Recipe Book {My first mini project}

I'm always cutting out recipes from mazagines and shoving them in a kitchen drawer.  I needed to organize my favorite recipes as well as new recipes I want to try.  I got this cute idea for creating your own recipe book from The Crafting Chicks.

 

I bought everything I needed at Target for about $10: a cute 3-ring binder, clear sheet protectors & dividers.  Then, I printed some of thse adorable menu/shopping lists from A Feathered Nest.

I put these in the front of the binder along with a clear sheet protector to keep any receipes I'm trying out that week.

 

I divided my recipe book into 5 sections:

• Appetizers
• Soups & Salads
• Main Courses
• Side Dishes
• Desserts

Then I finally started organizing... I put away the recipes I had laying around and went through all my Food Network and Everyday with Rachel Ray Magazines and clipped new recipes I want to try.

I feel pretty good having completed my first little project!  Now, which recipe should I try first?  =)

The Queen of Good Intentions

I have come to realize that I am the Queen of Good Intentions.  I can't tell you how many cards I've bought and never mailed, how many empty picture frames I have around the house or how many receipes I've clipped from magazines and never cooked.  Maybe its my hectic life with 2 crazy kids or maybe I'm just lazy, but whatever the reason is, I have vowed to follow through with my good intentions.  I will send more cards, I will mail hand-written thank you notes, I will print more pictures and not let photos of my beautiful family and friends get lost in the digital world, I will not only look up class times at the gym, but I will actually workout and I will de-clutter and organize!  Wish me luck!