Missionary Farewell or Dad's Day Tie Shaped Rice Krispie Treats

 My cousin's son was leaving on an LDS mission and asked that I make some of

the Tie Treats for his farewell... we had so much fun making Jaden's we had to say yes!

My Uncle is a huge Dallas Cowboy's fan so I had to make a few that had

the Cowboys star ;-)

 I bought a cookie cutter in the shape of a tie and then just buttered the mold inside

and pressed the Rice Krispies right into the mold.  I discovered that if I sprayed the

waxed paper when I turned the cutter over so that the "finger pressing" was on

the bottom then the top had a very flat surface.  It was easier to spread the

melted chocolate disks on the top with a brush.

 Then I added melted white chocolate chips as the decoration. 

Since I don't cake decorate much... you can tell my hand got tired very quickly. 

The kids enjoyed them so that's all the really matters!

Missionary Tie Rice Krispie Treats

 I can't believe it's been 2 years since Jaden left on this mission.

I made the Missionary Name Tag Rice Krispie Treats for his farewell

 and I thought ties would be cute for his welcome home!

 I usually always have molds for my treats... but I had this cute

tie cookie cutter and decided to "mold" them inside the cutter.

It worked out pretty good.  I wanted the ties to have color and since

he wore a red tie home on the plane... I thought we would make them red.

I melted 2 bags of Wilton Candy Melts when we tried to dunk the tie in the

melted chocolate it melted the Rice Krispie treats and it would not work at all... 

so my sweet husband "frosted" them with the melted chocolate instead.

Since they didn't get molded they didn't have any butter on the top to

keep from sticking to everything.  We figured out that if we turned the tie over

after it had set for a while... not only did we have a smoother surface to spread

the colored chocolate on...but the tops became the bottoms and it had a

bit of butter on it from my fingers smooshing it into the cutter.

NO more sticking!

We laughed about the different shapes we could use the tie for with a few minor

smooth outs... one was a drum stick... a baseball bat and a fish!

As always I never plan enough time to make them "beautiful"

but they tasted delicious and that's what matters most!

Happy Crafting ~ Vicki

Missionary Name Tag Rice Krispie Treats...

Here is the marshmallow mixture ready to be smooshed in the pan...

I used a buttered glass to press the mixture together and to get a more even texture...

After I spread on the melted Black Chocolate Candy Melts...

When Josh told me that Jaden (my sweet daughter-in-law's youngest brother) had requested that I make Rice Krispie treats for his missionary farewell I was stoked! I love making them... but I don't ever make them in the pan... I use molds. I've been collecting them for 25 years now... you can see some of the molds here  but I didn't have anything that looked missionary like. I thought about it for a few days... and I kept coming back to dipping the rectangle shapes into black chocolate and then writing on the top with white chocolate to look like an LDS missionary name tag. It's been so hot lately... my mom thought the chocolate would melt... so I went back to the drawing board again. I decided to make them in the pan like above... but use the black sugar instead of the black chocolate... yeah bad idea! I admit it... I made a pan of them... and besides the fact they looked terrible and the white chocolate writing would not stick to the top... everyone would have had black teeth and tongues. Not what I was looking for... so I went back to the original plan of making them with the Wilton Black Chocolate Candy Melts. I used white chocolate chips and melted them in a baggie in the microwave... then snipped a tiny corner off and that was how I wrote his name on the treats. The problem was... I made them all the morning of his farewell so they would be fresh... but I was concerned about stacking them on top of each other and white chocolate name melting... so I just kept them in the pan... not the most attractive presentation... but Jaden said they tasted great and that is what is most important! Jaden is a wonderful young man and is going to be an amazing missionary... I can't wait to send him his first batch of Rice Krispie Treats when he arrives in Oklahoma!

Here's my recipe for my Rice Krispie treats...

1 Cube of Butter

1 16 Ounce Package of Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows ~ don't use the mini size

10 Cups of Rice Krispies ~ I use the Malt O Meal brand... they taste just the same and are much cheaper!

Melt the butter in a large tupperware bowl in the microwave for 1:10.

Pour the marshmallows in and stir the melted butter to coat all of the marshmallows. 

Put back in the microwave for another 1:30

*Please note the marshmallows will expand so make sure you have a large enough bowl.

Stir the butter/marshmallow mixture together for 15 seconds

Add 10 cups of Rice Krispies and stir until all of the Rice Krispies are covered.

Pour into your buttered pan or a butter holiday mold...

LDS General Conference

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Salt Lake Temple Thank You Notes

I made these Salt Lake Temple thank you cards

as a wedding gift for my friend Jenna.
She used these as the thank you cards for the friends
and family that were able to attend the ceremony.

I started with a plain white card -

Pink  Bazzill for the scalloped circle - cut with my

Quickuts scallop die and then embossed

in the Swiss Dot Cuttlebug folder and chalked.

The Temple is a Quickuts limited edition die.

I cut the Temple out of "sparkly" silver cardstock and yes...

I had to cut 9 windows out of white for each Temple and

glue each one individually... it was a labor of love!

I put crystal Stickles on each window to help them shine.

I put pot dots behind the Temple to help it stand out.

The "Thanks" is also a Quickutz die and was also cut

out of the sparkly cardstock. I thought they turned out cute

and Jenna loved them!

Kory (showing off the zebra print on the back of his tie)
and Jenna...  the beautiful bride!

They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on March 18, 2010.

LDS Missionary Card

This card was the invitation I made for both
Josh's Missionary Farewell

and also his welcome home

Inside I had all of the information printed on vellum.

I used a small square brad for the tie tack.
I did several different colors of ties, but this one is my favorite!

Elder Stead Phone Home

 

 On Christmas Day and Mother's Day LDS Missionaries

are able to call home to talk with their families.
I made this card for Josh and included a calling card for
him to call on Mothers Day.

Logan Temple in Cross Stitch

I made this picture for my mom...

The framing was done by Prince Gallery in Logan.

Frank has framed several of the pictures I have completed.