Without knowing it, my Mom gave me the best Christmas present ever....two years ago. She gave my two sisters and I each a Family Recipe Book. It is so cool. It's divided into sections like a regular recipe book, but ther are fancy pages for you to write in your family's favorite recipes. There are also cards, pages with pockets, space to write in notes, and clear pages for photo's. There are also clear full sheets that you can use to put scrapbook pages in.
If you are crafty, or even if you aren't, this is a great family project that you can keep adding to over the years and eventually pass down to your kids or grandkids.
Over the last two years I've added alot of recipes. Just recently, I started taking pictures of different foods when I make them with the intention of adding them to my recipe blog and then getting prints made to add to my family cookbook.
My girls are very craft and I started thinking that we should turn it into a scrapbooking project. I have all the supplies, I just need to print the pictures and start adding to our book. Snapfish has specials all the time where you get free photo's and sometimes free shipping. So, that's my project for tomorrow....to get all the prints sent to me that I haven't printed yet. I love to take pictures but I haven't been good about getting them printed. I even put a reminder in the calendar of my phone to go off tomorrow so I don't forget.
I forgot to say, when I put a recipe in my book, I make a note that tells us who's recipe it is, and if it's one of our favorites, I note that too. Chicky and I are all excited to start working on it. I've always liked to scrapbook, but now we're going to attend to our family recipe book.
I have no idea where my mom found these books. I wish that I had a couple more. I would save them and give them to my girls when they got married so they could put one together with their families. With that in mind I started thinking....I don't really need this particular one.
Way back when I first moved out of my parents house, I bought a $2.00 white folder (a 1" plastic) that has the clear plastic pocket on the front and back. I typed a paper that said "recipes" on it and then I filled it with those clear pages that you can fill with full sized peices of paper. I had handwritten recipes, typed, and ones I cut out of magazines. I'm thinking I can use this same idea to make Family Recipe Books for my girls.
You can find the folders at Walmart for a couple dollars and then you just need the clear plastic pages to put your papers into. I guess you could even use a paper punch and use card stock to make regular pages as well. I'm not sure where the best prices are on the pages, but I know you can find them at Walmart, Staples, and even in the scrapbook aisles at Hobby Lobby.
You can use markers, paint, and stickers to decorate your pages. Add pictures of your favorite foods. The recipe for my sugar cookies....I used a photo of Sami and my mom making them.
If your kids enjoy cooking, this is a fantastic gift that you can give them that you have made together. I've added recpies to mine that we all love and I know that my kids will enjoy the book when they get older and start cooking with their little ones.
Until next time.....
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