| A scrapbook compiling family anecdotes, chronicling | | | | recommend including conversion and measurement |
| events, and conveying the tone and feel of your clan is | | | | charts in all your recipe books, for those fresh out of |
| surely a great way to pass memories through the | | | | the nest, and the rest of us with faulty memories. |
| generations. Long before scrapbooking was a verb, | | | | A Messy Kitchen is a Happy Place… |
| women passed cherished recipes along in much the | | | | There are tons of resources that will provide food |
| same way. So it is no great surprise that recipe | | | | related quotes, themes, and even complete kits for |
| scrapbooking has evolved as the next great | | | | your recipe scrapbook. A quote can provide a theme |
| homemade family heirloom. | | | | and a starting place. For example, “A Messy |
| Recipe scrapbooks will often be smaller than the 12 x | | | | Kitchen is a Happy Place…This one is |
| 12 albums used for other scrapbooks, because of the | | | | Delirious!” |
| function that they serve. A recipe scrapbook may sit | | | | Try this recipe for assembling your family recipe |
| on the counter during dinner prep, or be thrown into | | | | scrapbook. Start out with some vintage looking |
| your purse on your way to the market. Whether for | | | | cardstock, or a blown up page from an old cookbook |
| your own use, or as a gift, making a recipe scrapbook | | | | for your backdrop. Place your directions and |
| is bound to result in a meaningful, personal, and highly | | | | ingredients on pages facing each other. Then use |
| useful creation. | | | | photos of your family cooking and eating to |
| Recipe for a Gift | | | | personalize the page. You may wish to journal |
| One of my favorite gifts at bridal showers has always | | | | comments from family members on their favorite |
| been the recipe box filled with index cards provided by | | | | dishes. Finally, get creative in your use of |
| the attending friends and family of the bride to be. | | | | embellishments. Wine, food, and spice labels, pages |
| Imagine how much more beautiful and personalized a | | | | from cooking magazines, or clip art can all be fun. |
| recipe scrapbook could be. Along with recipes and | | | | For families with long distance relatives, the recipe |
| ingredients, older and wiser women can include sage | | | | scrapbook can be a great way to communicate |
| marital wisdom, family stories or funny quotes. | | | | across the miles. Try making a one based on the |
| A recipe scrapbook could also make a great hostess, | | | | region of the country where you reside. |
| teacher or graduation gift. Each of these can be | | | | Wouldn’t relatives in Cape Cod love to get a |
| personalized in a different way. For instance, each | | | | recipe book full of Southwestern recipes, post cards |
| family could provide the teacher with a recipe, and | | | | and family photos from their relatives in New Mexico? |
| decorate a page for a whole class gift. If the book is | | | | Whether as a gift, a treasured family heirloom, or just |
| for someone you don’t know that well, using | | | | a fun and creative way to cook, compiling a recipe |
| vintage style pictures of food taken from old | | | | scrapbook is a great way to use your cropping time. |
| cookbooks or wine bottles can make a cozy looking | | | | The inspiration, tools and methods are as endless as |
| album. What graduate isn’t in need of recipes, | | | | recipes themselves. So get cooking, and get cropping! |
| wisdom, a taste of home once in a while? I | | | | |