Reviews & Testimonials
Read what Rycraft customers have had to say
about the quality of Rycraft cookie stamps and their excellent service.
2015
12/18/15
Thank you so very much. I received the items in plenty of time. I really appreciate your help. As I think I mentioned, my sister and I have fond memories of making cookie stamp cookies after my mother started buying the stamps from someone in your family (I believe) at several craft fairs over the years during the 70’s. The originals ended up in my kitchen. I happened to see them on the web a few years ago and was excited to buy them for my friend’s children. My sister now has a one year old grandson and I hope that they will be able to make cookies together and continue the tradition once he gets a bit older. I know she will be glad to have these before it’s too late!
Juli F
12/17/15 Email
Thank you for your stamps over the years. Thank you also for letting us know about tyour retirement in advance and allowing me to stock up with special Christmas gifts for years to come.
I hope you hve a wonderful retirement! May you enjoy health and happiness for many years to come.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Lorraine, M
12/6/15
Hello,
Congratulations on your upcoming and well deserved retirement. I so love your cookie stamps and ornaments… such beauty and love in each one. I haven’t received the order of stamps and ornaments from Nov 2nd yet. I did just receive my second order and just love everything. (I wanted to stock up one last time so actually have made 3 separate orders in the past few weeks…) Looking forward to hanging some ornaments and sending others as gifts.
Wishing you all the best,
Theresta T
11/30/15
I could not resist another order of your wonderful products!! I do not need any items early & if you like, you may combine this order with my order placed 11/27/15… We, your customers, are blessed that you have used your talents in such creative ways. Merry Christmas & much joy in all future new years!
With appreciation and gratitude,
Sharon NH
Billings, Montana
11/30/15
Thank you for making beautiful cookie stamps! My grandchildren love using them to make cookies with me! Enjoy your retirement! I am happy to know someone is taking over your business so I can purchase more in the future.
Kristi VE
Pella, Iowa
11/30/15
Contratulations on your retirement. Many good wishes in new endeavors. Your cookie stamps are very unique treasures.
Carolyn W
Litchfield Park, Arizona
11/29/15
We bought a bunch on Friday when we came up to Chester, but we realized there were a few more we forgot to pick up!… Thanks to both of you for all your creativity over the years. You inspire us. Wishing you much happiness in your new adventures,
Mark and Marilee M
Vacaville, California
11/27/15
Thank you for your lovely products. (I wish I’d found you earlier.) May God bless you in your retirement. Best wishes,
Marika Rose H
Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
11/27/15
Miss you already. Thanks for the years of wonderful stamps.
Knox S
Marietta, Georgia
11/27/15
Robin and Carol
Thank you for your excellent quality stamps and service. These stamps will be passed on to the next generations in my family. I wish you a happy well-earned retirement together. You will be missed.
Eleanor K
Portland, Oregon
11/17/15
My husband Jim sends a Hello to Robin!! They grew up together in Corvallis. His mother Marge used to work with Mrs. Rycraft making the cookie stamps when they first got started. Sorry to see a “Made in America” product end. But glad we have a connection to its history. Happy Retirement!!
Jim and Sharon W
Corvallis, Oregon
11/27/15
Many thanks for providing so many wonderful items. Do you have a favorite stamp? When I got my last order & made a paper cast of the French Cross, it immediately became my favorite of all time; the detail is phenomenal! May God bless all your days. Merry Christmas and happy retirement!
Sharon NH
Billing, Montana
11/25/15
Robin,
My stamps came today. They are gorgeous!! I love them so much! We’re going to make some cookies this afternoon and I’ll send you a picture. Thank you so much!! I wish I had the money to order some of your collection before you retire but these stamps are my investment for the second half of my life! I will cherish them always!
Deb
11/23/15
Congrats on your retirement! I have such fond memories of making Rycraft cookies with my mom over the years. My mom and I made my wedding favor cookies from a special monogram Rycraft press. And now I’m buying the 2015 ornament for her to commemorate your final year of hand-made USA production. Thanks for all of the happy memories! Best wishes to you!
Carolyn H
San Francisco, California
11/20/15
Dear Carol,
My husband and I received the stamps – we are absolutely thrilled. Thank you and Robin so very much for getting them to us prior to Thanksgiving. The stamps will help make our baby announcement special and memorable.
Wishing you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving and holiday season! Plus best wishes for your retirement!!
