My recipe/cookbook cabinet is full of loose papers and cookbooks that have not seen the light of day in years. Some since we moved in 6 years ago. And I still have them, why?
Last year I did sell 6 or 7 cookbooks in our annual yard sale, but there is still much work to be done!
First, I pulled out all the non-cookbooks and found out how much was really hidden behind all the books! Seriously?
I took a couple of hours (while vegging on the couch, of course) and went through all the papers and picked the recipes I had tried and liked or that I really wanted to try. I cut off all the excess paper and pieced it all together in a notebook. It came to less than 20 pages. Wow. I put all of them in page protectors and then decorated it to make it a little more fun.
When I want to try something new, I no longer have to sift through tons of magazines and loose papers. I just turn to the "To Be Tested" section and pull something out. If I don't like it, it will join the rest of the "rejects" in the recycle bin.
The finished cabinet:
I love it- Tried, True, and to Be Tested! So cute!
ReplyDeleteGreat advice! Good job!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Such a cute "title" and the end result is so nice! I have never thought about putting my books up in that little shelf area but such a great idea!
ReplyDeleteLove it ... and I see that we have many of the same cookbooks!! :)
ReplyDeleteWould you like to come to my house and "organize" for me? Like mother like daughter was a true statement for me and mine. It looks like you may have broken the cycle! Way to go!
ReplyDeleteI just did this same exact thing! It is such a big relief to look at all my cookbooks and to actually be able to find something and not feel like I need to put a decorative vase in front of all of the whole mess...
ReplyDeleteSuch a good idea! I have a thousand of those little papers too with the intent on putting them in a little notebook too, but I have yet to do it. Like your title!! May have to borrow it. :)
ReplyDeleteI need to put my pages in a binder. I go through my cookbooks every once in a while, but it is sooooo hard to get rid of them..
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