Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The age old question




to mothers everywhere- "what's for dinner?"
I got tired of thinking up something everyday and decided to be more organized and made this little box. It contains index cards- with the shopping lists for the entrees in my culinary repetoire

.My plan is to hand the box to my husband or son and have them pull a couple that they would like ,and then take the cards with me to the store to shop for the ingredients.

The paper is from American Traditional Designs(I picked it up for $2 at Big Lots- I find the best deals there!)

I used my Cricut to cut the pie and turkey (Paper Doll dress Ups cartridge) and Alphalicious for the lettering.I put some crystal lacquer on the lettering to make them pop a bit more.

I also used the SU! tab punch for the labels.

The box is a plastic sidewalk chalks box that re-purposed for this project.

9 comments:

LindainNCtoo said...

Love it....Love it, Meg!!

Great way to recycle those large plastic boxes!

Rosella said...

What a great recycling project!! And I just LOVE how you made it! It's too YUMMY!!

Marilyn said...

What a fabulous idea to get dinner organized Meg! Love the recycled chalk box too!! You might send your tip into tipjunkie.com and be featured, she is always looking for great ideas!

Lorraine said...

great recipe box! I can't post here what I tell my kids when they ask that question! LOL! love your project

some kind of wonderful said...

what a good idea! i may have to scraplift!

paulssandy said...

I really do not like that questions! Figuring out what to make for supper is one of the most stressful parts of the day, LOL. this is a fantasic idea.

kssdesigns said...

This is a darling project and a great idea!

Anonymous said...

cute set!

Anonymous said...

Wow, I love this. It looks so cute and I'm sure it is very handy to have all your recipes at your fingertips. Mine are spread all over the place.

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