While looking for an item in the studio, Monet and me came across a project I had done a long time ago. I had made a box of chocolates. The original box I made was crushed, but I had a small box from the treats I bought from the candy house when I went looking for the gold elastic I needed for a project.
The chocolates are made from shiny brown paper and folded into a small folder. When Ma was 16 she worked at a candy factory. She could read the swirls on the top of fancy chocolates which told whether the inside was a cream, nut, nougat, jelly, etc.
I made swirls for the chocolates using Elmer's glue and walnut ink.
The filling inside the chocolate was/is an accordion folded, strip of Arches Text Wove. A chocolate saying was written with walnut ink. You can see the back of the folder in the photo.
Today's chocolate saying is: Forget Love I'd rather fall in chocolate.
I´d rather fall in love ;-) Or in pizza... A former friend of mine once brought sweet muffins for her birthday to work. And pizza-muffins for me. Whooosh those were gone, I managed to get but one!
ReplyDeletePizza's a good choice, too
DeleteI never knew the swirls actually meant something! 😊
ReplyDeleteWe didn't either. If she got a box of fancy chocolates, we just flipped the chocolate over and jammed a finger in to see what the filling was. If we didn't like it, we just put it nicely back in the box. 🤣
DeleteThats pretty amazing CJ~ And what a great memory of your mom. You made me think of Lucille Ball :) Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteI love that episode!
DeleteI didn't know the swirls actually meant something.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Yes, at least the hand dipped chocolates. A secret code to tell you what kind of filling was in the chocolate
DeleteThose chocolates are really cool, but I love the flowers behind them. Did you make them also?
ReplyDeleteNo, I didn't make the floral arrangement. It's a 3D pop up card from Fresh Cut Cards
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