Family Recipe Book, Blank Cookbook With Handstitched Names (2024)

A family recipe book to treasure for a lifetime custommade with your (orthe recipient's) name hand stitched onto the leather cover. The perfect foodie gift for the chef in your life. Would also make a really thoughtful wedding shower gift or engagement gift.
Choose your own leather, binding and stitching colours making it unique to you.
Comes with a bronze spoon charm attached to the wraparound tie.

SIZE:A5

  • - Leather cover measures approx 16cm x 22cm or 6.2" x 8.5"
  • - Paper inside is 14.8cm x 21cm or5.8x 8.2”

PAGE COUNT CHOICE:

  • 72 pages/144 sides with space for 69 recipes
  • 96 pages/192 sides- single stitched spine -with space for 93 recipes
  • 96 pages/192 sides - double stitched spine -with space for 93 recipes
  • 144pages/288 sideswith space for141 recipes

LEATHER COVER: Made from a waxy pull upleather that marks beautifully and just gets better with use and wear.
- Self leather wraparound tie with a bronze spoon charm hand stitched to the end.

PAPER QUALITY: 160gsm blank acid free cartridge paper.

BINDING:Traditionallybound,the pages arestitched into the leather cover by hand using a long stitch binding with waxed Irish linen thread.

RECIPE PAGE LAYOUT:
-Every left side page is printed with: Recipe, Prep time Cook time, Ingredients, Method and has room for notes on the opposite page as shown in photo.

FREE 1st PAGE PERSONALISATION:
-The default front page has 'Recipes' printed onto the 1st page.
-Have your 1st page personalised with a custom quote at no extra cost to say for example 'Sarah's recipes' by letting me know your request in the personalisation text box.

WANT A CUSTOM LAYOUT? EMAIL ME FOR A QUOTE


CUSTOM HAND STITCHED LETTERS ON OUTER COVER:
-Choose the number of characters you wanthand stitched onto the outer the leather cover by selecting the appropriate option from the drop down menu.
-Stitched will be in the same thread colour as used on the binding on the spine of the journal unless you state otherwise.

COMES GIFT BOXED

CLICK HERE TO CUSTOMISE YOUR RECIPE BOOK WITH THESE ADD ONS:

  • Add an envelope page/s to hold loose notes.
  • Extra charms.
  • More letters stitched onto the leather cover.

As leather is a natural material, please be aware that there may be natural marks and scars and so each piece will vary slightly from the images shown. These are not faults but a beautiful part of this natural material and as each piece is a unique individually hand crafted item, no 2 will be exactly the same

CAN I SEE THE LEATHER AND THREAD COLOUR CHART CLOSE UP?

-Click here to see larger close up images of the leather and thread colour charts

HOW DO I PURCHASE/ADD MONOGRAM INITIALS TO MY ORDER?

-To add hand stitched monogram initial/s to your order simply select the number of initials you would like stitched onto the cover from the drop down menu and then type in the initials required in the text prompt box.
-Each initial/letter costs extra and your item price total will change accordingly when you select 1, 2 or 3 initials etc.
-E.g if you have purchased 1 initial, type in the letter eg. B in the text box.
-E.g If you have purchased 3 initials type in the 3 letters eg. CJG in the text box.


WHEN WILL MY ORDER BE MADE & SHIPPED?

-Please take into account the time it takes to make your item and then add shipping time onto this.

-All made to order and bespoke items will be made and shipped within 1-7 days of the order being placed unless otherwise stated, you can check our up-to-date processing times here.
-Please add delivery time onto this, see details below:
-If you need your order sooner, please let us know in the “ADDITIONAL NOTES” section at the checkout page and we will do our best to process it sooner or alternatively contact us before placing your order.

DO YOU SHIP TO EUROPE?
Shipping to Europe is currently notset up on this websitehowever you can purchase the same items from my Etsy Store

IF I UPGRADE TO UK NEXT DAY DELIVERY (OR INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS) HOW QUICKLY WILL I GET MY ORDER?
-Upgrading to a quicker shipping method does not mean that your order will be moved to the top of the schedule. It will still have to be made (See Up-to-date making times here) and then shipped.
-If you purchase UK Next Day Delivery by 1pm, your order will be delivered by 1pm the next working day after it has been shipped so if your order is shipped on Monday it will be with you by 1pm on Tuesday.
-Next working day delivery excludes Saturdays so orders shipped on Friday may still be delivered on Saturday but the next working day would be Monday.
-International Express usually delivers2-7 working days after it has been shipped.

