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Family Cookbooks
Preserve Those Treasured Recipes
By Donna Smith
When you are done getting each recipe on its own sheet of paper, you can then make copies to share with other members of the family. After making the photocopies, make sure to put each recipe in a plastic sheet protector.
A great way to get your kids involved in this project is to let them get creative. "I let my kids do all the artwork for each recipe," says Michelle Stone. "The cookbook was for their grandparents, and they just loved it!"
"I made cookbook for a great niece's christening," says Ila Bauer. "I made a decorated notebook, padded with lots of lace, etc. and wrote her a letter explaining who I was and what she would find in the book." Ila decorated the book with clip art and printed it out on expensive, heavy-weight paper. "It was the hit of the party!"
Jill Fulton is making her cookbook a different way. "I have purchased a three-ring notebook, dividers, sheet protectors and various little stickers to stick on the pages, photo corners and colored markers," she says. Jill is not sure what she's going to do with all of her supplies yet, but she's going to have fun figuring it out as she goes. "Not only will this be an heirloom cookbook, but a diary of sorts."