Recipe books and other random things

Are you like me and have piles of recipes that you have cut out of magazines or printed?  I have been building a collection for many years and most I have never used. So over the last few weekends I went through all the magazines I had, cut out those recipes that I would make, tossed out the magazines and them sorted through the pile of recipes.

Most recipes that I had been collecting also went into the bin.  What I was left with were those I would make. I bought an art book and made myself a recipe book (see below).  Nothing complicated - the front is for savory recipes and the back is for sweet.  I even managed to decorate the front page!! Being a spiral book, it will be easy to use in the kitchen when I am cooking.

For those recipes that I use from the net, I will print and place into my book.  The number of times I find a really great recipe and then forget where I found it can be so annoying, this way I will have a copy of it. 

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I have been playing around with craft ideas and this is one of them.  A cute way of make little messages to give to people.  I would like to do bible texts but I still working out the best way to glue and vanish them onto the mini canvas.

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Just a couple of photos of Ruby relaxing, not looking particularly ladylike with her legs all over the place. But she was very happy:)  You wouldn't believe from these photos that she is black as coal in normal light, until I take her photo then she has red bits in her fur.

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May you all have a wonderful blessed weekend.

I plan to spend mine indoors as it is very cold and windy outside.

Time for lunch so I will farewell you for the moment. 

I think I will have for a toasted cheese (Eden) and mayonnaise sandwich made with homemade bread

+ a mug of Jasmine tea.

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A mother's love is a blessing that blooms forever

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