Valentine's Treat

Since today is all about celebrating "Love", I thought I'd share a cute little treat I made for my men and some other special friends! Super easy project, takes only about 10 to 15 minutes. Go make some sweet treats for your sweeties...right now!
First up, the ingredients.
Pre-packaged rice krispies (talk about quick and easy)
popsicle sticks
candy melts or baking chocolate
SPRINKLES!

Now insert the popsicle sticks into the rice krispies

Bring a small amount of water to boil

I don't have a double boiler so I just use a stainless steel bowl to melt my chocolates, works like a charm!

Remove from heat. Add your candy to the bowl and stir constantly until melted. Be careful not to overheat the chocolate.

Dip your rice krispies into the chocolate about half way and place on some wax paper to harden. Don't forget to add your sprinkles!

Package each treat into a baggie or some plastic wrap and cutify it with some ribbon!

Enjoy with friends (or keep em all for yourself!) Hahaha! Happy Valentines's Day everyone! Muah!!!

Cookie Recipe

Ok folks, today I'm going to share my new favorite cookie recipe with you. I absolutly love the Great American Cookie called Chewy Pecan Supreme and since I don't get to the mall as often as I would like I decided to try and replicate it. First off, it is not exactly like theirs but I do think it is a good substitute. Actually, it is hard to keep them around this house. Most of us like them with the pecans but my boys don't like them, so we make half a batch with out the nuts. (Still super yummy)

Alrighty, time for some ingredients:
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup shortening
1 cup quick oatmeal
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup pecan bits (we like to add more)

Mix the first 4 ingredients well

Add the remaining ingredients

We like to toast our pecans a minute before adding them...

Drop by teaspoonfuls on cookie sheet

Bake at 350 degrees until brown, about 10 minutes. Be careful not to over bake them, you want them chewy!

Yummyness!!!! I hope you enjoy these little goodies!

Forgot...

to tell you the card is for a 4x6 photo! Have a great day!

A little Freebie

After a busy week of substituting, doctor visits, and all around icky weather, I decided I was in the mood to do a little card freebie for everyone! Valentine's Day is fast approaching and I like to create cards for most holidays to send to family and friends, so I created one for me and one to share with all of y'all. I hope you enjoy! Here is a preview...

I used a picture of my nephew because he is such a little cutie! I can't believe he will be 10 months soon! Time flies! We will get to keep him later in the month so I'm sure there will be lots of pictures. Back to the card, I have 2 links, one for Photoshop (& Elements) which includes layers...
Download 1
this one is just a PNG version...
Download 2
This card does not include the fonts. I hope that everyone has fun playing around with the card!