| What is your family's favorite recipe? Where did you | | | | 2. Lay out your scrapbooking paper to fit the page. Be |
| get it? Was it something Grandmother learned when | | | | creative with your paper. Nostalgic kitchen wallpaper is |
| she was a young bride? Was it a sushi recipe that | | | | a good choice for old recipes. Italian recipes might find |
| won a prize for Uncle Lyle at the state fair? | | | | a home on red and white checkered paper |
| A recipe scrapbook album would be a wonderful gift | | | | reminiscent of a tablecloth. If your recipe scrapbook |
| for family members. Imagine giving each one a | | | | album includes a recipe for Fish and Chips, you might |
| collection of family recipes, each with its own bit of | | | | want scrapbooking paper on that page to look like an |
| history, in a recipe scrapbook album. | | | | old newspaper. |
| You can make those recipe scrapbook albums | | | | 3. Once you have placed your scrapbooking paper, |
| following these steps. | | | | begin to arrange the recipe and accompanying photos. |
| Recipe Scrapbook Album Materials | | | | Typed recipe cards are fine, but if your recipes are |
| Prepare to make your recipe scrapbook album by | | | | hand-written by the person who created them, it will |
| assembling the following minimal materials. You may | | | | give your recipe scrapbook albums a more personal |
| want other things as well, but these 7 are | | | | touch. |
| recommended for a complete recipe scrapbook | | | | 4. Frame your photos and recipes after they are |
| album. | | | | placed. You can find a wonderful array of frames in |
| * Family recipes, as many as possible - neatly written | | | | scrapbooking supplies stores. Or use your own |
| or typed | | | | creativity. If Grandmother always wore an apron when |
| * Photographs of how the recipe looks when ready to | | | | preparing that delicious chocolate cake, create an |
| serve | | | | apron "pocket" of cloth or cardstock. Tuck into it one |
| * Photographs of the person credited with creation of | | | | or more recipes. Another idea is to make fold-open |
| the recipe | | | | frames for the recipes in your recipe scrapbook album. |
| * Notes of things people always say or remember | | | | Simply cut an appropriate size piece of cardstock and |
| about the recipe | | | | fold it in thirds. Adhere the center third to your |
| * Scrapbooking paper (acid-free) reminiscent of | | | | scrapbook, top it with the recipe, and fold the other |
| cooking | | | | two sides shut over it. You might even make the |
| * Food preparation stickers and charms | | | | folded card look like cupboard doors. |
| * Recipe "instruction" tags | | | | 5. Once your photos and recipes are framed on the |
| Themes for Recipe Scrapbook Albums | | | | page, add a few lines of journaling that capture the |
| Your overall theme is for a recipe scrapbook album | | | | family memories associated with the recipe. In my own |
| will, of course, be recipes. In keeping with that theme, | | | | files, I have a recipe for cookies served by the host |
| each page or section will have a specific theme in the | | | | the evening my husband and I first knew we would |
| category of recipes. | | | | become more than friends. Personal notes about such |
| Browsing through your recipes and photos, look for | | | | memories add immensely to recipe scrapbook albums. |
| natural groupings. If there are several recipes from | | | | My mother's fresh, home-baked bread is remembered |
| Grandmother, theme a section of your recipe | | | | as Dad's favorite base for yellow mustard! |
| scrapbook album for those. If Uncle Lyle has more | | | | 6. When each page layout is completed, each element |
| recipes than his singular prize-winning sushi, set aside a | | | | glued firmly in place, you are ready to add stickers and |
| section for him in your recipe scrapbook album. | | | | charms - embellishments. You may use commercially |
| Perhaps you will find it easier to divide your recipe | | | | made embellishments for your recipe scrapbook |
| scrapbook album into themes such as appetizers, main | | | | albums, and you may add more intimate touches as |
| courses, side dishes, desserts, and beverages. Each of | | | | well. If Grandmother loved lace, and even crocheted |
| those could be a page or section theme. | | | | her own, adding a touch of lace to her page will help |
| Recipe Scrapbook Album Page Layouts | | | | family members remember that. Since Uncle Lyle |
| Once you have your themes, you are ready to lay out | | | | always used that bright green "sushi grass" (baran) to |
| the pages of your recipe scrapbook albums. There | | | | separate his sushi, be sure you include a piece of it on |
| are many approaches to page layout, and you may | | | | the sushi recipe page. |
| have one you have used often. Here is one way of | | | | Finally, you may want to leave a few blank pages at |
| doing it. | | | | the end of your recipe scrapbook albums so that |
| 1. Select the photo(s) to be used on a 2-page spread | | | | future recipes can be added later. |
| or single page. If they are colored photos, select | | | | Recipe scrapbook albums can be made during a |
| scrapbooking paper to complement them. Be sure you | | | | prolonged family reunion, giving everyone something to |
| use acid-free paper to protect your memories. | | | | do with their hands while catching up on family news. |