Friday, April 11, 2008

Vivian's "Faux" Cookbook

My beautiful friend, Vivian, is getting married in May and this Sunday her sister is throwing her a bridal shower. The invitation suggests bringing a favorite recipe. Now, knowing Vivian, she always wants to "go out" and I've yet to hear her say "I made this!" So, instead of bringing a recipe for her, I made a fake cookbook. Okay, it looks like a cookbook on the outside (I made a very similar one several weeks ago here) but when she opens it, here's what she'll find:
A page with Emergency phone numbers to some of the local restaurants near her house. I also put a section at the bottom of the page for "Vivian's Faves" and "Justin's Faves" that she can add on to.
I then created tabs for the book to separate the different types of restaurants (Italian, Mexican, etc...). Inside the page protectors I inserted a few take out menus from some of the restaurants nearby, along with some catering menus in case she wants to invite some friends over for a party.
I'm sure she'll use this just as much as -- or maybe even more than -- her regular cookbook!

Thanks for visiting.

8 comments:

cbakernfx said...

This is totally adorable! Thanks for sharing.

Donna said...

what a great idea! I bet she will love it!

Ellen said...

Very clever Idea...I just love it!!!

Jana said...

What a great idea!!!

Kim's Life said...

Cool Idea! Great Job!

Tandra said...

Original and fabulous!! What a perfect gift!!

Lori said...

What a riot! I'm sure Vivian will get a kick out of this adorable book!

Barefootstamper said...

You are too funny! This is hysterical. I was laughing out loud and Rob had to check on me!

You got a shout out for the Card of the Week -- you can check out the post at http://www.cardoftheweek.com/2008/07/card-of-the-wee.html