Recipe Organizer + Giveaway Announcement

I love finding recipes on Pinterest. I learned quickly, though, that if I didn't print out the recipes I found, the links might not be good when I finally do get around to trying the recipes. So, I've been printing recipes as I find them, and they've been getting crumpled and lost in my kitchen ever since. I finally found a solution when I opened Club SEI's January paper crafting kit.

This adorable folio filled with page protectors came to my rescue! I divided the page protectors with the kraft inserts. Tip: To make the inserts turn nicely in the folio, I scored the inserts where they would bend from the spine of the folio.

Next, I embellished the inserts with bits of patterned paper from the kit, as well as fussy-cut birds from that beautiful pink paper. I added doilies and a bit of washi tape from my own stash.

I punched divider tabs from another patterned paper and added one to each insert. Lastly, I added titles to each section with my Silhouette Cameo machine and alpha stickers.

I love that the dividers have pockets or clips. When I print out a recipe, I don't necessarily want to commit it to my recipe book right away - sometimes these things need testing and tweaking. Using this folio, I can tuck the printed recipe in a divider, then add it to a page protector once I know it's a keeper.

Because this book is going to be on a shelf with my other cookbooks, I didn't decorate the front - I didn't want anything to be rubbed off or to get dirty.

Thanks to SEI for a solution to my recipe dilemma, and for cute supplies that make that solution cute and stylish!

Tessa

Check out Precocious Paper by Friday, January 4th to enter the giveaway for Club SEI's January Paper-crafting Kit! Leave a comment on HER blog for your chance to win.