New Zealand over the summer months.

It's native to the Mediterranean.

The seed heads are wonderful in vases and are easily dried, displayed in their natural colour, or dyed any colour you want.

The dried fluffy seed head lasts months to years, as they don't 

open to release seeds.

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