I really enjoy personalized of even the tiniest details. Last year as I was planning my wedding I came across a fabulous Etsy shop that sells Digital Monograms. To me the idea was genius. This allowed me be use the same monogram for just about everything; balloons for the shower, napkins, favors, monogram projected onto the floor, honestly it was everywhere! I was able to work with the seller to customize the image which allows me to use it forever, essentially creating our family brand.
Already having this image allowed me to develop my custom recipe cards using iWork’s Pages. In Pages I added a table and customized the cells to the size I wanted; my objective was waste as little paper as possible. Then I simply designed the layout and copied it into the other cells once I was happy with the format. The final step was putting a text box with the image in each of the cells to create the personalized watermark. This was the one step that was a little tricky, mainly because the new updates to Pages has changed the ability to easily position the jpeg image behind the text in the table. While this extra step was a pain it was worth it; the end result was exactly what I wanted.
I made sure to print on my laser printer so the images wouldn’t smug when I write out the recipe.
Of course I have page protectors for them! Hopefully this provides you with a little inspiration.
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