Some of you may remember that every year I take a "family favorite" recipe contributed by a member of my extended family and design a 2-page 6" x 6" layout featuring that recipe…….  then stamp multiple copies to give as Christmas gifts to those same families – to add to a recipe album I started for them several years ago.  This year's recipe submission was from my youngest brother Eric and his wife Karen.

This layout is one of my "plainer" designs, but ironically the most challenging design I've done for this collection so far – because of the limitations of not having appropriate supplies on hand.  Of course I always try to reflect the dish when designing the art; but this one just wasn't all that easy, and I had to take a little artistic license – especially with the vegetable images from the "Homegrown" stamp set.  I just didn't have the precise images I wished I had – and I have to admit that frustrated me.  But at least I was grateful to discover I still had some of this VERY old Stampin' Up!® Designer Series Paper…… from back before we began carrying the heavy-weight, double-sided paper we have now-a-days. It seemed to fit reasonably close to where I was going with the overall idea. I would have preferred a torn edge, but unfortunately the torn edge on this paper was bright white – which was entirely inappropriate.

So anyway, here's what I eventually came up with for our 2010 "Family Favorites" recipe – first the left page, then the right.  Are you gettin' hungry yet?