-If you need youritem urgently then please get in touch before you order to see what we can do to accommodate you.
-Rush orders are accepted on a case by case basis as long as you contact us to confirm before placing your order but may not be possible during peak season and holiday season and there may be an extra charge for this during this time.

IS IT POSSIBLE TOCHANGE THE SHIPPING ADDRESS AFTER I'VE PLACED MY ORDER?
-If you provided an incorrect address when you placed your order and you need to provide a different address to ship to than the one you provided at checkout, send us an email to update us of the new shipping address ASAP andwe will amend it but if it has already shipped then it cannot be intercepted. Reach out to us ASAP and we will do everything we can to help.

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SHIPPING AND RETURNS:

DO YOU OFFER HAND STAMPED MONOGRAMS?
-Yes! We have just added this option and will be adding more so watch this space.

I NEED MORE THAN 4 LETTERS/INITIALS STITCHED ONTO MY BOOK,CAN I ADD MORE?

Yes you can add more than 4 letters you can purchase the additional from the ADD ON's section of the store.

CAN I ADD A GIFT NOTE TO MY ORDER?:
-We can deliver directly to your gift recipient and include a personalised handwritten note card with a personal message from you. Just leave your note in the text prompt box when you order.

CAN YOU MAKE ME A CUSTOM BOOK?

-We love working on custom commissions andaremore than happy to work with you to create the perfect piece. If you don't see exactly what you are looking for in our collections then please get in touch and email us with your ideas for a quote and we will see whatwe can do to bring them to life for you.

CAN I HAVE A DIFFERENT PAPER IN MY BOOK?:
-If you wish to have a speciality paper stitched into your leather journal or sketchbook then simply get in touch, letting us know what you are looking for andwe will see if we can source it for you.

WHAT KIND OF LEATHER AND PAPER DO YOU USE?ABOUT THE LEATHER AND PAPER FOR YOUR BOOK:

WHAT SIZE ARE THE BOOKS?
PAPER AND BOOK SIZE GUIDE:

Family Recipe Book, Blank Cookbook With Handstitched Names (2024)

FAQs

How to create a recipe book for free? ›

Creating a DIY cookbook doesn't have to require expensive design software. There are many templates that allow you to design recipe cards or a simple DIY recipe layout using free tools like Canva, MS Word, or even Google Docs. You can always make the photographs yourself and use daily life images you already own.

How many recipes should be in a family cookbook? ›

The standard expectation is that a cookbook should have between 70 and 100 recipes, but larger compendiums have at least 200.

How many recipes should be in a cookbook? ›

Keep in mind that the average size of a cookbook is about 75 to 200 pages. On average, a typical cookbook will have around 150 recipes, but that varies as well, from small cookbooks with just 15 recipes to more than 300.

How do you preserve handwritten recipes? ›

A sizeable collection can be stored in standard archival file folders and boxes. Weak or damaged paper also can be placed in polyester sleeves and then in folders and boxes. Recipes also can be scanned and accessed electronically while the originals are kept in safe storage.

What is the app that makes your own recipe book? ›

Recipe Keeper is the easy to use, all-in-one recipe organizer, shopping list and meal planner available across all of your devices. Enter your recipes with as much or as little information as you like.

Is there an app to create your own cookbook? ›

1. FlipHTML5. FlipHTML5 is a web-based cookbook software program that allows you to easily create your own recipe book, and digital cookbooks with various customizable features. Users can add their recipes, photos, and even links to online video tutorials in their recipe books.

Can you make a cookbook with other people's recipes? ›

Copyright can protect a published recipe in the way it's written, but not the way it's made. So, as long as you create your own versions of the recipes by rewriting them with your descriptions of how to make each, and you use your own images, yes, you can publish them in a cookbook. With their permission.

Can a family recipe be copyrighted? ›

The first thing to understand is that recipes are not copyrightable. Copyright law protects original works of authorship, and while a recipe may be original, it is not an "original work of authorship." This means that anyone can freely copy and use a recipe without fear of infringement.

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