these little guys are fun to decorate with...
Oops, when did that happen.....
A quick glance reveals that the books fall into these categories.
UPDATE! Once the organizing began, it was clear that I had no idea of the variety of the books in my collection, most likely because of the lack of organization. I have (so far) been accurate to know and remember what I already own. A nice benefit, then when I come across a book I already own and enjoy, I can pick it up again, for one of my girls.
However the categories needed to be revised.
Bread / Baking - should be: Bread / Baking / Desserts
General Cooking - should be: General Cooking / Make Ahead / Healthy
Italian Cuisine - should be: Cuisines, Italian / Vietnamese / Chinese / French
Preserving Foods - should be: Preserving / Homemade Pantry Items / Cooks Gardening
Gift Cooking / Holidays
Single Ingredient
Old / Collectible
Unusual / Odd Lot - should be: Themes, Ice cream / Fish / Soups / BBQ
Community Grange / Church
still waiting for a home....
I guess you know what I will be doing today, but look,
there is some room left over after all ! That must be a sign from above, that this collection is not complete........
done and the shelves are labeled , that's better.
For a complete list of the cookbooks shown above, click here. 267, who knew?
As always, thanks for taking a moment to stop and say hello.
I appreciate your time and your comments.
Today is the last day for April's Cookbook Sunday. If you still wish to link up, please do. Thanks to everyone that was a part of the first Cookbook Sunday @ Moms Sunday Cafe.
key words: cookbooks
6 comments:
Overwhelming!!! I say, just leave them where they are, enjoy seeing them there and when you need a recipe, Google it. But that's just me. Hope you're having a Happy Sunday!
When you're done at your house Melynda, you can come organize the cookbooks at mine. It's a task I keep putting off but really, I can't put it off much longer. Sigh....... Hope you're having a lovely Sunday.
I rearrange my shelves all the time...somehow making room for more!
Good morning Melynda, I only have three categories on my shelf, Baking, Cooking and Others! But I know each one of my books! The only thing left to do is to make a list of the books that I have. My three sisters and myself thought of doing that and exchanged the list with each other so that we won't end up buying the same book which we already owned either for Christmas or birthdays! But then, the list never came out...your post has reminded me of this. Will have to do it soon, my birthday is coming in a couple of months...Ha! Ha!
I would never find anything even with the organization.. I have about 15 cookbooks and they all were gifts but I still get intrigued by recipes I see on line so I feel I have millions of cookbooks...lol...
My cookbooks mean a lot to me too. My husband and I bought new book shelves for our office a few years ago, and reorganized all our books. Looks like a real library now. I have roughly the same cookbook categories you do. And within my catagories, I also have my books arranged by size and color, just because I'm kind of nerdy that way.
A wonderful spring cleaning project and your newly organized shelves look great.
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