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We are back with another gift guide! Our yearly “Gift Guide for Him” is always our most popular so we hope we inspire you with this round-up yet again! Click through the links below to check out our fun finds. Happy shopping!
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Today we’re sharing a mid-week treat we are sure you’ll just adore. Inspired by our Halloween Rice Krispie Characters and our love for candy eyes, we created some sweet chocolate covered characters that are perfect for Christmas! Here’s how to make your own…
Supplies: rice krispie treats (store bought or homemade), cake pop sticks, candy eyes, pretzels, M&Ms, silver nonpareils, candy corn, vanilla cake frosting, and candy melts in light cocoa, dark cocoa, white, and red.
Snowmen: Add a cake pop stick to the center of a rice krispie treat. Spread vanilla frosting on the rice krispie treat using a knife or a spoon (you can also substitute white candy melts for frosting!). Melt dark cocoa candy melts, scoop into a Ziploc bag, and cut a corner. On a cookie sheet lined with wax paper, pipe the chocolate into a top hat shape. Let cool in the fridge until hardened. When the hat is ready, press it gently onto the top of the snowman. Cut a triangle out of a candy corn to create the carrot nose and press it into the frosting. Add candy eyes and silver nonpareils for buttons.
Reindeer: Melt a bowl of light cocoa candy melts. Add a cake pop stick to the center of the rice krispie treat and dip the top of the treat into the melted chocolate. Use a spoon to help spread the chocolate around. Place treat on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. Immediately add candy eyes and a red M&M before the chocolate hardens. Break off pieces of pretzels and stick them into the top for antlers. Place in fridge to harden chocolate.
Santa: Add a cake pop stick to a rice krispie treat. Melt a bowl of red candy melts, scoop into a Ziploc bag, and cut off a corner. Pipe the red chocolate onto the top of the rice krispie treat to create a hat. Let sit in fridge to harden. Remove from fridge and spread white frosting onto the bottom of the treat to create a beard. Scoop more frosting into a Ziploc bag and cut off a corner. Pipe this frosting onto the base of the hat to create trim and add a pom pom to the top. You can also use this frosting to create a mustache. Add two dots of frosting to attach candy eyes.
We hope you enjoy this delicious treat as much as we did! Don’t forget to follow Vicky Barone on Instagram and use #vickybaroneblog if you try out any of our projects! We’d LOVE to see!
Happy Monday! We are back with another Holiday Gift Guide, this time to celebrate the host! As you head off to countless holiday parties, you may be searching for the perfect gift to bring along as a thanks to the lovely host. We have gathered some of our favorite items from around the web and we hope you like them!
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We are SO excited to share all the new Christmas content we’ve been working on! First up, some delicious chocolate spoons to give as gifts, to add to a hot cocoa bar, or just keep for yourself to stir your coffee! Here’s how to make your own…
Supplies: chocolate candy melts, spoon-shaped candy mold, white candy melts, and sprinkles.
Directions:
1. Thoroughly wash and dry the silicone candy mold before using.
2. Melt chocolate candy melts in a microwave safe bowl for 30 second intervals, stirring frequently until smooth.
3. Scoop melted chocolate directly into each mold OR scoop the chocolate into a Ziploc bag and then pipe it into the molds.**
4. Gently shake and tap the mold to release any air bubbles. Add more chocolate as needed.
5. Place silicone mold in the fridge for the chocolate to harden.
6. Carefully remove spoons from mold. If any snap, you can put them back together by using some melted chocolate as glue and popping them back in the fridge.
7. Melt white candy melts.
8. Scoop white candy melts into a Ziploc bag and cut a very small corner of the bag.
9. Drizzle the white chocolate over the spoons and immediately top with sprinkles.
10. Enjoy with coffee, cocoa, or milk!
**The silicone mold packaging directions suggest breaking the candy melts into small pieces, adding them directly to the mold, and microwaving the chocolate in the mold. We tried it both ways and preferred melting the chocolate before placing it into the mold!
We hope you’re having a sweet week! Don’t forget to follow Vicky Barone on Instagram for lots more Holiday inspiration, cards, giveaways, and more!
Happy Cyber Monday! In honor of this super-sale occasion, we are kicking off our 2016 Holiday Gift Guides with some of our favorite finds from around Etsy! We love shopping small and supporting local and handmade business, so we gathered some awesome products we think you’ll love. Click the links below to check them out!
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Happy shopping! And don’t forget – we have a sale going on in the Vicky Barone Designs Etsy shop. Use the code CELEBRATE15 to save 15% off your total purchase!
Happy Thanksgiving! We hope your day is filled with lots of food, love, and thankfulness! We thought we’d share a little garland round up if you’re looking for some last-minute decor. Click the links below to see how to make each one!
Happy Thanksgiving week! Today we’re sharing a super easy, last-minute place card tutorial to spice up your Thanksgiving tablescape! Here’s how to make your own…
Materials:
– Faux pears (we got ours at Marshalls, but you can find faux fruit at any craft store!)
– An X-acto knife
– White card stock
– A pen or marker (we used Tombow Dual Brush Pens)
Directions:
1. Cut white card stock into small rectangles. Ours were about 2×3″
2. Use the X-acto knife to make a slit in the top of each of the pears.
3. Use a pen or marker to write names on each card (you can also print out name cards with your favorite font!).
4. Insert cards into pears and set on the table!
We hope you have the most wonderful Thanksgiving! For even more table setting ideas, click here!
For ideas about how to put together a functional and elegant table setting, check this out!
The holidays are coming up and we are so excited for all the fun festivities! Today we’re sharing a inspiration board with our favorite ideas for holiday entertaining including personalized invitations from Paperless Post! From party attire to cocktail recipes and decor, we are prepared for the perfect low-key cocktail party and thanks to Paperless Post, we’ll have unique invitations to set the tone for our guests.
Shoes | Dress | White Cranberry Mimosas
Table Runner | Glasses | Invitations
How are you celebrating the holidays this year? We’d love to hear!