Kind regards,
Michelle A
Germantown, Maryland
11/18/15
Hi, Robin
Congratulations on your retirement! I had “Cookies from Home” in Corvallis many years ago and used to come out to your studio to buy more stamps. I received one of the originals as a gift (a Viking Ship) in the late 60’s from the Junction City Scandinavian Festival. My Danish in-laws were very involved with the festival. And now I’m giving these to my daughters and granddaughters! I still have over 25 in my own collection and it is quite the Christmas tradition to make these for friends and famiy. I retired 14 years ago and we moved back home to Eugene. Best wishes to you and your family in your retirement. 47 years! Wow!
Sheri S
Eugene, Oregon
11/11/15
Carol and Robin,
Thank you for all your great work and customer service over the years that I have had Vermont Moonlight Cookies. I have always been extremely satisfied with the beautiful stamps that you create which makes my job easier in making beautiful cookies.
Enjoy your retirement. It is well deserved after so many years of dedication to your fantastic family business. Will miss the wonderful personal attention but I’m very happy for your newest adventure–RETIREMENT!
All the Best,
Barbara Bacchi
Vermont Moonlight Cookies
Shaftsbury, Vermont
11/10/15
I am sorry that you will not be creating more cookie stamp. Our family and friends have enjoyed many delicious cookies over the years that were created by your stamps and recipes. I wish you all the best in your retirement.
Beth E-S
Phoenix, Arizona
11/1/15
I have so enjoyed your cookie stamps and I have “so many”! I’ve been called a cookie stamp addict by my family! Hope you will both enjoy your well earned retirement! I also hope you will find the right person to purchase your company and continue Rycraft, with the same tender love and care you have both provided for many years! I think I purchased my first Rycraft stamp from a kitchen store in Seattle around 1978! Thanks so much for helping to create many, many cookie memories for me – as well as my family and friends!
Kind regards,
Kim P
Littleton, Colorado
10/30/15
Dear Rycrafts,
Have a happy retirement. Thank you for all the beautiful designs and joy you have given us over the years. I still remember and have the first cookie stamp mhy mother bought years ago… the pineapple symbol of welcome. Over the years I gave the yearly annual stamps to sisters and nieces for Christmas. My brother built each of us an oak rack to hold them. Thank you and have happiness and good health.
Jan F
Midland, Michigan
10/21/15
Hi Robin,
Your stamps are wonderful! I made Fall cookies with the Maple Leaf stamp last week, for a friend’s birthday, and they were a huge hit! The Celtic stamps are my favorite; my grandparents were from Ireland, so I have a warm spot in my heart for all things Irish (and Scottish)!
Thanks so much!! Have a pleasant day!
Sincerely,
Sheila
10/16/15
So sad to hear you are retiring. I’ve been a customer since you were still in Oregon, and visited your farm there. I think I was one of the first people to mention using Creative Paperclay to make holiday ornaments with your stamps after watching the Martha Stewart Christmas Special on TV, many years ago. I’m torn between hoping someone buys your business and continues it and knowing that nobody could ever be the incredible artist you are, Robin. Good luck, best wishes, and I hope you richly enjoy your retirement!
Camille P
Philomath, Oregon
10/11/15
Hi,
It has been my pleasure to use Rycraft stamps for years! The very first ones I bought were the handmade stamps that came in a calico bag. There were six and I still use them every time I make peanut butter cookies. I bought them in the late 60’s when I was a young wife and mother and only in my 20’s. I have collected many more that have special meaning for me, my family and friends. Especially tea cup, which reminds me of my ‘tea lady’ friends and the country Church, which my dear friend Julia used every Christmas until she passed away several years ago. Such wonderful memories!
Thank you so much for the joy the stamps have brought and best wishes for a wonderufl retirement!
Kathi W
Ariel, Washington
5/9/15
I treasure my collection of your stamps and have MANY! They will be passed down to my daughter and other relatives when I’m an old lady and no longer can bake.
Kimberly P
Englewood, Colorado
3/11/15
Thank you so much for the speedy order fulfillment! My cookie stamps arrived today, and I cannot wait to try them out. They are beautifully detailed and so precious. I will treasure them land enjoy using them. It’s true that simple pleasures are the best. I look forward to exploring your site further and seeing what else you can tempt me with.
Karen M
Portland, Oregon
2014
12/12/14
I am so excited to find your website! I have had a cookie stamp for years and use it all the time for snickerdoodles, my childrens’ and now my grandchildrens’ favorite! Unfortunately, my 3 yr. old grandson was helping me make cookies a couple of days ago and dropped the stamp on my ceramic tile floor and it shattered. I was heartbroken, just because I’d had the stamp for years and didn’t think I could replace it. So, I was thrilled when I searched and found your products! Can’t wait to get my new stamp and start making new memories!!
Thanks!
