Sunday, January 20, 2013

Heirloom Recipe Wall

Finally getting pictures up of my heirloom recipe wall.  (The beginnings of it, anyways.)  I'm really happy how it's coming along!
Now, whenever I'm in my kitchen (my favorite room in the house - leave the sexist jokes out) I feel like I have my nearest and dearest friends and family by my side.  It's also a visual source of inspiration.  If you'd like to add a recipe, here's what I need:
  1. Recipe WRITTEN on a 5x7 or 4x6 note card.  I want them handwritten because it makes them SO much more personal!  I need it to be on either a 5x7 or 4x6 note card because I have to be able to frame it.
  2. Don't use gel ink.  Whenever I receive your recipe, I use a little trick to antique them (just paint brushing coffee on them and baking them for 10 minutes in a 200 degree oven.) and if your recipe is written with a gel pen as opposed to a ball point ink pen, it makes your handwriting run & makes it nearly illegible.
  3. Make sure that you write your name on it somewhere!  I want to know it's from you.  It doesn't have to be your own personal recipe but I want your name on there.  I'm not really trying to gather recipes, this is something that I can have my dearest family and friends along even though many of us are miles away.
  4. Mail it to me!  Email me or text me for my mailing address.
It's that simple!  I want to thank everyone who has sent recipes:  Thank you Aunt Phyl, Sally, and Leah Oetinger!  A very special thank you to Sam:  I wish I had completed this project earlier so that you could have seen it but y'know what?  I know you see it!  I hope you like it!








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