Our New Articles
Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking Your Family Recipes
by Vera Raposo
I recently came across a neat idea for a scrapbook. The person, who created it, took her family’s favorite (and famous) recipes and created a scrapbook out of them. Recipe scrapbooking is such a great way to make sure all these great recipes of members of the extended family are preserved.
Start by getting all the recipes together. Look through your own notes. You’ll be surprised how many of the recipes you already have. Mine are usually scribbled on pieces of notepaper and then stuck into one of the cookbooks I have.
You can handwrite the recipes directly in the scrapbook, on a piece of paper or even a recipe card. Of course you could also type them up in your computer and print them out.
Take a quick inventory of the recipes from other family members that you already have. Are you missing Aunt Betty’s famous peach cobbler recipe? Call her up and get it.
Talk to other members of your extended family about your recipe scrapbooking idea. You will get plenty of suggestions about what else to include.
You can organize the recipes within the scrapbook by course, or by the family members. Group a few of the recipes on one page, or dedicate an entire page to each recipe. Include pictures of the person you received them from and pictures of the dish itself if you have them. I also like to add a little note about each recipe. You could write about how your great-grandmother brought this recipe with her from Italy, or how you invented your famous pie because you were missing one of the ingredients of the traditional recipe.
Add some cooking or baking related borders and pick up a set of recipe themed stickers to complete your family recipe scrapbooking album. Take it to your next family function to share it with everyone that contributed a recipe. You could even ask them to add a personal note about each recipe. Be prepared to add more pages, or create a second book as more family recipes start to surface.
You may be tempted to dig out the scrapbook next time you are fixing grandma’s famous roast. Don’t leave the scrapbook lying on your kitchen counter while you cook. It’s to easy to spill or splatter something and ruin all your hard work. Instead, jot the recipe down on a piece of paper, or even better, get a small binder and put all the recipe form your family recipe scrapbook in plastic page protectors that you can easily wipe off.
Creating a family recipe scrapbook is a great way to preserve your family’s recipes and pass them on to the next generation of family cooks.
About The Author: Vera Raposo has been scrapbooking since her oldest child was 5. With tons of scrapbooking tips and ideas, Vera is now sharing some of her best scrapbooking ideas on her radio show at http://www.scrapperstalkradio.com
These articles on lifestyle and more
Return to the selection of scrapbooking
You may want to try these articles on scrapbooking
Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking For Generations by Vera Raposo Approximately 504 Words
Scrapbooking, Caring For Your Scrapbook Materials by Vera Raposo Approximately 341 Words
Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking Journaling by Vera Raposo Approximately 623 Words
Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking Love by Vera Raposo Approximately 344 Words
Scrapbooking, How To Scrapbook For More Than One Child by Anna Hart Approximately 1082 Words
Scrapbooking, How To Do Mini Scrapbooks by Anna Hart Approximately 975 Words
Scrapbooking, Arranging Your Scrapbooking Photographs- An Important First Step by Cherie Litchfield Approximately 713 Words
You may want to try these websites for additional information
http://www.allcrafts.net/scrapbook.htm
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/pac_ctnt/text/0,2019,DIY_14161_29076,00.html
http://www.computerscrapbooking.com/
The information provided in this article is the express opinion of the author. Exchangenet is not responsible for the content!
I recently came across a neat idea for a scrapbook. The person, who created it, took her family’s favorite (and famous) recipes and created a scrapbook out of them. Recipe scrapbooking is such a great way to make sure all these great recipes of members of the extended family are preserved.
Start by getting all the recipes together. Look through your own notes. You’ll be surprised how many of the recipes you already have. Mine are usually scribbled on pieces of notepaper and then stuck into one of the cookbooks I have.
You can handwrite the recipes directly in the scrapbook, on a piece of paper or even a recipe card. Of course you could also type them up in your computer and print them out.
Take a quick inventory of the recipes from other family members that you already have. Are you missing Aunt Betty’s famous peach cobbler recipe? Call her up and get it.
Talk to other members of your extended family about your recipe scrapbooking idea. You will get plenty of suggestions about what else to include.
You can organize the recipes within the scrapbook by course, or by the family members. Group a few of the recipes on one page, or dedicate an entire page to each recipe. Include pictures of the person you received them from and pictures of the dish itself if you have them. I also like to add a little note about each recipe. You could write about how your great-grandmother brought this recipe with her from Italy, or how you invented your famous pie because you were missing one of the ingredients of the traditional recipe.
Add some cooking or baking related borders and pick up a set of recipe themed stickers to complete your family recipe scrapbooking album. Take it to your next family function to share it with everyone that contributed a recipe. You could even ask them to add a personal note about each recipe. Be prepared to add more pages, or create a second book as more family recipes start to surface.
You may be tempted to dig out the scrapbook next time you are fixing grandma’s famous roast. Don’t leave the scrapbook lying on your kitchen counter while you cook. It’s to easy to spill or splatter something and ruin all your hard work. Instead, jot the recipe down on a piece of paper, or even better, get a small binder and put all the recipe form your family recipe scrapbook in plastic page protectors that you can easily wipe off.
Creating a family recipe scrapbook is a great way to preserve your family’s recipes and pass them on to the next generation of family cooks.
About The Author: Vera Raposo has been scrapbooking since her oldest child was 5. With tons of scrapbooking tips and ideas, Vera is now sharing some of her best scrapbooking ideas on her radio show at http://www.scrapperstalkradio.com
These articles on lifestyle and more
Reprint this article free of charge as long as you keep the author's resource box or bio intact and the links active. A copy of the ezine or URL of the page where the article was reprinted emailed to the author would be very much appreciated. scrapbooking
Return to the selection of scrapbooking
You may want to try these articles on scrapbooking
Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking For Generations by Vera Raposo Approximately 504 Words
Scrapbooking, Caring For Your Scrapbook Materials by Vera Raposo Approximately 341 Words
Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking Journaling by Vera Raposo Approximately 623 Words
Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking Love by Vera Raposo Approximately 344 Words
Scrapbooking, How To Scrapbook For More Than One Child by Anna Hart Approximately 1082 Words
Scrapbooking, How To Do Mini Scrapbooks by Anna Hart Approximately 975 Words
Scrapbooking, Arranging Your Scrapbooking Photographs- An Important First Step by Cherie Litchfield Approximately 713 Words
You may want to try these websites for additional information
http://www.allcrafts.net/scrapbook.htm
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/pac_ctnt/text/0,2019,DIY_14161_29076,00.html
http://www.computerscrapbooking.com/
The information provided in this article is the express opinion of the author. Exchangenet is not responsible for the content!