Karen B
Normal, Illinois
10/7/14
I love your stamps and have a number of them. Treat selection and quality!
Abigail F
Scituate, Massachusetts
8/17/14
Dear Rycraft folks,
Thanks for sending me the cookie stamps. I have enjoyed using them for years, and have discovered that they make great pastta when you cut circles out of rolled-out dough and press them into the stamps. The design holds up very well after boiling, with either egg or non-egg dough. We eat a lot of pasta and this has become our favorite way of making it.
Again, thanks for a terrific product.
Mary M
Seattle, Washington
8/5/14
Just received my cookie stamp order and couldn’t wait to try them! They turned out beautifully… thanks for a fabulous product!
Lin Sue C
Phoenix, Arizona
Shown above clockwise from top: #089 – Seashell, #513 – Shamrock, #518 – Harvest Pumpkin,
#192 – Song Bird, #528 – Tea Party, #510 – Daisy Face (PEO), #522 – Daisy Heart.
Center: #515 – Hugs and Kisses (XOXO)
8/6/14
Thank you so much for your beautiful cookie stamps. My mother got me started in the late 70’s – early 80’s. She purchased a holly ring with a lit candle in the middle. I do not see it on your site. I fell in love right away and have been collecting them ever since. My daughter is grown and we are starting her on a collection as well.
Sharon S
Brookfield, Wisconsin
7/29/14
I’m very excited to receive these cookie stamps! My mother passed away on June 11th and while going through her things, I found three cookie stamps. I don’t know when, where or how she got them, but they have never been used. I googled the name from a sticker on one of the stamps and found your site. Now I am eager to start a new tradition with my kids! Happy, happy! Thank you!
Catherine H
Burnsville, Minnesota
6/29/14
Hi,
I found your site while looking for cookie olds. When I found the Jerusalem Cross, I knew that I’d be ordering a few stamps in the near future. A friend from our church is beginning seminary in the fall and has accepted an associate pastorship of two small churches in the western part of New Jersey. Today was his last day. When Peter was in high school, his youth group gave him a Jerusalem cross pendant, and he wears it every day. It’s very special to him.
After receiving my order (very quick; thanks BTW), I made the cream cheese candy (orange) and shortbread recipes. Yes, the shortbread dough cracked, but the whole effect was archaeological, which I loved. I also used my standard sugar cookie recipe to good effect. I used the Christmas candle and the dragonfly to see how such detailed designs would hold up (very well, thank you), but mostly I used the Jerusalem cross stamp. I gave his wife the stamp this morning. I may have to order another one for myself. The simple design worked really well.
Now for the tip. When I made the cookies, I rolled the dough into balls, then I dusted them with flour (powdered sugar would also work well). Then I caged each floured dough ball in my hands and shook off the excess flour. This left just enough flour on the dough to prevent the stamp from sticking without gumming up the stamp with excess flour. It worked like magic.
I am a quilter, and am now plotting a plate of cookies made with quilty stamps for our gild holiday party. I’m sure it’ll be a hit.
Thanks,
Tina S
3/27/14
I love your designs and have received many compliments on the cookies… most recently I made a batch of the Lace Heart for a bridal shower. I introduced Rycraft to my neighbor, Gail W… and she is having fun making the Pineapple design to send to family in Hawaii.
Arlene S
Hacienda Heights, California
1/15/14
I have been a Rycraft customer for many years. I have some of your early cookie stamps too; an apple in a circle, a bird on a branch and a heart with an arrow through it. I especially enjoy the delicious cookie artwork your stamps produce! I’m looking forward to my new stamps.
Lorraine W
Esperance, New York
2013
11/27/13
My favorite colors are your turquoise and Delft blue. I’d love those if available. Thank you so much for all of your hard work to make such a time-honored product!
Heidi T
Kilgore, Texas
11/7/13
Dear Carol,
Many thanks, the cookie stamps have arrived and I’m delighted with them. I can’t wait to try them this weekend. We are holding a baking competition n work and I plan to make some Norwegian cardamon and lemon cookies.
Thanks again,
Yours sincerely,
Nicole W
Dublin, Ireland
8/21/13
When I was 12 years old, I accidentally broke a cookie stamp in a Scandinavian shop in Sausaulito, CA (only the handle broke off when I dropped it). My aunt had taken me there and got upset with me when I broke it, and made me pay for it even though the woman at the store kept telling her that accidents happen, and it was ok. When I got ack home, I glued the cookie stamp together, and had fun trying out all the recipes in the booklet the woman gave me when I paid for the stamp. The Melting Moments were such a big hit, that I turned into a 12 year old with a specialty. I still use the same glued-together cookie stamp (I’m almost 56 years old now). I am so happy that I was a clumsy little girl once, and that my aunt never had children, so she didn’t know that she was just a little hard on me, because otherwise I never would have bought the est little cookie stamp and recipe booklet ever!
