I am working on a Christmas present for Girl 1 and Girl 2. I decided to share it with you because at the moment I cant think of anything else to blog about, amazingly enough. Oh, and because someone might like it and want to do it for their children!
I purchased two large binders, the kind that keep all your pages flat when opened, and have plastic sleeves on the outside covers. I also purchased dividers and sheet protectors. The last couple of months I have been taking pictures with my digital camera of some of my childrens favorite dishes. I download the pictures to my computer, and then put them into a document that contains the recipe for that picture. Then I decorate the borders or put on a pretty background. When I am happy with the result, then I print it.
I used the dividers to divide the cookbooks the way I think a cookbook should be divided: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Desserts, Snacks, Beverages, Meals and Fun. I place the printed recipe in a sheet protector and add it to the section it falls under. The Meals section contains lists of family traditional meals for special occasions. I spend quite a bit of time trying to remember every dish or special decoration, while planning for a traditional meal. The Meals section will help eliminate all the time wasted in trying to remember! The Fun section has recipes like homemade play dough and pinecone birdfeeders. You could add a homemade cleaning products section, or homemade herbal remedies. Im sure each family would have their own idea of what to pass on to their children.
The cookbook is personalized with each daughters name and special picture suited to her that is placed in the plastic sleeve of the cover. While I have taken pictures of the dishes I have let one of the children hold the dish up, or place it in a different part of the kitchen. This way when they look back at these cookbooks they can remember what my kitchen looked like or the pot with the chip in the edge. Dear Man has to have his picture taken with the dishes that he makes, that way they can have that memory of their Daddy who always made that dish. If you can, try and get a picture of Grandma, Aunt Sis or Uncle Buddy with the dish that she/he always makes.
Merry Christmas, and Happy Cooking!
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Dec. 11, 2005
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What a Great Idea!
Dec. 11, 2005
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What a wonderful idea!
Dec. 12, 2005
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Wonderful
Dec. 12, 2005
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OH, OH, OH!!!
Dec. 13, 2005
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Super Great idea!!
But alas, it is too much work for this lazy momma, maybe next year....