This Week's Blog Post

Necklace Set

This focal piece is resin with pieces of mother of pearl and brown lip shell embedded within it!

I used white howlite and chrysanthemum stone in the strand to complement the cylinder. The set is available at Miss Val's Creations.

Custom Scrapbook

One of my girlfriends just turned the big 4-0 and her daughter threw her a wonderful surprise party! I knew I wanted to get a special gift for the occasion. 

She picked up running a couple of years ago and has been in various races! She had mentioned to me a while back that she wanted to start scrapbooking her successes. When I asked her daughter if she had started one, she said no. So I immediately thought of Edi’s custom scrapbooks from Memories for Life!

So here it is!

She included the cutest accents!

My friend will be able to affix her favorite photos throughout the album.

There is space for notes too!

Check out Memories for Life for a variety of custom gifts for so many occasions!

Umbrella
I got the cutest umbrella! I love its stylish cartoon art!

Wishing you a wonderful week ahead! As always, thank you for stopping by! ~Val

This Week's Blog Post

Rose Quartz and Shell Necklace

This is my latest necklace! The shells are called green everlasting curly shells. I love the soft pink of their insides so I placed them so that side shows more than the opposite which is more brown and green. The rose quartz is so pretty with them!

The freeform wire pendant was one I showed on my blog a while back. I thought I wanted to do more with it but over time I just liked it as is! When making the necklace I realized it needed something to tie into the strand, hence 2 little rose quart beads dangling! This piece is available at Miss Val’s Creations.

Chocolate Fondue

This was Jim and my first chocolate fondue experience together. So fun!!! We melted various high quality chocolate bars together. 

We chopped up the delicious fruits.

Dipped.

Mmmm! The orange was both our favorites!

Jim had the brilliant idea of pouring the leftover chocolate (it was so rich that there was tons left) onto nut clusters to create turtle like treats without the caramel. 

 A relatively healthy candy! These were kept in the freezer and were perfectly edible right out of it!

They did not freeze solid and kept for almost a month in there until all eaten! I look forward to playing with chocolate again. 

Wanelo

Does anyone use Wanelo? I am curious if it seems like a good social networking tool or not. I see it mentioned here and there in forums by Etsy users. So I started playing with it and have a whopping 1 follower! Like most social media, this is fun too. It is nowhere near as fun as Pinterest though!

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you all have a great week ahead!!!  ~Val