Makena's Cookbook

For those of you who may not know I have a 10 year old daughter.  She likes to eat.  Let me rephrase that... she LOVES to eat.  She's a tiny little thing,  only in the 6% tile for her age but MAN can she pack it away.  She also loves to eat WELL.  She's not your typical kid.  No PB&J or hot dogs for her.  She wants Parmesan crusted tilapia, roasted asparagus and porcini mushroom risotto for dinner.  She loves all kinds of food and has recently been taking more of an interest in helping me cook.  She has said a few times lately that she wants to have my recipes written down for when she grows up.  I thought it would be a nice idea to start her a cook book that she and I can record recipes in as we find them.  I decided to buy a 5 subject notebook and I broke it down into Main dishes, Side dishes, Soups, Stews & Sauces, Appetizers and Salads.  I don't bake so the only dessert recipe I have is my grandmothers chocolate chip cookies.  There are pockets in each section so I figure she can put any odds and ends like that in one of those.  I covered the front and back of the notebook both inside and out. 

The cute apron is from Sugar Creek Hollow.  That's one of the huge advantages of a digi stamp.  I was able to enlarge this to a size that filled my cover.  I printed it on DP and then added the lace.  I love how it looks. 

On the inside of the front cover I wrote her a personal message. 

Each section has a tab and 2 pockets which I used 2 Quickutz embossing strips on as well as various flower punches and a Recollections border punch. 

I also typed up a kitchen chart for her with measurement equivalencies and cooking times and temps for meat. 

I'm pretty sure she's going to love it and I can't wait to see what recipes she chooses to put in it. 

I've entered the cookbook in the following challenges...
Digistamps4Joy: Anything goes

I Did It Creations: Anything goes
PaperPlay Challenges: Anything but a card
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything goes
Sew Many Cards: Anything goes
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog: Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything goes
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Anything goes
Moving Along With the Times: Anything goes (NO Christmas cards!)
CES Challenge Blog: Anything goes

Cookbook makings:

5 Subject notebook

Apron stamp: Sugar Creek Hollow

Sewing machine

Lace

Sizzix Corner flourish die

Spellbinders label and grand label dies

Spellbinders lattice border dies

Martha Stewart border punch

Fiskars apple punch

Flower punches

Recollections border punch

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Quikutz embossing strips

Circle punches (flower centers)

Heart stamp: craft smart