You’ve seen these Golden Books in our vintage store, but what to do with them? Aside, that is, from cuddling up in front of the Christmas tree and reading them to your kiddos or grandchildren.
My friends and I got together, and decided, what a neat base for an heirloom recipe book for our children! And so, with that in mind, we gently broke our books in half (GASP!) and re-bound them with a spiral using the Zutter Bind it All. While binding, I also added extra sheets of cardstock and inserted envelopes, and a Bingo card for extra interest.
Now the decorating! And, the decorating is simply a blast when using all of the fun vintage embellies-reflectors, vintage Christmas seals, gold tinsel, vintage snowflakes and the Christmas embellishment kit. And, lots of glitter, of course! I also accented Santa’s suit a bit with red flocking.
I lined the inside cover of the book with a sheet of music from the Vintage Firestone Songbook. Once the book is filled, I’ll address the vintage label to one of my kiddos.
A vintage Christmas seal decorates the Bingo card, along with red and white festooning and holly and berries from the vintage embellishment kit.
A clear vintage snowflake simply embellishes this page. This glassine envelope will also be a great place to tuck in more recipes.
For even more recipe storage (hopefully my kiddos will add their own recipes to this book as time goes by) I added this red office envelope to the back cover.
Now what?
Now, I will hand write each traditional recipe we use and tuck them into the envelopes, or adhere to the cardstock pages. I will also supplement the book with photos of the kids helping me with holiday baking, etc. And a bit more embellishing as this is only a sampling of the book pages. Lots of fun to create, and a wonderful treasure to pass along!
What are some of your favorite holiday dishes?
Michelle
Cutest thing EVER!! Love the flocking! Love the red office envelope!
So cute, Michelle!!
Oh my! So cute and clever! Santa can bring me one of these any day!
Thank you Nancy-Merry Christmas!
Dying over this-how adorable!
Thank you Michelle! And, its SO FUN!!! Merry Christmas!
I am in love. This alteration is lovely. It’s so wonderful to bring the past to the present through our art. Thanks so much for sharing, I love the old Golden books. They bring back such pleasant memories.
Thank you Susan-I think that’s why I enjoy working with vintage materials so much! Thank you for the comment and Merry Christmas!
Oh, this is FABULOUS! I am so inspired to try this! Who doesn’t remember Little Golden Books?! Thanks for sharing!
O MY GOODNESS! This is absolutely AMAZING M! I LOVE IT!
Thank you Miss Vic! That means a lot coming from you!
I just discovered this wonderful site through C. Dianne Zweig’s blog. I collect Little Golden Books from the 40′s-50′s and was wondering what to do with the duplicates that are not in such good condition. This is the perfect idea. Great, great idea!!!