| Recipes are among the most treasured family air | | | | original content. |
| looms handed down from one generation to the | | | | To begin, choose your scrapbook. A 6x6 scrapbook |
| next. They become especially important during the | | | | works wonderfully to hold 3x5 index cards. |
| holidays when even the most infrequent of cooks | | | | Alternatively, you can use an 8x8 scrapbook and |
| strive to produce the most tantalizing, mouth | | | | present your recipes on larger sheets of paper |
| watering dish at the annual get-together. | | | | instead of the smaller cards. |
| Every year, family members rush around to find that | | | | To add variety, combine photographs with your |
| particular recipe that has been a favorite for | | | | recipes for an added personal touch. For example, |
| generations, and every year, that person inevitably | | | | include a group family photo at the beginning of the |
| calls everyone who just might have it. What better | | | | album as a great way to begin the book. Other |
| way to end the search than to start a family recipe | | | | photos can include holiday shots of family members |
| scrapbook. | | | | whose recipes are used placed just before those |
| A recipe scrapbook will serve multiple purposes. First, | | | | particular recipes. Include a bit of family history in |
| it will ensure that the recipes frequently used by you | | | | your scrapbook either at the beginning or dispersed |
| and your family members are always close at hand. | | | | throughout the book. Here, you might explain the |
| Second, it provides a way for you to pass them | | | | origin of each recipe, when it began its generational |
| down to your children and grandchildren. Creating one | | | | descent in your family, and a short story about why |
| can also make for a fun project for all involved, and | | | | it has become a family favorite. |
| the best part is that it can be continuously added to | | | | Add a shopping list for each recipe to make it easier |
| year after year. | | | | for others to find the right ingredients. Consider |
| When you begin, you should first decide which family | | | | placing the list on the page adjacent to the recipe. |
| recipes you want to include. Some people choose to | | | | The recipe submitters photo may also be placed on |
| create a book for each side of the family, while | | | | the page with the shopping list. Add the author and |
| others choose to combine all the recipes in one neat | | | | historical information on a third page. Since many |
| album. Naturally, as it continues to grow, it will | | | | scrapbooking albums are very expandable, it is often |
| become necessary to add subsequent volumes. | | | | easy to add pages when needed. |
| You may even want to categorize the recipes by | | | | Add measurement charts and converters to the back |
| type, family member of origin, or in chronological | | | | of your family recipe scrapbook. If you feel this |
| order by generation. The possibilities are endless. | | | | information should be included before the end, place |
| You can copy each scrapbook you create to be later | | | | it in the front. These recipe scrapbooks make great |
| given to aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, children, and | | | | gifts to family members, new brides, or college |
| grandchildren. The advantage here is that the | | | | graduates starting out on their own. Create them, |
| scrapbook can be copied as many times as needed | | | | add to them, and have them close by for many |
| without altering the placement or format of the | | | | years to come. |