Recipes Organized? Check!

This idea is stolen from none other than my smart and talented sister, Candace. Until I saw her design-it-yourself recipe book, I didn't know what on earth to do with all the recipes I'd collected. I always thought that someday I'd get every single one written out on a little recipe card and stored neatly in a cataloged box. All I can say is that wasn't happening. Does anyone else have this problem of unorganized recipes? 

Making your own recipe book is really rather easy and it allows you to store all kinds of recipes whether they're printed on neat little cards, scrawled out on random sheets of paper, or beautifully typed but don't fit into your recipe box. 

All you need is:

 A 3-ring binder (preferably a pretty-looking one)

Some fun paper that looks cool on both sides

Dividers with tabs (and preferably with a folder slot to store the recipes you have yet to glue into place)

Clear storage sleeves with three holes punched

Scissors

Glue stick

Pen or pencil

I won't give you all the details of assembly because part of the fun is creating your own style and figuring it all out, but I will promise you you'll love the end result. 

One of my favorite recipes in my book is from Betsy at part of the main. You seriously have to try your hand at making her "Scones That Taste As Scones Should Taste." They're delicious for breakfast or with afternoon tea or as a bedtime snack or really at any point in the day. 

Isn't that fun!

Two of My Favorite Things

I love having warm cozy slippers to sneak my feet into at the end of the day. Even during the hot summer my feet love these slippers. 

  I like to wear them with leggings, my over-sized knit sweater, painted nails (of course) and my super cute turquoise ring that I sometimes wear on my wedding finger only because I like rings on that finger the best of all my fingers.

Of course my favorites are always changing but for the moment I'm loving these two things that I own. What are some of your favorite things?

A Hat Fit for a Baby

I get to go to a sweet little baby shower in the not so distant future... So tonight I made the baby's gift. The challenge was creating something gender neutral cause is it a boy? is it a girl? only the parents know. I stuck with more boyish colors, but added some girly details and I think (I hope) it'll be a good fit both in style and in size. What do you think? Will they like it?

A Little Birdie Told Me

I can't say I'm a bird watcher, but the other night I was very intrigued by these little birdies! At one point there were five of them perched out on our porch railing just hanging out enjoying the sunset. And yes, leaving little "gifts" behind... We had to be really sneaky to get their picture through the window without scaring them away. 

Feel free to make this post even more fun by playing the "compare-the-two-photos-and-find-what's-different" game. 

I really do love all the things God made!

Creative Space

Today in my continued effort to create a room I feel enticed to play in each time I pass, I went to town on the shelf in the corner of our cozy little den. I found the organizing baskets at JoAnn Fabrics and filled them with yarn, crochet hooks, beautiful paper, and other fun things. 

In this room we house our piano, another shelf stacked full of books, a corner desk. And hopefully soon, a sewing table in the only remaining open corner. Are you feeling crowded yet? I'll be honest, it's not much space which can stifle creativity but if I can keep it uncluttered and organized, plus looking cute, I think I might enjoy its company.

Some things I love:

The way the sun shines through the curtains,

The bowl of two dozen dried roses from my man on our first date,

The recovered cushion of the chair,

The very old piano,

And the curtain holdback that has a not-so-functional mirror front.

I will keep you posted as this room evolves into something truly lovely and inspiring. 

Hope you all have had a wonderful weekend. It's about to storm outside so I'm gonna go cuddle up with a book and some tea.