Make Your Own Cookbook
June 25th 2009 17:42
One very simple, and usually appreciated gift is a homemade cookbook. This is a wonderful gift for just about anyone, but especially a bride-to-be, or a child who is moving out on his own.
Many different ways to do this - depending on how creative you want to be, and how much you want to spend on the gift.
I keep my most used recipes on index cards in a file box. This is the easiest way for me to find them when I need them. To give a gift this way, simply buy some blank index cards and a file box they'll fit in. Either write down your favorite recipes (giving credit where it is due, of course) or print them from your computer. Be sure to include blank cards as well, so the recipient can add to the collection. You can decorate the box in any number of creative ways.
Another fun way to make a cookbook is to create a "photo book" in a scrapbooking or other graphic format and have it printed. Of course, this would be much more expensive. You could alternatively print out the pages yourself and insert them into a scrapbook or photo album pages. This would also allow for the recipient to add to the collection.
You could host a pot-luck party and ask everyone to bring the recipe of the dish brought. Then you could create a cookbook from the collection of recipes and present them to each of the people who had attended the party, or just to the guest of honor (this is a really neat bridal shower!)
There are so many different ways to do cookbooks as gifts, I can't possibly list them all here - use your imagination and I'm sure you can come up with something wonderful! (Post ideas here to share with others.)
Happy gifting!
Many different ways to do this - depending on how creative you want to be, and how much you want to spend on the gift.
I keep my most used recipes on index cards in a file box. This is the easiest way for me to find them when I need them. To give a gift this way, simply buy some blank index cards and a file box they'll fit in. Either write down your favorite recipes (giving credit where it is due, of course) or print them from your computer. Be sure to include blank cards as well, so the recipient can add to the collection. You can decorate the box in any number of creative ways.
Another fun way to make a cookbook is to create a "photo book" in a scrapbooking or other graphic format and have it printed. Of course, this would be much more expensive. You could alternatively print out the pages yourself and insert them into a scrapbook or photo album pages. This would also allow for the recipient to add to the collection.
You could host a pot-luck party and ask everyone to bring the recipe of the dish brought. Then you could create a cookbook from the collection of recipes and present them to each of the people who had attended the party, or just to the guest of honor (this is a really neat bridal shower!)
There are so many different ways to do cookbooks as gifts, I can't possibly list them all here - use your imagination and I'm sure you can come up with something wonderful! (Post ideas here to share with others.)
Happy gifting!
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