Respectfully,
Bernadette P
Fresno, California
8/7/13
Good morning Robin and Carol,Thought you would get a kick out of my 12 year old grand-
daughter Nina’s first attempt at making the cookies with her new stamps. I gave them to her yesterday afternoon and this came this morning! I did not find the special gift until I started to put the other stamps away for Christmas and in unpacking the box found the very special gift. When you mentioned the gift, I thought it was the little recipe folders!!!!! The rose stamp is beautiful and very special. Thank you so much.Looking forward to getting more stamps as time goes by.
Thank you again for all your help.
Marie S
Here is Nina’s email to her grandmother Marie:
Here are my cookies!!! They taste amazing the stamps are very clear and they came out golden brown!!! Thank you so much for everything!:)
Nina
Shown above #331 – Paw Print and #033 – Scottie
7/19/13
Thank you so much. My daughter and I love your cookie stamps. We are using them for not only cookies, but artisan pasta. We make corzetti coins with them. You cut the circles of dough out and then place between two stamps and press. You get a nice coin which you cook in boiling water and then place into pasta dishes. You can add mushrooms or veggies and drizzle sauce over them. They are a lot of fun for adults as well as children.
I ordered the Birthday Cake and Balloons stamps to do birthday corzetti coins. One side will be the birthday cake and the other the balloons. Imagine your birthday dinner of pasta and then cookies and cupcakes to match. Should make you feel special.
You can also stamp the dough for ravioli or any other pasta that has a large enough surface. Lots of fun.
We are thinking about using some of the religious stamps to do pasta for church dinner.
Jan D
Greensboro, North Carolina
5/11/13
I have been making Melting Moments for 20 years, and I just tried baking them at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes (as suggested in latest instructions). I took them out of the 350 oven in 10 minutes and they were already too brown. The original oven temp was 300 degrees for 20-25 minutes. So, I will go back to the 300 degree oven. Your stamps are fabulous! So are these cookies. 🙂
Arlayne F
Penn Valley, California
5/3/13
I absolutely LOVE your stamps & want to share them with my family.
Sally Anne H
Gunnedah, New South Wales
AUSTRALIA
4/1/13
Mrs. Rycraft was our Art teacher in at Roosevelt grade school in Corvallis. I am thrilled to know her spirit of creativity and her insistence that everyone has an inner artist lives on through these cookie stamps!
Deborah S
Portland, Oregon
3/20/13
I recently made mints with my stamps for my 85-year-old mother-in-law and they were a big hit !!
Thanks,
Diane H
La Crosse, Wisconsin
2/28/13
Hi Carol,
Finally, I made new cupcake toppers with cookie stamps, the pictures were attached. It was made with fondant and royal icing as sandwich cookie. What do you think about it?
I hope you enjoy my stamped fondant cookies.
Best,
Jeeyoun Kim
Daily Sweet
Lexington, Kentucky
Shown above #516 – Home Made
2/22/13
Recipe: Mrs. Rycraft’s Cookie Stamp Shortbread – #447 – Sand Dollar
Second time I have tried to make these. I added 2 teaspoons of Vanilla Paste instead of vanilla extract. The flecks of vanilla bean remind me of grains of sand. I used a stamp dipped in sugar. I was so excited to come across your stamp. I have had this idea for several months just waiting for a cookie stamp.
Elizabeth A
Katy, Texas
2/11/13
Norwegian Almond Cookies using #470 – Celtic Knotwork cookie stamp.
The dough was really soft and gooey, even after chilling it. I increased flour from the original 1 2/3 cups to 3 cups for a smoother, stiffer dough (no almonds). Dusting the stamp with powdered sugar for each cookie and baking them on baker’s parchment at 300 degrees F for fifteen minutes rather than 375 for 10 minutes worked well, although they could bake a little longer for better browning. I didn’t decorate them.
Love all your designs and your recipes!
Sue D
St Paul, Minnesota
1/2/13
#055– Cat with a Bow Wax Ornament
I have a granddaughter who loves cats and thought I would try this. It looks like a cat sitting in a window looking out. We loved it.
I used a lid from a plastic container (sour cream). I poured scented wax from a candle that had melted. I pressed the cat craft mold into warm wax and removed mold. Poked a hole for the ribbon while it was warm. Removed when cool. I did spray the mold with Pam just to be sure it would release. It was fast, easy and fun.
Chris B
Eufaula, Alabama
