I know I'm not the only one out there that promises each year to begin shopping for the holidays earlier. Here in California you'd think it would be a piece of cake. After all, with each city holding multiple art/wine/something-or-other festivals throughout the year, I should be finished with my shopping long before the holiday season even begins in October (and don't get me started on that subject). Needless to say, it is now December 16 and I still have about 1/3 of my shopping to finish.
I have just, however, come up with the perfect solution which will start me on the right track for "Happy Holidays in 2008." I found my gift idea while I was on PhotoWorks website as I finally designed and ordered our family's 2007 holiday photo cards: I'm going to create a 2008 family recipe book!
Okay, so a recipe book may not sound very exciting but just take a look and you'll see it's not your everyday cookbook. I've put photobooks together on other websites but I never thougth of doing this until I saw how beautifully it could be done on PhotoWorks. They already have a template for the cookbook so all I have to do is collect a few favorite recipies from everyone in the family, try them out throughout the year, take photos of my yummy creations to upload to the photo cookbook, and enjoy my homemade creations. Then, at the end of my year in the "Go-Go Mommy Test Kitchen" I can simply print and ship the books to my family/contributors. I heart PhotoWorks!
I'm already so psyched to get started that I'm sending out the "call for recipies" after I finish this post. Wish me luck with my 2008 gift resolution! I'll definitely keep you all posted on the progress and I'd love to hear about your own gift ideas!
A book i found of interest in which I bought a copy for myself and a few more to give as gifts for friends and family is called Together: Creating Family Traditions Together is the perfect gift book for any occasion.
Birthdays * Holidays * Baby Showers * Teacher's Gifts * Girlfriend's Gifts * Hostess Gifts and Mother's Day!
My kids and I love the recipes. Our favorite is Chocolate Meringue Kisses, but next weekend we are making Cinnamon Snowflakes for our Christmas party.
Hope your family enjoys as much as we do!
Cheers and Happy Holidays!
Chrissy
Posted by: Chrissy | December 16, 2007 at 10:42 AM