Happy Monday!
I hope you a had a thrilling weekend.
In my neck of the woods, the sun was out,
the temperatures higher and that's
a definitely a TADA!
Do you like journals?
I like them a lot.
I make sure to stop and say HELLO
to these beautiful blank books when
I'm at a bookshop or paper goods store.
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I've picked some up over the years & I really
use them, even if sometimes I think they're
too pretty for scribbling random thoughts.
I'll show you all this week how I'm filling
them up, beginning with this one:
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TADA! -- A Kitchen Journal.
{The cover had a lot to do with
the choice for use.}
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I designed a mission statement for
the inside front cover.
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It's full of recipes I want to try &
keep making over and over.
{Actual recipe cards, hand-written &
clipped from magazines}
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It also has inspirations for entertaining
and presenting food with style.
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It's now getting too fat, it needs its own shelf.
Or maybe I should start Volume II.
See you tomorrow for more ideas.
And by the way,
Happy Valentine's Day!