Halloween? Yay!! Christmas? WHAT?! I can NOT believe when I went shopping last night, Halloween stuff was on clearance to make way for Christmas decor. I threw up in my mouth a little. Then I went home, and fretted over what I am making/buying for the holidays.
My friend received an awesome gift from her aunt after her recent wedding, a cookbook containing family recipes and memories. After flipping through it - I would love to create the same tradition for my family. Having six aunts, my mother, grandmother, and cousins/sisters - we have dozens of favorite meals when it comes to the holidays/birthdays/family functions. Why not create a binder to store all of our family classics?
I searched the blogs (my favorite) for inspiration of how to set this project up. Here is what I came up with:
Family Cookbook: Each page should contain a recipe, varied ideas and notes, and perhaps a picture of a family member taken within the last year(or perhaps what event the recipe is from!). However, I don't think each recipe will have a picture - because it might look too busy. Each year (or every other year) I could continue to add to the binder, typing up new recipes that we've tried for that year and adding new pictures. I think using a large binder, divided into sections (appetizers, meat, desserts, etc.) would work. Perhaps actually making use of the sheet protectors I have stored in the basement will make it spill proof? I'll have to figure out a system to date each recipe of when it was submitted so we know when it was added and who added them!
My friend received an awesome gift from her aunt after her recent wedding, a cookbook containing family recipes and memories. After flipping through it - I would love to create the same tradition for my family. Having six aunts, my mother, grandmother, and cousins/sisters - we have dozens of favorite meals when it comes to the holidays/birthdays/family functions. Why not create a binder to store all of our family classics?
I searched the blogs (my favorite) for inspiration of how to set this project up. Here is what I came up with:
Family Cookbook: Each page should contain a recipe, varied ideas and notes, and perhaps a picture of a family member taken within the last year(or perhaps what event the recipe is from!). However, I don't think each recipe will have a picture - because it might look too busy. Each year (or every other year) I could continue to add to the binder, typing up new recipes that we've tried for that year and adding new pictures. I think using a large binder, divided into sections (appetizers, meat, desserts, etc.) would work. Perhaps actually making use of the sheet protectors I have stored in the basement will make it spill proof? I'll have to figure out a system to date each recipe of when it was submitted so we know when it was added and who added them!
Have to figure out how I am going to organize my recipes...and what program I am going to use to format them. I sent an email to nine women in our family, and asked them for their top 5 favorite recipes, or what they are known for (what people request most often). I didn't give them any hints of why I needed them, as I wanted to make it a surprise. I am thinking that for the first year, I won't add too many pictures or stories because I would rather people add what they want without letting on to what I am creating for Christmas.
Any suggestions on how to create this?
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Yikes! I can't think about Christmas yet! But that is a really cute idea, though. Good for you for getting that started..you have much more motivation than I do!
Wow! This project looks wonderful. What special gift1
Great ideas!
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