Cookbookin’ (TM) from Sulyn Industries makes it easy to create a recipe scrapbook/cookbook for any season and taste. But since it’s summertime, why not begin with a Recipe Scrapbooking Kit called Backyard Grillin’? It includes 6 tasty designer papers and all the embellishments you need: a sheet of stickers, a sheet of cardstock shapes, and a dozen recipe cards.
Spice things up with cooking theme metal charms, 3D stickers and some red, blue and silver brads shaped like kettles, pans and rolling pins. Dice up a few photos, sprinkle with journaling and before you know it, your recipe scrapbook/cookbook will be off to a good start.
Cookbookin’ papers come in 12” x 12” for larger format scrapbook pages, wall art, and other projects like the accordion folder that follows. Cookbookin’ Recipe Scrapbooking Kits are 8 1/2" x 11”, just right for a cookbook binder that can go from bookshelf to kitchen counter. Recipe cards are also sold open stock, sized to fit matching Cookbookin’ recipe boxes and easel style spiral bound books.
For more years than I care to admit, I stuffed the recipes I clip from newspapers and magazines into a pile on a shelf next to the cookbooks. I never used them, of course, since I had no idea what I saved or if I remembered holding onto a particular recipe. I was in an office supply store one day when I found the solution: An accordion folder, the kind used for business papers. In about an hour I had decorated the folder, and in another two hours my recipes were in order, divided by category and easy to use - at last! Favorites will move from the accordion folder to my Cookbookin’ Recipe Scrapbook where I can keep notes, ideas, photos and memories, along with the best and most frequently used recipes.
12” x 12” Cookbookin’ Recipe Scrapbooking papers are a perfect fit for 12” wide pre-made accordion style folders. This project requires three sheets to cover the folder, plus an additional sheet for the decorative border across the front flap. Rubber stampers can have fun creating a border using recipe- and food-related stamps instead of the printed strip. Or, you could create a collage with food cutouts from magazines. The project as shown combines Cookbookin’ cardstock alphabet and metal stickers, plus clear 3-D alphabet stickers and a metal rim tag to complete the front flap.
Accordion folders make great gifts. There are many styles of Cookbookin’ papers and embellishments so it’s easy to customize. Use Chocolate Celebration or Sweet Delights papers for those with a sweet tooth; choose Spice it Up or What’s Cookin’ for vegetarian and gourmet recipes, Backyard Grillin’ for outdoor meals, Kids Can Cook for the junior chef, or Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen for holiday fare. Choose a smaller accordion folder for recipe cards or a purse size one for coupons. Check out www.cookbookin.com to find out more about Cookbookin’ products and to download each month’s free recipe.
