I bought this cookbook at the best flea market in town...three stories of people's trash...exquisitely good time!  (One can note other flea market "treasures" in the photo;)

Copyrighted in 1939 and sporting a flea market price tag of $4.  A steal!!!  The funnest part of this cookbook is the "Table Settings, Special Menus" index.  Have a look:

I have no idea what coasting is...but there is apparently a meal to accompany such an activity!

And lookee here:

The lady who owned this book even wrote in some recipes...from Mildred presumably;)  My own grandmother's writing looked surprisingly similar to this...learned from lessons in handwriting:)

I purchased the book to incorporate my own favorite daily and party recipes.  The book is a 3 ring binder which serves this purpose well. 

Inspired by the Pixels and Paper Scrapbook Layouts idea book by May Flaum and Audrey Neal, I will be creating digital recipe layouts.

The canvas was formatted to fit the size of the book (9.5" x 6.5").  Once the page was completed, I resized my canvas size to 8 x 10.  This way, when I uploaded it to a photo print lab it retains the original size versus being automatically resized to the standard photo print sizes.  The photo paper used at a photo lab is perfect for a cookbook!  No worries about tearing or getting wet. 

I'm not a digi scrapper.  This was my first attempt.  It will take me some time to get use to the lack of dimension:S  But traditional scrappy layouts just aren't practical for daily use.  In the end, it was fun and easy to create:)  Btw...the artichoke spinach dip is to die for!!  I'm a dippy girl and my husband is now accustomed to being served dips for dinners on occasion...but never without the obligatory eye roll by him (I know he loves it;).  But hey...I can now make up for my culinary faux pas with a properly set table;)

Kits used from the Pixels and Paper Scrapbook Layouts CD (included with the idea book):

Authentic Me by Laura Reid with ScrapArtist.com
Flowering Horizons by Katie Pertiet
Perfect Summer
Touch of Funk

Have a wonderfully scrappy day!

Love, Tracy Austin