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Heartful Community · For everyone

Create, connect
and gather together.

Signature experiences for friends, workplaces, faith communities and public groups: hands-on, beautifully prepared and ending around a shared table.

Loving Hearts jewelry art piece
Signature experience

Jewelry Art & Pressure Cooker Lunch

Two experiences in one. Create a framed jewelry art keepsake from vintage pieces, costume jewelry, pearls and crystals, then gather for a pressure cooker cooking demonstration and a fresh lunch together.

  • Everything supplied: frame, design, jewelry, tools and lunch
  • Ideal for team days, celebrations, church groups and friends
  • Relaxed, guided and welcoming to first-time makers
  • Gift certificates available
Next public dateBling It On! · Sat, Nov 7
Private groupsBooked on request
Weekly series · Starting January 2027

New Year, Same Lazy Cook.

Good food without the fuss. For busy people who want to eat better without spending their evenings in the kitchen.

  • Dump-and-go dinners for weeknights
  • Batch cooking for the week ahead
  • Healthy soups, grains and one-pot meals
  • Take-home recipe cards every class
New for 2027

New Year, Same Lazy Cook

Keep the resolution to eat better without changing who you are. Each week you’ll learn a few reliable meals that practically cook themselves, and taste them together before you go.

  • Hands-on, friendly and beginner-friendly
  • Gift certificates available: a gift that keeps giving all year
Gifts, kits and more jewelry art
In person & online

Jewelry Art Classes & Kits

Join a live class on Zoom with a kit mailed to your door, gather a group for a private session, or order a kit to make at your own pace.

  • Holiday Jewelry Art Series, live on Zoom
  • Custom designs: hearts, angels, trees, flowers, animals and more

Honouring a loved one? Heartful Memories creates keepsakes from the jewelry and treasures they left behind.

Visit Heartful Memories
Pressure cooker

Easy, practical cooking.

Soups, apple butter, jams and quick everyday meals. Recipe cards come home with everyone.

Vulnerable Sector Screened · First Aid & CPR · NCI Trained · Fully Insured · 35+ years serving our community

How it works

Simple to book. Fully taken care of.

1

Connect

A short conversation about your group, your goals and the people you serve.

2

We design

We tailor the program to your group’s abilities, interests and schedule.

3

We bring everything

Materials, kits, cooking equipment and step-by-step cards arrive with us.

4

Create & connect

A fully guided experience, and we follow up to plan what comes next.

Give the gift of an experience

Gift certificates available.

Give someone a new skill, a creative evening or a fresh start in the kitchen. Gift certificates match our class prices ($55 for a 5 x 5, $65 for a 5 x 7 or $75 for an 8 x 10, plus 4-class pressure cooker series packages at $150 and all four holiday jewelry art classes with kits at $199) and are available online. Packages can be given as gifts too, with a printable certificate included. All make a thoughtful holiday gift for parents, grandparents, friends and colleagues.

Your choice of delivery: a digital certificate is emailed to you right after purchase, ready to print or forward. Prefer a printed certificate mailed to you or the recipient? Just email darlene@heartfulabilities.com with the mailing address.

Connect

Bring a Heartful Experience to your community.

Not sure which program is the right fit? We’d love to help you find it, or build something new around your group.

Darlene Valentine
Founder · Community Builder · Experience Guide

Based inOttawa, Ontario